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November 3

1930   Blues artist Jack Dupree Jr. born.
1941   UK singer and guitar man Brian Poole, a Buddy Holly look and sound alike who formed Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, and later with Electrix, born.
1943   Guitar master Bert Jansch born in the UK. With his pioneering folk revival group Pentangle (formed 62) and later with solo work, Jansch remains a major force and inspiration in every subsequent Celtic revival.
1946   Much traveled UK bassist Nick Simper born. Nick was with Buddy Britten & the Regents, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Screaming Lord Sutch, Roundabout who begat Deep Purple, Warhorse and Fandango.
1948   Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie born in the UK. As Lulu she was in the Glen Eagles, the very successful Luvvers, and had her biggest hit as a solo with "To Sir With Love" while hitched to Bee Gee Maurice Gibb.
1954   Adam Ant, real name Stuart Leslie Goddard, born in London. Adam played with Bazooka Joe, the B-sides, and the Ants prefigured the world music craze with their big-sound Burundi beat.
1961   Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and Fred Rose became the first members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1962   Peter Robinson, minor UK pop singer-striver and Boy George hanger-on, Marylin, born.

Icicle Works member Ian McNabb born in the UK.

1972   James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in New York.
1988   North American premiere of U2 concert film, Rattle and Hum.
1993   Leon Theremin dies in Moscow at the age of 97. In the early 1920's he invented the Theremin, an early electronic instruments triggered by the proximity of the hands to flat metal plates. The Theremin made the music of the Krell in "Forbidden Planet" incredibly spooky, and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" seem progressive.