The weekly UPI Today in Music package for March 8-14.

English trombonist and bandleader Ted Heath was born this day in London in 1900. Emulating the Swing era sound coming from the bands of Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman, he led a dance band that was the best known in Britain through the 1950s.

Today's birthdays include the late Jethro Burns, of Homer and Jethro fame, who was born in 1923; Dean Torrence, of Jan and Dean fame, in 1941 (age 62); Boston's Tom Scholz in 1947 (age 56); Swedish rap/pop singer Neneh Cherry in 1964 (age 39); and Edie Br

Officials at Jewish Hospital in Louisville confirm Tom Christerson, the longest-surviving artificial heart recipient, has died.

(July 7)

Today is Sunday, July 7, the 188th day of 2002 with 177 to follow.

Weather Report co-founder Joe Zawinul was born this day in 1932 in Vienna, Austria. The pianist and synthesizer whiz became hooked on jazz right after World War II through a most unusual introduction. When the film "Stormy Weather" arrived in Austria, he

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Good-bye, Johnny. It was on this date in 1992 that Johnny Carson retired, ending his nearly 30-year career as host of "The Tonight Show" with what NBC said was the highest-rated late-night TV show ever. Carson had taken over hosting duties of the then-New