Tom Draper, whose tenures at RCA and Warner Bros. Records helped lay the foundation for today’s black music industry, died Oct. 25 in Atlanta after a short illness. Draper was 79 years old. A memorial service is being held today [[Nov. 1) at H.M. Patterson & Sons in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

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