The number one single today in 1967:

Today in 1970, Paul McCartney sued John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to legally dissolve the Beatles.

The suit was settled exactly four years later.

Birthdays begin with Bo Diddley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4

Who  is Charles Westover? You knew him as Del Shannon:

Who is Mary Penick? You knew her as Skeeter Davis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgcy-V6YIuI

Today is also the birthday of both Mike Nesmith and Davy Jones of the Monkees:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMKZ5rUk7UI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7LqYcG6zsU

Patti Smith …

… was born one year before Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra and the Traveling Wilburys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmx68VmTEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11A8JZ-RDDo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-YjyGS5_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlfCsj7gWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU&ob=av2e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMNNrdH-tNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

One death of note today in 1995: Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players: