Today in Music History for Nov. 17: In 1938, singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who became Canada's most famous, and arguably most important, pop musician in the late 1960s, was born in Orillia, Ont.
Chicago-born music producer Shel Talmy passed away at the age of 87. Per Variety, he died on November 13 at his home in LA, following complications from a stroke.