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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, the singing couple who became huge stars thanks to their Newlyweds TV show, announce they are splitting.
Nick Lachey
Jessica Simpson
Madonna tops the album charts with Confessions on a Dance Floor. The second highest new entry belongs to country duo Big & Rich, whose Comin' to Your City bows at No. 7.
Madonna
Big & Rich
Dave Matthews Band release their second official live album, Listener Supported. Taken from a PBS special, the double disc set goes to No. 15 in the Billboard album chart.
Dave Matthews Band
Pop songwriter Tommy Boyce, who wrote the Monkees hits "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Stepping Stone" with Bobby Hart, commits suicide after a long battle with depression.
The Monkees
Tommy Boyce
Bobby Hart
Badfinger bassist Tom Evans commits suicide after the band splits by hanging himself, just as Badfinger songwriter Pete Ham had done eight years earlier.
Badfinger
Pete Ham
Marianne Faithfull is arrested at Norway's Oslo Airport on charges of marijuana possession. She signs a confession and is allowed to carry on with her tour of the country.
Marianne Faithfull
Jerry Lee Lewis appears in front of Graceland, waving a .38 Derringer and hollering for Elvis Presley to come out so he can show him who's the real king of rock 'n' roll. Memphis police arrest the Killer and charge him with public intoxication and weapon possession.
Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis Presley
Keyboardist Gary Wright leaves Spooky Tooth. He goes on to enjoy the 1976 solo smash "Dream Weaver."
Gary Wright
Spooky Tooth
Bob Dylan and wife Sara arrive in Durango, Colo., where he's due to begin filming Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Bob Dylan
Women's Wear Daily announces that Mick Jagger has joined its Cat Pack list, which also features Henry Kissinger and Truman Capote. We have no idea what qualified him to join such company.
Mick Jagger
It's reported that San Francisco's Family Dog collective has lost its license to hold its famed marathon Grateful Dead concerts at the Avalon Ballroom.
The Grateful Dead
In today's issue of Rolling Stone, San Francisco DJ Tom Donahue pronounces, "Top 40 radio as we know it today and have known it for the last ten years, is dead, and its rotting corpse is stinking up the airwaves." Poor Tom. Britney Spears hadn't even been born yet.
Britney Spears
In theaters today is Elvis Presley's 22nd film. Spinout is described by Halliwell's Film Guide as a "mild star musical which at least stays in the open air."
Elvis Presley
The Beatles shoot promotional clips for "I Feel Fine," "Ticket to Ride," "Help!," "Day Tripper," and "We Can Work It Out" at London's Twickenham Studios.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones are banned from the BBC for unprofessionalism after showing up late for appearances on the radio shows Top Gear and Saturday Club.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles audition for BBC producers looking for bands with TV potential. They fail.
The Beatles
A young Bob Dylan spends Thanksgiving with his friends Eve and Mac McKenzie and girlfriend Suze Rotolo. He performs a few songs after the meal.
Bob Dylan
RCA Records tries to allay worries that the Army will change Elvis for the worse. A spokesman says, "It just ain't true."
Elvis Presley
Madonna friend and early producer Jellybean Benitez is born.
Madonna
Disco keyboardist/vocalist Mark Radice is born in Newark, N.J.
Mark Radice
Tony Bourge, whose guitar work with metal thugs Budgie apparently influenced Soundgarden's Kim Thayil in some manner, is born.
Soundgarden
Budgie
Czechoslovakian avant-rock saxophonist Jiri Stivin is born in Prague.
Jiri Stivin
Mississippi soul singer Betty Everett, who sang "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)," is born in Greenwood.
Betty Everett
In a San Antonio hotel room, mysterious blues pioneer Robert Johnson records his first tracks, including "Ramblin' on My Mind."
Robert Johnson
Gloria Lynne, whose sides for Everest are much prized among Northern soul collectors, is born in New York.
Gloria Lynne
Composer Johnny Mandel, who wrote the theme from M*A*S*H, "Suicide Is Painless," is born in New York.
Johnny Mandel
 
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