Events in Music
Music Concert
Jul 13 Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert

Eddie Van Halen
Music Single
Jul 24 "Careless Whisper" single released by George Michael (Billboard Song of the Year 1985)

George Michael
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 4 Gina Glocksen, American singer
- Jul 4 Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer
- Jul 5 Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
- Jul 6 Lauren Harris, British rock singer
- Jul 7 Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
- Jul 9 Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer (Hedley), born in Surrey, British Columbia
- Jul 12 Gareth Gates, British singer
- Jul 14 Chris Steele, Canadian musician, (Alexisonfire)
- Jul 15 Vice Cooler, American musician
- Jul 17 Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume)
- Jul 24 John Dhani Lennevald, Swedish singer (A-Teens)
Weddings in Music
- Jul 7 Singer Frankie Valli (50) marries Randy Clohessy (24)
Deaths in Music
- Jul 2 Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
- Jul 4 Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
- Jul 8 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), dies from cancer at 73
- Jul 9 Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
- Jul 11 Karel Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 81
- Jul 14 Philippe Wynne, American soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43
- Jul 16 Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
- Jul 17 J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89
- Jul 20 Gail Kubik, American composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
- Jul 21 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
- Jul 25 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter (Hound Dog, Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt), dies of heart and liver disorders at 57
- Jul 29 Fred Waring, American musician and conductor (name behind the Waring Blender), dies at 84
- Jul 31 Paul Le Flem, composer, dies at 103