November 18
- 1909: Birth of Johnny Mercer (John Herndon Mercer) (+1976)
- 1926: Birth of Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) (+1994)
- 1927: Birth of Hank Ballard (John Henry Kendricks) (+2003)
- 1936: Birth of Don Cherry (Donald Eugene Cherry) (+1995)
- 1941: Birth of Con Clusky (Conleth Cluskey) member of The Bachelors
- 1946: Birth of Jackie Ward
- 1949: Birth of Herman Rarebell (Hermann Erbel) member of The Scorpions
- 1950: Birth of Graham Parker member of Graham Parker and The Rumour
- 1950: Birth of Rudy Sarzo member of Quiet Riot, Whitesnake,...
- 1954: Birth of John Parr
- 1957: Recording of Stood Up - Ricky Nelson
- 1957: Recording of Waitin' In School - Ricky Nelson
- 1958: Birth of Michael Ramos member of The BoDeans
- 1960: Birth of Kim Wilde (Kim Smith)
- 1962: Birth of Kirk Hammett (Kirk Lee Hammett) member of Metallica
- 1968: Recording of More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase
- 1969: Birth of Duncan Sheik
- 1971: Death of Junior Parker (Herman Parker, Jr.) (°1932)
- 1971: Recording of Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Procul Harum
- 1972: Death of Danny Whitten (Danny Ray Whitten) (°1943) member of Crazy Horse
- 1977: Birth of Fabolous (John David Jackson)
- 1994: Death of Cab Calloway (Cabell Calloway) (°1907)
- 1997: Release of Love Again (The Unplugged Collection) - John Denver
- 1997: Release (US) of Bonfire - AC/DC
- 1999: Death of Doug Sahm (Douglas Wayne Sahm) (°1941) member of Sir Douglas Quintet
- 2004: Death of Cy Coleman (Seymour Kaufman) (°1929)