1906 Bukka White (blues performer)
1931 Bob Crewe (producer/ writer, Four Seasons)
1943 Brian Hyland (Sealed With a Kiss)
1945 Neil Young (Heart of Gold)
1947 Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser) (Blue Oyster Cult)
1948 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate)
1949 Arthur 'Pooch' Tavares (Tavares)
1955 Leslie McKeown (Bay City Rollers)
1964 David Ellefson (Megadeth)
Number 1 In The Charts On November 12
1966 Johnny Rivers: 'Poor Side of Town' US 45
1966 Monkees: 'Monkees' US LP
1977 Sex Pistols: 'Never Mind the Bollocks' UK LP
1983 Lionel Richie: 'All Night Long' US 45
1984 Lionel Richie: 'Can't Slow Down' UK LP
1988 Escape Club: 'Wild Wild West' US 45
1988 U2: 'Rattle and Hum' US LP
1994 Nirvana : Unplugged in New York : UK LP
Various Music Events On November 12
1902 Caruso records the first record to sell a million - 'Vesta La Guibba'
1955 In annual 'Billboard' DJ poll in US, the most played single of 1955 is 'Pledging My Love' by Johnny Ace. Most promising R&B act is Chuck Berry, most popular R&B act is Fats Domino. Elvis is voted most promising country and western artist
1955 'Billboard' publishes first Top 100 singles chart. Four Aces are at No. 1 with 'Love is a Many Splendoured Thing'
1957 'Jamboree', the first Jerry Lee Lewis film, previews in Hollywood
1963 'South Pacific' film soundtrack becomes UK's first million-selling LP, notching up 115 weeks at No. 1
1964 Yardbirds debut on UK chart with 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'
1970 Doors make their final appearance as a quartet in New Orleans
1973 Queen begin their first UK tour in Leeds, supporting Mott the Hoople
1979 Snowy White joins Thin Lizzy
1980 Human League make their first live appearance
1988 Whitney Houston's debut album is awarded a multi-platinum certificate for sales of nine million copies in US, equalling 'Boston's' record as the most successful debut LP ever
1990 Ronnie Wood is injured when he is hit by a car near London.
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