- Nov 2 (Wilmore) "Slick" Jones, American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet), dies at 62
- Nov 4 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), dies at 66
- Nov 12 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
- Nov 18 Léon Jongen, Belgian organist, composer, and academic, dies at 85
- Nov 18 Ted Heath, British jazz trombonist, composer, and big bandleader, dies at 67
- Nov 22 Acario Cotapos, Chilean composer, dies at 80
- Nov 23 (Donnell) "Spade" Cooley, American Western swing fiddler, bandleader, and television personality ("Shame On You"), dies of a heart attack during the intermission of a performance at 58