The Victor Talking Machine Company began manufacturing the hand-cranked Victrola in Camden, New Jersey. The $200 machine used a horn cabinet, with records sold separately for $1 to $7; conductor John Philip Sousa warned that “canned music” would replace amateur musicians.

Elvis Presley began filming “The Reno Brothers,” later renamed “Love Me Tender,” only four days after “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” reached No. 1 in the United States.

The Five Satins debuted on the R&B chart with “In the Still of the Night,” recorded in a New Haven church basement. Reissued after local success, it reached No. 3 on R&B, No. 24 on the Top 100, and sold more than a million copies; its “doo-wop” refrain helped popularize that term.

Elvis’s “It’s Now or Never,” a reworked version of Enrico Caruso’s “O Sole Mio,” was released in Britain after a copyright-clearance delay. It topped the U.K. chart and earned a Silver Record for sales above 200,000.

An early karaoke machine was demonstrated at London’s National Radio Show at Earl’s Court, allowing singers to perform with guitars, tapes, or radio recordings.

The Supremes scored their first of 12 U.S. No. 1 singles when “Where Did Our Love Go” led Billboard for two weeks; it reached No. 3 in Britain. The Marvelettes had been offered the song first but declined it.

Granada Television security guards used fire hoses on roughly 200 teenagers who broke through barriers waiting for The Rolling Stones in Manchester. The band still recorded its segment and performed “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

Cynthia Lennon filed for divorce from John Lennon on the grounds of adultery after returning from Greece to find Yoko Ono living in their London home. A decree nisi followed on November 8.

The Beatles recorded with Ringo Starr absent after he left for a Sardinian vacation. Paul McCartney played drums on “Back in the U.S.S.R.”, although many felt the track lacked Ringo’s usual steadiness.

The Beatles were photographed together for the final time at John and Yoko’s Tittenhurst Park home; some photographs later appeared on the cover of the 1970 “Hey Jude” compilation. Columbia also released Santana’s debut album, which reached No. 4 in the U.S. and featured “Evil Ways,” a No. 9 hit led by future Journey founder Gregg Rolie.

Bread topped the Hot 100 with “Make It with You,” written by David Gates; it reached No. 5 in Britain. Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” entered the U.S. Top 40, later reaching No. 8 and becoming the first American Gold record awarded to a solo Canadian woman.

Eric Burdon returned to the charts with his new group War and “Spill the Wine,” which reached No. 3. War later continued successfully without him, scoring hits including “The Cisco Kid,” “Low Rider,” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Cosmo’s Factory” began a nine-week run at No. 1 in the U.S. It also topped charts in several other countries and included “Up Around the Bend,” “Lookin’ Out My Back Door,” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain.”

Led Zeppelin released its eighth and final studio album, “In Through the Out Door,” on Swan Song. It topped the U.K. and U.S. album charts, went six-times Platinum in America, and produced “Fool in the Rain,” which reached No. 21.

Rick Nelson and Fats Domino filmed the PBS special “Rockin’ with Rick and Fats” at Los Angeles’s Universal Amphitheatre. Their finale was a duet of “I’m Walkin’”; the program became Nelson’s last television appearance before his December 1985 plane-crash death.

Bruce Gary, drummer for The Knack on “My Sharona,” died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 55. He was also a sought-after session musician who worked with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart, and Jack Bruce.

Motown songwriter Nickolas Ashford died at 70 after throat cancer. With wife Valerie Simpson, he wrote “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand,” and “You’re All I Need to Get By.” Jerry Leiber, of Leiber and Stoller, also died at 78; the team wrote “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Yakety Yak,” “Stand by Me,” and many other standards.

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King died at 68. He co-wrote Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Incense and Peppermints” and Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Skynyrd in 2006.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets drummer Jerry Allison died of cancer at 82. He received co-writing credit on “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue” and later kept The Crickets name active with Joe B. Mauldin and Sonny Curtis.