November 12
- 1917: Birth of Jo Stafford (Jo Elizabeth Stafford) (+2008)
- 1925: Recording of My Heart - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
- 1936: Birth of Charlotte Davis member of Tune Weavers
- 1936: Birth of Mort Shuman (+1991)
- 1939: Birth of Ruby Nash Curtis member of Ruby & The Romantics
- 1941: Recording of St. James Infirmary - Artie Shaw
- 1943: Birth of Brian Hyland
- 1943: Birth of Arthur "Pooch" Tavares member of Tavares
- 1944: Birth of Booker T. Jones member of Booker T. & the MG's
- 1945: Birth of Neil Young (Neil Percival Young) member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ,Crazy Horse
- 1947: Birth of Buck Dharma (Donald Brian Roeser) member of Blue Oyster Cult
- 1948: Birth of Errol Brown (Lester Errol Brown) (+2015) member of Hot Chocolate
- 1950: Birth of Barbara Fairchild
- 1955: Birth of Les McKeown (Leslie Richard McKeown) member of The Bay City Rollers
- 1964: Birth of David Ellefson (David Warren Ellefson) member of Megadeth
- 1964: Recording of The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
- 1966: Release (US) of Mellow Yellow - Donovan
- 1976: Birth of Tevin Campbell (Tevin Jermod Campbell)
- 1984: Birth of Omarion (Omari Ishmael Grandberry) member of B2K
- 1984: Release of Like A Virgin (Album) - Madonna
- 1997: Death of Chang Yu-Sheng (°1966)
- 1997: Death of Rainer Ptacek (Rainer Jaromir Ptacek) (°1951)
- 1998: Death of Kenny Kirkland (Kenneth David Kirkland) (°1955)
- 2003: Death of Tony Thompson (Anthony Terrence Thompson) (°1954) member of The Power Station, Chic
- 2008: Dead of Mitch Mitchell (John Ronald Mitchell) member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 2011: Death of Doyle Bramhall (°1949) member of The Chessmen, The Nightcrawlers
- 2012: Release of GRRR! (Album) - The Rolling Stones