Musical Finale
Nov 3 Jules Styne, Betty Comdem & Adolph Green's musical "Lorelei", starring Carol Channing, closes at the Palace Theatre, NYC, after 320 performances
Music History
Nov 5 Dmitri Shostakovich completes Michelangelo songs
Greatest Hits
Nov 8 "Greatest Hits" 11th studio album by Elton John is released
Callas' Final Appearance
Nov 11 Operatic soprano Maria Callas makes her final public appearance in Sapporo, Japan
Goodnight Vienna
Nov 15 Ringo Starr releases singles "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in the UK
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Nov 16 John Lennon's single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", featuring Elton John, goes to #1 in US; the last of the Beatles with a solo chart-topper, it was the only one during his lifetime
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Nov 18 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album by English progressive rock band Genesis is released, their last to feature original frontman Peter Gabriel
- Nov 28 John Lennon's last concert appearance, as a guest of Elton John, Madison Square Garden, New York City NYC; they perform "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"; "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"; and "I Saw Her Standing There"
- Nov 30 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances
Mack & Mabel
Nov 30 Jerry Herman's musical "Mack & Mabel", about the romance between silent film figures Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 66 performances
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