Events in Music
Music Single
Jul 30 George Harrison releases single "Bangladesh"
Birthdays in Music
Missy Elliott (51 years old)
Jul 1 American rapper ("Work It"; "Lose Control"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Jul 4 Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician, born in Scarborough, Canada
- Jul 8 Neil Mavers, British drummer (The La's, 1989–92, 1994–95), born in Liverpool, England
- Jul 9 Bobby Leslie, American TV rocker (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting for You"), born in New York
- Jul 9 Kelvin Grant, British reggae-rock guitarist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), born in Birmingham, England
- Jul 10 Carolyn Leonhart, American jazz, session, and touring vocalist, (Swiss Percussion Ensemble; Lyn Leon; Steely Dan), born in New York City
- Jul 11 Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her)
- Jul 14 Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian pop singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 15 Danijela, Croatian singer
- Jul 16 Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live), born in York, Pennsylvania
- Jul 19 Russell Allen, American rock vocalist (Symphony X; Trans-Siberian Orchestra), born in Long Beach, California
- Jul 19 Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo), born in Willisau, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Jul 20 DJ Screw [Robert Earl Davis Jr.], American hip-hop DJ and rapper (Screwed Up Click), born in Smithville, Texas (d. 2000)
Alison Krauss (51 years old)
Jul 23 American bluegrass singer and fiddler (Union Station; Raising Sand), born in Decatur, Illinois
- Jul 23 Christopher Lee [Lee Meng Soon], Malaysian actor, singer and model (Show Hand), born in Malacca, Malaysia
- Jul 23 Dalvin DeGrate, American R&B singer and rapper, (Jodeci - "Cry For You"), born in Hampton, Virginia
- Jul 23 Zindy Laursen, Danish-American pop singer (Cut'N'Move - "Give It Up"; Zindy Kuku Boogaloo), born in Svendborg, Denmark
- Jul 24 John Partridge, British singer (Cats) and actor (EastEnders), born in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
- Jul 25 Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter ("Bad Friend to a Good Man"), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Jul 28 Stephen Lynch, American musician, born in Abington, Pennsylvania
- Jul 29 Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish pop and jazz singer-songwriter (Vem Vet), born in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 30 Bard Hargreaves, American drummer (Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"), born in Marin County, California
- Jul 31 John 5 [Lowery], American heavy metal guitarist (The Devil Knows My Name; Rob Zombie), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Weddings in Music
Roger Daltrey
Jul 19 "The Who" lead singer Roger Daltrey (27) weds British model Heather Taylor (24)
Deaths in Music
- Jul 2 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, dies at 84
Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
Jul 3 American singer-songwriter (The Doors) and poet, dies of heart failure allegedly caused be an accidental heroin overdose at 27
- Jul 4 Don McPherson, American R&B singer (The Main Ingredient - "Everybody Plays the Fool"), dies of leukemia at 29
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Jul 6 American jazz trumpeter and singer (Hello Dolly; What A Wonderful World), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Jul 8 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player, dies at 50
- Jul 17 Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", American singer (54th Street Revue; "When You Wish Upon a Star"), dies at 76
- Jul 24 Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
- Jul 25 Leroy Robertson, American pianist, composer ("Oratorio from the Book of Mormon"; "Trilogy for Orchestra"), and educator (Brigham Young, 1925-48; University of Utah, 1948-62), dies at 74
- Jul 27 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor, composer, and musicologist, dies at 83
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