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Here's a list of events birthdays, Deaths, Strange info that you can either celebrate or drink heavily to & try to forget !

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October November December

November's reason to booze & have a good time are as follows:

1st – Alex James (Blur) Born 1968 – Elvis No 1 1969 “Suspicious Minds” - 1944 Mike Burney [Wizzard] - 1946 Rick Grech [bass, Family] - 1950 Dan Peek (America) - 1951 Ronald Bell (Kool & The Gang) - 1954 Chris Morris [guitar, Paper Lace] - 1957 Lyle Lovett (country singer) - 1959 Eddie Macdonald [bass, Alarm] - 1962 Mags Furuholmen [Keyboards, A-Ha] - 1962 Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1963 Rick Allen (drums, Def Leppard) - 1966 Willie D (Geto Boys) - 1966 Mary Hanson [Stereolab] - 1969 Darren Partington [808 State] - 1981 LaTavia Roberson (Destiny's Child)2nd – Brain Poole (Tremeloes) Born 1941 - 1941 Brian Poole [Tremeloes] - 1941 Bruce Welch [guitar, Shadows] - 1944 Keith Emerson [Emerson Lake and Palmer/The Nice] - 1945 J.D. Souther ( vocals/guitar) - 1947 Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention/Jethro Tull ) - 1947 Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band) - 1949 Maxine Nightingale ( singer) - 1952 Maxine Nightingale - 1956 Chris Fairbrass [guitar, Right Said Fred] - 1961 k.d. lang (musical artist ) - 1963 Bobby Dall (bass, Poison) - 1969 Reginald Arvizu (bass, Korn) - 1969 Andy Barker [808 State] - 1971 John Hampson (Nine Days) - 1978 Nelly (vocals-hiphop/rap)

3rd – James Taylor & Carly Simon married in 1972 - Adam Ant Born 1954 - Lulu Born 1948 - Ian McNabb (Icicle Works) Born 1962 - 1933 John Barry [John Barry Orchestra] - 1943 Bert Jansch [guitarist, Pentangle] - 1946 Nick Simper [bass, Johnny Kidd & Pirates] - 1946 Tommy Dee [Playboy Band] - 1948 Lulu (singer) - 1960 James Prime [Deacon Blue] - 1962 Marilyn - 1969 Mark Roberts [guitar, Catatonia] - 1969 Robert Miles - 1976 Ras [Damage]

4th – Chris Difford of Squeeze born in 1954 - 1938 Harry Elson [Friends Of Distinction] - 1940 Chuck Mangione [US composer, arranger] - 1940 Delbert McClinton (vocals /piano/guitar) - 1947 Mike Smith [Amen Corner] - 1951 Dan Hartman [multi- instrumentalist, producer] - 1954 Yanni ( vocalist) - 1957 James Honeyman-Scott [Pretenders] - 1966 Kool Rock [Fat Boys] - 1969 Puff Daddy (aka, Puff Daddy & P Diddy) - 1971 Shawn Rivera (Az Yet) - 1974 Louise Nurding [Eternal] - 1977 Kavana [singer]

5th – Peter Noone (Herman Hermits) Born 1947, Bryan Adams born 1959 - 1950 Phil Brodie ( Bitter Suite/guitarist /singer ) - 1911 Roy Rogers (Actor/Singer) - 1931 Ike Turner (Singer) - 1941 Art Garfunkel - 1943 Pablo Gomez (Los Bravos) - 1946 Gram Parsons (singer) - Don Mcdougall (guess who) - 1948 Peter Hamill (Vandergraff genertor) - 1956 Helen O'Hara [Dexy's Midnight Runners] - 1957 David Moyse [guitar, Air Supply] - 1957 Mike Score [A Flock Of Seagulls] - 1959 Bryan Adams ( singer / guitarist ) - 1959 Robert Fisher/ Climie Fisher [Singer) - 1961 David Bryson ( Counting Crows ) - 1965 Paris Grey [Inner City] - 1968 Mark Hunter( keyboards, James) - 1971 Jon Greenwood (guitar,Radiohead) - 1974 Ryan Adams (US singer), 1975 Lisa Scott- Lee [Steps]

6th – Billy Murcia died 1972 (New York Dolls) - Pistols played first gig at St Martins College London 1975 - Chris Glen (Sahb/MSG, Rory) Born 1950 - 1942- Doug Sahm (Singer/guitarist, Sir Douglas Quintet]- 1947 George Young [Easybeats] - 1947 John Wilson [Them] - 1948 Glenn Frey (Guitar/vocals, The Eagles) - 1963 Paul Brindley [guitar, Sundays] - 1964 Corey Glover (Living Colour) - 1979 Trevor Penick [O-Town] - 1914 Adolphe Sax (Begian musician inventer saxaphone in 1840) - 1854 John P Sousa (Composer) - 1941 Gut Clark (singer) 7th – Joni Mitchell Born 1943 - 1916 Joe Bushkin (Jazz pianist) - 1922 Al Hirt (Musician) - 1926 Joan Sutherland (Singer) - 1937 Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) - 1942 Johnny Rivers - 1943 Joni Mitchell (Singer) - 1951 Kevin MacDonald [Cutting Crew] - 1951 Nick Gilder - 1957 Jellybean (Benitez) - 1963 Clint Mansell [guitarist, Pop Will Eat Itself) - 1964 Liam O'Maonlai (Vocals/guitar/piano, Hothouse Flowers) - 1967 Sharleen Spiteri [Texas] - 1970 Neil Hannon [Divine Comedy] - 1978 Mark Read [A1]8th – Ken Dodd born 1929 - 1942 Gerald Alston ( The Manhattens) - 1946 Roy Wood (ELO) - 1949 Bonnie Raitt ( singer / guitarist ) - 1954 Ricke Lee Joens - 1961 Leif Garrett - 1970 Diana King

^{9th
– BachmanTurner Overdrive USA no 1 (1974) – David Essex UK no 1 (1974) -
Phil May (Pretty Things) Born 1943 - 1898 Paul Robeson (actor, singer) -
1941 Tom Fogerty (CCR) - 1948 Joe Bauchard (Blue Oyster Cult) - 1961 Pepa aka
Sandra Denton (Salt-N-Pepa) - 1969 Scarface - 1973 Nick Lachey (98 Degrees)}

10th – Tim Rice Composer born 1944 born 1947Dave Loggins -1948 Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake&Palmer) -1950 Ronnie Hammond(Atlanta Rhythm Section) -1954 Mario Cipollina (Huey Lewis&The News) -1959 Frank Maudsley (A Flock Of Seagulls) -1970 Warren G (singer) -1979 Chris Joannou (Silverchair)

11th – Chris Djeja (Yardbirds) Born 1945 – Bad English US No 1 “When I see you smile” 1989 - 1930 Hank Garland (session guitarist) - 1953 Marshall Crenshaw (singer) - 1953 Andy Partridge (XTC) - 1956 Ian Craig Marsh (Human League) - 1980 LeToya Luckett (formerly of Destiny's Child)

^{12th
– Booker T Jones Born 1944 - 1833 Alexander Borodin (Composer) - 1945 Neil
Young (singer) - 1946 Arthur Tavares (Tavares) - 1947 Donald Roeser (Blue Oyster
Cult) - 1948 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate) - 1955 Leslie McKeown (Bay City
Rollers) - 1964 David Ellefson (Megadth)}

^{13th
– First sanctioned Beatles Website released with NO’ 1’s Singles CD - 1964
Walter Kibby (Fishbone )}

14th – First ever singles chart published in 1952 with al martinoo at no 1 - 1947 Buckwheat Zydeco (singer) - 1948 James Young (STYX) - 1951 Steven Bishop (singer) - 1953 Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot) - 1955 Alec John Such (Bon Jovi) - 1964 Joseph Simmons (aka Run of Run-D.M.C.) - 1968 Brian Yale (Matchbox 20) - 1975 Adina Howard - 1975 Travis Barker (Blink-182)

15th – First new romantic chart hit was Spandau ballet “cut a long story short”, dave Clark (Five) Born 1942 - 1932 Petula Clark ( singer ) - 1945 Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) - 1949 Steve Fossen (Heart) - 1952 Michael Cooper (Con Funk Shun) - 1953 Alexander O'Neal ( singer ) - 1954 Tony Thompson (Chic) - 1957 Joe Leeway (Thompson Twins) - 1969 Ol' Dirty Bastard ( rapper)

16th - “We built this city’ NO 1 1985 for Starship 1962 Mani ( bassist eX Stone Roses and Primal Scream ) - 1964 Diana Krall ( jazz vocalist ) - 1967 Lisa Bonet (singer / actress ) - 1969 Bryan Abrams (Former singer of Color Me Badd ) - 1979 Trevor Penick (O-Town)

17th – Peter Cook Comedian Born 1937 - 1938 Gordon Lightfoot ( singer ) - 1942 Bob Gaudio (Four Seasons) - 1942 Martin Scorsese (director of BBC 4's Blues Series) - 1956 Johnny Sombrotto ( musician*1998) - 1957 Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) - 1959 Harry Rushakoff (Concrete Blonde) - 1960 RuPaul (singer/super model) - 1967 Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) - 1967 Ronny DeVoe (New Edition / Bell Biv Devoe) - 1980 Isaac Hanson (Hanson)

18th – Kim Smith (Wilde) born 1960, Springsteen debuts in London 1975, Graham Parker Born 1950 - 1949 Herman Rarebell (The Scorpions) - 1953 John McFee (Doobie Brothers) - 1954 John Parr (Bitter Suite, guitarist /singer/songwriter ) - 1958 Michael Ramos (The BoDeans) - 1962 Kirk Lee Hammett (Metallica) - 1969 Duncan Sheik (singer) - 1979 Fabolous (rapper)

19th – supremes had there only no 1 “baby love” in 1964, “Anarchy in the UK” Released by the Pistols 1976 - 1905 Tommy Dorsey ( conductor ) - 1960 Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) - 1969 Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) - 1971 Tony Rich ( musical artist ) - 1975 Tamika Scott (Xscape)

^{20th
– Joe Walsh (Eagle) Born 1947 - 1939 Dick Smothers ( comic / singer ) -
1947 George Grantham (Poco) - 1957 Jim Brown (UB40) - 1965 Micheal aka Mike D
Diamond (Beastie Boys) - 1965 Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) - 1970 Q-Tip (A Tribe
Called Quest)}

^{21st
– Alex James of Blur Born 1968 - 1940 Dr.John (vocalist / keyboard
player) - 1948 Lonnie Jordan (War) - 1955 Peter Koppes (The Church) - 1962
Steven Curtis Chapman (singer/songwriter) - 1965 Bjork (singer) - 1967 Margret
Ornolfsdottir (The Sugarcubes) - 1974 Kelsi Osborn (SheDaisy)}

^{22nd
– Colonel Tom Parker signed Elvis in 1955 - 1947 Rod Price (guitar, Foghat) -
1950 Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) - 1950 Little Steven Van Zand (E Street
Band) - 1968 Rasa Don (Arrested Development)

23rd – “I can help” Billy Swan no 1
USA 1974 - 1926 R.L. Burnside (blues guitarist/singer/songwriter/storyteller) - 1954 Bruce Hornsby
(pianist/singer) - 1966 Ken Block (Sister Hazel) - 1966 Charlie Grover (Sponge)}

^{24th
– Freddie mercury died in 1991, Billy Connolly Born 1952 - 1868 Scott Joplin (
composer ) - 1945 Bev Bevan (ELO) - 1955 Clement Burke (Blondie) - 1962 John
Squire (Stone Roses) - 1970 Chad Taylor (Live)
- Eric carr (kiss) died died 1991 (cerebral hemorage)}

^{25th
– Steve Rotheray of Marillion born 1959 - Alices Restaurant released by Arlo
Guthrie in 1967 - Band Aid Single recorded in 1985 - 1940 Percy
Sledge (singer) - 1960 Amy Grant ( singer ) - 1966 Stacy Lattisaw (singer) -
1967 Rodney Sheppard (Sugar Ray)}

26th – Tina turner born in 1939 - 1904 G. Rossini ( composer ) - 1933 Robert Goulet (singer/actor) - 1938 Tina Turner ( singer ) - 1945 John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) - 1963 Adam Gaynor (Matchbox 20) - 1985 Lil Fizz (B2K)

27th – Jimi Hendrix Born 1942 - 1941 Eddie Rabbit (guitarist / singer) - 1959 Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) - 1962 Charlie Benante (Anthrax) - 1962 Mike Bordin (Faith No More) - 1965 Fiachna O'Braonian (Hothouse Flowers) - 1970 Skoob (Das EFX)

28th – Tom Robinsons Live Debut 1976 at Hope & Anchor - 1940 Clem Curtis (singer, The Foundations) - 1943 Randy Newman (pianist/singer) - 1948 Beeb Birtles (Little River Band) - 1949 Paul Shaffer (musician /comedian /composer) - 1962 Matt Cameron (Soundgarden) - 1968 Dawn Robinson (formerly of En Vogue) - 1974 Apl.de.Ap (Black Eyed Peas)

29th – John Mayall Born 1933, John “Twink” Alder (Pretty Things) born 1944 - 1940 Chuck Mangione (flugelhornist / composer) - 1941 Denny Doherty (Mamas & Papas) - 1951 Barry Goudreau (Boston) - 1958 Michael Dempsey (formerly of The Cure) - 1965 Wallis Buchanan (Jamiroquai) - 1968 Jonathan Knight (New Kids On The Block)

^{30th
– Billy Idol born William Broad in 1955 - 1937 Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul &
Mary) - 1954 George McArdle ( bassist/Little River Band) - 1954 June Pointer
(Pointer Sisters) - 1957 John Ashton (Psychedelic Furs) - 1958 Stacey Q (
singer), 1963 Jalil (Whodini) - 1965 Paul Wheeler (Icehouse), 1968 Des'ree (
vocalist) - 1975 Mindy McCready (vocalist)}

Other Stuff in November - Number ones include 'Walkin in the rain" - 'Hoots Mon' - 'It's now or never'- 'She's the one' - ' I believe' - 'I do anything for love' - 'Dizzy' - 'China in your hand" - 'Take my breathe away' - 'a good heart' - 'karma chameleon' - 'every little thing she does is magic' - 'rattrap' - 'space oddity' - 'my ding a ling' - 'I hear you knocking' - 'baby now that I found you' - 'baby love' and Col Tom Parker signed Elvis in 1955, Rubin Carter (Hurricane) had conviction overturned in 1985 after 20 years, Graham Bonnett left rainbow in 1980, Rich Kids split 1978, 10cc split up 1976, Pistols first ever gig 1975, Cream farewell concert 1968, Roger Walters started legal proceedings to dissolve Pink Floyd 1986,

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