Rock 'n' Roll History for
November 13


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1961 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Solomon Burke enters the Billboard Pop chart with the first of his five entries, "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)", which will make it to #24. The record would go on to sell over a million copies and spend nineteen weeks on the R&B chart, climbing to #7.

1965 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
James Brown's "I Got You" enters both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts, where it will reach #3 and #1 respectively. The record will become one of the Godfather of Soul's most enduring and readily identifiable songs. It reached #29 in the UK.

November 13
As a follow-up to their number one hit, "Hang On Sloopy", The McCoys' release "Fever", which will climb to number 7 on the US charts.

November 13
Kama Sutra Records releases The Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice". The song would reach #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, but did not chart in the UK.

November 13
"The Soundtrack To The Sound Of Music" pushes The Beatles' "Help!" out of the number one position on the Billboard 200 chart, where it will stay for two weeks. The LP would sell over twenty million copies worldwide, becoming one of the most successful soundtrack albums in music history.

1968 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones buys Cotchford Farms in Sussex, England where A.A. Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh. There were still statues of Pooh characters on the grounds.

1971 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Three Dog Night's "Old Fashioned Love Song" is released in the US, where it will climb to #4 on the Billboard Pop chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart. It was a tune that songwriter Paul Williams would later say that he wrote in twenty minutes. It was originally intended for The Carpenters, but Richard Carpenter turned it down. The duo never did record it, but did perform it live on television with Carol Burnett a few months later.

November 13
Slade, one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, score the first of their six UK number one records with "Coz I Luv You". The mis-spelt title became a trademark for the band, which caused a great deal of concern by school teachers in Great Britain.

November 13
Santana's third studio album and second self-titled effort, tops the Billboard 200 for the first of five consecutive weeks. Often called "Santana III" by fans, the LP featured two charting singles, "Everybody's Everything" (US #12) and "No One to Depend On" (US #36). It was the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until "Supernatural" in 1999.

1973 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Nineteen-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. is killed in a traffic accident near Hernando, Mississippi, just days after he had appeared on TV's Midnight Special as a drummer in his father's band. Steven Allen Lewis, the senior Jerry Lee's only other son, drowned in the family swimming pool in 1962. Jerry Lee would later say, "I didn't know a thing could hurt that bad. It seemed like all I done was bury my people."

1974 - ClassicBands.com.

November 13
An imposter posing as Deep Purple's guitarist Ritchie Blackmore borrowed a Porsche in Iowa City and wrecked it, having already conned food and shelter out of several Deep Purple fans. He was later arrested and charged. The real Ritchie Blackmore was playing a concert in San Francisco.

1976 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" was the top tune on the Billboard Hot 100, despite being banned from the play lists of many radio stations because of its sexually suggestive lyrics ("Spread your wings and let me come inside"). It made #5 in the UK.

November 13
Having led the Billboard Pop chart for one week in October, Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" begins a three week stay at the top of the UK chart. It was also a number one hit in Australia, Ireland, Canada, and Netherlands. The song would give the group their first Grammy Award when it won for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus. It was also awarded a Gold and Platinum Record by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies.

1982 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
After forty-two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" finally falls off of the chart, passing the old longevity record held by Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy" by three weeks.

November 13
Men at Work's debut album, "Business as Usual" tops the Billboard 200 album chart, where it would stay for fifteen consecutive weeks until it is dethroned by Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

1988 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
'Michael Jackson Month' was declared in Los Angeles.

1992 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Ronnie Bond, drummer for The Troggs, died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 49. The band scored three Billboard Top 40 hits, "Wild Thing" (#1 in 1966), "With A Girl Like You" (#29 in 1966), and "Love Is All Around" (#7 in 1967). In their home country of England they enjoyed eight songs that reached the Top 40.

1995 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
The Rolling Stones release the album, "Stripped" on Virgin Records. The LP contains six live tracks and eight studio recordings, and would reach #9 in both the US and the UK. It would be awarded a Platinum Record by the RIAA for US sales of over one million copies.

1996 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Bill Doggett, an R&B and Blues pianist and organist who placed three songs on the Billboard Top 100 between 1956 and 1957, including the #2 hit "Honky Tonk (part 1 & 2), died of heart failure at the age of 80.

November 13
Jack Ryland, bassist for Three Dog Night from 1973 to 1975, died two days before his 46th birthday. He performed on the albums "Coming Down Your Way" and "Hard Labor".

1999 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Drummer R.J. Vealey of the Atlanta Rhythm Section suffered a fatal heart attack ten minutes after their show in Orlando, Florida. The 37-year-old Vealey had joined the band in 1995.

November 13
Donald Mills of The Mills Brothers died of pneumonia at the age of 84. The vocal quartet enjoyed most of their success in the 1930s and 1940s, but did chart three times during the Rock 'n' Roll era with "Queen Of The Senior Prom" (#39 in 1957), "Get A Job" (#21 in 1958) and "Cab Driver" (#23 in 1968).

2002 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Michael Stewart, leader of the 1960s Folk-Rock group We Five died at the age of 57 after a long illness. The band took the Sylvia Tyson composition, "You Were On My Mind" to #3 in the United States in 1965.

November 13
Elton John, who once claimed to own more than 4,000 pairs of glasses, announced that he planned to have Lasik eye surgery.

2004 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
The Federal Communications Commission in the US finished the first phase of an investigation into the current practice of record labels paying radio stations for airplay.

2005 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Al Frazier, the tenor voice of The Rivingtons on their 1962, #48 hit "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", passed away at the age of 75.

2007 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
47-year-old Boy George was charged by British Police with falsely imprisoning 28-year-old Auden Karlsen, who had gone to the musician's flat as a photo model. The former Culture Club lead singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, would be found guilty in January, 2009 and sentenced to fifteen months in jail.

2013 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
The French government presented Bob Dylan with the country's highest award, the Legion of Honour, in a brief ceremony in Paris.

2014 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Officials at the Graceland mansion announced that a copy of Elvis Presley's first recording, a so-called "vanity disc" that featured him singing "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", would be put up for auction next January. The successful bidder paid $300,000 for it at a January 9th sale.

2016 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Leon Russell died in his sleep at his home in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 74. During his career he placed eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Tight Rope" (#11 in 1972) and "Lady Blue" (#14 in 1975). As a studio musician, he played on hit records by Gary Lewis And The Playboys, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Herb Alpert, The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love, Brian Hyland, Dorsey Burnette, Glen Campbell and many others.

2021 - ClassicBands.com

November 13
Phillip Margo, a vocalist for The Tokens on their 1961, chart topping hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", passed away at the age of 79. The group also released nine more songs which reached the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1970, three of which made the Top 40.



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