Weddings in Music
- Jul 20 ABC's World News Tonight co-host Elizabeth Vargas (39) weds singer-songwriter Marc Cohn (43) at the Council on Foreign Relations
Deaths in Music
- Jul 2 Ray Brown, American jazz double bassist, dies in his sleep at 75
- Jul 2 Earle Brown, American composer (open form), dies at 75
- Jul 6 István Sárközy, Hungarian composer, dies at 81
- Jul 14 Carlos Fariñas, Cuban avant-garde composer, dies at 67
- Jul 21 Gus Dudgeon [Angus Boyd Dudgeon], British pop record producer (Elton John, David Bowie), dies in a car crash at 59
- Jul 28 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, dies at 78