History Highlight:

Today in 1968, The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US. Notable for the eclectic nature of its songs, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and was listed at No.10 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. The album features: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "Dear Prudence," "Helter Skelter," "Blackbird," "Back In The USSR," and George Harrisons "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." The album spent 101 weeks on the US chart peaking at No.1.

Also, Today In:

1974 - UK singer-songwriter Nick Drake died in his sleep aged 26 of an overdose of tryptasol an anti-depressant drug.

1976 - The Band made their final performance; "The Last Waltz" held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The show also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton and others. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.

1995 - Radiohead singer Thom Yorke blacked out halfway through a show in Munich, Germany, suffering from exhaustion.

2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix Arizona with a blood alcohol level of .20 after his BMW struck a Toyota Camry.

Birthdays:

Soul singer Percy Sledge is 74 today.