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November, 12

  • 1999 British rock star Gary Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, 55, pleads guilty at Bristol Crown Court in England, to 54 counts of taking and possessing indecent photographs of underage children. Glitter is sentenced to four months in jail after admitting to the offenses that took place between January 1997 and November 1997.
  • 1999 Kid Rock and Lauryn Hill top the 1999 Billboard Music Video Awards, held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
  • 1998 Madonna draws the best female and the best album (“Ray of Light”) honors at the 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan.
  • Taiwanese singer, songwriter and producer Chang Yu-Sheng, best know for his hit Mandarin song “My Future Is Not A Dream,” dies three weeks after being injured in an auto accident. Cause of death is attributed to complications arising from a lung infection.
  • 1997 More than $2 million are raised at the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund’s 1997 Children’s Choice Award dinner honoring Grammy-winning producer/songwriter David Foster. Performers and guests include Az Yet, All-4-One, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman and Cindy Crawford.
  • 1997 Rainer Ptacek, the subject of the star-studded Atlantic tribute album “The Inner Flame,” dies after a two-year struggle with brain cancer. He is 46. Ptacek is best known for his work with Robert Plant.
  • 1984 Madonna releases her sophomore album, “Like A Virgin.” It becomes the Material Girl’s biggest album. The title track spends six weeks at No. 1 on Billboard singles chart and spawns the top 5 singles “Material Girl,” “Angel” and “Dress You Up.” It also launches an army of lingerie-clad pre-teen Madonna wannabes.
  • 1970 The Doors play their last concert with Jim Morrison in New Orleans.
  • 1955Fats Domino is named the favorite Rhythm & Blues artist in Billboard’s annual DJ’s Poll.
  • 1955 Chuck Berry is named the most promising Rhythm & Blues artist in Billboard’s annual DJ’s Poll.
  • Neil Young is born in Toronto.
  • 1939 Ruby Nash Curtis of Ruby and the Romantics is born in Akron, Ohio. The group has a No. 1 hit in 1963 with “Our Day Will Come.”