November 15

 

The Rolling Stones brought their bad boy image to American television today in 1965 with their US TV debut on 'Hullabaloo,' performing "Get Off of My Cloud" and proving that Britain's blues-influenced rebels could be even more threatening than the Beatles on the small screen…

 

Justice took a controversial turn today in 2000 when Michael Abram, who had stabbed George Harrison after breaking into his Friar Park home in 1999, was found not guilty by reason of insanity at Oxford's Crown Court, sparing the attacker prison while leaving the former Beatle scarred…

 

Doo-wop's most influential voice Clyde McPhatter was born on this day in 1932, the Drifters founder whose gospel-influenced tenor established the template for soul singing and influenced everyone from Jackie Wilson to Ben E. King before his death from alcoholism at just 39 in 1972…

 

Jazz lost one of its hippest voices on this day in 2016 when pianist Mose Allison died at 89, ending the career of the Mississippi musician whose laid-back style and bluesy compositions had influenced rock stars while maintaining his cool sophistication across seven decades…

 

British pop's sweetest voice Petula Clark was born today in 1932, the child star who reinvented herself as an international sensation in the 1960s with "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway," bridging generations with her timeless vocal charm…

 

Art-rock glamour reached its peak today in 1974 with the release of Roxy Music's 'Country Life,' the album featuring controversial cover models and Bryan Ferry's sophisticated songs that proved glam could be both commercially successful and artistically ambitious.