Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Nov13,1934 Timmy Thomas#BTD Nov13,1934 #TimmyThomas R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter, producer 1972 R&B #1, US #3 & UK #12 "Why Can't We Live Together", +4 US Top40 singles
BTD Nov13,1947 Toy Caldwell#BTD Nov13,1947 #ToyCaldwell JR RIP lead guitarist, main songwriter, a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The #MarshallTucker Band 1977 US #14 "Heard It in a Love Song"
BTD Nov13,1949 Roger Steen#BTD Nov13,1949 #RogerSteen guitarist with The #Tubes 1977 UK #28 "White Punks On Dope", 1983 US #10 "She's A Beauty" @TheTubesGroup #HBday @rogersteenband
BTD Nov13,1949 Terry Reid#BTD Nov13,1949 #TerryReid singer member of Peter Jay's #Jaywalkers. He turned down the job as lead singer with #NewYardbirds better known as @ledzeppelin #HBday @terryreid
BTD Nov13,1951 Bill Gibson#BTD Nov13,1951 #BillGibson drummer, percussion, backing vocals #HueyLewis and the News from 1979-1995. @Huey_Lewis_News 3 US #1s 1985 "The Power Of Love", 1986 "Stuck with You", 1987 "Jacob's Ladder", +14 US Top40 singles
BTD Nov13,1960 Wayne Parker#BTD Nov13,1960 #WayneParker bassist #GlassTiger 1986 US #2 "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone"
BTD Nov13.1953 Andrew Ranken#BTD Nov13.1953 #AndrewRanken drummer The #Pogues @poguesofficial 1987 UK #8 single "The Irish Rover", 1987 UK #2 single with #KirstyMaCcoll "Fairytale Of New York"
OTD Nov13,1954 Eddie Fisher#OTD Nov13,1954 #EddieFisher with #HugoWinterhalter and His Orchestra starts a 3wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "I Need You Now"
OTD Nov13,1957 Bill Haley and His Comets#OTD Nov13,1957 #BillHaley and His #Comets on the TV program "The Big Record"
OTD Nov13,1960Drifters#OTD Nov13,1960 The #Drifters are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Save the Last Dance for Me" for the 2nd week of this 2wk run at #1. On Oct23 the song was at #1; falling to #2 Oct30; returning to #1 Nov6. For a total of 3wks at the #1 spot
OTD Nov13,1961 Jimmy Dean#OTD Nov13,1961 #JimmyDean is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chaart with "Big Bad John" for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Nov13,1963Beatles#OTD Nov13,1963 The #Beatles smuggled from dressing-room into an adjacent building, through a tunnel to Westward Studios to record a TV interview taping of the local teen program "Move Over, Dad"
OTD Nov13,1964 Rolling Stones#OTD Nov13,1964 @DeccaRecords releases The #RollingStones single "Little Red Rooster" A #1 in UK on Dec3,1964 & the only blues song at #1 in the UK. Ed Sullivan Show 1965
OTD Nov13,1965Castiles#OTD Nov13,1965 The #Castiles featured a young singer named #BruceSpringsteen at The Fire House, Hazlet, New Jersey. @springsteen
OTD Nov13,1967Monkees#OTD Nov13,1967 The #Monkees TV series S2 E10 "The Wild Monkees" @TheMonkees turn chicken when they unwittingly befriend the girlfriends of a tough motorcycle gang
OTD Nov13,1968 Hugo Montenegro#OTD Nov13,1968 #HugoMontenegro at #1 UK singles chart with "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" from the #ClintEastwood film of the same name
OTD Nov13,1968Rolling Stones#OTD Nov13,1968 The #RollingStones band member #BrianJones bought Cotchford Farm in Sussex. Writer #AAMilne owned the house, he was the author of Winnie-the-Pooh
OTD Nov13,1968Beatles#OTD Nov13,1968 The New York premiere of 'Yellow Submarine' an animated musical fantasy comedy film that was inspired by #Beatles music
OTD Nov13,1969 Crosby Stills Nash Young #OTD Nov13,1969 #Crosby #Stills #Nash & #Young begin their 1st of 4 nights at the Winterland Ballroom, #SanFrancisco, California #CrosbyStillsNashYoung
OTD Nov13,1971 Cher#OTD Nov13,1971 #Cher is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" @cher last week of a 2wk run at #1
OTD Nov13,1971 John Lennon#OTD Nov13,1971 #JohnLennon / Plastic Ono Band peak at #3 for 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Imagine"
Personnel:
#JohnLennon vocals, piano
#KlausVoormann bass guitar
#AlanWhite drums
The Flux Fiddlers strings
OTD Nov13,1973 Jerry Lee Lewis Jr#OTD Nov13,1973 #JerryLeeLewis Jr is killed in a car accident at the age of 19, near Hernando, Miss. He had been working as the drummer with his father's band
OTD Nov13,1976 Led Zeppelin#OTD Nov13,1976 #LedZeppelin has there 7th UK #1 with the film soundtrack album "The Song Remains The Same" @ledzeppelin recorded the LP at Madison Square @TheGarden
OTD Nov13,1976 Rod Stewart#OTD Nov13,1976 #RodStewart starts an 8wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) " @rodstewart would stay at #1 until 1977
OTD Nov13,1982 Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes#OTD Nov13,1982 #JoeCocker and #JenniferWarnes are still #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Up Where We Belong" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1. The duet is from the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman"
OTD Nov13,1982 Men At Work#OTD Nov13,1982 #MenAtWork start a 15wk run at #1 on the US album chart with their debut album "Business As Usual" with #GregHam flute, sax, keyboards, vocals; #ColinHay vocals, guitar; #JohnRees bass guitar; #JerrySpeiser drums, backing vocals; #RonStrykert lead guitar, vocals
OTD Nov13,1982 Eddy Grant#OTD Nov13,1982 Former #Equals singer #EddyGrant is on a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "I Don't Wanna Dance"
OTD Nov13,1988 Robin Beck#OTD Nov13,1988 #RobinBeck starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "First Time" The song is from a TV commercial for @CocaCola