| 81 | years ago | 1944 | Bonnie Bramlett, vocalist for Delaney & Bonnie, is born. |
| 76 | years ago | 1949 | Bonnie Raitt is born. |
| 71 | years ago | 1954 | Rickie Lee Jones is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1963 | Dick Clark's traveling Caravan of Stars opens its fall 1963 tour in Teaneck, New Jersey. The bill features Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, the Ronettes, Little Eva, and the Dovells, among others. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | Cynthia Powell Lennon is granted a divorce from her husband of six years, John Lennon, in a London court. John is absent from court. He is attending Yoko Ono in a hospital, where it is feared she might suffer a miscarriage (she miscarries on November 21). |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | Jean Terrell replaces Diana Ross in the Supremes. |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | On the second date of their U.S. tour, the Rolling Stones break the Los Angeles concert gross record held by The Beatles since 1966. They add an extra date to their L.A. Forum stand and a fourth date to their upcoming gig at New York's Madison Square Garden. |
| 55 | years ago | 1970 | Jim Morrison records the poetry that the other members of the Doors would set to music after his death and issue on the 1978 album, An American Prayer. |
| 54 | years ago | 1971 | Sly & the Family Stone have huge hits with Family Affair and There's a Riot Goin' On. The album's title could well describe some of Sly's concerts during this time. Much to his fans' dismay, he's a frequent no-show. Of eighty concerts booked in 1970, he canceled 26, and has ducked out of 12 of forty shows in '71. |
| 51 | years ago | 1974 | Singer Ivory Joe Hunter dies in Memphis. Hunter was best known for his R&B hits, Since I Lost You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, and I Need You So. |
| 46 | years ago | 1979 | The Grateful Dead's Shakedown Street LP is released. |
| 40 | years ago | 1985 | Ozzy and Sharon's son Jack Osbourne is born. |
| 19 | years ago | 2006 | Culture Club postpones a reuniuon tour with Sam Butcher replacing Boy George until next year so they can finish recording tracks for a new album. In recent weeks, Boy George had declined to join the reunion and declared the new singer “dreadful.” |
| 18 | years ago | 2007 | Police raid the London home of Amy Winehouse in connection with the arrest of her husband on “suspicion of trying to pervert the course of justice.” Amy isn’t home at the time, and a spokesman says the raid has nothing to do with drugs. |