July 1977 in Music History

Events in Music

Jul 30 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb reaches number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Jul 1 Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
Jul 1 Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist (Flow), born in Tokyo, Japan
Jul 4 Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry), born in Grangärde, Sweden
Jul 5 Royce Da 5'9" [Ryan Daniel Montgomery], American rapper, born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 9 Isaac Brock, American musician and songwriter (Modest Mouse), born in Helena, Montana
Jul 15 Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
Jul 15 Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
Jul 17 Lehmber Hussainpuri, Indian singer, born in Kapurthala, India
Jul 26 Rebecca St. James, Australian Christian pop rock singer, born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jul 29 Danger Mouse [Brian Burton], American alternative rock and electronic hip-hop musician, songwriter and Grammy Award-winning record producer (The Grey Album; Gnarls Barkley; Black Keys), born in White Plains, New York
Jul 30 Finneas [O'Connell], American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer (Billie Eilish), born in Los Angeles, California

Jul 1 (Robert) "Baby Boy" Warren, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 57
Jul 3 Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist and composer, dies at 63
Jul 6 Oedoen Partos, Hungarian-Israeli violist (Israel Philharmonic, 1938-56), composer, and teacher dies at 69
Jul 10 Norman Paris, American orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), and composer (" Big Blue Marble", "I've Got A Secret"), dies of stroke complications at 51
Jul 12 Frantisek Suchy, Czech oboist and composer (Moravian Wind Quintet), dies at 75
Jul 20 Gary Kellgren, American music producer who co-founded The Record Plant studios, drowns in a swimming pool, along with his girlfriend, at 38
Jul 23 René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79
Jul 26 Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 95
Jul 26 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75
Jul 26 Karac Plant, son of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, dies of respiratory failure at 6