JULY BIRTHDAYS and DEATHS, MUSICIAN BIRTHDATES, CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

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JULY BIRTHDAYS

Born ~ July 1st
1971: Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (US singer, rapper, songwriter).
1964: Pol Burton (drums; Transvision Vamp).
1963: Roddy Bottum (keyboards; Faith No More/Imperial Teen).
1961: Adrian York (piano; Roman Holiday).
1960: Evelyn 'Champagne' King (US soul singer).
1960: Ted Key (bass; Housemartins)?
1959: Edem Ephraim (UK singer; London Boys)*21.Jan.1996.
1956: Phil Solem (singer, songwriter, Great Buildings/ Rembrandts).
1954: Keith Whitley (American country music singer)*09.May.1989.
1952: Dan Aykroyd (actor, Elwood in the Blues Brothers).
1951: Fred Schneider (vocals, The B-52's).
1949: John Farnham (Australian singer).
1948: John Ford (bass, vocals; Strawbs)?
1946: June Montiero (singer, Toys).
1945: Debbie Harry (singer; Blondie/solo).
1943: Jeff Wayne (US pianist, songwriter, music composer for films and TV).
1942: Andrae Crouch (gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter, arranger, producer).
1939: Delaney Bramlett (vocals, guitar; Shindogs/Delaney & Bonnie).
1933: Eddie Bond (singer, guitar, rockabilly music; Rockin' Daddy).
1915: Willie Dixon (blues singer, guitarist, 'the poet laureate of the blues')*29.Jan.1992
1920: Amália da Piedade Rodrigues (Portuguese singer, actress)*06.Oct.1999.

July 2nd
1983: Michelle Branch (US singer, songwriter, guitarist).
1970: Monie Love (UK female rapper).
1965: Dave Parsons (bass, Transvision Vamp/Bush)?
1964: Roy Boulter (drummer; The Farm).
1957: Mike Anger (singer, guitar, Blow Monkeys/Wicked Ways/solo).
1956: Jeffrey Cooper (guitarist; Midnight Star/No Parking).
1956: Jerry Hall (Mike Jagger of Rolling Stones wife).
1954: Pete Briquette/Patrick Andrew Cusack (bass, vocals, Boomtown Rats).
1952: Johnny Colla (sax, guitar, vocals; Huey Lewis & the News/Van Morrison/solo).
1950: Duncan Mackay (keyboards; Cockney Rebel)?
1949: Roy 'The Professor' Bittan (piano, organ, accordian, synthesizer; E Street Band).
1949: Gene McFadden (singer; McFadden & Whitehead)*27.Jan.2006.
1945: Peter Cruickshank (bass; Groundhogs).
1942: Leapy Lee/Graham Pulliblank (UK singer).
1939: Paul Williams (second tenor/baritone singer; Temptations)*17.Aug.1973.
1934: Tom Springfield/Dion O'Brien (singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer; Springfields).
1926: Lee Allen (jazz saxophonist)*18.Oct.1994
1925: Marvin Rainwater/Marvin Karlton Percy (US country singer).
1923: Janette Carter (US singer, autoharpist, folklorist; The Carter Family)*22.Jan.2006.

July 3rd
1976: Shane Lynch (vocals, Boyzone).
1969: Kevin Hearn (rhythm, sometimes lead guitar, Barenaked Ladies).
1968: Martyn Walsh (bassist, Inspiral Carpets).
1960: Vince Clarke (keyboard, songwriter; Depeche Mode/Yazoo/Erasure).
1959: Stephen Pearcy (lead singer; Ratt).
1957: Laura Branigan (US singer).
1955: Neil Clark (guitarist, songwriters; Commotions).
1951: Mike Corby (keyboard, guitar, The Babys).
1949: Johnnie Wilder (US lead singer and co-founder of Heatwave)*13.May.2006.
1948: Paul Barrere (guitar; Little Feat).
1947: Grethe Kausland (Norwegian singer and performer)*16.Nov.2007.
1947: Betty Buckley (musical theatre actress, music critic, "Voice of Broadway").
1946: Victor Unitt (guitar, harmonica; Pretty Things/Edgar Broughton Band).
1946: John Klemmer (tenor sax, electrified sax, composer).
1943: Judith Durham [vocals, Seekers).
1940: Maureen Kennedy (Canadian jazz vocalist)?
1940: Fontella Bass [US female singer, pianist).
1929: David Lynch (tenor vocals; The Platters)*03.Jan.1981.
1924: Ángel Tavira Maldonado (Mexican composer, musician and violinist)*30.June.2008
1878: George M. Cohan (US musician, actor, writer, composer)*05.Nov.1942.

July 4th
1984: Gina Glocksen (singer; American Idol finalist).
1978: Stephen McNally (electric guitar, vocals; BBMak).
1971: Andrew Creeggan (keyboard, percussion; Barenaked Ladies).
1970: Andy McClure (drums; Sleeper).
1963: Matt Malley (bass, Counting Crows).
1958: Kirk Pengilly (guitar, vocals, INXS).
1952: John Waite (singer, bass, Babys/ Bad English/ solo).
1951: Ralph Johnson (drums, Earth, Wind & Fire).
1950: David 'Kid' Jensen (British radio DJ).
1948: Jeremy Spencer (guitar, Fleetwood Mac/Children of God).
1945: David McWilliams (Irish s inger, songwriter, guitarist)*08.Jan.2002.
1943: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitar, harmonica, vocals; Canned Heat)*03.Sept.1970.
1938: Bill Withers (singer, songwriter).
1933: Baker Knight (songwriter, guitarist).
1932: Cal Smith (US country singer).
1911: Mitch Miller (conductor, arranger).

July 5th
1980: Jason Wade (lead vocalist, guitarist; Lifehouse).
1979: Shane Filan (vocals, Westlife).
1977: Royce Da 5'9"/Ryan Montgomery (US rapper).
1976: Mike DeWolf (US guitarist; Taproot).
1976: Bizarre/Rufus Johnson (US rapper; D12).
1973: "Joe" Lewis Thomas (US R'n'B singer).
1973: Bengt Lagerberg (drums, The Cardigans).
1970: Mac Dre/Andre Hicks (American gangsta rap artist)*01.11.2004.
1970: Clause Noreen (Danish singer, music producer; Aqua).
1969: Aled Richards (drums; Catatonia)?
1969: RZA/Robert Diggs (US rapper, music producer of Wu-Tang Clan).
1959: Marc Cohn (US singer, songwriter).
1950: Huey Lewis/Hugh Anthony Cregg (vocals, harmonica; Huey Lewis & the News).
1950: Michael Monarch (guitarist, songwriter; Steppenwolf).
1949: Tommy Eyre (UK keyboardist; Wham/Gary Moore/sessionist)*23.May.2001.
1946: Andy Ellison (lead singer, John's Children/Jet/Radio Stars).
1945: Dick Scoppettone (vocals, guitar, bass; Harpers Bizarre).
1943: Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals; The Band).
1930: Mitch Jayne (vocals, bass, lyricist, radio host; Dillards).
1924: János Starker (Hungarian cello player).
1920: Smiley Lewis (US R&B singer, songwriter)*07.Oct.1966.
1918: George Rochberg (Composer)*29.May.2005.

July 6th
1975: 50 Cent/Curtis James Jackson 3rd(US rapper).
1970: Inspectah Deck/Jason Hunter (US rapper; Wu-Tang Clan).
1969: Michael Grant (keyboards, vocals; Musical Youth).
1965: Eddie Campbell (keyboards; Texas)?
1963: Tim Bricheno (guitar; All About Eve/Sisters Of Mercy/Tin Star).
1961: Robert Heaton (UK drummer; New Model Army)*04.Nov.2004
1960: Rick Price (Australian guitarist, singer, songwriter) ((not the UK bassist))
1959: John Keeble (drums; Spandau Ballet/Tony Hadley Band).
1953: Nanci Griffith (US singer, guitarist, songwriter).
1952: David Smith (singer; The Real Thing).
1952: Graham Oliver (UK guitarist;Son of a Bitch/Saxon/Tempest/T.Rex-Celebration of Marc/ Mickey).
1949: Phyllis Hyman (US soul singer, model, actress)*30.June.1995
1949: Mike Shrieve (drums ,percussionist, electronic music composer; Santana/freelance).
1945: Rik Elswit (guitar; Dr. Hook).
1940: Dave Rowberry (keyboards; Animals)*06.June.2003
1940: Jeannie Seely (US country music singer).
1939: Jet Harris (bass guitar, Shadows/The Diamonds/guest/solo).
1937: Gene Chandler/Eugene Dixon (US soul singer).
1927: Alan "Fluff" Freeman (disc jockey, TV & radio personality)*27.Nov.2006.
1925: Bill Haley (Singer, guitarist, Bill Haley and his Comets)*09.Feb.1981.
1911: LaVerne Andrews (American contralto singer with The Andrews Sisters)*08.May.1967.

July 7th
1981: Synyster Gates/Brian Elwin Haner Jr (US guitarist; Avenged Sevenfold/Pinkly Smooth).
1963: Vonda Shepard (US singer, songwriter).
1962: Mark White (bass; Spin Doctors).
1961: The Doctor/Clive Jackson (lead vocals, Doctor And The Medics).
1967: Dickon Hinchliffe (violin, vocals, guitar, piano, brass, string; Tindersticks).
1951: Michael Henderson (bass guitar, vocals; Motown/session/Mile Davis/Own).
1949: Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt (rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly).
1947: David "Scar" Hodo (vocals; Village People, the construction worker).
1947: Rob Townsend (drummer; Family/Medicine Head/Manfreds/Paul Jones Blues Band).
1945: Jim Rodford (UK bassist; Argent/Mike Cotton Sound/Kinks/Zombie Reunion Band).
1944: Warren Entner (vocals, rhythm guitar; Grass Roots).
1940: Ringo Starr /Richard Starkey (drums, vocals, songwriter, Beatles/own band/guest).
1933: J.J. Barrie (US country singer)??
1932: Josef Zawinul (Austrian jazz keyboardist; Miles Davis Band/Weather Report)*11.Sept.2007.
1924: Mary Ford aka Iris Colleen Summers (singer; wife of Les Paul)*30.09.1977
1911: Charles Redland (sax,clarinet,trumpet,trombone,vibes,accordion,leader)*18.Aug.1994

July 8th
1971: Neil Mavers [drums, La's)?
1970: Beck/Beck Hansen/Bek David Campbell (multi-instrumentalist/songwriter).
1962: Joan Osborne (US singer, songwriter).
1961: Toby Keith (US country singer).
1961: Graham Jones (guitar; Haircut 100).
1960: Andy Fletcher (bass, synth; Depeche Mode).
1956: Russell Christian (keyboards, saxophone, vocals; The Christians).
1944: Jaimoe Johanson (drums, percussionist; Allman Brothers).
1935: Steve Lawrence (US singer; duo with his wife Eydie Gormé).
1914: Billy Eckstine [US jazz singer, band leader)*08.March.1993.
1911: Gertrude Niessen [US vocalist, actress)*27.March.1975.
1908: Louis Jordon (jazz sax player, songwriter; his Tympany Five)*04.Feb.1975.

July 9th
1986: Kiely Alexis Williams (US singer, actress; 3LW/The Cheetah Girls).
1983: Lucia Micarelli (classically trained, rock violinist; session/freelance).
1979: Ella Koon (Hong Kong singer and actress).
1975: Jack White (guitar, vocals, The White Stripes).
1974: Nikola Sarcevic (Swedish bassist, singer; Millencolin).
1971: Kelvin Grant (vocals, guitar; Musical Youth).
1967: Dickon Hinchcliffe (guitar, voice, piano, string/brass arrangments; Tindersticks).
1967: Owen Powell (guitar; Catatonia)?
1965: Frank Bello (bass guitar; Anthrax).
1965: Tom Hingley (lead vocalist, Inspiral Carpets).
1964: Courtney Love/ Harrison (guitar, vocals; Babes In Toyland/Hole/Faith No More).
1959: Jim Kerr (vocals; Simple Minds/Breakfast Club).
1957: Marc Almond (singer; Soft Cell/solo).
1954: Debbie Sledge (singer; Sister Sledge).
1953: Kate Garner (vocals, Haysi Fantayzee).
1952: John Tesh (US pianist, new age composer, TV host).
1950: Gwen Guthrie ((some sources July 14th)) (soul singer)*3.Feb.1999
1947: John "Mitch" Mitchell (drums; Blue Fames/Jimi Hendrix Experience/sessionist).
1947: Haruomi Hosono (Japanese bassist; Apryl Fool/Yellow Magic Orchestra).
1946: Joe Micelli (member of John Fred and His Playboy Band).
1946: Bon Scott (lead singer; AC/DC)*19.Feb.1980.
1945: Root Boy Slim/Foster MacKenzie (singer-songwriter;Sex Change Band)*08.June.1993
1941: Don McPherson (lead singer; Main Ingredient)?
1935: Frank Wright (US free jazz musician, electric bass, saxophone)*17.May.1990.
1930: Buddy Bregman (producer/director/writer/composer/conductor/arranger/M.D).
1929: Lee Hazlewood (US male country singer, songwriter, record producer)*04.Aug.2007.
1929: Jesse McReynolds (US bluegrass singer, mandolin player; Jim & Jesse/solo).
1927: Ed Ames/Edmund Dantes Urick (US singer with The Ames Brothers).
1925: Alan Dale [US singer, TV & radio personality)*20.April.2002.
1923: Molly O'Day/LaVerne Williamson (US C&W, gospel singer)*05.Dec.1987.
1921: Irv Kluger (drums, vibes, US sessionist).
1915: David Diamond (Composer)*13.June.2005.

July 10th
1980: Jessica Simpson (US singer).
1970: Jason Orange (vocals, stage actor; Take That).
1965: Peter DiStefano (guitar; Porno For Pyros).
1964: Graham Lambert (lead guitar; Inspiral Carpets).
1960: Martyn P Casey (bassist, keyboards; The Triffids/Bad Seeds/Grinderman)?
1954: Neil Tennant (vocals; Pet Shop Boys).
1953: Richard Gordon "Rik" Emmett (Canadian vocalist, guitarist, writer; Triumph).
1950: Greg Kihn [US singer).
1949: John Whitehead (singer; McFadden & Whitehead)*11.May.2004
1949: Dave Smalley [lead singer; DYS/Dag Nasty/Down By Law/Sharpshooters)?
1947: Arlo Guthrie (US singer, songwriter, son of folksinger Woody Guthrie).
1947: Bruce Lambourne Fowler (trombone, composer; Frank Zappa/sessions/own band).
1944: John 'Beaky' Dymond [guitar, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).
1943: Jerry Miller (US guitar, Moby Grape).
1942: Ronnie James Dio/Ronald James Padavona (vocals;Elf/Rainbow/ Black Sabbath).
1941: Ian Whitcomb (UK singer).
1940: Brian Priestley (UK jazz writer, pianist, arranger).
1938: Lee Morgan (American trumpeter)*19.Feb.1972.
1937: Jumping Gene Simmons (Rockabilly singer/songwriter)*29.08.2006.
1933: Jerry Herman (composer, lyricist, Hello Dolly, Mack the Knife..more).

July 11th
1983: Kelly Poon (Singaporean singer; Project SuperStar winner).
1983: Marie Serneholt (Swedish pop singer; A*Teens).
1982: Peter Cincotti (US jazz pianist).
1982: Lil' Zane/Zane Copeland (US actor and rapper).
1975: Lil' Kim/ Kimberly Denise Jones (rapper, songwriter).
1975: Rick McMurray (drummer; Ash)?
1973: Scotty Emerick (US country music singer-songwriter).
1969: David Tao (Taiwanese singer-songwriter).
1968: Daniel MacMaster (US rock vocalist; Bonham/Oh My:Blus Band)*16.March.2008
1966: Mel Appleby (UK singer; Mel and Kim)*18.Jan.1990.
1965: Scott Shriner (US bassist; Weezer).
1959: Richie Sambora (lead guitarist; Bon Jovi).
1959: Suzanne Nadine Vega (US singer, songwriter).
1958: Kirk Whalum (US saxophonist; freelance/sessionist).
1957: Pete Murphy (vocals, Bauhaus).
1957: Michael Rose (Jamaican vocalist; Black Uhuru).
1954: Benny DeFranco [Member of the Canadian musical DeFranco Family]
1951: Liona Boyd (guitarist)
1951: Bonnie Pointer (singer; Pointer Sisters).
1949: Liona Boyd (Canadian guitarist).
1947: Jeff Hana (guitar, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).
1946: Patrice Caratini (French bassist, composer/bandleader).
1938: Terri Garthwaite (member of the band Joy of Cooking/solo).
1931: Tab Hunter (US singer, actor).
1932: Roquel Billy Davis (songwriter/producer/singer)*02.Sept.2004.
1925: Nicolai Gedda (Swedish tenor opera singer).

July 12th
1984: Gareth Gates (UK singer, TV's Pop Idol runner up).
1976: Tracie Spencer (r&b singer, winner of CBS television talent show Star Search).
1964: Tim Gane (guitar, keyboards; Stereolab).
1963: Alan Duval (vocals; UB40).
1962: Dan Murphy (guitar; Soul Asylum).
1956: Sandi Patti (US Contemporary Christian music singer).
1953: Billy Alessi (US singer; Alessi Brothers, Musicals).
1953: Bobby Alessi (US singer; Alessi Brothers, Musicals).
1952: Liz Mitchell [singer, Boney M).
1951: Ruddy Thomas (Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer, studio engineer)*10.June.2006
1950: Eric "The Fox" Carr/Paul Charles Caravello (drums, Kiss)*24.Nov.1991
1949: John Wetton (bass, vocals, King Crimson/Uriah Heep, Roxy Music/Asia).
1947: Wilko Johnson (UK guitarist, singer; Dr Feelgood/solo).
1946: Jeff Christie (singer, guitar; Christie).
1943: Christine McVie (keyboards, vocals, Chicken Shack/ Fleetwood Mac).
1935: Hal Carter (Songwriter, manager, agent, producer)*13.July.2004
1927: Conte Condoli (US trumpet, Dorsey, Brown, Herman etc)*14.Dec.2001
1920: Paul Gonsalves (US jazz sax player; Duke Ellington)*15.May.1974.

July 13th
1989: Sayumi Michishige (Japanese singer; Morning Musume).
1982: Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboard player; After Forever).
1974: Deborah Cox (Canadian R&B singer).
1973: Monoxide Child/Paul Methric (US horrorcore artist; Twiztid).
1969: Mark Greenway (UK vocalist; Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, Benediction).
1966: Gerald LeVert (US R&B soul singer; The LeVerts/LSG/solo)*10.11.2006.
1963: Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook/Quentin Leo Cook (turntables, Producer, DJ).
1962: Rhonda Vincent (US singer,mandolin, guitar, fiddle; Sally Mountain Show/solo).
1961: Lawrence Donegan (bass; Commotions).
1954: Louise Mandrell (country singer & musician).
1954: Sezen Aksu (Turkish singer).
1953: Alicia Bridges (US singer, songwriter).
1942: Stephen Jo Bladd (drums, The J. Geils Band).
1942: Jay Uzzell (vocals; Corsairs).
1942: Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals, songwriter;The Byrds).
1936: Albert Ayler (US jazz saxophonist, singer, composer)*05.Nov.1970
1935: Pete Escovedo (Latin jazz, salsa, rock, Latin percussionist; Santana).
1928: Leroy Vinnegar (US jazz bassist)*3.Aug.1999.
1915: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (R&B sax, vocals, bandleader)*14.Sept.2002.
1913: Gorni Kramer (Italian bandleader, accordian, double bass, songwriter)*26.Oct.1995.
1900: George Lewis (US New Orlean's jazz clarinetist)*31.Dec.1968

July 14th
1975: Tameka "Tiny" Cottle (vocals; Xscape).
1975: Taboo Nawasha/Jaime Luis Gómez (Hip-Hop artist; Black Eyed Peas).
1973: Adam Quinn (US bagpipe player & composer).
1971: Nick McCabe (guitar; Verve).
1966: Tanya Donelly (guitar, vocals; Belly/The Breeders/solo).
1966: Ellen Reid (vocals, piano, keyboards, accordion, Crash Test Dummies).
1965: Igor Khoroshev (Russian keyboardist; Yes).
1964: John Maurer (bassist; Social Distortion, Foxy & Fuel, Social Distortion).
1961: Charlies Everett Lilly Jr (bass guitar player; Billy Walker Band)*21.05.2006.
1960: Ray Herndon (US guitarist; J. David Sloan & the Rogues, McBride & the Ride).
1952: George Lewis (jazz trombone player and composer)?
1952: Chris Cross/Christopher Allen (bass, synth; Ultravox).
1950: Gwen Guthrie ((some sources July 9th)) (soul singer)*03.Feb.1999
1949: Tommy Mattola (music executive and co-owner of Casablanca Records)?
1938: Bob Scholl (vocals; Mellow Kings)*27.Aug.1975
1932: Del Reeves (US country singer)*01.Jan.2007
1930: Polly Bergen (US actress, singer, and entrepreneur).
1929: Alan Dawson [jazz drummer, Dave Brubeck Quartet/session/tutor)*23.Feb.1996
1926: Lowman Pauling (singer, guitarist,songwriter; Five Royales/solo)?*26.Dec.1973
1920: Marijohn Wilkin (Country music songwriter)*28.Oct.2006
1914: Billy Kyle (pianist, John Kirby Sextet/Louis Armstrong's All-Stars)*23.Feb.1966
1912: Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (US singer, guitarist)*03.Oct.1967

July 15th
1982: Haley Scarnato (US singer, former American Idol finalist).
1977: Faraz Anwar (Pakistani guitar virtuoso; sessionist/solo/Mizraab).
1956: Joe Satriani (rock guitar virtuoso; teacher/session/solo).
1956: Marky Ramone (drummer, Ramones).
1956: Ian Curtis (UK singer, songwriter; Joy Division)*18.May.1980.
1952: Johnny Thunders/John Anthony Genzale(guitar,vocals;New York Dolls)*23.Apr.1991
1952: Jeff Carlisli (steel & slide guitar; 38 Special).
1950: Ian Campbell-Lewis/Ian McCreadie (guitar, flautist; Middle Of The Road).
1949: Trevor Horn (bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals; Buggles/The Art of Noise).
1948: Thomas Delmer 'Artimus' Pyle (drums; Lynyrd Skynyrd).
1947: Peter Banks/Peter Brockbanks (guitarist, Yes).
1946: Linda Ronstadt (US singer, songwriter).
1945: Peter Lewis (vocals, guitar; Moby Grape/The Cornells)?
1944: Millie Jackson (US soul singer).
1928: Joe Harriott/Joe Arthurlin (Jamacian jazz alto saxophonist)*02.Jan.1973.
1923: Joseph Rudolph 'Philly Joe' Jones (jazz drummer)*30.Aug.1985.
1919: Sadik Hakim/Argonne Thornton (Jazz pianist, composer; sessionist)*20.June.1983.

July 16th
1978: TJ aka Tito Joe Jackson (vocals; 3T) ((son of Jackson 5's Tito)).
1971: Ed Kowalczyk (lead singer; Live).
1964: Polly Hancock (guitar, vocals, Popinjays)?
1957: Bobby Previte (drums, composer, own band/sessions/guest)?
1955: Howlin' Dave/Dante David (Filipino radio disc jockey)*26.May.2008
1955: Zohar Argov (Israeli oriental Mizrahi style singer)*06.Nov.1987.
1952: Stewart Copeland/pseudonym Klark Kent (drums, producer; The Police/freelance).
1947: Thomas Boggs (drums, Box Tops)??
1941: Desmond Dekker (Jamaican singer; The Aces)*24.May.2006.
1938: Tony Jackson (bass, vocals, Searchers)*18.Aug.2003.
1937: Tommy Bruce (British singer)*10.July.2006.
1932: John James Chilton (UK jazz trumpeter, writer;Swinging Blue Jeans/Alex Welsh).
1925: Nat Pierce (jazz pianist; Woody Herman/many more)*June.10.1992.
1925: Cal Tjader (vibraphonist and percussionist Dave Brubeck Trio/own mambo bands]
1909: John "Teddy" Buckner (Dixieland trumpet player, bandleader)*22.Sept.1994.
1905: Ivie Anderson (vocal, Duke Ellington Band)*28.Sept.1949.
1898: Rafael Escudero (Jazz bass player; McKinney's Cotton Pickers)*10.April.1970.

July 17th
1985: Tom Fletcher (joint lead singer, guitarist; McFly)
1982: Natasha Hamilton (vocals, Atomic Kitten).
1971: Jarrett Cordes/DJ Minute Mix (DJ with PM Dawn).
1970: Mandy Smith (singer, model, actress, Bill Wyman's Xwife).
1966: Louis Knox Barlow (multi musician, music pioneer; Dinosaur Jr/solo/freelance).
1963: Regina Belle (US singer).
1952: Chet McCracKen (drums, The Doobie Brothers).
1952: Phoebe Snow/Phoebe Ann Laub (US singer, songwriter).
1950: Damon Harris (vocals; Temptations).
1950: John Hartman (US drummer; Doobie Brothers).
1949: Mick Tucker (drums, Sweet)*14.Feb.2002
1949: Mike Vale (bass; Shondells)?
1949: Chico Freeman/Earl Lavon (sax, clarinet, flute, bandleader; Brainstorm, Leaders).
1949: Terry "Geezer" Butler (bassist; Black Sabbath).
1948: Ron Asheton (guitar; Iggy Pop And The Stooges).
1948: Brian Glascock (US drummer; The Motels/Gods/BeeGees/Sessionist/freelance).
1947: Phil Cordell/Springwater (multi-musician, singer, songwriter)*31.March.2007.
1947: Abraham Laboriel (Mexican session bassist, over 3,000 recordings & soundtracks).
1947: Wolfgang Flur (electronic drums; Kraftwerk).
1939: Spencer Davis ((some sources 1942)) (multi-musician, vocals; Spencer Davis Group/Solo).
1938: Stan Brostein (sax, clarinet, vocals; Elephants Memory)?
1936: Nick Brignola (US sax player; Woody Herman's orchestra/guest/bandleader)*08.Feb.2002
1935: Diahann Carroll/Carol Diahann Johnson (US singer, actress).
1933: Ben Riley (jazz drummer; Thelonious Monk's Quartet/many others).
1928: Vince Guaraldi (jazz pianist, composer, songwriter, bandleader)*6.Feb.1976
1928: Joe Morello (drums; Marian McPartland trio/Dave Brubeck Quartet).
1925: Jimmy Scott (jazz singer, conga player, Lionel Hampton Band/guest/sessions).
1921: George Barnes (jazz/blues guitarist, Ruby Braff Quartet/solo/sessions)*05.Sept.1977
1921: Mary Osborne (jazz guitarist, vilin, bass, vocals)*4.March.1992.

July 18th
1982: Ryan Frank Cabrera (Colombian American musician,TV presenter).
1978: Tony Fagenson (Welsh drummer; Eve 6).
1975: Daron Malakian (guitar; System of a Down).
1970: Gruff Rhys (Welsh vocalist; Super Furry Animals/solo).
1962: Jack Irons (drums; Pearl Jam/sessionist/freelance).
1958: Nigel Twist (drums; The Alarm).
1957: Lynn Seaton (jazz bassist; Steve Schmidt Trio/Count Basie).
1957: Keith Levene (guitar, Public Image Ltd/The Clash).
1955: Terry Chambers (drums; XTC/Dragon).
1954: Ricky Skaggs (country and bluegrass singer).
1950: Cornelis 'Cesar' Zuiderwijk (drums; Golden Earring/Hu &The Hilltops/Livin' Blues).
1950: Richard Branson (founder of Virgin Records and the Virgin Empire).
1950: Glenn Hughes (singer;the original "Biker" in the Village People)*4.March.2001
1949: Wally Bryson (guitar, singer, songwriter; The Raspberries).
1948: Phil Harris (guitar; Ace).
1946: Tim Lynch (vocals, guitar, harmonica; Flamin Groovies)?
1945: Danny McCullock (guitar; Animals).
1943: Robin McDonald (guitar, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas).
1941: Frank Farian/Franz Reuther (German music producer, singer, songwriter).
1941: Martha Reeves (soul singer; Vandellas).
1939: Brian Auger (keyboards, Trinity/Mahavishnu Orchestra/sessions).
1939: Roger Sellers (Aussie drummer; Nucleus).
1939: Dion Dimucci (US singer; Dion & The Belmonts).
1938: Ian Stewart (keyboard player; Rolling Stones)*Dec.12.1985
1938: Dudu Pukwana (Sth African sax player, pianist, composer; Blue Notes)*30.June.1990
1935: Johnny Funches (lead tenor; Dells)*23.Jan.1998
1931: Papa Dee Allen/Thomas Sylvester Allen (percussion, sax; War)*30.Aug.1988
1929: Screamin' Jay Hawkins/Jalacy Hawkins (R&B singer, actor)*12.Feb.2000.
1928: Carl Fontana (trombonist and bandleader)*9.Oct.2003.

July 19th
1980: Michelle Heaton (singer; Liberty X).
1971: Urs Buhler [Swiss singer; Il Divo).
1968: Robert "Robb" Flynn/Lawrence Matthew Cardine (US guitarist, vocalist; Machine Head).
1968: Ged Lynch (drums; Black Grape).
1960: Kevin Haskins (drums; Love & Rockets/Bauhaus/Tones on Tail/Messy).
1956: Nikki Sudden/Adrian Godfrey(singer,guitar;Swell Maps/Jacobites)*26.March.06
1952: Allen Collins (guitar; founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd)*23.Jan.1990.
1947: Brian May (lead guitar, singer, songwriter; Queen/Solo/Guest).
1947: Bernie Leadon (banjo, guitar; founding member of The Eagles/freelance).
1947: Keith Godchaux (Keyboard; The Grateful Dead)*23.July.1980.
1946: Allan Gorrie (bass, vocals; Average White Band).
1944: George Frayne/Commander Cody (keyboard, piano, vocals; Lost Planet Airmen).
1941: Phil Upchurch (US jazz and R&B guitarist;The Dells/Spaniels/own band/guest).
1937: George Hamilton IV (US country singer).
1934: Bobby Bradford (US jazz trumpeter, cornet, bandleader, composer).
1902: William "Buster" Bailey (US clarinet; Fletcher Henderson/Louis Armstong)*1967
1902: Cliff Jackson (US jazz pianist; Lionel Howard's Musical Aces/freelance)*24.May.1970.

July 20th
1972: Colleen Fitzpatrick/Vitamin C (US singer).
1971: DJ Screw/Robert Earl Davis Jr (US, Houston DJ, rapper; Screwed Up Click)*16.Nov.2000.
1968: Steven Ganz (US jazz guitarist and tenor saxophonist).
1966: Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar, producer, vocals; Mother Love Bone/Pearl Jam).
1966: Andrew Levy (bass; Brand New Heavies).
1964: Chris Cornell/Chris Boyle(multi-musician;Temple of the Dog/Soundgarden/Audioslave).
1959: James Irvin (vocals; Furniture).
1958: Dig Wayne/Buzz Wayne/Timothy Wayne Ball (lead singer; JoBoxers/The Fliers).
1958: Mick McNeil (keyboards; Simple Minds).
1956: Paul Cook (drums; Sex Pistols/Professionals/Cheifs of Releif/Man-Raze).
1955: Jeremy 'Jem' Finer (banjo, mandola, saxophone, hurdy-gurdy; Pogues).
1952: Jay Jay French/John French Segall (guitar; Twisted Sister).
1948: Adrian Tilbrook (UK drummer; Back Door).
1947: Tony Thorpe (vocals, guitar; Rubettes).
1947: Carlos Santana (latin/rock guitar virtuoso; Santana/guest/solo).
1946: Johnny Almond (US jazz sax player; session musician).
1945: Kim Carnes (US female singer; New Christy Minstrels/solo).
1945: John Lodge ((some sources 1943 & 1944)) (bass, vocals; Moody Blues).
1941: Charles Tyler [Jazzman, clarinet, saxophone; Albert Ayler/freelance)*27.June.1992.
1943: Wendy Richard/Wendy Emerton (Actress; sung 'Come Outside' with Mike Sarne).
1933: Buddy Knox (US singer, guitarist)*14.Feb.1999.
1929: Peter Ind (UK bassist; freelance/solo).
1922: Ernie Wilkins Jr [bop tenor sax player, alto sax; freelance/own band)*05.June.1999.
1922: Joachim-Ernst Berendt (German journalist, music critic, producer)*04.Feb. 2000.
1922: Karel Krautgartner (Czech saxophonist, clarinetist, composer)*20.Sept.1982
1920: Paul Gonsalves (tenor sax; Lewis, Dorsey, Basie, Duke Ellington)*15.May.1974.
1914: Teddy Kleindin (German jazz clarinetist).

July 21st
1982: Claudette Ortiz (American soul singer).
1982: David Parker (British jazz bebop musician)?
1981: Blake Lewis (US singer; American Idol finalist).
1978: Damian Marley (Jamaican reggae artist, singer, songwriter).
1974: Terry Caldwell (vocals, East 17).
1969: Emerson Hart (songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, producer; Tonic).
1961: Jim Martin (guitar, Faith No More).
1956: Franklin Kiermyer (Canadian jazz drummer; freelance).
1955: Henry Christian Priestman (vocals, keyboards, The Christians).
1955: Howie Epstein (rock bassist; Tom Petty and many more)*23.Feb.2003.
1948: Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam/Steven Demetre Georgiou (singer/songwriter).
1946: Barry Whitwam (drums, Herman's Hermits).
1945: Mike Wilsh (bass, keyboards; Four Pennies).
1939: Kim Fowley (US singer, keyboards, producer; freelance).
1935: Pierre Cullaz (French guitarist; Sarah Vaughan).
1931: Sonny Clark/Conrad Yeatis (hard jazz & bop pianist; leader/sideman/guest)*13.Jan.1963
1931: Plas Johnson (US jazzman, tenor sax; freelance).
1930: Helen Merrill/Jelena Ana Milcetic (US vocalist, jazz, R&B; solo/guest).
1898: Sara Carter (American Country singer; The Carter Family Show)*08.Jan.1979

July 22nd
1973: Rufus Wainwright (Canadian/American, singer-songwriter).
1973: Daniel Jones (one half of the Australian pop duo Savage Garden).
1971: Chris Helme (vocals; Seahorses/The Yards/solo).
1969: Jason Becker (US guitarist, composer; Cacophony/David Lee Roth/solo).
1967: Pat Badger (bass; Extreme).
1964: William Calhoun (drums, photographer; Living Colour/sessionist/guest).
1963: Emily Sailers (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, mandolin, ukelele; Indigo Girls).
1956: Mick Pointer (drummer; Marillion/Arena).
1955: Joshua Breakstone (US jazz guitar; freelance).
1954: Al Di Meola (Guitar; Return to Forever/freelance).
1947: Don Henley (drums, vocals; The Eagles/guest).
1944: Estelle Bennett (singer, The Ronettes).
1944: Rick Davies (vocals, keyboards; Supertramp).
1943: Bobby Sherman (US singer, actor; television series Shindig!/solo).
1941: Thomas Wayne Perkins (hillbilly singer, musician, cousin to Carl)*15.Aug.1971.
1941: Keith Sweat (US R&B, soul singer, record producer; LSG).
1940: George Clinton (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer; Parliament/ Funkadelic).
1939: Mario Rivera (Dominican Latin jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist)*10.Aug.2007
1937: Chuck Jackson (R&B & soul singer; The Independents/Del Vikings).
1937: Bob Downes (UK vocals, saxophone, flute).
1936: Don Patterson (Organ; Sonny Stitt's Band/freelance)*10.Feb.1988.
1934: Junior Cook/Herman Cook (tenor Sax; Horace Silver Quintet/freelance)*03.Feb.1992
1925: Hal Schaefer (jazz pianist)?
1924: Bill Perkins (Jazzman, multi-sax player, flute; freelance)*09.Aug.2003
1924: Al Haig (US Jazz Pianist; freelance)*16.Nov.1982
1913: Gorni Kramer (Italian bandleader, multi-musician, songwriter)*26.Oct.1995.

July 23rd
1981: Stevo 32/Steve Jocz (drummer; Sum 41).
1980: Michelle Williams (vocals; Destiny's Child).
1973: Shannon Leigh Brown (US country singer).
1973: Fran Healy (vocals, guitar; Travis).
1971: Dalvin DeGrate (rap artist, vocals; Jodeci).
1971: Chad Gracey (drummer; Live).
1971: Alison Krauss (bluegrass-country singer, fiddle player).
1970: Sam Watters (songwriter, record producer; Color Me Badd).
1968: Nick Menza (German drums; Megadeth).
1967: Blair Thornton (guitarist; Bachman-Turner Overdrive).
1965: Rob Dickinson (vocals, guitar; Catherine Wheel).
1965: Slash /Saul Hudson (lead guitarist; Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver).
1964: Tim Kellett (keyboards & trumpet; Durutti Column/Simply Red).
1963: Yuval Gabay (guitarist, vocalist; Soul Coughing).
1961: Martin Gore (keyboards; Depeche Mode).
1959: Alan Barnes (UK Reeds player; freelance).
1959: Pedro Aznar (Argentine vocalist, percussionist; The Pat Metheny Group).
1958: Loren Schoenberg (jazz historian, writer of liner notes, tenor saxophonist).
1957: Dennis Greaves (guitar, vocals; Nine Below Zero).
1955: Marisa DeFranco (singer; member of the DeFranco Family).
1952: Janis Siegel (singer; Manhattan Transfer)?
1950: Blair Thornton (guitar; Bachman Turner Overdrive).
1948: John Hall (singer, guitar; John Hall Band/Orleans).
1947: David Essex/David Albert Cook (UK singer, actor).
1947: Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (Indian jazz fusion violinist; freelance).
1946: Andy Mackay (sax, multi-musician; Roxy Music/sessionist/guest).
1946: Khan Jamal (US vibraphonist).
1944: Dino Danelli (drums; Young Rascals/freelance).
1943: Tony Joe White (US singer, songwriter, guitar).
1942: Madeline Bell (US soul singer; Bradford Singers/sessionist/solo).
1935: Cleveland Duncan (lead vocals; Penguins).
1934: Steve Lacy (jazzman, sopranino & soprano sax player; Freelance)*04.June.2004.
1930: Richie Kamuca (jazzman, tenor sax player; Freelance)*22.July.1977
1929: Danny Barcelona (Hawaiian drummer; Hawaiian Dixieland All-Stars)?
1923: Claude Luter (French clarinet player, soprano saxophone)*06.Oct.2006
1919: Jim Chapin (jazz drummer, tutor).
1915: Emmett Berry (jazzman, trumpet player; freelance)*22.June.1993
1898: Clarence Holiday (US jazz guitarist and father to Billie Holiday)*01.March.1937

July 24th
1973: Ladybug Mecca/Mary Ann Vieira (alternative hip hop group Digable Planets).
1969: Jennifer Lopez [singer, actress).
1961: Paul Geary (drummer; Extreme).
1958: Mick Karn (bass, sax, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter; Japan).
1957: Larry Gott (guitar, keyboard, flute; James).
1957: Pam Tillis (US singer, actress).
1953: Jon Faddis (jazzman, trumpet player, artistic director; freelance)
1951: Verdine White (bassist; Earth, Wind & Fire).
1951: Lynval Golding (guitar; Specials).
1947: Albert Bouchard (drums, songwriter, vocals; Blue Oyster Cult).
1945: Alan Whitehead (founder drummer; Marmalade)??
1945: Dino Danelli (drummer; The Rascals/Fotomaker/solo/freelance).
1944: Jim 'Herbie' Armstrong (vocals, rhythm guitar; Them/Van Morrison Band/freelance).
1942: Heinz/Heinz Henry Georg Schwartze (vocals, bass; Tornados/solo)*07.April.2000
1941: Barbara Love (UK singer; Friends Of Distinction/solo)?
1939: Charles McPherson (Jazzman, alto Sax; bandleader/freelance).
1938: Mike Mainieri (Vibraphone, Xylophone, Marimba; Two Kings & a Queen/freelance)?
1936: Max Duane Barnes (singer, songwriter; the Golden Rockets)*11.Jan.2004.
1921: Billy Taylor (jazz pianist, composer; Ben Webster's Quartet/own band).

July 25th
1992: Alex Bilbo (US vocalist, Girl Authority).
1970: Brian Blade (US drummer; SFJAZZ Collective/Yaya3).
1964: Aki Sirkesalo (Finnish musician, TV personality;Giddyups/Veeti & the Velvets)*26.Dec.2004
1962: Robert Lucas (US harmonica player, slide guitar).
1958: Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals; Sonic Youth/Ciccone Youth).
1951: Verdine White (bassist, vocals;Earth, Wind & Fire).
1950: Mark Clarke (bass player; Colosseum/Uriah Heep).
1948: Steve Goodman (folk singer, songwriter)*20.Sept.1984
1946: Jose 'Chepito' Areas (percussion; Santana).
1944: Tom Dawes (vocals, guitar; The Cyrkle).
1943: Jim McCarty (drummer; The Yardbirds).
1942: Bruce Woodley (vocals, guitar; The Seekers/solo).
1941: Manuel "Manny" Charlton (guitarist, singer, songwriter; Nazareth/solo).
1934: Don Ellis (jazz musician, trumpeter, composer)*17.Dec.1978.
1925: William 'Benny' Benjamin (drummer; Funk Brothers/Motown/session)*20.April.1969
1930: Annie Ross (jazz singer; Lambert, Hendricks & Ross/solo).
1908: Dr. Srinivasa Iyer (Indian Carnatic vocalist)*31.10.2003
1907: Johnny Hodges (US soprano & alto sax, clarinet; Duke Ellington/Freelance)*11.May.1970.

July 26th
1980: Dave Baksh (lead guitar; Sum 41).
1967: DJ Headliner/Timothy Barnwell (hip-hop artist; Arrested Development).
1962: Miranda Joyce (vocals, saxophone; Belle Stars)?
1961: Andy Connell (keyboards, piano, composer, arranger; Swing Out Sister).
1961: Gary Cherone (Vocals; Extreme/Van Halen/ Tribe of Judah/Hurtsmile).
1949: Roger Taylor (drums, multi-musisian, vocals, songwriter, composer; Queen/guest).
1943: Mick Jagger (vocals, songwriter, actor; Rolling Stones).
1941: Neil Landon (vocals; Flowerpot Men).
1940: Dobie Gray (US singer).
1938: Bobby Hebb (spoons, multi-instruments, vocals, guitar).
1938: Darlene Love (US singer; Crystals/solo).
1938: Joanne Brackeen (jazz pianist; Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers/Freelance/guest).
1931: Fred Luther Foster (US songwriter, record producer, founder of Monument Records).
1929: Charlie Persip (jazz drummer; Dizzy Gillespie's big band/freelance/guest).
1924: Louie Bellson/Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (jazz drummer, songwriter; Ellington/Dorsey/freelance/guest).
1914: Erskine Hawkins (jazz trumpet player, big bandleader, composer)*11.Nov.1993

July 27th
1967: Juliana Hatfield [US singer, guitar, songwriter; Blake Babies).
1965: PJ Court/Paul Jonathan Court (vocals, guitar; The Primatives)?
1964: Rex Brown (bassist; Pantera).
1963: Karl Mueller (bass, Soul Asylum)17.June.2005.
1960: Jean Toussaint (Jazz Saxophonist; Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers/own band).
1960: Conway Savage (bass, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds).
1956: Deirdre Cartwright (guitarist, composer; Own group).
1953: Suzi Carr (uk singer).
1950: Michael Vaughn (guitar; Paper Lace).
1949: Maureen McGovern (US singer, Broadway actress).
1949: Rory MacDonald [vocals, bass, songwriter; Runrig]
1947: Andy McMaster (bassist, keyboardist, vocalist; Motors).
1944: Bobbie Gentry/Roberta Streeter (US singer, songwriter).
1944: Tony Capstick (UK comedian, actor, singer and broadcaster)*23.10.2003
1944: Barbara Thompson (clarinet, flute, saxophone; Apollo Saxophone Quartet/guest).
1943: Al Ramsey [guitar; Gary Lewis and the Playboys).
1937: Charlie Shoemake (Vibes; George Shearing/freelance).
1933: Nick Reynolds (bongos, founder member; Kingston Trio).
1929: Harvey Fuqua (Moonglows, Motown executive).
1923: Charlie Queener (Dixieland, swing, jazz pianist; Freelance/guest).

July 28th
1982: Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir (Icelandic singer, actress).
1980: Noel Sullivan (Vocals; Hear'Say).
1979: Lee Min-Woo (Korean singer; Shinhwa).
1977: Tiago Andres Vaz (Brazilian composer, singer; Null Pointer Band).
1976: Coby Dick/Jacoby Dakota Shaddix (lead singer; Papa Roach/Fight the Sky).
1975: Leonor Ceballos Watling (Spanish singer, actress).
1972: Dan Warton (drums; Neds Atomic Dustbin).
1971: Stephen Lynch (US actor, comic and singer).
1969: Michael Amott (Swedish guitarist; Carcass/Arch Enemy/Spiritual Beggars).
1967: Taka Hirose (Japanese bassist; Feeder).
1965: Delfeayo Marsalis (jazz trombone, record producer).
1965: Texas Axile/Anthony Doughty (keyboards, drums; Transvision Vamp).
1965: Nick Banks (drums; Pulp/Pollinates).
1962: Rachel Sweet (US singer, actress).
1955: Gregg Giuffria (keyboards; Angel/House of Lords/Giuffria).
1954: Steve Morse (Guitar, Banjo; Deep Purple/guest/session).
1954: Nnenna Freelon (US jazz vocalist).
1949: Steve Peregrin Took (drums, bass, piano, vocaals; Tyrranosaurus Rex)*27.10.1980
1949: Simon Kirke (drums, Free/Bad Company).
1949: Peter Doyle (singer, New Seekers)*13.Oct.2001.
1946: Jonathan Edwards (Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar, folk/bluegrass).
1943: Rick Wright (keyboard; Pink Floyd/Zee/Screaming Abdabs/guest).
1943: Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, composer, Electric Flag/session/guest)*15.Feb.1981
1941: Riccardo Muti (Italian conductor, MD of La Scala opera house/Philadelphia Orch).
1938: George Cummings (steel guitar,songwriter, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show).
1936: Jim Galloway (Tenor & Soprano Sax, Clarinet; Wee Big Band).
1936: Jim Hughart (US classical and jazz bassist; freelance).
1930: David "Junior" Kimbrough (US bluesman from Mississippi)*17.Jan.1998.
1915: Frankie Yankovic (singer, accordian; The King of Polka)*14.10.1998
1904: Ikey Robinson (jazz & blues banjoist, singer)*Oct.25.1990
1901: Rudy Vallee (singer, actor, multi-musician, bandleader, entertainer)*03.July.1986

July 29th
1973: Wanya Morris (vocals; Boyz II Men).
1972: Simon Jones (bass; Verve).
1967: Chris Gorman (drummer, Belly/Gorman Brothers).
1966: Miles Hunt (vocals; Wonder Stuff).
1966: Martina McBride/Martina Mariea Schiff (US singer, guitar, cello; solo).
1959: John Sykes (guitar, Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake/Tygers Of Pan Tang, Blue Murder/ solo).
1954: Michel Benita (Algeria-born Jazz bassist; ELB Trio/sessionist/freelance).
1953: Patty Scialfa (singer; Bruce Springsteen Bands, now Mrs Springsteen).
1953: Geddy Lee (bassist, vocals; Rush).
1947: Carlo Santanna (Italian guitarist; Paper Lace).
1946: Neal Doughty (keyboards; REO Speedwagon).
1937: Ellyn Rucker (US jazz vocalist).
1933: Randy Sparks (folk singer/songwriter; New Christy Minstrels).
1927: Peter Howard/Howard Weiss (US musical theatre arranger, conductor, pianist)*18.April.2008.
1916: Charlie Christian (US jazz guitarist, blues singer)*02.March.1942.
1907: Albert Wynn (jazz trombone, Creole Jazz Band)*1973
1900: Don Redman (jazz man, vocals, sax, clarinet)*30.Nov.1964
1887: Sigmund Romberg (Hungarian operetta composer)*09.Nov.1951.

July 30th
1975: Tiffini Talia Hale [US singer, actress; New Mickey Mouse Club/The Party).
1971: Brad Hargraves (drums; Third Eye Blind).
1971: Calogero Maurici (French singer, bassist, flute. piano; Les Charts/solo).
1968: Sean Moore (drums; Manic Street Preachers).
1966: Louise Wener (vocals, Sleeper).
1966: Jyoti Mishra (Indian electronic musician; White Town).
1966: Craig Gannon (guitar, rhythm guitar; The Bluebells/Aztec Camera/The Smiths).
1963: Dwayne O'Brien (country musician, rhythm guitar, vocals; Little Texas).
1959: Vaughan Toulouse/Vaughan Cotillard (frontman; Department S)*Aug.1991
1958: Neal McCoy (US country singer).
1958: Kate Bush (UK singer, songwriter, producer).
1958: Kevin Mahogany (jazz vocalist, saxophone, clarinet).
1957: Rat Scabies/Christopher Miller (drums; The Damned/freelance).
1956: Phil Fearon (vocals, keyboards, producer; Galaxy/Kandidate).
1953: Hal Smith (jazz drums)?
1949: Joyce Jones (US singer; First Choice).
1949: Hugh Nicholson (guitar, vocals; The Poets/Marmalade).
1946: Jeffrey 'Hammond' Hammond (bass; Jethro Tull).
1945: David Sanborn (saxophonist, flautist; session player).
1941: Paul Anka (Italian/Canadian singer, songwriter; writer of "My Way").
1937: James Spaulding (jazz sax; World Saxophone Quartet).
1936: Buddy Guy (rock guitarist, blues guitarist, singer, solo/guest/session).
1927: Tony Hiller (British songwriter; many chart hits)
1912: Benny Featherstone (Tasmanian drummer, trumpet player)*06.April.1977.
1903: Hilton Jefferson (jazz alto sax)*14.Nov.1968.
1899: Gerald Moore CBE (uk pianist)*13.March.1987.

July 31st
1981: M. Shadows/Matthew Charles Sanders (US lead singer; Avenged Sevenfold).
1978: Will Champion (drummer; Coldplay).
1973: Jerry Rivera (Puerto Rican salsa singer).
1971: John 5/John Lowery (guitar; Marilyn Manson/solo/guest/sessionist).
1967: Minako Honda (Japanese singer and musical actress)*06.11.2005.
1964: Robert "Fuzz" Townsend (drums. Pop Will Eat Itself/Bentley Rhythm Ace).
1964: James Steven Ignatius 'Jim' Corr (guitar, keyboards, vocals, The Corrs).
1963: Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim (bassist, DJ, producer; housemartins)?
1960: Malcolm Ross (guitarist, Josef K/Orange Juice/Aztec Camera).
1959: Stanley Jordan (US jazz, jazz fusion guitarist).
1958: Bill Berry (drums; R.E.M./Hindu Love Gods).
1957: Daniel Ash (guitar, sax, singer, songwriter; Bauhaus/Tones on Tail/Love & Rockets).
1953: Hugh MacDowell (cello, Electric Light Orchestra).
1951: Howard Levy (jazzman harmonica, keyboards; sessionist/guest/freelance/solo).
1951: Carlo Karges (guitar, keyboards, songwriter; Tomorrows Gift/Nena)*30.Jan.2002
1947: Karl Green (bassist, harmonica, Herman Hermits).
1945: Gary Lewis (drums, vocals; Gary Lewis & the Playboys, son of Jerry Lewis)?
1931: Kenny Burrell (jazz guitarist; Dizzy Gillespie/many more).
1931: Ivan Rebroff (German singer, folk to opera)*27.Feb.2008
1923: Ahmet Ertegün (Turkish-American co-founder of Atlantic Records)*14.Dec.2006.
1918: Henry "Hank" Jones (US jazz pianist).

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PASSINGS

July 1st
1995: Wolfman Jack/ Robert Weston Smith (56) US internationally famous gravelly-voiced, howling wolfman disc jockey (heart attack).
1999: Guy Mitchell/Albert George Cernik (72) US pop singer, who was even more successful in the UK than his homeland, despite being an international recording star of the 1950s with five number one singles. (died at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas from complications following surgery)
1999: Dennis Emanuel Brown (42) Jamaican reggae singer, was one of the pioneer in the lovers rock style of reggae, and with 78 albums to his name was one of the most prolific names in the business. (he was rushed to a Kingston hospital with a collapsed lung. This is not usually a fatal condition, but he was so weakened from cocaine use that he died on the table)
1981: Rushton Moreve (33) the original bass player in Steppenwolf (car crash in Los Angeles)
2000: Cub Koda (51) musician, journalist, DJ, leader of Brownsville Station (diabetes / kidney failure)
2003: Herbie Mann (73) American jazz flutist, early in his career, he also played saxophones and clarinets, but he was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute and was perhaps jazz music's preeminent flautist during the 1960s. He was an early pioneer in the fusing of jazz and world music. (prostate cancer).
2005: Renaldo "Obie" Benson (69) Lead and bass singer in The Four Tops for 5 decades, also co-wrote "What's Going On" which became a #2 hit for Marvin Gaye in 1971, and which Rolling Stone rated as #4 on their List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (lung cancer)
2005: Luther Vandross (54) soul singer (died in JFK Medical Centre in New Jersey, two years after suffering a major stroke)
2006: Robbie "Rocket" Watts (47) Australian guitarist for the Cosmic Psychos.(died suddenly just after a show in Bendigo)
2006: Jaye Michael Davis (62) veteran U.S. radio deejay (motorcycle accident).
2008: Mel Galley (60) UK guitarist with Trapeze, Whitesnake, Finders Keepers and Phenomena. While with Whitesnake, he badly injured his arm at a fairground in Germany and had to leave the band, as he was unable to play guitar because of a nerve damage as result of incompetent surgery. Later he became known for playing with "The Claw", a specially developed spring and wire device fitted to his hand which enabled him to play guitar again.(cancer) b. March 8th 1948.

July 2nd
1988: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (70) US alto saxophonist, jazz and blues shouter; he acquired his nickname after a hair-straightening mishap left him bald ()
1992: Camarón de la Isla/José Monje Cruz (41) Spanish flamenco singer; he toured extensively with Paco de Lucía with whom he recorded nine albums (lung cancer)
2002 - Ray Brown (75) US jazz double bassist; played in many TV show orchestras, and with some leading artists, including Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson. He lead his own band the Modern Jazz Quartet, managed a young Quincy Jones, also wrote jazz double bass instruction books, and developed a jazz cello. (died while taking a nap before a show in Indianapolis)
2007: Ray Goins (71) American bluegrass banjoist; a bluegrass music pioneer who played in Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and the Goins Brothers.()
2007: Git Gay () Swedish actress and singer ()
2007: Beverly Sills () American soprano (b. 1929)
2007: Hy Zaret/Hyman Harry Zaritsky (99) American lyricist and composer best known as the co-author of the 1955 hit "Unchained Melody", one of the most recorded songs of the 20th (died a few weeks before his 100th birthday)

July 3rd
1969: Brian Jones (27) lead and rhythm guitar, backing singer and founder/leader of The Rolling Stones; he played guitar, slide guitar, piano, sitar, tamboura, organ, dulcimer, mellotron, xylophone, marimba, recorder, clarinet and several other instruments. In total he is known to have played at least 15 instruments with the Stones. Also known for his fashionable mod image, drug and sexual excesses (Said to have drowned while under the influence of drugs & alcohol after taking a midnight swim in his pool)
1971: Jim Morrison (27) front man, singer of the band Doors; his alcohol/drug abuse and open disdain for authority made him a rock hero; his mysterious death in Paris, France at the age of 27 made him a pop culture icon.(found dead in a bathtub, the cause of death was given as a heart attack)
1972: "Mississippi" Fred McDowell (68) Blues singer, guitarist (cancer)
1973: Laurens Hammond (73) the inventor of the Hammond organ; At the time of his retirement in 1960, he held 90 patents, he was granted another 20 before his death.()
1986: Rudy Vallee/Hubert Prior Vallée (84) singer, actor, multi-musician, bandleader, entertainer (?)
1986: Greg Carroll () crew member, U2 (motorcycle accident in Dublin)
2001: Johnny Russell (61) US singer, songwriter ()
2006: Joe Weaver (71) leader of the Blue Note Orchestra and musician on early Tamla sessions (stroke).
2006: Jack "Smilin" Smith (92) musician and former host of 'You Asked for It' (leukemia).
2007: Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (80) US saxophonist; to some best known for his 1963 hit "Yakety Sax," which was used on the British TV program "The Benny Hill Show" (he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on June 25 and fell into a in coma from which he never regained consciousness)
2008: Colin Cooper (69) British vocalist and saxophonist and founder member of the Climax Blues Band, also played reeds, harp, flute and guitars. Released 18 albums, performed at major concerts and festivals around the world, including Glastonbury and a 25-date German tour with the Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall. (cancer) b. Oct 7th 1939.
2008: Noel Sayre (37) American violinist and co-founder of Pretty Mighty Mighty and the Black Swans (he nearly drowned at a community pool after suffering an apparent heart attack, and had been on life support for several days before he passed away) b.??.??.1971
2008: Oliver Schroer (53) Canadian fiddle player. Started as a busker in the Toronto system subway with his guitar. He became a prolific composer, recording ten CDs in 14 years. He performed in Europe and North America in clubs, cathedrals, and New York's Lincoln Centre. Altogether, he produced or performed on over 100 albums of new traditional, acoustic, and popular music, and wrote more than 1,000 pieces of music.(leukemia) b. June 18th 1956.

July 4th
1971: Donald McPherson (30) Singer, Main Ingredient (leukaemia)
2003: Barry White (58) Soul singer and producer (Kidney failure)
2007: Johnny Frigo (90) American jazz violinist and bassist; performed as a jazz violinist at festivals worldwide, including the Umbria Jazz Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival. Frigo also was a published poet and artist.(cancer)
2007: Bill Pinkney (81) American singer who was the last original member of The Drifters; he has been recognized for his contributions by leaders such as President Bill Clinton and President Nelson Mandela of South Africa. He has recieved many musical awards, including the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award, as well as induction into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, United Group Harmony Association, and the Beach Music Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame and holds the key to the state of South Carolina (probable heart attack).
2007: Baris Akarsu (28) Turkish rock singer, actor; winner of the television series Akademi Türkiye (Academy Turkey) in 2004. He was also the star of the comedy television series Yalanci Yarim (My Liar Lover) which was aired on Star TV.(car accident).

July 5th
1982: Bill Justis (56) Sun records musical director
1986: Tracey Pew (28) bass player, Birthday Party (epileptic fit)
1993: Maria Teresa de Noronha (74) Portuguese fado singer; her artistic career spanned over 30 years and hers is considered one of the most unique and beautiful fado voices (died of prolonged disease at her house of São Pedro de Sintra)
2001: Ernie K Doe Jr (65) R&B singer; scored one of the biggest hits (possibly the biggest) in the history of New Orleans R&B with "Mother-in-Law," a humorous lament that struck a chord with listeners of all stripes on its way to the top of both the pop and R&B charts in 1961 (kidney and liver failure)
2006: Don Lusher (82) British jazz trombonist and band leader; spent nine years as lead trombone with the Ted Heath Jazz Band and toured the USA several times, taking over as leader in 1969 after Heath's death. He also led the trombone section on many of Frank Sinatra's European tours.()
2007: Régine Crespin (80) French operatic soprano, later a mezzo-soprano, who excelled in both the French and German repertoire. (liver cancer)
2007: Alan George Heywood Melly (80) English jazz and blues singer, writer, music critic; he was a film and television critic for The Observer (lung cancer).

July 6th
1943: Dennis D'Ell/Denis James Dalziel (61)lead singer, harmonica; Honeycombs (cancer)
1971: Louis Armstrong/Satchmo (69) Bandleader, singer and trumpet player; a very charismatic innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form. One of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century ()
1979: Van Allen Clinton McCoy (39) music producer, musician, songwriter, and orchestra conductor most famous for his massive 1975 disco hit "The Hustle" (heart attack)
1998: Roy Rogers/Leonard Franklin Slye (86) actor and country singer; he and his third wife Dale Evans, his "golden palomino" Trigger and his German shepherd, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show which ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1964.(congestive heart failure)
1999: Michael Wallace (43) Keyboard player, Chalice/Third World (gunned down while drivng his car in Kingston, Jamaica)
1999: Joaquin Rodrigo (97) Spanish composer of classical music and virtuoso pianist ()
2003: Clyde "Skip" Battin (69) Bassist and songwriter with Skip & Flip,The Byrds, New Riders Of The Purple Sage and The Flying Burrito Brothers (Alzheimer's disease)
2004: Syreeta Wright (57) US singer (breast cancer)
2008: Bobby Durham (71) American jazz drummer; started with The Orioles at age 16, went on to play with King James, Stan Hunter, Lloyd Price, Wild Bill Davis, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Grant Green, Sweets Edison, Tommy Flanagan, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Rowles, Oscar Peterson, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, in which he played for five years, and accompanied Ella Fitzgerald for more than a decade (?) b. Feb 3rd 1937

July 7th
1994: Mia Zapata (27) Lead singer for the Seattle punk rock band The Gits. Highly influential in the Seattle, Washington music scene, she was considered a dynamic live performer and a uniquely gifted lyricist and painter.(Brutally raped and murdered; A streetwalker found her beaten and mutilated body posed in a Christ-like fashion around 3:30am under a streetlight in a park. Florida fisherman Jesus Mezquia was sentenced to 36 years the crimes)
1997: Mrs Miller/Elva Ruby Connes (89) US singer, Her whistling, [which was equally as wobbly as her voice] was apparently preceded by Mrs. Miller filling her mouth with ice to better control the pitch, also featured on a number of her records.()
2001: Fred Neil (65) US singer, guitar, songwriter; moody, bluesy & melodic, one of the most compelling folk-rockers to emerge from Greenwich Village in the mid '60s (cancer)
2006: Roger 'Syd' Barrett (60) psychedelic pioneer & original lead frontman/guitarist of legendary rock band Pink Floyd, the band's creative force and a highly influential songwriter, penning most of their early hits. He named the band after bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, who he admired. (complications arising from diabetes).
2008: Hugh Mendl (88) British record producer; produced Lonnie Donegan's first recordings, which were pivotal in defining the new skiffle sound of the 1950s, acted as executive producer for the Moody Blues' 1967 album Days of Future Passed. Through his efforts, David Bowie, John Mayall, Caravan, and Genesis signed with Decca; he also produced the original cast recordings of musicals such as Hello Dolly, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, and Cinderella.(?) b. August 6th 1919

July 8th
1905: Walter Kittredge (70) singer, songwriter, violin, seraphine, melodeon; Hutchinson Family. In his career he wrote over 500 songs, many of them dealing with themes of the American Civil War. His most famous song, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground", was sung by both sides of the war and is known throughout the world ()
2006: Sabine Dünser (29) singer for gothic metal band Elis.(Cerebral hemorrhage).

July 9th
1980: Vinicius de Moraes (66) Brazilian poet and songwriter; a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music, hundreds of international performers have recorded more than 400 of his songs.()
2006: Milan Williams (58) keyboardist, founding member of R&B/funk band the Commodores, he also penned many of their tracks.(cancer).
2006: John Coletta (74) British with Italian roots, former manager of Deep Purple and Whitesnake.(Heart attack after watching Italy in the World Cup final).

July 10th
1941: Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (50) US virtuoso pianist, bandleader, and composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music (evenaully died from the effects of a badly treated knife wound, afflicted 11 days previous to his death) b. October 20th 1890.
1979: Arthur Fiedler (85) American conductor who as director of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1930 to 1979, blended works of classical and popular music in his concerts (He had been in failing heal