This month in Australian music – November

Australian Musicians born in November

• 1st Nov 1967 – Tina Arena – Born Filippina Lydia Arena in Melbourne, Victoria
• 2nd Nov 1951 – Belinda “Lindy” Morrison – The Go Betweens
• 4th Nov – Rob Manego – Peculiar Clerk, Mirrored Image
• 5th Nov 1985 – Kate DeAraugo
• 6th Nov 1983 – Jon Hume – Evermore
• 6th Nov 1947 – George Young of The Easybeats, Vanda and Young, Flash and the Pan and many others was born George Redburn Young in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 9th Nov 1984 – Delta Lea Goodrem
• 10th Nov 1979 – Chris Joannou – Silverchair
• 10th Nov 1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter
• 11th Nov 1962 – James Morrison
• 13th Nov 1933 – Don Lane. Born Morton Donald Isaacson in the U.S. Died 22nd Oct 2009
• 17th Nov 1965 – Amanda Brown – The Go Betweens
• 17th Nov 1966 – Kate Ceberano
• 18th Nov 1947 – Ross Wilson – Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock and many others. Born Ross Andrew Wilson in Melbourne, Victoria.
• 18th Nov 1950 – Steve Stickney – Mad Gorilla, Creedence and Beyond
• 21st Nov 1955 – Peter Koppes – The Church
• 21st Nov 1977 – Myles Heskett – Wolfmother
• 28th Nov 1948 – Beeb Birtles – Zoot, Little River Band, Solo – Born Gerard Bertelkamp in Amsterdam, Holland
• 29th Nov 1946 – Brian Cadd – The Groop, Axiom and many others – Born Brian George Cadd in Perth, Western Australia.
• 29th Nov 1951 – Don Walker – Cold Chisel – Born Donald Hugh Walker in Ayr, Nth Qld.
• 30th Nov 1937 – Frank Ifield
• 30th Nov 1965 – Paul Wheeler – Icehouse, Choirboys

Australian Musicians & Roadcrew Passing Away in November

• 4th Nov 2010- James Freud – Solo, The Models
• 7th Nov 1986 – Tracy Pew aged 28 – The Birthday Party, Nick Cave
• 22nd Nov 1997 – Michael Hutchence aged 37 – INXS
• 26th Nov 2010 – Pat Pickett. Audio Engineer, Roadie, Legend
• 28th Nov 2010 – John “Neddy” McCaughan crew member Stormy Monday & Mad Gorilla

Number One Singles in Australia in November

• 1970 – The Carpenters “(They Long to Be) Close to You”, Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” / “Long as I Can See the Light”
• 1971 – Olivia Newton-John “Banks of the Ohio”, Rod Stewart “Maggie May”
• 1972 – Hot Butter “Popcorn”
• 1973 – Suzi Quatro “Can the Can”, Vicki Lawrence “He Did with Me”, The Rolling Stones “Angie”
• 1974 – Paper Lace “The Night Chicago Died”, Olivia Newton-John “I Love You, I Honestly Love You”
• 1975 – ABBA “Mamma Mia”
• 1976 – Bryan Ferry “Let’s Stick Together”, ABBA “Money, Money, Money”
• 1977 – Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything”
• 1978 – Commodores “Three Times a Lady”
• 1979 – Patrick Hernandez “Born to Be Alive”, The Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays”, The Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays”, Mi-Sex “Computer Games”
• 1980 – Leo Sayer “More Than I Can Say”, Barbra Streisand “Woman in Love”, Joe Dolce Music Theatre “Shaddap You Face”
• 1981 – Billy Field “You Weren’t in Love with Me”, The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up”, Olivia Newton-John “Physical”
• 1982 – Dexys Midnight Runners “Come On Eileen”
• 1983 – Culture Club “Karma Chameleon”, Australian Crawl “Reckless (Don’t Be So)”
• 1984 – Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
• 1985 – UB40 with Chrissie Hynde “I Got You Babe”, a-ha “Take on Me”, Jennifer Rush “The Power of Love”
• 1986 – John Farnham “You’re the Voice”
• 1987 – Los Lobos “La Bamba”, Icehouse “Electric Blue”, Jimmy Barnes “Too Much Ain’t Enough Love”, Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”
• 1988 – Phil Collins “A Groovy Kind of Love”, Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
• 1989 – Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers “Swing the Mood”, Cher “If I Could Turn Back Time”

Gigs from November 1979

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Gigs from November 1980

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Gigs from November 1985

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