November 19th

 

Musical birthdays include Blood, Sweat & Tears saxophonist Fred Lipsius (80), former Guns 'N Roses drummer Matt Sorum (63), Tool bassist Justin Chancellor (53), The Old Ceremony frontman Django Haskins (49), and rapper Tyga [né Michael Nguyen-Stevenson] (33). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for bandleader Tommy Dorsey, born on this day in 1905... for composer Slavko Avsenik, born in 1929... for Mothers of Invention vocalist and Frank Zappa collaborator Ray Collins, who would have been 87... for Israeli singer Ofra Haza, who would have been 65... for composer Franz Schubert, who died on this date in 1828... for ex-Badfinger guitarist and songwriter Tom Evans, who hanged himself at the age of 36 in 1983... for Byrds producer Terry Melcher, who died today in 2004... and for Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin DuBrow, who left us in 2005. 

Also on November 19: J.S. Bach is named court composer by Polish King Augustus III (1736)... On the 50th anniversary of the union of the cities Buda and Pest, Bartok's Five Dances receive their first public performance in the Hungarian capital (1923)...  Carl Perkins records 'Blue Suede Shoes' at Sun Studios (1955)... The Supremes become the first all-female group to have a UK № 1, when 'Baby Love' tops the charts (1964)... Emerson, Lake & Palmer release Brain Salad Surgery (1973)... The British music weekly 'Sounds' names the Sex Pistols' debut single 'Anarchy in the UK' its Single of the Week... George Harrison releases the album Thirty-Three & 1/3 (1976)... Led Zeppelin release their final studio album Coda (1982)... Tina Turner makes her first American chart appearance in twelve years with her version of the Al Green hit 'Let's Stay Together' (1983)... Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy after it is revealed that the duo did not sing at all on their Girl You Know It's True album (1990)... U2 release Achtung Baby (1991)... David Crosby undergoes a successful liver transplant operation at Dumont-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Crosby's liver was deteriorated from years of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as hepatitis-C (1994)... The Beatles start an eleven-week run at № 1 on the UK album chart with The Beatles 1. The album features every number-one single released by the band from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the their break-up, it was their first compilation available on one CD. The world's best-selling album of the 21st century, 1 has sold over 31 million copies worldwide to date (2000)... Michael Jackson is widely criticized after dangling his baby from the third-floor balcony of a Berlin hotel. The singer is in the German capital for an awards ceremony and was showing off his nine-month old baby to fans outside the hotel (2003)... Former glam rock star Gary Glitter is arrested in Vietnam after being detained at Ho Chi Minh airport as he tries to board a plane to Bangkok. Police say Glitter is being held under suspicion of committing lewd acts with two girls under the age of 18 (2005).