July 1994 in Music

Events in Music

  • Jul 10 "Hedda Gabler" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 33 performances
  • Jul 16 "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 performances
  • Jul 16 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in LA

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Jul 18 "Kiss From a Rose" released by Seal (Grammy Record and Song of the year)

Musician & Songwriter Seal
Musician & Songwriter
Seal
  • Jul 23 Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
  • Jul 28 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Birthdays in Music

  • Jul 13 Ridge Canipe, American actor (Walk the Line, A Single Man, Music Within), born in Laguna Beach, California
  • Jul 16 Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor (Ugly Betty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Weddings in Music


HeartWedding of Interest

Jul 2 "Green Day" vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong (22) weds Adeline Records co-owner Adrienne Nesser (24)

Singer Billie Joe Armstrong
Singer
Billie Joe Armstrong
  • Jul 10 The "Anthrax" heavy-metal guitarist Scott Ian (31) weds Debbie Leavitt (23) in Huntington Beach, California
  • Jul 18 "The Cranberries" lead singer Dolores O'Riordan (22) weds Don Burton (32) in Ireland

HeartWedding of Interest

Jul 29 Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour marries 2nd wife writer Polly Samson

Singer-songwriter and Producer David Gilmour
Singer-songwriter and Producer
David Gilmour

Deaths in Music

  • Jul 2 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), dies of diabetes at 66
  • Jul 8 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
  • Jul 9 Cornelius Boyson, American bassist, dies at 57
  • Jul 9 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
  • Jul 11 Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
  • Jul 11 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer, dies at 57
  • Jul 13 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
  • Jul 14 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide
  • Jul 14 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide
  • Jul 21 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
  • Jul 23 Hans J Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man, Christmas Holiday, This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
  • Jul 25 John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67
  • Jul 31 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66