November 19

Births

1905: Tommy Dorsey (Bandleader)

1939: Pete Moore (Bass singer in Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)

1943: Fred Lipsius (Sax for Blood, Sweat and Tears)

1957: Ofra Haza (Isreali Singer)

1960: Matt Sorum (Drummer for Guns “n” Roses, The Cult & Velvet Revolver)

1961: Justin Chancellor (Bass for Tool)

1969: Travis McNabb (Drummer for Better Than Ezra)

1971: Tony Rich (R&B Singer)

1973: Billy Currington (Country Artist)

1989: Tyga (Michael Stevenson) (Rapper)

Events

1954: While driving from Vegas to Los Angeles, Sammy Davis, Jr. crashes into another car on Route 66 San Bernadino, CA, and three days later, permanently loses use of his left eye. While in the hospital, friend Eddie Cantor tells Davis about the twin struggles of the Jewish and African-Americans, leading Davis to convert to Judaism. (The accident increased his popularity.)

1957: Chicago radio station WCFL is picketed by the local chapter of the Elvis Presley fan club when it bans Presley's records. Nevertheless, the station doesn't flinch.

1959: An unnamed RCA executive tells reporters that, when he returns from the Army, Elvis Presley's music will be very different than the rock and roll he performed previously. Manager Colonel Tom Parker rushes to issue an official denial to fans.

1960: While in Los Angeles during the filming of his seventh movie, Wild In The Country, Elvis Presley suffers a bit of road rage, pulling a gun on a group of passengers in another car who had supposedly insulted him.

1965: At the Glad Rags Ball in London, the Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey, storms off stage in the middle of a set plagued with PA problems. Rumors of a Who breakup spread quickly through London with most of them naming Boz Burrell (King Crimson and Bad Company) as Daltrey's possible replacement.

1968: Onstage with the Supremes at the Royal Command Variety Performance in London, Diana Ross interrupts the show with a plea for greater interracial understanding. She receives a two-minute ovation from the audience, which includes members of the royal family. Queen Elizabeth II herself stands after Ross' moving performance of West Side Story's "Somewhere."

1979: Chuck Berry was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for tax evasion.

1983: Bassist Tom Evans from Badfinger committed suicide by hanging himself in his back garden from a willow tree. Family members said the singer, songwriter was never able to get over his former bandmate's Pete Ham's suicide.

1992: Linda Ronstadt is the guest star on tonight's "Mr. Plow" episode of Fox-TV's The Simpsons.

1993: Nirvana recorded an MTV unplugged concert in New York.

1994: Crosby Stills & Nash member David Crosby had a successful liver transplant operation at Dumont-UCLA in Los Angeles. Crosby's liver was deteriorated from extensive alcohol and drug abuse, as well as hepatitis-C.

1995: The first installment of The Beatles Anthology documentary airs on ABC.

1995: Frank Sinatra's all-star 80th birthday tribute is held in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, featuring Bob Dylan performing "Restless Farewell" (at the request of Sinatra; Dylan had wanted to perform Frank's own "That's Life") and Paula Abdul singing "Luck Be A Lady." Afterwards, Dylan and fellow performer Bruce Springsteen, along with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, are invited back to the crooner's home.

1997: A "serious but stable" Johnny Cash is admitted to Nashville's Baptist Hospital after coming down with double pneumonia.

2002: While greeting fans from a fifth-floor hotel balcony in Berlin, Michael Jackson shocks the world by dangling his newborn son Prince Michael II over the side of the railing.

2003: An arrest warrant is issued on Los Angeles for Michael Jackson, due to recent charges of child molestation. The singer, phoning from Vegas where he is filming a video, convinces authorities to wait for his return to stand trial.

2004: Rapper Young Buck was arrested over a stabbing at the Vibe hip-hop awards. Young Buck (David Darnell Brown) was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a man who allegedly punched rapper Dr. Dre in the face. He was released on $500,000 bail after surrendering to police in Los Angeles.

2005: Former glam rock star Gary Glitter was arrested in Vietnam after being detained at Ho Chi Minh airport as he tried to board a plane to Bangkok. Police said Glitter was being held under suspicion of committing lewd acts with two girls under the age of 18.

2007: Queen guitarist Brian May is named Chancellor of Liverpool's John Moores University.

2007: At Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party, guest performer Neil Diamond reveals that his 1970 hit "Sweet Caroline" was actually written about her.