Events in Music
Music History
Jul 17 Craig David releases “Born to Do It” in the United States
Craig David
Film Premier
Jul 29 "The Princess Diaries", starring Anne Hathaway (in her film debut), featuring Julie Andrews, and directed by Garry Marshall, premieres at El Capitan theater in Hollywood
Anne Hathaway
Julie Andrews
Deaths in Music
- Jul 3 Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
- Jul 3 Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer (Doctor Who theme, White Noise), dies of renal failure at 64
- Jul 5 Ernie K-Doe, African-American singer (Mother-in-Law), dies of cirrhosis at 65
- Jul 7 Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and dolphin conservationist ("Everybody's Talkin'"), dies from skin cancer at 65
- Jul 11 Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin' Bird), dies at 54
- Jul 18 Mimi Fariña, American folk-rock singer-songwriter ("Reflections In A Crystal Wind"), dies at 56
- Jul 19 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, dies from complications from a car accident at 62
- Jul 20 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
- Jul 24 Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
- Jul 27 Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies at 49