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November, 15

  • 2000 Due to the throat troubles of their frontmen, Chino Moreno and Fred Durst, Deftones and Limp Bizkit, respectively, cancel separate shows north of the U.S. border. Deftones were to play to several thousand fans at the Aberdeen Pavillion in Ottawa, while Durst et al were to rock Vancouver with its Anger Management Tour.
  • 2000 The man who nearly a year earlier broke into the home of and stabbed former Beatle George Harrison is found not guilty by reason of insanity in the U.K.’s Oxford Crown Court. Michael Abram is ordered confined to a mental hospital indefinitely for his attack on Harrison and his wife, which left the former with a punctured lung.
  • 1999 People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue rates Tim McGraw as the sexiest man in country music. McGraw says as long as his wife, Faith Hill thinks he’s sexy, that’s all that matters to him.
  • 1997 Saul Chaplin, a composer and arranger who shared in three Oscars for scoring the musicals “An American in Paris,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” and “West Side Story,” dies at the age of 85 from injuries incurred from a fall.
  • 1990 German producer Frank Farian confirms for the first time that Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan – who make up the duo Milli Vanilli – never sang on their debut record, “Girl You Know It’s True.” Farian says the duo lip-synch the words whenever they perform live.
  • 1978 Echo & the Bunnymen give their performance debut at Eric’s Club in Liverpool, England.
  • 1962 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” The 4 Seasons. The single reaches No. 1 one month after the group’s song “Sherry” drops from the top spot after five weeks.
  • 1932 Petula Clark is born in Surrey, England.
  • 1932 Clyde McPhatter is born in Durham, N.C. He joins the Dominoes in 1950 and leaves in June 1953 to form the Drifters. His biggest solo pop hit is the 1958 top 10 hit “A Lover’s Question.” He dies of a heart attack on June 13, 1972, and is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.