Born: July 17, 1928

Died: February 06, 1976

Grammy-winning jazz pianist, bandleader and composer noted for penning the music and arrangements for the nearly all of the animated Peanuts television specials and films, including the signature "Linus & Lucy," died from an aortic aneurysm on 2/6/1976, age 47

Born: July 17, 1938

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member and saxophonist for jazz-psych-rock Elephant's Memory, "Mongoose" (Top 100, 1969), which became the backing band for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the early 70s, worked with John Lennon on his 1972 album 'Some Time In New York City'

Born: July 17, 1942

Died: 0000-00-00

New Zealand-born Canadian pre-The Beatles one hit wonder pop singer with the Grammy-winning "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" (#4, , 1964), later fronted psych-pop The Gentle Reign and became a journalist and TV actress

Born: July 17, 1942

Died: October 19, 2020

Welsh guitarist and leader of popular 60s British pop-rock The Spencer Davis Group with hits such as "Gimme Some Lovin'" (#7, UK #2, 1966) and "I'm A Man" (#10, UK #9, 1967) sung my bandmate Steve Winwood, struggled to keep the band relevant after Winwood left to form supergroup Traffic, became an A&R executive with Island Records in the 70s and promoted Eddie & The Hit Rods, Robert Palmer and Winwood's solo career, reformed SDG on two occasions and fronted several oldies acts through the years, died from pneumonia on 10/19/2020, age 81.

Born: July 17, 1945

Died: October 06, 2007

Bassist for Scot bubblegum pop-rock Middle Of The Road, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (UK #1, 1971), died on 10/6/2007, age 62

Born: July 17, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Mexican-American session and tour bassist with over 4,000 recording s to his credit, including work with George Benson, Barbra Streisand, Chris Isaak, Elton John, Madonna and many others in nearly every genre, issued three solo albums

Born: July 17, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Electronic percussion for German electro-rock pioneers Kraftwerk, "Autobahn" (#25, 1975)

Born: July 17, 1947

Died: February 14, 2002

Drummer and backing vocals for glam pop-rock Sweet, "Ballroom Blitz" (#5, 1973), died of leukemia on 2/14/2002, age 54

Born: July 17, 1948

Died: January 06, 2009

Guitarist for influential proto-punk The Stooges, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (1969), #29 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, found dead in his home on 1/6/2009 having died of a heart attack a day or two earlier, age 60

Born: July 17, 1949

Died: 0000-00-00

Longtime bassist and lyricist for hard rock/gloom metal Black Sabbath, "Paranoid" (#61, 1970) and "Psycho Man" (Mainstream Rock #3, 1998), founding member of heavy metal supergroup Heaven & Hell in 2006.

Born: July 17, 1949

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for bubblegum-pop Tommy James & The Shondells, "Hanky Panky" (#1, 1966) and psych-pop, "Crimson And Clover" (#1, 1968)

Born: July 17, 1950

Died: April 26, 2011

Poet, songwriter and folk-pop-jazz singer, "Poetry Man" (#5, 1974), backing vocals and collaborations with multiple other artists, died from complications of a brain hemorrhage on 4/26/2011, age 60

Born: July 17, 1952

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for California soul-pop-rock The Doobie Brothers, "Listen To The Music" (#11, 1972)

Born: July 17, 1952

Died: December 16, 1997

Country-rock backing vocalist and country-pop solo artist, "Lotta Love" (#8, 1979), died from cerebral edema and liver failure on 12/16/1997, age 45

Born: July 17, 1957

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for Southern rock power-guitar band Molly Hatchet, "Flirtin' With Disaster" (#42, 1979), then Gator Country

Born: July 17, 1963

Died: 0000-00-00

R&B-jazz-gospel singer/songwriter, Grammy-winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World" (#1, 1993)

Born: July 17, 1966

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for influential indie/cult rock Dinosaur Jr., "Start Choppin'" (Modern Rock #3, 1993)

Born: July 17, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Lead singer and drummer for new jack swing R&B/soul-pop sextet Mint Condition, "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" (#17, 1996)

Born: July 17, 1970

Died: 0000-00-00

Dance-pop singer, model, ex-wife of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman whom she started dating in 1983 at age 13 (he was then 47) and married in 1989, divorced 1992, Wyman's son dated Mandy's mother.

Born: July 17, 1971

Died: 0000-00-00

Innovative brother hip hop, smooth soul, urban R&B and prog rap duo P.M. Dawn, "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" (#3, Dance/Club #6, 1991), stepson of George Brown, founding member of soul/funk Kool & The Gang

Born: July 17, 1982

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for Brit dance-pop vocal trio Atomic Kitten, "Whole Again" (UK #1, 2000)

Born: July 17, 1985

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitar and vocals for Brit pop-rock boy band McFly, "All About You" (UK #1, 2005)

Born: July 17, 1987

Died: 0000-00-00

Contemporary R&B/hip hop singer and songwriter with slow jam "Birthday Sex" (#4, R&B #1, 2009) and three other Top 20 hits

Born: July 17, 1963

Died: October 02, 2019

Singer, songwriter and former bassist for L.A. all-female garage rock The Pandoras, left in 1990 to found and front pop-punk rock The Muffs ("Sad Tomorrow," 1995), known for sneering vocals, high-pitched screams, loud guitars and jangle-pop melodies, during breaks from band collaborated with others (including the Pixies) and with Pandoras reunions, died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), just weeks before release of the Muffs' seventh studio album, No Holiday, on 10/2/2019, age 56.

Born: July 17, 1935

Died: January 16, 2024

Four-time Grammy-winning composer, educator and musical parodist best known for a five-decade run of recordings and performances of his own music but credited to his fictitious alter ego P.D.Q. Bach, the “forgotten son” of the Bach family, in an elaborate web of farce, fiction and musical genres around a core of classical music, invented several unusual instruments including the “tromboon,” the “left handed sewer flute” and the “dill piccolo,” in a parallel career composed over 100 original works of serious classical music for orchestras and other groups, died from complications of infections on 1/16/2024, age 88.

Born: July 17, 1942

Died: September 08, 2024

English vocalist and bandleader, formed bluesy Big Roll Band in 1961, the group became one of many influential blues-rock groups during the mid-60s Brit R&B boom, continued to perform in various rock groups into the 90s and acted in several films in the 80s, became a record producer and songwriter in the 00s, died after a long illness on 9/8/2024, age 82.