This day in music history.

August 13, 1971, Sax player King Curtis Ousley was stabbed to death by a vagrant on the front steps of his New York home. Born Curtis Ousley in 1934, Ousley was an accomplished tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist. He had worked with Nat King Cole, Joe Turner, The McGuire Sisters, Aretha Franklin, Lionel Hampton, John Lennon, Duane Allman and Billy Preston. He also played on The Coasters "Yakety Yak". With his own bands ("King Curtis and The Noble Knights" and later "The Kingpins") he managed to put three songs in the top forty including the classic " Soul Twist". In all he had 15 top 100 songs from 1962 to 1971.