The Kinks served up their 12th album on this day in 1973. Preservation Act 1 was a concept album that has been criticized by some for lacking the cohesion of previous and subsequent albums from the Beatles, Who, Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis, David Bowie and others.  Preservation Act 1 didn't fare better than #177 on the Billboard Album Chart but was well received by a good portion of the group's most avid fans.

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 16 include...

 

1948 Producer Robert "Mutt" Lang born.

1978 Queen has topless bicyclists ride out on stage as the band plays Bicycle during New York City concert.

1985 U2 launches Mother Records.

1987 Lenny Kravitz marries Lisa Bonet (divorce in ’95).

1988 Former Beach Boys manager and father of member Mike Love gets 5 year suspended sentence for bilking the band out of $300k.

1992 Genesis releases The Way We Walk.

1994 Quicksilver Messenger Service's Dino Valente dies.

2002 Rolling Stones play a Texas billionaire's 60th birthday at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas for $2 million.

2005 UK Hall Of Fame inducts Who, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Kinks, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath.

2010 Bruce Springsteen releases multi-disc expanded edition of Darkness On The Edge Of Town.

2010 Beatles songs finally available on iTunes.

2014 Bono injures arm in Central Park bicycle spill. U2 postpones Tonight Show residency.

2017 Tom Petty's private memorial service held for family and friends at LA yoga meditation center.

2019 Bruce Springsteen does a surprise 2 hour set backed by Bobby Bandiera Band with Max Weinberg at a charity event in Asbury Park.

2022 Peter Frampton closes his farewell tour concert in Dusseldorf, Germany by playing George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  Soon after, he announces plans to resume touring.