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JULY BIRTHDAYS

Born ~ July 1st
1971: Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (US singer, rapper, songwriter).
1964: Pol Burton (UK drummer; Transvision Vamp).
1963: Roddy Bottum (US 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 (US vocals, guitar; Shindogs/Delaney & Bonnie/others)*27.Dec.2008.
1934: Peter Levinson (US music industry biographer)*21.Oct.2008
1933: Eddie Bond (singer, guitar, rockabilly music; Rockin' Daddy).
1918: Ralph Young (American singer and actor)*22.Aug.2008.
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).
1932: Waldemar Matuška (Czechoslovakian singer, songwriter, actor)*30.May.2009.
1927: Charlie Kennedy (US alto saxophonist; Gene Krupa's big band/others)*03.April.2009.
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).
1940: Bernadette Greevy (Irish mezzo-soprano)*26.Sept.2008.
1930: Thomas J. Tedesco (American master session guitarist)*10.Nov.1997.
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.
1947: Jacques Morali (French music producer; Village People/others)*15.Nov.1991.
1938: Bill Withers (US 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.
1924: Louie Bellson/Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (US jazz drummer)*14.Feb.2009.
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 (US singer; wife of Les Paul)*30.Sept.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).
1967: Jean Sagadeev (Russian rock singer, bassist, guitarist; EST/Electro-convulsive therapy)*05.June.2009.
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.Aug.2006.
1936: Johnny Griffith (US keyboardist; Motown's Funk Brother house band)*10.Nov.2002.
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: John Lawton (UK singer; Lucifer's Friend/Uriah Heep/Les Humphries Singers/freelance/solo).
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).
1972: Brett A. Reed (US drummer; Rancid).
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 (US drummer; 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).
1947: Mari Trini/Maria Trinidad Perez Miravete (Spanish pop singer)*07.April.2009.
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: Secondo "Conte" Candoli (US trumpet, Dorsey, Brown, Herman etc)*14.Dec.2001
1920: Paul Gonsalves (US jazz sax player; Duke Ellington)*15.May.1974.
1895: Kirsten Flagstad (67) (Norwegian opera singer of international fame)*07.Dec.1962

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
1916: Bob Eberly (US big band singer)*17.Nov.1981.
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 (Anglo-Jamacian jazz alto saxophonist)*02.Jan.1973 cancer
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 (US 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.
1896: Evelyn Preer (Afro-American actress and blues singer)*27.Nov.1932.

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: Nicolette Larson (US singer songwriter; backing vocals/solo)*16.Dec.1997.
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 (US guitar; Iggy Pop And The Stooges)*early January 2009.
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 (US 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 (UK guitar; Animals).
1943: Robin McDonald (UK 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 (Scottish pianist, keyboard, road manager, cofounder; Rolling Stones)*Dec.12.1985.
1938: Dudu Pukwana (Sth African sax player, pianist, composer; Blue Notes)*30.June.1990
1935: Johnny Funches (US 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 (US 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).
1924: Al Haig (Freelance US jazz pianist)*16.July.1982.
1902: William "Buster" Bailey (US clarinet, saxophone; Fletcher Henderson/sessionist)*12.April1967
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.
1918: Cindy Walker (American singer, songwriter, dancer)*23.March.2006.
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).
1976: Andrew Stockdale (Australian guitarist, singer; Wolfmother).
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 (US jazz 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 (UK vocalist, 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 (US 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).
1939: Jan "Tollarparn" Eriksson (Swedish jazz pianist)*06.April.2009.
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 (UK vocalist, 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 (US jazz drummer; Dizzy Gillespie's big band/freelance/guest).
1927: Danny La Rue OBE/Daniel Carroll (Irish-born British female impersonator and singer)*31.May.2009.
1924: Louie Bellson (US 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 (US bass player; 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.Oct.2003
1944: Barbara Thompson (UK saxophone, clarinet, flute; 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: Gerald Veasley (American jazz bass guitarist; sessionist/solo/guest).
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.Oct.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 (UK piainist, keyboard; Pink Floyd/solo/guest)*15.Sept.2008.
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.Oct.1998
1904: Ikey Robinson (jazz & blues banjoist, singer)*25.Oct.1990
1901: Rudy Vallee (US 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.
1919: Vic Lewis (British jazz guitarist, bandleader)*09.Feb.2009.
1916: Charlie Christian (US jazz guitarist, blues singer)*02.March.1942.
1907: Albert Wynn (jazz trombone, Creole Jazz Band)*1973
1900: Don Redman (US jazz man, vocals, all the reeds, arranger, band leader)*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.Nov.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 (German guitarist, keyboards, songwriter; Novalis/guitarist for 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; influenced by Dr. Jive, Jockey Jack, Professor Bob and Sugar Daddy and Alan Freed, the ultimate deejay of New York radio. He got his big break when he became a "gofer" at Paramount. His first radio job was at WYOU-AM in Newport News, Virginia. he developed his first radio name, Daddy Jules, a tribute to the influence Black DJs had on him in his formative years. His energy and style produced a barrage of listeners. But after opening a dance club, the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross on his lawn, he decided to move to Shreveport, working at Shreveport's KCIJ-AM, before relocating to Mexico. He found national fame at XERF-AM in Mexico. People were wondering who he actually was, and artists such as Leon Russell, Todd Rundgren, Freddie King and the Guess Who produced chart hits about the radio personality "Wolfman Jack". The person behind Wolfman Jack was revealed in George Lucas' 1973 Academy Award-winning film, American Graffiti. Although the mystery was solved, he continued to be a success, hosting NBC-TV's The Midnight Special. He made more than 80 television appearances (heart attack) b. January 21st 1938.
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)
1987: Snakefinger/Philip Lithman (38) UK singer, songwriter and multi-musician; born in South London, he grew up and worked in and among the British Blues scene, but moved to San Francisco in 1971, where he joined up with the avant-garde group The Residents, who it is said gave him his nickname 'Snakefinger' either because of his proficient guitar work or his shred work on the violin.. or maybe both. He returned to England in 1972 and formed the rock band Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers with Martin Stone, as a duo, they released the album "Kings of Robot Rhythm". In 1974, as a full band they released "Bongos Over Balham". The band broke up in '75 and by 1976 Lithman was back in the United States, this time in Los Angeles, California, but by '78 he was back in San Francisco touring and recording again with The Residents, his is featured on 12 of their albums between 1971 and 1986. In 1978 Phil started to record is own material under the name of Snakefinger, debuting with the single "The Spot", followed in 1979 with the album "Chewing Hides the Sound". Ten albums in all have been released inder his Snakefinger name. Phil suffered a heart attack while touring in Australia, but by 1982 he was on the road again with his nearly formed backing band The Vestal Virgins. Phil performed with The Residents on their 13th Anniversary Tour in 1986 and 1987 saw Snakefinger and his band, The Vestal Virgins, touring Europe, tragically, his final tour. (During a performance at the Posthof Club Lithman, Austria, he suffered a fatal heart attack. On that same day his single, "There's No Justice in Life", was released) b. June 17th 1949.
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) American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as the bass and lead of Motown group The Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perform with for over five decades, until April 8, 2005. He also co-wrote "What's Going On" which became a No. 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 released in 2004. Renaldo was admitted as a member of the Four Tops to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The group was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997, followed by the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999 (lung cancer) b. June 14th 1937 read more...
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)
1992: Joe Newman (69) American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator; best known for his thirteen years with Count Basie (heart problems) b. Sept 7th 1922.
2003: Barry White (58) US 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 health for some time, and had actually suffered a heart attack after a performance on Saturday evening, May 5, 1979. He was in his 50th year as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra when he died) b. Dec 17th 1894.
1987: John Hammond (76) Producer, talent scout, record company executive; responsible for at least partly discovering a remarkable list of musicians through the years including Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, George Benson, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.()
2006: Tommy Bruce (68) British singer; best known for his biggest UK hit "Ain't Misbehavin'," and his deep, gritty and individual voice ()

July 11th
1949: Danny Polo (48) American clarinetist, very busy world touring sessionist (While working with Claude Thornhill's Orchestra, he unexpectedly became ill and died).
1985: George Duvivier (84) double-bass player; with the exception of fellow bassists Milt Hinton and probably Ron Carter, allegedly George has played on more recordings than any one else in the history of jazz, recording for almost every major jazz star, he also dabbled in playing classical music. (AIDS)
1991: Roger Christian (57) songwriter, actor, TV (kidney and liver failure)
1996: Jonathan Melvoin (34) Smashing Pumpkins (drug overdose)
1999: Helen Forrest/Bonnie Blue/Helen Fogel (82) American singer; one of the most popular female jazz vocalists during America's Big Band era. She first sang with her brother's band at the age of 10, and later began her career singing on CBS radio under the name Bonnie Blue and achieved further fame with the Artie Shaw band in 1938 when she recorded 38 singles with his band, including the hits "They Say" and "All the Things You Are". In the late 1940s, Helen sang on Dick Haymes' radio show and went on to record with Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, the Harry James Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, Sam Donahue among others as well as pursuing a solo career. Over the course of her career, she recorded more than 500 songs. Helen also acted in several musical films, including Bathing Beauty and Two Girls and a Sailor (congestive heart failure) b. April 12th 1917.
2001: Herman Brood (54) Dutch pianist, keyboards, singer, painter and media personality; Herman Brood and his Wild Romance/Blizzards/Cuby a Dutch musician; he was the Dutch personification of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll (he found he had only a few months left to live, took matters into his own hands, also depressed by the failure of his drug rehabilitation programme, committed suicide by jumping off the Amsterdam Hilton)
2006: Bill Miller (91) pianist with Frank Sinatra for 46 years, also sometimes his orchestra conductor and musical director. Pianist for Frank Jr for the last 8 years. (He fell and broke his hip while performing in Montrea,l Canada on July 1. Shortly after the accident, he suffered a heart attack and underwent heart bypass surgery from which he didn't recover from)

July 12th
1962: Roger Wolfe Kahn (54) an American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader; Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra (heart attack)
1970: Louis Wolfe Gilbert (84) Russian-born American songwriter; he moved to the United States as a young man and soon established himself as one of the most prolific songwriters of Tin Pan Alley.(?)
1979: Minnie Riperton (37) US R&B singer songwriter (cancer)
1983: Chris Wood (39) founding member of the UK band Traffic; primarily played flute and saxophone, occasionally contributing keyboards and vocals. Wood was also a co-writer for many of Traffic's songs. Played with Jimi Hendrix in 1968, appearing on Electric Ladyland. (liver failure after a lengthy illness and a battle with alcohol and drugs).
1984: Phillipe Wynne (43) lead singer with The Spinners, he joined George Clinton's Funkadelic around 1979. (heart attack)
1996: Jonathan Melvoin (34) the touring keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins (He died in New York City after overdosing on heroin he had taken with Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin)
1999: Luis "Papo" Deschamps (23) member of the Dominican rap group Sandy y Papo (killed in a car accident)
2003: Benny Carter (95) American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader; a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, recieving many awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.(complications of bronchitis)
2004: Ersel Hickey (70) rockabilly singer best known for Bluebirds over the Mountain; also wrote songs for other artists, including The Millionaire for Jackie Wilson and A Little Bird Told Me So for LaVern Baker.(died after surgery to remove his bladder)
2004: Hal Carter (69) Songwriter, manager, agent and producer (cancer, on his 69th birthday)
2007: Robert Burås (31) Norwegian guitarist for Madrugada and My Midnight Creeps (found dead in his apartment by a friend, with his guitar in his hand).
2008: Earl Nelson (79) American R&B singer with Bob & Earl; best known for writing and recording the original version of "Harlem Shuffle". He was also was an early member of the Hollywood Flames and sang lead on the doo-wop group's biggest hit, "Buzz Buzz Buzz." (Alzheimer's disease) b. Sept 8th 1928.


July 13th
1957: Wessel Ilcken (33) Dutch jazz drummer; Wessel Ilcken Sextet (brain haemorrhage)
1994: Eddie Boyd (79) US blues and gospel, pianist and guitarist in Dixie Rhythm Boys, later toured and recorded with Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. He followed the migration northward to the factories of Chicago in 1941. Tired of racial discrimination he experienced in the United States, he first moved to Belgium, then settled in Finland in 1970. (died in Helsinki, Finland, just a few months before Eric Clapton released a chart-topping blues album that included Eddie's "Five Long Years" and "Third Degree")
2003: Compay Segundo (97) Cuban musician; in the late 1920s invented the armónico, a guitar customized with a double third string to fuse the tonal qualities of the traditional Cuban tres guitar and its Spanish counterpart.(Kidney failure)
2004: Arthur "Killer" Kane (55) Bass player, New York Dolls (leukemia)
2008: Gerald Wiggins (86) US jazz pianist and organist; worked with Louis Armstrong and Benny Carter. In the 1940s he moved to Los Angeles where he played music for television and film. He has also worked with singers like Lena Horne, Kay Starr, Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, Jimmy Witherspoon and Eartha Kitt (?) b. May 12th 1922

July 14th
1973: Clarence White/Clarence LeBlanc (29) vocals, guitar; The Byrds/Kentucky Colonels. (killed by a drunk driver, while loading equipment after a spur-of-the moment reunion gig with the Colonels in Palmdale, California)
1980: Malcolm Owen (26) Singer, Ruts (heroin overdose)
1984: Phillipe Wynne (43) lead singer with The Spinners/Solo/Funkadelics; In the Academy Award-winning film, 'When We Were Kings', he was in total control of his Congolese audience. (died on-stage of a massive heart attack while performing in Oakland, California)
1999: Gar Samuelson (41) American drummer for the thrash metal band Megadeth, and was co-founder of the band Fatal Opera. (kidney failure)
2008: Kathryn Ann "Katie" Reider (30) American singer-songwriter and gay rights activis; released 4 albums and by 2006 had won five local music awards that gained her a huge fanbase nationwide (brain hemorrhage) b. May 23rd 1978.

July 15th
1947: Walter Donaldson (54) American songwriter; published some 600 of his original songs. His biggest hits included "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?", "My Mammy" (a huge hit for Al Jolson), "My Buddy", "Carolina in the Morning", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby","At Sundown", "My Blue Heaven", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Kansas City Kitty", "Makin' Whoopee", "Georgia" (?)
1960: Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (63) US opera singer; acknowledged as one of the greatest American male singers of opera in his day (died as the result of a fall in his apartment)
1990: Trouble T-Roy/Troy Dixon (22) member of the hip-hop band Heavy D and The Boyz (an accidental fall)
1997: Ary Groenhuijzen (50) keyboard player for The Teddy Bears (Motor Neuron Disease known as ALS)
2000: Louis Quilico (75) Canadian baritone opera singer; 25 seasons with the Metropolitan Opera, also appeared with the New York City Opera. In 1974, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada ().
2000: Paul Young (53) singer and percussionist for Mike and the Mechanics and Sad Café (heart attack)
2007: Kelly Johnson (49) UK guitarist, singer and songwriter; one of the original members of the heavy metal rock band Girlschool, when it was formed from the group Painted Lady in 1978 (died after a 6 year battle with cancer of the spine).

July16th
1981: Harry Chapin (38) US singer songwriter (killed when a tractor-trailer crashed into the car he was driving)
1984: Billy Williams (74) US singer
1988: Steve Cayter (?) road crew technician, Def Leppard (brain haemorrhage on stage before a show at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre)
1996: John Panozzo (48) Drummer, Styx (he tried for years to battle cirrhosis of the liver, but eventually died of gastrointestinal hemmorhaging)
2003: Celia Cruz (77) Cuban singer; Sonora Matancera's band/solo; over a remarkable six-decade career, with more than 70 records, two Grammy awards, and three Latin Grammys, among numerous other accolades, to her credit (cancerous brain tumor)
2006: Malachi Thompson (56) American jazz trumpeter (lymphoma).
2008: Jo Stafford (90) American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards whose career spanned the l 1930s through the early 1960s, considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era; entertained the GI's in World War 2. She recorded hits with Frankie Laine, Gordon MacRae, Johnny Mercer and released 47 solo singles. Her song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic making her the first female singer to have a No 1 hit in the UK singles chart. (heart failure) b. Nov 12th 1917.

July 17th
1951: Harry Choates (28) fiddle, accordion, guitar steel and acoustic; one of the most influential and tragic musicians in the history of Cajun music (Failing to make support payments of $20 a week for his son and daughter, he was jailed by a judge who found him in contempt of court. After three days of being forced to curtail his drinking habit, he began beating his head against the cell bars and fell into a coma. He died a few days later).
1959: Billie Holiday/Lady Day/Eleanora Fagan Goughy (44) Influential and legendary female jazz singer; Benny Goodman /Solo/ Guest (cirrhosis of the liver )
1967: John Coltrane (40) saxophonist John Coltrane was among the most important, and most controversial, figures in jazz. (He died suddenly of liver cancer)
1983: Roosevelt "Honeydripper" Sykes (77) Jazz Pianist; a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player who influenced blues piano playing with his rollicking thundering boogie (died in New Orleans)
1996: Chas Chandler (57) Bassist with The Animals, made a greater impact, as co-manager and producer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience from 1966 to 1968, and as the producer/manager of Slade in the 1970's (died while he was undergoing tests related to an aortic aneurysm)
1999: Kevin Wilkinson (41) Drummer, Howard Jones /Waterboys (hung himself)
1914: Rosalyn Tureck (88) American pianist, harpsichordist; particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach ().
2005: Laurel Aitken (78) singer, known as "the Godfather of Ska," Laurel Aitken was Jamaica's first real recording star (heart attack)
2006: Sam Myers (69) US vocals, drums, harmonica, songwriter; appeared as an accompanist on dozens of recordings for blues artists over the past five decades,as well as fronting the Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets (cancer)
2007: Teresa Stich-Randall (79) European-based US soprano opera singer, discovered in the late 1940s by Arturo Toscanini, who engaged her for a series of performances with his NBC Symphony Orchestra in New York, Toscanini described her at the time as "the find of the century" (natural causes).

July 18th
1966: Bobby Fuller (23) singer, guitarist and leader of The Bobby Fuller Four (gasoline asphyxiation, while parked outside his apartment. Police labelled it a suicide, but the possibility of foul play is far more probable)
1988: Nico (49) Spooky vocalist who was with the Velvet Underground (brain haemorrhage having falling off her bicycle while on holiday in Ibiza)
2007: Jerry Hadley (55) US operatic tenor; protegé of famous soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal peformances in the recordings of Jenufa, 2004 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording Susannah; 1995 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and Candide; 1992 Grammy Award for Best Classical Album (suffered severe brain damage after apparently shooting himself in the head with an air rifle at his home, he died 8 days later)

July 19th
2001: Judy Clay (62) Singer with Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles (died following complications from an auto accident)
2002: Alan Lomax (86) US singer, guitarist, folklorist, musicologist; one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain (?).
2006: Sam Neely (58) Country and western artist; singer-songwriter (collapsed while mowing his lawn)
2007: Ivor Emmanuel (79) Welsh singer and actor, he led the rendition of 'Men of Harlech' in the 1964 film Zulu and starred in many West End and Broadway musicals (stroke).

July 20th
1969: Roy Hamilton (40) US singer; during the mid to late '50s, his dramatic, searing voice and treatments of such songs as "You'll Never Walk Alone," "If I Loved You," "Ebb Tide," and "Unchained Melody" were enormously popular.(stroke)
1977: Gary Kellgren () studio engineer at the Los Angeles Record Plant studio (drowned in a Hollywood swimming pool)
2008: Artie Traum (65) American folk singer, award-winning guitarist, producer and songwriter. His work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Warren Bernhardt, Pat Alger, Tony Levin, John Sebastian, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Eric Anderson, Paul Butterfield, Paul Siebel, Rory Block, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, David Grisman, Livingston Taylor, Michael Franks and Happy Traum, among others. He toured in Japan, Europe and across the USA (cancer) b. April 13th 1943.

July 21st
2002: Gus Dudgeon (59) British record producer, engineer, long time collaboration with Elton John , and the inventor of audio sampling as a musical device. (died car accident together with his wife, when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car on a motorway, crashing down an embankment at speed and drowning in a ditch)
2004: Jerry Goldsmith (75) pianist, musical creator/director, films & TV; one of the most prolific film and television composers, with almost 200 scores to his credit, as well as being a consistent award winner in both mediums. (cancer)
2005: Long John Baldry (64) UK blues singer, the Hoochie Coochie Men/ Bluesology (severe chest infection)
2006: Herbert Kalin (72) singer; Kalin Twins (heart attack)
2008: Khia Edgerton aka K-Swift (29) US disc jockey; pioneering Baltimore female Hip Hop DJ, has been on the scene since her early teen years and is known as the Club Queen for her intense club mixes. (died in hospital as a result of head and neck injures that occured in her swimming pool) b. Oct 19th 1980.

July 22nd
1971: Ted Fiorito/Teodorico Salvatore Fiorito (70) American bandleader, pianist, keyboardist; still in his teens in 1919 he worked as a pianist at Columbia's New York City recording studio, working with the Yerkes Novelty Five, Yerkes' Jazarimba Orchestra and the Happy Six. He moved to Chicago in 1921 to join Dan Russo's band, and the following year he was the co-leader of Russo and Fio Rito's Oriole Orchestra. They did their first radio remote broadcast on March 29, 1924. In August 1925, theyopened Chicago's new Uptown Theatre. Over the years vocalists such as Jimmy Baxter, Candy Candido, the Debutantes, Betty Grable, June Haver, the Mahoney Sisters, Muzzy Marcellino, Joy Lane (1947-1951), Billy Murray, Maureen O’Connor, Patti Palmer. He composed more than 100 songs, collaborating with such lyricists as Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Sam Lewis, Cecil Mack, Albert Von Tilzer and Joe Young. Ted played in Las Vegas during the 1960s. In his last years, he led a small combo at venues throughout California and Nevada until his death in Scottsdale, Arizona Swingle (heart attack) b. December 20 1990.
1977: Richie Kamuca (46) jazzman, tenor sax player; Freelance (cancer)
1982: Edward "Sonny" Stitt (58) American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom, recording over 100 records in his lifetime. He featured in Tiny Bradshaw's big band in the early 40s, but his first recordings were made in 1945 with Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie. He played alto saxophone in Billy Eckstine's big band 1945 until 1949, when he started to play tenor saxophone more frequently. Later on, he played with other bop musicians Bud Powell and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and experimented with Afro-Cuban jazz in the late 1950s, the results can be heard on his recordings for Roost and Verve, on which he teamed up with Thad Jones and Chick Corea for Latin versions of such standards as "Autumn Leaves". Though the 60's till his death he regularly toured Europe, playing and recording with the greats and was a frequently seen playing at Ronnie Scott's in London. He also was one of the first jazz musicians to experiment with an electric saxophone, an instrument called a Varitone, as heard on the album Just The Way It Was - Live At The Left Bank, recorded in 1971 and released in 2000 (heart attack) b. February 2nd 1924.
1996: Rob Collins (33) founder member and keyboardist for Charlatans (died in a car crash in Wales, UK)
2004: Sacha Distel (71) French singer and guitarist (long battle with deteriorating health)
2004: Arthur Crier (69) Singer, songwriter and producer (heart failure)
2004: Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (82) Jazzman, tenor sax (heart attack)
2005: Eugene Record (64) lead singer with The Chi-lites (cancer)
2006: Jessie Mae Hemphill (82) award winning blues musician; a pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the primal, northern Mississippi country blues (complications of an infection).
2007: Don Arden/Harry Levy (81) British rock manager, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath. He achieved notoriety in England for his aggressive, sometimes illegal business tactics which led to him being called "Mr Big", "The English Godfather" and "The Al Capone of Pop", also father of Sharon Osbourne (Alzheimer's disease).

July 23rd
1979: Keith Godchaux (32) Keyboard player, Grateful Dead (car accident)
1996: Rob Collins (29) Keyboardist, Charlatans (car crash)
2002: Idrees Sulieman (79) flugelhorn, trumpet, jazz musician (bladder cancer)

July 24th
1972: Bobby Ramirez (23) US drummer with White Trash (killed after becoming involved in a brawl in a Chicago bar. The fight started after comments were made about the length of his hair).
1980: Peter Sellers (54) actor, comedy singer, Goons (heart attack)
1984: Rev. C.L. Franklin () Aretha Franklin's father (been in a coma since 1979 after being shot by burglars)
2003: Bobby Thompson () Long standing tour manager for Ozzy Osbourne (throat cancer)
2005: Patrick Sherry (29) Singer, Bad Beat (died after a stage dive went wrong during a gig at the Warehouse in Leeds)
2008: Zezé Gonzaga (81) Brazilian singer (multiple organ failure) b. Sept 3rd 1926.
2008: Norman Dello Joio/Nicodemo DeGioio (95) American composer; won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Meditations on Ecclesiastes. Another of his famous works is Scenes from the Louvre, for concert band. His Variations, Chaconne and Finale won the New York Critics Circle Award in 1948 (died in his sleep at his home in East Hampton, New York) b. January 24th 1913

July 25th
1984: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (57)US blues singer; She wrote and sang blues songs, played the harmonica and taught herself to play the drums and the original singer "Hound Dog" (heart failure).
1987: Alex Sadkin (35) record producer, got his start in music as saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass (car crash in Nassau, Bahamas).
1995: Charlie Rich/The Silver Fox (62) Country singer & pianist playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres; one of the most critically acclaimed and most erratic country singers of post-World War II era (blood clot in his lung).
2005: Albert Mangelsdorff (76) German bandleader and trombonist; one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he performed as unaccompanied trombonist in a convincing concert set. In the 1970s he made his first solo recordings and collaborated with Elvin Jones, Jaco Pastorius and Alphonse Mouzon, John Surman, Barre Phillips and Stu Martin and others. In 1975 he was co-founder of the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble that existed for more than 30 years, and recorded duo albums with Wolfgang Dauner (?) b. September 5th 1928.
2008: Hiram Bullock (52) American jazz funk and fusion guitarist; notable for his time on the David Letterman Show and work with David Sanborn. He also did work for Marcus Miller, Carla Bley, Miles Davis, Ruben Rada and Gil Evans. He recorded as a member of the 24th Street Band, releasing 3 albums. In 1982 he released his debut-album, called First Class Vagabond, which was exclusively distributed for the Japanese music-market by the JVC-Victor Company, and later re-issued on CD (throat cancer) b. Sept 11th 1955
2008: Johnny Griffin (80) US bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist; once known as the "fastest tenor in the west", for the ease with which he could execute fast note runs with excellent intonation. He joined Art Blakey in 1957, his recordings from that time include a memorable album joining together the Messengers and Thelonious Monk, after which Johnny succeeded John Coltrane as a member of Monk's Five Spot quartet and was recording for Blue Note and the Riverside label. From 1960 to 1962 he and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis led their own quintet,He moved to France and regularly appeared under his own name at jazz clubs such as London's Ronnie Scott's, he became the "first choice" sax player for visiting US musicians touring the continent. He went on to record albums with Wes Montgomery, The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, Peter Herbolzheimer And His Big Band, Nat Adderley, Derek Watkins, Art Farmer, Slide Hampton, Jiggs Whigham, Herb Geller, Wilton Gaynair, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Rita Reys, Jean "Toots" Thielemans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Grady Tate, Quincy Jones and others. Johnny played his last concert with his supurb French band on July 21st 2008 in Hyères, France a week before he died (died of a heart attack in Availles-Limouzine, France, where he had lived for the past 24 years) b. April 24th 1928.
2008: Claire Frances Stroface (61) US singer, songwriter and producer; sang with a number of female rock bands throughout the 70s and 80s, such as Lilith, Liberty Standing, The Ina Ray Band, and Trans-Sister. She also handled their stage production, musical arrangements, business management, and studio production, as well as contributing original songs (died after a long illness) b. August 21st 1946.

July 26th
1990: Brent Mydland (38) keyboards, songwriter; Grateful Dead (drug overdose)
1992: Mary Wells (49) Motown artist;Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star. She came to the attention of Berry Gordy as a 17-year-old, hawking a song she'd written for Jackie Wilson; that song, "Bye Bye Baby," became her first Motown hit in 1961, and "My Guy" hit the number one spot in mid-1964, at the very height of Beatlemania. First Motown hit in UK (throat cancer)
2001: Helmut Brandt (69) German baritone saxophonist; played tenor/baritone saxophone and clarinet as the leader of an amateur dixieland group, entertaining American troops after World War II. He won enormous popularity in the American jazz clubs, made many recordings, appeared as an honoured guest at jazz festivals and played with many international jazz stars ()
2006: Floyd Dixon (77) American R&B pianist (kidney failure).
2007: Johnnie Mac "Uncle John" Turner (62) American blues drummer; was one of the founders of the blues-rock style of drumming and a Texas legend. He played with countless artists including B. B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Copeland, Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, Lazy Lester and Johnny Winter at Woodstock (complications of hepatitis C).

July 27th
1757: Domenico Scarlatti (71) Italian composer, harpsicord, organ, piano, keyboard. Spent most of his life in Portugal and Spain (died in Madrid, were his residence on Calle Leganitos is designated with a historical plaque, and his descendants still live in Madrid today)
2001: Leon Wilkeson (49) Bass player, Lynyrd Skynyrd (chronic liver and lung disease)
2001: Harold Land (73) American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist, played with all the greats; one of the major contributors in the history of the jazz saxophone, joined the UCLA Jazz Studies Program as a lecturer in 1996 to teach instrumental jazz combo (stroke).
2003: Arthur "Artie" Anton (77) Jazz musician, conga drums, drums, timbales; Frank Zappa/ sessions/freelance/guest ()

July 28th
1741: Antonio Vivaldi (63) Italian composer and violinist. (He died shamed in Vienna and was buried as a pauper)
1962: Eddie Costa (31)American jazz pianist, vibraphonist (died in a car accident on New York's Westside Highway)
1982: Keith Gordon Green (28) Gospel singer, songwriter, pianist; Last Days Ministries (died when a small airplane leased by Last Days Ministries crashed on takeoff)
1996: Marguerite "Marge" Ganser (48) singer; Shangri-Las (breast cancer)
2000: Jerome Smith (47) Rhythm guitarist, original member of the group KC and the Sunshine Band (crushed by a bulldozer he was operating)
2003: Samuel Aaron Bell (81) tuba, bass; one of the best bassists ever in the Duke Ellington band; his powerful lines and graceful, yet sturdy support provided a rich presence in the rhythm section. Over the years he had recorded with Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Rushing and Lester Young, amongst many others.()
2004: George "The Fox" Williams (69) Lead singer of the Philadelphia R&B vocal group Tymes (cancer)
2007: Sal Mosca (80) American jazz pianist and educator; worked with Lee Konitz in 1949 and also worked with Warne Marsh. He spent much of his career teaching and was relatively inactive since 1992, but a new CD was released in 2004 (effects of emphysema).

July 29th
1974: Cass Elliot (33) UK singer Mamas and the Papas/Solo (She did not choke to death on a sandwich as rumour has it, an autopsy concluded that she died of a heart attack. The drummer of The Who, Keith Moon, died the same room, four years later. The tragic London apartment was owned by singer-songwriter, the late Harry Nilsson)
1978: Glenn Goins (24) singer and guitarist from Parliament Funkadelic, he also formed Quazar in 1978 as a renegade Funk outfit, which featured his younger brother Kevin Goins and drummer Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey (Hodgkin's Lymphoma).
1986: Gordon Mills (51) Producer and manager (stomach cancer)
1988: Pete Drake (56) Pedal steel guitarist (lung disease)
1992: William Mathias (57) Welsh composer; his anthem "Let the people praise Thee, O God" written for the 1981 royal wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, had a television audience of an estimated 1 billion people worldwide ()
2004: Huby Heard (53) Keyboardist, The God Squad/sessionist/singer/writer/composer (died of a heart ailment)
2005: Al McKibbon (86) American jazz bass player with Giants of Jazz: known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz, working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie's band ()
2007: Art Davis (73) American jazz double-bassist, best known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach. (heart attack).

July 30th
1978: Glen Goine (24) Singer, guitarist Parliament
1993: Rob Jones (29) bassist, Wonder Stuff
2003: Sam Phillips (80) founder of Sun Records; he was vital to launching the careers of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Rufus Thomas and numerous other significant artists.(died quietly at home)
2006: Anthony Galla-Rini (102) US concert accordionist ()

July 31st
1964: Jim Reeves (41) US legendary mellow baritone voiced country singer (plane crash in single engine aircraft flying from Arkansas to Nashville)
1978: Enoch Light(72) classical violinist, bandleader, recording engineer ()
1980: Bobby Van/Robert Jack Stein (51)US singer, dancer, trumpet, actor; best known for his musical and acting career on Broadway in the 1960s and 1970s (cancer)
1986: Theodore "Teddy" Wilson (73) US jazz pianist, band leader,arranger; his sophisticated and elegant style graced the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.()
2001: John Walters (63) BBC producer
2003: Erik Braunn (52) lead guitarist songwriter and producerwith Iron Butterfly featured on the band's greatest hit, the legendary 17-minute masterpiece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, recorded when he was 17 (heart attack).
2005: Les Braid (63) bassist, keyboards; Swinging Blue Jeans
2005: Dennis D'Ell /Denis James Dalziel (61) Lead singer, harmonica; Honeycombs (cancer)
2006: Rufus Harley (70) American jazz bagpipe player (prostate cancer)
2007: Nookie Boy/Oliver Morgan (74) American rhythm & blues vocalist, best known for his hit "Who Shot the La La" which sings about the mysterious situation surrounding the death of singer Lawrence "Prince La La" Nelson in 1963. (heart attack).

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