July 31

 

On this day in 1964, Country singer Jim Reeves was killed when the single engine aircraft he was flying in crashed in thick fog-

 

Founder of Atlantic Records, the late Ahmet Ertegun was born this day in 1923-

 

Born today in 1946, Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and The Playboys and son of comedian Jerry Lewis-

 

Bill Berry (R.E.M.) is alive and well and celebrating his 64^th birthday today-

 

Today in 1995, Jamaica issued a commemorative series of postage stamps honoring reggae legend Bob Marley-

 

Today in 2002, Bryan Ferry’s son Otis was arrested by police outside Tony Blair’s County home as he staged a demonstration