Events in Music
- Jul 6 Musical revue "Dream", based on songs of Johnny Mercer, closes at Royale Theatre, NYC, after 109 performances
- Jul 25 Canadian rocker Rick Danko (The Band) gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling
- Jul 27 "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
- Jul 27 "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances
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Chrissie Hynde
Jul 10 American rock musician Chrissie Hynde (45) marries Columbian artist Lucho Brieva; divorced in 2002
Deaths in Music
- Jul 5 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
- Jul 13 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
- Jul 29 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman's First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74
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