Events in Music History in November 1970

  • Nov 3 Murray Rumshinsky and Jacob Jacobs' musical "The President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
  • Nov 7 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Purlie", based on Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious", closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 689 performances
  • Nov 9 William Grant Still's Symphony No. 5 ("Western Hemisphere"), premiere performance, by the Oberlin College Orchestra led by Robert Baustian

Two by Two

Nov 10 Richard Rodgers and Martin Charnin's musical "Two by Two" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 343 performances

Elton John's Live Studio Concert

Nov 17 Elton John performs a live studio concert broadcast for WABC in New York City, later released as his 11-17-70 album

Tea for the Tillerman

Nov 23 A&M and Island Records release British folk-rock singer-songwriter Cat Stevens' fourth studio album "Tea for the Tillerman"; featuring singles "Wild World and "Father and Son"

My Sweet Lord

Nov 23 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single in the US

  • Nov 27 Apple Records releases George Harrison's triple album set "All Things Must Pass" - it becomes the best selling solo release of any of the Beatles, going 6X Platinum

Yale-Princeton Football Game

Nov 29 Modernist composer Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton Football Game", a two-minute piece written in 1897 premieres