July 16

 

On this day in 1981, Harry Chapin was killed in a car accident at age 38 while driving on a the Long Island expressway-

 

Today in 2014, blues guitarist Johnny Winter died at the age of 70 in Zurich-

 

On this day in 1966, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton formed Cream-

 

Today in 2012, Jon Lord (Deep Purple) died at age 71-

 

Today in 1900, His Master's Voice, the logo of the Victor Recording Company was registered with the US Patent Office-

 

Stewart Copeland, drummer for the Police was born today in 1952-

 

On this day in 2012, country music singer Kitty Wells died from complications of a stroke. She was 92.