Events in Music
Music Concert
Jul 6 John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at St. Peter's, Woolton's Parish Church in Liverpool, introduced by mutual friend Ivan Vaughn
- Jul 27 St James' Theatre in London closes
TV Show Appearance
Jul 28 Rock and roll piano player-singer Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance with a raucous rendition of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on the "Steve Allen Show"
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 2 Mick Anker, British rocker and bass guitarist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways")
- Jul 7 Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact), born in İzmir, Turkey
- Jul 9 Marc Almond, English vocalist (Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
- Jul 11 Michael Rose, Jamaican Grammy award-winning reggae singer (Black Uhuru, 1977-84 - Anthem), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 11 Peter Murphy, English singer and musician (Bauhaus), born in Northamptonshire, England
- Jul 13 Cameron Crowe, American journalist (Rolling Stone), film director (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), and screenwriter (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Palm Springs, California
- Jul 15 (Lyman) "Mac" McAnally, American session and touring country music singer-songwriter, and musician (Coral Reefer Band), born in Red Bay, Alabama
- Jul 17 Bruce Crump, American rock drummer (Molly Hatchet), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jul 18 (Julian) Keith Levene, British rock guitarist (The Clash, 1976; Public Image Ltd, 1978-83), born in Muswell Hill, London, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 20 Gernot Wolfgang, Austrian contemporary composer (Dance Of The Polar Bears; Yugoslavian Railroad Song), born in Bad Gastein, Austria
- Jul 20 Merlina DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat"), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
- Jul 22 Andrey Boreyko, Polish-Russian conductor (Jena Philharmonic, 1998-2003; Winnipeg Symphony, 2001-06; National Orchestra of Belgium, 2012-17; Naples (Florida) Philharmonic, 2014-22); Warsaw Philharmonic, since 2019), born in Saint Petersburg, USSR
- Jul 24 Pam Tillis, American country singer (Melancholy Child), born in Plant City, Florida
- Jul 24 Robbie Grey, English rock singer (Modern English - "I Melt With You")
- Jul 24 Walter "Wattie" Buchan, Scottish punk rock singer (The Exploited), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jul 25 Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and lounge singer, President Clinton's half-brother, born in Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Jul 29 Alessandra Marc [Judith Borden], American operatic soprano (Turandot), born in Berlin, Germany
- Jul 31 Daniel Ash, British punk rock singer-songwriter (Bauhaus), born in Northampton, England
Divorces in Music
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
Jul 5 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Jul 3 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
- Jul 8 Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
- Jul 9 Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Soviet-Russian pianist, and composer, dies at 80
- Jul 20 Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
- Jul 30 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76
