Born: November 26, 1917

Died: July 15, 1989

Record producer and music company executive, joined his younger brother, Ahmet at Atlantic Records in 1956 and focused on the label's jazz catalog and artists, worked with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and others, later branched into R&B and rock with Ray Charles, The Drifters and Roberta Flack, founded WEA International and served as its CEO until just before his death from cancer on 7/15/1989, age 71

Born: October 14, 1926

Died: July 15, 1982

Record company music director, arranger and film score composer (Smokey And The Bandit, 1977), co-wrote and played saxophone on his one hit wonder pioneer instrumental rock n' roll song "Raunchy" (#2, 1957), died of cancer on 7/15/1982, age 55

Born: July 23, 1933

Died: July 15, 1991

Vocals in early rock 'n' roll The Cheers, their hit "(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'" (#3, 1954) was the first chart hit for the legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and one of the first hits by a white rock 'n' roll group, later became a Broadway stage performer (Fiddler On The Roof, 1964), a 60s and 70s television game show panelist (To Tell The Truth, Match Game, Password and others) and TV series guest star (Bewitched, Hawaii Five-O and others), died from a heart attack on 7/15/1991, age 58

Born: August 02, 1935

Died: July 15, 2010

Country-pop music songwriter with seven charting hits of his own in the 60s-80s but better known for penning hits for Patsy Cline ("I Fall To Pieces," #12, AC #6, Country #1, 1961) and Eddy Arnold ("Make The World Go Away," #6, AC #1, Country #1, 1965), and songs covered by dozens of artists, including Elvis Costello, Linda Ronstadt and Norah Jones, died from pancreatic cancer on 7/15/2010, age 75

Born: June 07, 1944

Died: July 15, 1973

Acadian guitarist for progressive bluegrass sibling group Kentucky Colonels, then seminal country-pop-rock The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (#1, 1965), session work for Jackson Browne, Randy Newman and others, killed by a drunken driver on 7/15/1973, age 29

Born: June 17, 1947

Died: July 15, 2000

Singer and percussionist for Brit soft pop-rock Sad Café, "Every Day Hurts" (UK #3, 1979), then pop-rock Mike + The Mechanics, "All I Need Is A Miracle" (#5, 1986), died of a heart attack on 7/15/2000, age 53

Born: June 20, 1958

Died: July 15, 2007

Founding member, vocals and lead guitar for early all-girl heavy metal group Painted Lady, which became Girlschool, "Hit And Run" (UK #32, 1981), died of spinal cancer on 7/15/2007, age 49

Born: April 24, 1964

Died: July 15, 2022

With his vocalist brother Shaun, co-founding member and bassist for Manchester electro-dance pop Happy Mondays ("Kinky Afro," MOD #9, UK #1, 1990), played with the band for 40 years with occasional breaks to collaborate with other musicians, write songs for others and appear on TV programs, died from a rare form of cancer on 7/15/2022, age 58.