November 1 2001: Toronto's El Mocambo club closes its doors forever.

November 2
1974: Crosby Stills Nash & Young see SO FAR hit the top of Billboard's album charts.

1987: Howie Mandel hosts the annual Juno Awards in Toronto for the second and last time.

2006: John Shand, guitarist for Manchild, Thor, etc., was discovered dead in his car near Barrie.

November 4
1978: Anne Murray has the biggest single of her career as "You Needed Me" tops Billboard's charts.

1985: SCTV's Andrea Martin & Joe Flaherty host the annual Juno Awards in Toronto.

2006: Robbie Robertson is among the recipients at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala in Ottawa.

November 5
1946: Luke Gibson, of Luke & The Apostles fame is born in Toronto.

1947: Don McDougall, Guess Who guitarist, is born in Winnipeg.

1959: Bryan Adams is born in Kingston, ON.

1965: Robbie Robertson, then guitarist for Bob Dylan, is in the New York Hilton when the city suffers a blackout. He screams, "I want my mommy."

1977: Big band great Guy Lombardo dies.

2001: Default release THE FALLOUT.

2002: Jann Arden releases her live album with the Vancouver Symphony. Guess what it's called ... that's right ... JANN ARDEN LIVE WITH THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY.

November 6
1944: Bill Henderson of The Collectors and Chilliwack is born in Vancouver, BC.

1946: Peter Jermyn of Luke & The Apostles is born in Kingston, Ontario.

1982: "Up Where We Belong," performed by Joe Cocker but written by Buffy Sainte-Marie tops Billboard's Top 100.

2001: Jann Arden releases GREATEST HURTS.

November 7
1943: Joni Mitchell is born in Ft. McLeod, AB as Roberta Joan Anderson.

1951: Nick Gilder is born in London, UK.

1974: Bachman Turner Overdrive finish off the concert year with a show at New York's Fillmore East.

2003: Neil Young appears at a show in Hong Kong with the Rolling Stones to quel fears of a SARS epidemic. It's the Stones' first time there, and such high fees were charged for their appearances that it reportedly costs Hong Kong taxpayers over $100 million.

November 8
1976: Burton Cummings plays his first show as a solo artist at the Manitoba Centennial Centre in Winnipeg, MB.

1984: Bruce Cockburn releases "If I Had A Rocket Launcher," the day after Ronald Reagan was elected for a second term as US President.

November 9
1948: Michel Pagliaro is born in Montreal, QB.

1974: Bachman Turner Overdrive sees "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" top the Billboard's singles charts.

1993: Bryan Adams releases his first 'best of' collection, SO FAR SO GOOD.

2000: John Kay & Steppenwolf release the CD, GREATEST HITS LIVE, whose theme should be self-evident.

2003: Helix re-releases WALKING THE RAZOR'S EDGE on CD in the US.

2004: Originally released in '81, Triumph re-releases ALLIED FORCES, STAGES, and NEVER SURRENDER in the US.

2004: Helix releases the 'best of' package, ROCKIN' YOU FOR 30 YEARS.

2007: Gordon Lightfoot receives the Canadian Hall of Fame Award, presented by Bob Dylan.

1998: Rush releases DIFFERENT STAGES, a collection of live concerts over the years.

2005: The original 1978 version of One Horse Blue reunited for a one-time event during the Canadian Finals Rodeo week at the Shaw Conference Centre, "Cowboy Cabaret" put on by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. Also on the bill were the band's heroes Poco and Pure Prairie League.

November 11
2003: Default releases ELOCATION.

November 12
1945: Neil Young is born in Toronto, ON.

1966: Riots at Hollywood's Sunset Strip provide the inspiration for Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." featuring Neil Young.

1975: Triumph make their concert debut at the Knob Hill Tavern in Toronto.

1989: Andrew Cash joins Melissa Etheridge, Joe Cocker, and several German bands, including The Scorpions for a free concert at the Berlin Wall, as citizens are allowed to move freely between East and West Germany for the first time since the beginning of the Cold War.

2007: Tom Cochrane is officially named an Honorary Colonel for 409 Tactical Squadron in a ceremony at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. He's no stranger to the military, having made several stops at 4 Wing before, and participating in "Support the Troops" tours. His father was also a WWII pilot.

November 13
1956: Aldo Nova is born in Montreal, as Aldo Caporuscio.

1982: Lee Aaron's debut, the LEE AARON PROJECT is released on Freedom Records.

November 14
1890: Raymond Egan, writer of the wartime hit song "Til We Meet Again" is born in Windsor, ON

1982: Joni Mitchell's WILD THINGS RUN FAST is released.

November 15
1920: The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra debuts at Pantages Theatre.

1974: Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is born in Hanna, AB.

2005: Jim Gilmour of Saga releases his second solo lp, GREAT ESCAPE.

2005: A WORK IN PROGRESS, an indepth look at Jann Arden's life and career, is released on DVD.

November 16
1977: Rush receives three gold records for sales of their albums 2112, ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE and A FAREWELL TO KINGS, albums #4 through 6, their three most recent.

November 17
1938: Gordon Lightfoot is born in Orillia, Ontario.

November 18
1972: Danny Whitten, a guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Crazy Horse, dies of a heroin overdose. Neil Young, who occasionally uses Crazy Horse as a backing band, records his 1975 masterpiece TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT by way of a tribute.

1989: Rush releases the PRESTO lp.

Nov 19
1979: Loverboy make their debut, opening for KISS in Vancouver.

1981: RE-AC-TOR, Neil Young's 16th and final album for Reprise Records, until his return to the label in 1988, is released.

1983: Loverboy are the featured group on Saturday Night Live.

2006: Hometown girlNelly Furtado performs during half time at the Grey Cup in Winnipeg, where BC beat Montreal handily.

November 20
1940: Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush is born in Montreal, PQ.

1947: Keith McKie of Kensington Market is born in St. Albans, Herts, England

1993: Seventeen years after their last live performance, the reunited The Band – minus Robbie Robertson and the late Richard Manual – release a new album, JERICHO.

November 21
2000: ROAD ROCK VOLUME 1, a live album by Neil Young with "Friends & Relatives" is released.

2006: Nelly Furtado appears at the American Music Awards, where Nickelback wins best rock group.

November 22
1970: Crowbar appears with Van Morrison at Toronot's Massy Hall, shortly before the release of their album BAD MANORS.

2006: John Allan Cameron dies at the age of 67. He'd been hospitalized for over year with cancer.

November 23
2002: Rush perform in front of 40,000 fanatics in Rio De Janeiro. The show is filmed for the RUSH IN RIO DVD/CD.

2004: Trooper re-releases TWO FOR THE SHOW on CD through MCA in the US.

2004: Stampeders release another 'best of' – appropriately entitled BEST OF THE STAMPEDERS on UniDisc.

November 25
1976: The Band perform their final concert, which turns into a documentary and soundtrack entitled THE LAST WALTZ. On the guest list performing is everyone who is anyone and is directed by Martin Scorcese.

November 26
1965: The Lovin' Spoonful, which features Canadian Zal Yanovsky's single "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" peaks at #5 on the US billboard charts.

1933: Robert Goulet, who later moved to Edmonton where the acting and singing bugs first bit him, is born in Massacheussetts.

1982: At a ceremony at her manager's Malibu, CA home, Joni Mitchell marries bass player Larry Klein.

1996: Barney Bentall releases his first, 'best of' collection on CD.

November 27
1968: Steppenwolf's first album is certified gold.

1987: The Cowboy Junkies record THE TRINITY SESSION at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto. The next year, the Los Angeles Times votes the album one of the ten best of the year.

2000: Jann Arden releases BLOOD RED CHERRY.

November 28
1932: Ray Perkins of The Crew Cuts is born.

1993: Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton is killed in a car crash, not far from his Santa Barbara, California home at the age of 47.

2002: Anvil releases BACKWAXED, originally a 1985 product.

2002: Goddo re-releases BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE and PRETTY BAD BOYS on CD.

November 29
1941: Denny Doherty of The Mugwumps and later The Mamas and Papas is born in Halifax, NS.

November 30
1988: Rush release the A SHOW OF HANDS lp.

2000: Scott Smith, bass player for Loverboy is proclaimed dead after a boating accident in San Fransisco Bay. His body was never found.