Events in Music
Music History
Jul 13 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
Music History
Jul 25 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 4 Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak, 10 Reasons to Live), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Jul 7 Misia [Misaki Itō], Japanese singer (Mother Father Brother Sister), born in Omura, Japan
- Jul 9 Mark Medlock, German pop singer (Now Or Never), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Jul 10 Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New)
- Jul 12 Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer, composer and flute player (A Stomach Is Burning), born in Charleroi, Belgium
- Jul 17 Émilie Simon, French singer, born in Montpellier, France
- Jul 18 Verónica Romeo [Sotoca], Spanish pop singer, born in Elche, Spain
- Jul 21 Damian Marley, Jamaican musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 23 Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer (Yan Zi), born in Singapore
- Jul 28 Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Toyonaka, Osaka
- Jul 28 Luka Udjbinac, Croatian jazz musician, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Jul 31 Will Champion, British drummer (Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"), born in Southampton, England
- Jul 31 Zac Brown, American country-rock singer and guitarist (Zac Brown Band - "Toes"; "Knee Deep"), born in Dahlonega, Georgia
Weddings in Music
Tammy Wynette
Jul 6 American country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds record producer George Richey (42) in Florida
Deaths in Music
- Jul 9 Zoltán Aladár, Transylvanian composer, music critic and teacher (The Goat and the Three Goons), dies at 49
- Jul 10 Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
- Jul 13 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
- Jul 27 Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), dies in a car crash at 70
- Jul 29 Glen Goins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Fantasy is Reality"), dies from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 24
- Jul 29 Wesley LaViolette, American composer,conductor, poet, and educator dies at 84
- Jul 30 Aasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish classical composer, dies at 72
- Jul 31 Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
- Jul 31 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and producer, dies of a lung embolism at 67
