This Day in Music History
November 5

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What happened in history on this day: November 5?

On November 5 in ...

  • 2022 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Lionel Ritchie, Pat Benetar, Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, and Carly Simon.

Births on November 5

  • 1931 - Birth of Ike Turner; American singer and songwriter ("A Fool in Love") (dies 2007).
  • 1942 - Birth of Art Garfunkel in New York City, USA; singer/actor ("Sounds of Silence", "Carnal Knowledge").
  • 1947 - Birth of Peter Noone; rocker (Herman's Hermits - "Silhouettes").
  • 1959 - Birth of Bryan Adams in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; singer ("Heaven").
  • 1959 - Birth of Rob Fisher; rocker (Climie Fisher - "Love Changes").

Deaths on November 5

  • 1960 - Death of Johnny Horton at age 33 in head-on car crash near Milano, Texas, USA; singer ("The Battle of New Orleans", "North to Alaska", "Sink the Bismark").
  • 1977 - Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader ("Auld Lang Syne"), dies in Houston, Texas, at age 75.
  • 1989 - Death of Barry Sadler at age 49 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in a coma from a gunshot to the head a year earlier; songwriter/singer ("The Ballad of the Green Berets").
  • 2002 - Death of Billy Guy at age 66; singer (The Coasters - "Searchin'", "Little Egypt", "Run Red Run", "Wait A Minute"), producer (J. R. Bailey).
  • 2003 - Death of Bobby Hatfield at age 63 of a heart attack in his sleep; singer (The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964)).
  • 2021 - Death of Marília Mendonça at age 26 in a plane crash in Caratinga, Brazil; singer (Latin Grammy winner).

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