July 1990 in Music History

Events in Music

Jul 6 "Jetsons the Movie" by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany Darwish, premieres

Jul 7 First Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome - recording of is world's best-selling classical record

Jul 21 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood

Jul 15 Olly Alexander [Oliver Thornton], British actor, singer-songwriter (Years & Years), and LGBT activist, born in Harrogate, England
Jul 24 Evan James Springsteen, American rocker and Bruce Springsteen's son, born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 27 Cheyenne Kimball, American musician (Gloriana), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jul 28 Soulja Boy [DeAndre Cortez Way], American rapper, born in Chicago, Illinois

Jul 1 Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana

Jul 17 Record producer Berry Gordy (60) weds Grace Easton

Jul 2 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
Jul 7 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32
Jul 15 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
Jul 16 Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
Jul 18 Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
Jul 22 Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), dies at 87
Jul 23 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
Jul 23 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
Jul 26 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies of a drug overdose at 38
Jul 27 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock musician (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58