- Nov 1 Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57
- Nov 1 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), dies on her 88th birthday
- Nov 3 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), dies of cancer at 65
- Nov 4 Zlatan Vauda, Slovene composer and conductor (RTB Children's Choir, 1953-86), dies at 86
- Nov 5 (Ulysses) Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Robins; The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"; "Youngblood"), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Nov 6 Elisabeth Grümmer, German-Alsatian soprano, dies at 75
- Nov 6 Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, dies at 81
- Nov 7 Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)
- Nov 8 Beatrice Kay, American singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
- Nov 13 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, dies at 71
- Nov 15 Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
- Nov 18 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, dies at 87
- Nov 22 (Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie"; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
- Nov 22 Robert Whitney, American conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1937-67), educator (University of Louisville, 1956-71), and composer, dies at 82
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