Events in Music
- Jul 2 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
Billy Joel
Event of Interest
Jul 19 David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver
David Bowie
Birthdays in Music
Jessica Simpson
Jul 10 Jessica Simpson, American singer and popstar ("I Wanna Love You Forever" "I Think I'm In Love" and "Where You Are"), born in Abilene, Texas
Jessica Simpson
- Jul 10 Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter
- Jul 18 Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
- Jul 20 Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
- Jul 22 Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
- Jul 22 Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High)
- Jul 23 Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child)
- Jul 25 Diam's, French rapper
- Jul 26 Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
- Jul 28 Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Jul 16 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer (31) weds award winning arranger Bruce Sudano (31) in Los Angeles, California
Donna Summer
Deaths in Music
- Jul 5 Archibald James Potter, Irish composer, dies at 61
- Jul 9 Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
- Jul 11 Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
- Jul 15 Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85
- Jul 25 Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
- Jul 28 Cecil Burleigh, American composer, dies at 95
- Jul 29 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58
- Jul 30 Norman Lloyd, American pianist, author and composer, dies at 70
- Jul 31 Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)