[xml.dom.minidom] why cant it parse '&'

[:B nerdy]

im using the minidom.parseString() to parse the following text

<sxml>
<title>Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings</title>
<composer>Various</composer>
<genre>blues</genre>
<trackNo>12</trackNo>
<copyright>Westwood</copyright>
<dateInserted>2002-03-11</dateInserted>
</sxml>

when it comes to the '&' it throws an exception. is there any way around
this problem??
cheers asap