Birthdays in Music Jul 10 Ralph "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2008) Jul 27 Per Hjort Albertsen, Norwegian organist, composer, and educator, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 2015) Jul 31 Norman Del Mar, British conductor and writer (Conducting Brahms), born in London (d. 1994) 1918 Music History by Year 1920