Events in Music
Music Single
Jul 13 George Harrison releases single "Faster"
George Harrison
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 2 Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer
- Jul 5 Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
- Jul 6 Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet)
- Jul 9 Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- Jul 15 Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress
- Jul 18 Jermaine Paul, American musician
- Jul 24 Stat Quo, American rapper
- Jul 28 Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa), born in Namwon, South Korea
- Jul 28 Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, born in Húsavík, Iceland
- Jul 31 Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Weddings in Music
- Jul 8 Singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds Ben Briefly
Deaths in Music
- Jul 3 Louis Durey, French composer, dies at 91
- Jul 5 Judson Laire, American actor and singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue), dies at 76
- Jul 6 Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
- Jul 10 Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
- Jul 12 Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
- Jul 12 Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30
- Jul 16 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
- Jul 23 Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31
- Jul 28 Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)