July 1982 in Music History

Events in Music

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Jul 14 Musical film adaptation of "Pink Floyd - The Wall", directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof, and written by Roger Waters, premieres at the Empire, Leicester Square, in London,

Singer-Songwriter and Producer David Gilmour

Jul 18 "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 performances
Jul 20 T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
Jul 24 "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 performances
Jul 24 Single "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)

Little Shop of Horrors

Jul 27 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC

Birthdays in Music

Jul 7 Cassidy [Barry Adrian Reese], American rapper, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 7 Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail), born in Livingston, New Jersey
Jul 10 Alex Arrowsmith, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shaky Hands), born in Hood River, Oregan
Jul 13 Joost van den Broek, Dutch symphonic metal and progressive rock keyboard player (After Forever), born in The Netherlands
Jul 17 Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again"), born in Liverpool, England

Priyanka Chopra (41 years old)

Jul 18 Indian actress, singer and beauty queen (Miss World, 2000), born in Jamshedpur, India

Jul 18 Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter ("Take It All Away"), born in Dallas, Texas
Jul 24 Tord Øverland Knudsen, Norwegian bassist (The Wombats), born in Elverum, Norway
Jul 28 Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress, born in Reykjavik, Iceland

Weddings in Music

Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne

Jul 4 British former "Black Sabbath" lead singer Ozzy Osbourne (33) weds second wife British music manager and concert promoter Sharon Arden (29) in Maui, Hawaii

Jul 29 British "Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor (21) weds hair stylist and photographer Tracy Wilson in Los Angeles, California

Deaths in Music

Jul 1 John Everett Watts, American composer (Elegy for Chimney),new music promoter (Composers & Choreographers Theater), synthesizer player, and educator (New School, 1969-82), dies at 51
Jul 2 Poul Rovsing Olsen, Danish composer, dies at 59
Jul 9 Joseph "Wingy" Manone American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader ("Tar Paper Stomp"; "Downright Disgusted Blues"), dies at 82
Jul 10 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano, known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951); dies at 94
Jul 14 George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
Jul 15 Bill Justis, American musician and producer (Raunchy), dies of cancer at 58
Jul 18 Lionel Daunais, French Canadian singer and composer, dies at 80
Jul 22 Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), dies of cancer at 58
Jul 28 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
Jul 28 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"; "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine"), dies of double pneumonia at 84