This day in music - March 16

Birthdays
1951 - Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights)
1954 - Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love)

Happenings
1922 - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
1929 - WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
1967 - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
1971 - 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win
1991 - 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash

Deaths
1970 - Tammi Terrell, rocker (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
1975 - T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64