Events in Music
- Jul 1 "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 1750 performances
Theatrical Finale
Jul 1 Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 524 performances
- Jul 2 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances
Music History
Jul 9 1st tour by Paul McCartney & Wings in France
Music History
Jul 15 "Honky Chateau" becomes Elton John's first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit "Rocket Man"
Music Concert
Jul 16 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles final live performance
- Jul 30 "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore NYC after 325 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 1 Alex Machacek, Austrian jazz fusion musician (Featuring Ourselves), born in Tulln an der Donau, Austria
- Jul 4 William Goldsmith, American drummer (Foo Fighters; Sunny Day Real Estate), born in Seattle, Washington
- Jul 6 Isabelle Boulay, French Canadian singer (Parle-moi), born in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec, Canada
- Jul 6 Mark Gasser, British concert pianist, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Jul 10 Damon Sharpe, actor/musician (Guys Next Door), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jul 10 Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa)
- Jul 11 Jussi 69 [Vuori], Finnish drummer (The 69 Eyes), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jul 12 Brett Reed, American rock drummer (Rancid, 1991-2006 - "Time Bomb"), born in Oakland, California
- Jul 17 Elizabeth Cook, American country music singer-songwriter (Aftermath), born in Wildwood, Florida
- Jul 19 Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
- Jul 20 Vitamin C [Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick], American singer and actress, born in Old Bridge, New Jersey
Weddings in Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jul 24 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (24) weds Sarah Hugill
Deaths in Music
- Jul 3 "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of cancer at 68
- Jul 8 (Cora) "Lovie" Austin, American jazz pianist, and bandleader ("Down Hearted Blues"), dies at 84
- Jul 9 Robert Weede, American operatic and musical theater baritone, dies at 69
- Jul 16 Giorgio Nataletti, Italian composer, dies at 65
- Jul 16 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
- Jul 22 Hugo Kauder, Austrian composer, dies at 84
- Jul 22 Pavel Bořkovec, Czech composer (Suite for Piano), dies at 78
- Jul 24 Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
- Jul 28 Helen Traubel, American soprano, dies at 73
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