On July 18, 1959, the New York Times announced the death of Billie Holiday. On the same day 8 years later the paper would print John Coltrane's obituary.
The Mudd has lots of recordings of performances and compositions by Billie Holiday and John Coltrane.
On a happier note, on this day in 1953 Elvis Presley recorded two songs ("My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin") for $4 at Sun Records in Memphis. You can hear the beginning of "My Happiness" on the Sun Studio audio tour