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Friday, November 15, 2024

Music History - November 1956

 1956

Highlights

November 5, 1956 -

Nat King Cole was the first black performer to host a variety show on national television - The Nat King Cole Show.

November 28, 1956 -

After John Lennon's death, Yoko Ono married twice - First to Japanese composer, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and second to American film producer, Anthony Cox.  Neither marriages lasted.  Lennon and Ono were married from 1969 until his passing in 1980.

- Hit singles in 1956 -

"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" - Doris Day

"Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino

"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley

"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley

"Don't Be Cruel" - Elvis Presley

- November 3, 1956 -

"Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley

- Loss in November 1956 -

November 1 - Tommy Johnson, Blues musician

November 5 - Art Tatum, Jazz pianist

November 10 - Victor Young, Violinist/Conductor/Composer

November 24 - Guido Cantelli, Conductor

November 26 - Tommy Dorsey, Bandleader

November 30 - 

Ludvik Kuba, Artist & Musician 

Jean Schwartz, Songwriter

(Wikipedia)

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