Born: June 12, 1930

Died: November 30, 2017

Opera, gospel and pop singer with a booming baritone voice and dozens of albums, including six gold or platinum awards and a lone minor hit, "Love Me With All Your Heart" (CB #111, 1966), better known as the lovable, bumbling bumpkin Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show (1962-1964) and Gomer Pyle M.C. (1964-1969), and for singing the unofficial state anthem "Back Home In Indiana" before the start of the Indianapolis 500 auto race in nearly every year from 1972 to 2014, died from auto-immune system complications on 11/30/2017, age 87

Born: April 12, 1933

Died: November 30, 1996

Warbling singer and ukulele-strumming, 60s flash-in-the-pan novelty act, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" (#17, 1968), married Victoria Mae "Miss Vicki" Budinger on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show on 1217/1969, died of a heart attack on stage on 11/30/1996, age 63

Born: January 29, 1934

Died: November 30, 1986

Early R&B, jump jazz and gospel singer voted Most Promising Female R&B Vocals in 1956 but had the misfortune of being ahead of her time, cut numerous songs on different labels in the 50s and 60s but had only one Pop chart hit, "Don't Stop The Wedding" (#98, 1962) and three R&B chart Top 25 hits, including "In The Chapel" (R&B #14, 1957), confined to a wheelchair following a 1966 car accident and died on 11/30/1986, age 52

Born: December 09, 1935

Died: November 30, 1993

Country music star with 29 Country Top 20 hits, including the Grammy-winning crossover "Almost Persuaded" (#24, Country #1, 1966) which spent a record nine straight weeks at the top of Billboard's Country Singles chart, a feat unmatched until Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" went to 10 weeks in early 2013, died following a brain aneurysm on 11/30/1993, age 57

Born: June 18, 1938

Died: November 30, 1999

Guitarist, pianist and half the 50s rock 'n' roll duo Don & Dewey, switched to electric violin and did session work for Little Richard, John Mayall, Frank Zappa and others, died from pulmonary disease on 11/30/1999, age 61

Born: December 06, 1939

Died: November 30, 2024

Member of late 50s instrumental rock ‘n’ roll The Redcoats (“I Want You To Love Me,” 1959), a chance meeting landed the group a gig as backing band for Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars revue in Miami in 1959, after The Redcoats split, fronted a blue-eyed soul group in the early 60s before a later-60s teen idol career with nine Billboard Top 100 singles (but without a Top 40 hit - the most low-enders by any artist in history), also hosted and co-produced with Dick Clark the American Bandstand spinoff music variety show Where The Action Is (1965-67), moved to the production side of the soundboard as a producer for numerous artists and co-founded Miami-based TK Records in 1969, followed by his own Vision Records label in the late 80s and hits by K.C. & The Sunshine Band, continued as a fixture on the Miami music scene until his death from unspecified causes on 11/30/2024, age 84.

Born: July 12, 1943

Died: November 30, 2022

Singer, songwriter and keyboardist, major contributor to the mega-success of pop-rock Fleetwood Mac in the 70s and 80s, wrote or co-wrote many of the group’s huge hits, including "Don’t Stop" (#3, UK #32, 1977) and “Little Lies” (#4, UK #5,, 1987), started in blues band Chicken Shack in the late 60s and sang lead on several unremarkable singles, married Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie and joined his blues-rock band in 1969, retired from music in 1998 but returned for one-off Fleetwood Mac reunions and a collaboration with bandmate Lindsey Buckingham in 2017, died following a brief illness on 11/30/2022, age 79.

Born: November 20, 1946

Died: November 30, 2011

Original member in R&B/soul vocal quartet The Soul Children ("I'll Be The Other Woman, #36, R&B #3, 1973), the group did not meet the expectations of Isaac Hayes and other Stax Records executives who created the group to offset the loss of departed duo Sam & Dave, died from pancreatic cancer on 11/30/2011, age 65

Born: February 13, 1955

Died: November 30, 2000

Founding member and bassist for Canadian hard pop-rock Loverboy, "Turn Me Loose" (#35, Main #6, AUS #3, CAN #7, 1981) and eight other Top 40 hits, presumed drowned at sea when swept overboard from his 11-metre sailboat near the Golden Gate Bridge while from Vancouver to Baja California on 10/30/2000, age 45

Born: December 25, 1957

Died: November 30, 2023

Britain-born, Irish-blooded guitarist, vocalist, chief songwriter and frontman for influential Celtic folk-punk-rock The Pogues ("Tuesday Morning," Rock #11, UK #18, 1993), emerged with the band from the London pub scene in the early 80s and scored seven Ireland Top 10 hits by 1990, plus two in the UK, was fired from the band for alcohol and drug abuse in 1991 and fronted his own version of the band in the 90s when the other Pogues disbanded, reunited with five of the original Pogues in 2002 and toured with the band until a final performance in France in 2014, contracted encephalitis and died from the disorder on 11/30/2023, age 65.