Born: September 21, 1913

Died: November 22, 1988

Founding member and vocalist in close-harmony pop music girl group The Chordettes ("Mr. Sandman," #1, 1954 and "Lollipop," #2, 1958)), later married Cadence Records (the group's label) founder and owner Archie Bleyer, with whom she had a daughter who went on to marry Cadence artist Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers, died of cancer on 11/22/1988, age 75

Born: September 21, 1923

Died: 0000-00-00

Pop singer, "Unchained Melody" (UK #1, 1955) and BBC Radio 2 DJ from 1973 to 2002

Born: September 21, 1932

Died: 0000-00-00

Keyboards for Frank Zappa-led satirical rock group Mothers of Invention, "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (1967), sessions

Born: September 21, 1932

Died: December 03, 2014

Australian recording engineer, studio designer, record producer, co-founder of Island Records and prominent figure in the development of Jamaican music and its recording industry, worked with dozens of ska, reggae and pop acts, including The Wailers, The Skatalites and Desmond Decker, died from natural causes on 12/3/2014, age 82

Born: September 21, 1934

Died: November 07, 2016

Influential and oft-covered Canadian folk-pop singer/songwriter, "Bird On The Wire" (1969), Grammy-winning Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters (2007)

Born: September 21, 1936

Died: 0000-00-00

Country-pop singer/songwriter, "Patches" (#6, 1962), then migrated to country music in the 70s and had 16 Country Top 40 hits, including "Rocky" (Country #1, 1975)

Born: September 21, 1943

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist, session musician and founding member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as The Swampers), the renowned studio musician ensemble that recorded hundreds of songs and albums at Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama, including hits byAretha Franklin, The Staple Singers, Paul Simon, Lynyrd Skynyrd and countless others, also toured with Traffic in the 70s and produced songs by Cher and Willie Nelson, among others

Born: September 21, 1944

Died: June 22, 1988

Native American guitarist with a lone blues-rock solo album (Jesse Davis, 1971) featuring Eric Clapton, Gram Parsons and Leon Russell, performed with George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh (1971) and became a highly-regarded session musician and producer, worked with Gene Clark, John Lennon, Jackson Browne (solo on "Doctor My Eyes," #8, 1972), Taj Mahal and many others, died from a heroin overdose on 6/22/1988, age 43

Born: September 21, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Lead guitar, vocals and songwriter for country-rock and pop Eagles, composed music to "Hotel California" (#1, 1976), solo and collaborations with former bandmates

Born: September 21, 1949

Died: 0000-00-00

Brit bassist and composer, started with psych-pop band Skip Bifferty in the 60s, later joined Ginger Baker's Air Force and did session work for Stefan Grossman, Alvin Lee, Steve Howe and others, co-wrote a UK TV sitcom and film soundtracks, collaborates and produces various projects into the 10s

Born: September 21, 1952

Died: 0000-00-00

Lead guitarist for quirky New Wave synth-pop XTC, "Making Plans For Nigel" (UK #17, 1979) and side project for the band under the pseudonym The Dukes Of Stratosphear

Born: September 21, 1954

Died: November 11, 2015

Drummer for punk-metal Motörhead, "Ace Of Spades" (UK #15, 1980), during periods away from the band did session work and collaborations with thrash metal artists, died from abusive lifestyle liver failure on 11/11/2015, age 61

Born: September 21, 1959

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for Brit sophisti-pop Swing Out Sister, "Breakout" (#6, 1987)

Born: September 21, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Five time Grammy-winning country-pop crossover star, "Breathe" (#2, 1999) and eight Country #1 hits, Billboard magazine's #1 Adult Contemporary artist for 2009

Born: September 21, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Rap-dance "freestyle" performer, "One More Try" (#1, 1991)

Born: September 21, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for Canadian alt-rock Barenaked Ladies, "One Week" (#1, 1998)

Born: September 21, 1968

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for "Madchester" alt rock The Charlatans UK, "The Only One I Know" (Mainstream Rock #37, 1991)

Born: September 21, 1968

Died: 0000-00-00

MC and vocals for jazz rap and alt hip hop trio De La Soul, "Me Myself And I" (R&B #1, 1989)

Born: September 21, 1972

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for nu metal Korn, "Here To Stay" (Mainstream #4, 2002)

Born: September 21, 1972

Died: 0000-00-00

Frontman and vocals for Grammy-nominated Brit pop Oasis, "Wonderwall" (#8, 1996), the band had 22 consecutive UK Top 10 hits, now fronts Beady Eye

Born: September 21, 1973

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals and co-founding member of Brit teen-dance-pop boy band 911, covered The Bee Gees' "More Than A Woman" (UK #2, 1998) and Bobby Gosh's "A Little Bit More" (UK #1, 1999), a US #11 hit for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show in 1976

Born: September 21, 1977

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for rap-metal Limp Bizkit, "My Way" (Mainstream Rock #4, 2001)

Born: September 21, 1977

Died: 0000-00-00

Grammy-winning rapper, songwriter and record producer, "Shawty Is A 10" (#17, 2007), co-wrote "Baby" for Justin Bieber (#5, 2010), "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" for Beyoncé (#1, 2008) and other hit songs

Born: September 21, 1984

Died: 0000-00-00

Rapper with multiple collaborative singles and albums, including the BET Award-winning "Lotus Flower Bomb" (#38, R&B #1, Rap #3, 2011) featuring Miguel

Born: September 21, 1989

Died: 0000-00-00

R&B/urban soul singer/songwriter, actor and dancer, "Watcha Say" (#1, 2009)

Born: September 21, 1947

Died: June 04, 2020

English musician with eleven albums as a solo artist and as frontman for mid-70s pop-rock Quantum Jump, whose ”The Lone Ranger” did not chart in 1976 but reached UK #5 on re-release in 1979, best known as a producer and songwriter for synth-pop The Fixx (“One Thing Leads To Another.” #4, 1983), R&B diva Tina Turner (“Better Be Good To Me,” #5, R&B #6, 1984), and numerous tracks and albums for Bob Geldof, Howard Jones, Stevie Nicks and many others, along with a variety of politically- and environmentally-conscious projects over the years, suffered from renal cancer in the early 10s and died from undisclosed causes on 6/4/2020, age 72.

Born: September 21, 1942

Died: February 17, 2021

Reggae DJ and key figure in Jamaican "toasting," the precursor to rap music which combined rhythmic spoken or chanted words over previously recorded songs, issued dozens of singles in the US and UK in the 70s, as well as three Top 10 hits in Jamaica and a DJ version of the John Holt-penned "The Tide Is High" (a worldwide #1 hit for New Wave pop-rock Blondie in 1980), collaborated with reggae artists and DJs through his career and influenced countless current hip hop DJs, issued toasting covers of reggae and popular music hits through the 10s, suffered from multiple health issues in his later years and died in a hospital on @/17/2021, age 78.