Events in Music
Music History
Jul 13 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
Music Single
Jul 13 Kylie Minogue releases her debut single "Locomotion"
- Jul 14 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Music History
Jul 15 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
- Jul 17 "Les Miserables" opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
Album Release
Jul 21 Guns & Roses debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
Agreement of Interest
Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Jerry Garcia agree on new flavor: Cherry Garcia - cherry ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 6 Kate Nash, English singer songwriter and actress, born in London, England
- Jul 11 Shigeaki Kato, Japanese J-pop singer, guitarist and songwriter (NEWS), born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Jul 14 Dan Reynolds, American singer and songwriter (Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 17 Jeremih [Jeremy Felton], American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer ("Birthday Sex"; "Don't Tell 'Em"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 20 Brent Wilson, American rock bassist (Panic! At The Disco, 2004-06), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 20 Nicola Benedetti, Scottish classical violinist, born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire
- Jul 29 Sabra Johnson, American dancer (So You Think You Can Dance), teacher, and choreographer, born in The Netherlands
Deaths in Music
- Jul 1 Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
- Jul 7 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
- Jul 10 John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, "discovered" Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, dies at 76
- Jul 15 Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
- Jul 17 Howard McGhee, American be-bop bebop jazz trumpeter, dies at 69
- Jul 24 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
- Jul 25 Alex Sadkin, American audio engineer, and record producer (Grace Jones; Thompson Twins), dies in a car crash in The Bahamas at 38
- Jul 26 Joe Liggins {Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne'), dies after a stroke at 71
