1586 - Claudio Saracini, composer 1663 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer 1688 - Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer 1735 - James Lyon, composer 1764 - Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer 1899 - Cavan O’Connor, singer 1908 - Peter Anders, German opera singer 1911 - Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family) 1915 - Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Missisipi, blues artist (Walkin’ the Blues, Mellow Down Easy) 1927 - Hans Eklund, composer 1928 - Volker Wangenheim, composer 1932 - Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin’ Robin) 1935 - James Cotton, blues vocalist 1939 - Delaney Bramlett, Oklahoma, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) 1941 - John Gould, British composer/musical comic 1941 - Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe) 1942 - Andraé Crouch, American singer 1943 - Jeff Wayne, musician 1945 - Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) 1946 - June Montiero, US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover’s Concerto) 1947 - Marc Benno, rocker 1949 - John Farnham, Australian singer 1951 - Fred Schneider, Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52’s-Rock Lobster) 1951 - Anne Feeney, American protest singer 1951 - Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer 1952 - Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006) 1955 - Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don’t Close Your Eyes) 1963 - Roddy Bottum, Los Angeles California, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing) 1964 - Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) 1972 - Alex Machacek, Austrian musician 1975 - Sufjan Stevens, American musician 1977 - Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist 1977 - Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician 1983 - Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) 1983 - Leeteuk, Korean singer
2. jul
1581 - Johann Staden, composer 1589 - Guillaume van Messaus, composer 1636 - Daniel Speer, composer 1714 - Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il re pastore) 1737 - Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer 1746 - Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer 1763 - Peter Ritter, composer 1793 - Antoine Prumier, composer 1814 - Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer 1819 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900) 1857 - Francesco Spetrino, composer 1880 - Albert Szirmai, composer 1892 - Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show) 1904 - Carl Weinrich, composer 1906 - Robert Levine Sanders, composer 1910 - Earl Hawley Robinson, composer 1910 - William Douglas Denny, composer 1914 - Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) 1918 - Imam Elissa, singer 1918 - Sheikh Iman, player/singer 1922 - Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, composer 1924 - Rick Besoyan, composer 1925 - Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), (d. 2013) 1925 - Yasushi Akutagawa, composer 1926 - Billy Usselton, saxophonist 1927 - Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird) 1932 - Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue) 1933 - David Benjamin Lewin, composer 1935 - Gilbert Kalish, Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook) 1939 - Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl) 1941 - Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter 1945 - James Orville Fulkerson, composer 1948 - Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006) 1949 - Roy Bittan, rocker (E Street Band) 1951 - Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia) 1952 - Johnny Coila, rocker 1952 - Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe) 1956 - Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1957 - Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) 1964 - Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That’s Life) 1969 - Jenni Rivera, Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), (d. 2012) 1970 - Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree) 1970 - Monie Love, English rapper 1974 - Rocky Gray, American musician 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) 1979 - Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer 1983 - Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers) 1985 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
3. jul
1802 - Joseph Labitzky, composer 1814 - Janis Cimze, composer 1819 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer 1846 - Achilles Alferaki, composer 1850 - Alfredo Kiel, composer 1854 - Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928) 1855 - Piotr Maszynski, composer 1860 - William Wallace, composer 1862 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer 1871 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer 1878 - George M Cohan, Providence Rhode Island, American father of musical comedy (Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway) 1879 - Philippe Gaubert, composer 1880 - Carl Schuricht, composer 1892 - Wilhelm Rettich, composer 1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, Teoc Mississippi, American blues singer and guitarist 1895 - Oles’ Semyonovich Chishko, composer 1899 - Klimenty Arkad’yevich Korchmaryov, composer 1899 - Otto Reinhold, composer 1903 - Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna) 1907 - Gene Gutche, composer 1920 - John Ayers Lessard, composer 1926 - Johnny Coles, trumpeter 1930 - Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968) 1930 - Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59) 1940 - Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me) 1943 - Judith Durham, singer 1948 - Peter Ruzicka, composer 1949 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006) 1950 - Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl), (d. 2013) 1951 - Mike Corby [Michael John], Windsor, Berkshire, English guitarist/keyboardist (The Babys) 1952 - Andy Fraser, rock bassist (Free London) 1955 - Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) 1957 - Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria) 1958 - Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You’ve Got to Stand for Something) 1959 - Stephen Pearcy, Los Angeles California, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round) 1961 - Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure) 1961 - Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer 1961 - Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs) 1964 - Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts) 1969 - Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) 1976 - Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) 1983 - Steph Jones, American singer and model 1985 - Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor.
4. jul
1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, [d’Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) 1762 - Marco Santucci, composer 1769 - Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer 1793 - Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer 1826 - Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River) 1829 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer 1840 - James McGranahan, composer 1842 - Gyula Erkel, composer 1850 - Ole Olsen, composer 1854 - Heinrich Zollner, composer 1883 - Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg, composer 1886 - Heinrich Kaminski, composer 1895 - Irving Caesar, songwriter 1896 - Adolf Hallis, composer 1902 - George Murphy, New Haven Ct, (Sen-R-California)/actor/dancer (MGM Parade) 1903 - Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer (Lied Symphony) 1904 - Artur Malawski, composer 1904 - Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist 1905 - Dante Fiorillo, composer 1907 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996) 1909 - Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico) 1910 - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1915 - Jimmie Rogers, Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time) 1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist/orchestra leader (Ripley’s Game) 1927 - Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) 1928 - Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer 1928 - Lloyd Lambert, bassist 1938 - Bill Withers, Slab Fork WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me) 1943 - Al "Blind Owl" Wilson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat) 1943 - Dave Rowberry, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1943 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician 1948 - Jeremy Spencer, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well) 1949 - Tonio K, American singer 1951 - Ralph Johnson, rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star) 1955 - John Waite, vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You) 1958 - Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) 1959 - Bill McCorvey, Montgomery Ala, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) 1964 - Mark Allen Slaughter, Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) 1968 - Jack Frost, American musician 1971 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician 1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer 1977 - Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry) 1978 - Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak) 1983 - Ben Jorgensen, American musician 1983 - Andy Mrotek, American musician 1984 - Gina Glocksen, American singer 1984 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer 1986 - Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
5. jul
1546 - Johann Steuerlein, composer 1654 - Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer 1764 - Janos Lavotta, composer 1775 - William Crotch, composer 1847 - Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer 1852 - Stefano Gobatti, composer 1868 - William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) 1874 - Gerhard von Keussler, composer 1878 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) 1879 - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra) 1880 - Jan Kubelik, composer 1895 - Gordon Jacob, composer 1897 - Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer 1899 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer 1903 - Irwin Fischer, composer 1904 - Franz Adolf Syberg, composer 1913 - Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin’) 1918 - George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet) 1920 - Issachar Miron, composer 1924 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist, (d. 2013) 1926 - Kenneth Gaburo, composer 1930 - Yutaka Makino, composer 1938 - Stanley Joel Silverman, composer 1943 - Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band) 1945 - Dick Scoppettone, rocker 1950 - Huey Lewis, rocker 1950 - Michael Monarch, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf) 1951 - Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult) 1951 - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer 1952 - Michael Don McNabb, composer 1954 - Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith) 1955 - Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band) 1958 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor 1959 - Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis) 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano 1963 - Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor 1965 - Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist 1968 - Kenji Ito, Japanese composer 1969 - RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004) 1973 - Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) 1973 - Róisín Murphy, Irish musician 1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr) 1975 - Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper (D12) 1977 - Royce Da 5’9", American rapper 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife) 1980 - Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse) 1984 - Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress 1985 - Nick O’Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) 1989 - Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)
6. jul
1580 - Johann Stobaeus, composer 1632 - Albert Schop, composer 1632 - Pietro Reggio, composer 1678 - Nicola Francesco Haym, composer 1702 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer 1739 - Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer 1747 - Coelestin Jungbauer, composer 1773 - Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer 1800 - Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer 1837 - Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer 1852 - John Albert Delany, composer 1864 - Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis) 1865 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1950) 1877 - David Stanley Smith, composer 1898 - Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda 1904 - Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma) 1906 - Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer 1908 - Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor 1910 - Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show) 1914 - Jens Rohiner, composer 1915 - Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters) 1915 - Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon) 1917 - Hugo Cole, composer 1918 - Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music) 1922 - Francisco Moncion, dancer 1923 - Marie McDonald, Burgin KY, singer/actress (Promises Promises) 1925 - Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock) 1927 - Charles Whittenberg, composer 1927 - Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004) 1929 - Gerd Zacher, composer 1931 - Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader 1932 - Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family) 1937 - Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl) 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Russia, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961) 1938 - Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku) 1939 - Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], London, rock bassist (Drifters) 1939 - Jet Harris, English bass guitarist 1940 - Jeannie Seely, American singer 1944 - Byron Berline, rocker 1945 - Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place) 1946 - Peter Singer, Australian philosopher 1950 - Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer 1952 - Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon 1953 - Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window) 1956 - John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 1959 - John Keeble, London, rock drummer (Spandau Ballet-True) 1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer 1969 - Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth) 1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper 1970 - Frank Salvato II, Italian-American Sound Engineer and Composer 1970 - Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?) 1972 - Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer 1972 - Mark Gasser, British pianist 1975 - 50 Cent, American rapper 1979 - Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet) 1982 - Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist 1984 - Lauren Harris, British rock singer 1987 - Kate Nash, English singer/songwriter
7. jul
1690 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer 1710 - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer 1746 - Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer 1778 - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer 1851 - Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933) 1860 - Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan) 1872 - Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer 1879 - Jacob Weinberg, composer 1882 - Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer 1883 - Toivo Kuula, composer 1885 - Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer 1898 - Hanns Eisler, composer 1902 - James McCartney, father of Beatle Paul McCartney 1905 - Marcel Rubin, composer 1906 - Anton Karas, Viennese musician (d. 1985) 1911 - Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors) 1912 - Tiny Alma, [Catharina E J Stam], operetta singer (Vienna Blood) 1914 - Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite) 1914 - Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, composer 1916 - Robert Stevens Baker, composer 1916 - Tiny Grimes, Newport News Virginia, Jazz guitarist 1917 - Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree) 1921 - Stanislaw Wislocki, composer 1922 - Artie Malvin, US music director (Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence) 1923 - Roberto Caamano, composer 1924 - Dieter Nowka, composer 1924 - Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space) 1927 - Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers) 1927 - Doc Severinson, [Carl], Arlington Oregon, bandleader/trumpeter on the Tonight Show 1930 - Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist 1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian-American jazz keyboardist, composer and musician (d. 2007) 1934 - Vinko Globokar, composer 1936 - Friedhelm Dohl, composer 1936 - Stuart Ross Dempster, composer 1936 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980) 1940 - Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Liverpool, Beatles drummer (Magic Christian) 1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer 1944 - Warren Entner, Boston Mass, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots) 1945 - James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist (Kinks-Mr Pleasant) 1947 - Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family Leicester) 1948 - Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2012) 1953 - Lynval Golding, rocker (Fun Boy Three) 1957 - Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact) 1962 - Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker (Dr & Medics-Laughing at Pieces) 1963 - Perry Richardson, SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) 1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer 1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist 1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005) 1969 - Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer 1970 - Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer 1980 - Kaisa Jouhki, Finnish vocalist (Battlelore) 1980 - Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used) 1981 - Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold) 1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail) 1982 - Cassidy (Barry Adrian Reese), American rapper 1983 - D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane) 1984 - Marie-Mai, Canadian singer 1988 - Kaci Brown, American singer
8. jul
1574 - Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer 1604 - Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) 1637 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer 1638 - Matteo Coferati, composer 1757 - Richard Wainwright, composer 1819 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer 1857 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer 1871 - Clement Harris, composer 1882 - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs) 1900 - George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata) 1904 - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist 1907 - Kishio Hirao, composer 1912 - Jacques Stehman, composer 1914 - Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) 1924 - Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005) 1927 - Carlo Franci, composer 1928 - Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats) 1931 - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma) 1931 - Louis Ballard, composer 1935 - Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy) 1942 - Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1944 - Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers) 1948 - Raffi, children’s singer (Baby Beluga) 1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot) 1951 - Pleas Ned Sublette, composer 1956 - Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) 1958 - Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot - Metal Health) 1958 - Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 1961 - Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can’t Get Enough) 1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100) 1961 - Toby Keith, American singer 1967 - Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer 1969 - , gizo Japanese guitarist and singer 1970 - Beck, American singer 1974 - Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer 1975 - Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist 1976 - David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves) 1985 - Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) 1992 - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks 1992 - Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
9. jul
1791 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer 1805 - Henry John Gauntlett, composer 1839 - Carl Baermann, composer 1841 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer 1855 - Johann P Zilcher, German composer 1879 - Ottorino Respighi, Bologna Italy, composer (Pines of Rome) 1882 - Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/composer/conductor (Caponsacchi) 1898 - Marcel Delannoy, composer 1900 - Robert Oboussier, composer 1910 - Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1915 - David Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943) 1916 - Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne) 1916 - Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984) 1917 - Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars) 1918 - Herbert Brun, composer 1924 - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic) 1924 - Pierre Cochereau, composer 1925 - Alan Dale, Brooklyn New York, American singer (Alan Dale Show) 1929 - Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson) 1929 - Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist 1930 - Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orchestra leader (Eddie Fisher Show) 1933 - Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer 1935 - Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer 1936 - David Joel Zinman, NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983) 1938 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer 1940 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees) 1941 - Don McPherson, rocker 1941 - Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co) 1946 - Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker (AC/DC) 1946 - Joe Micelli, rocker 1947 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1947 - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire) 1947 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician 1950 - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999) 1952 - John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET) 1953 - Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer 1954 - Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1955 - Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show) 1957 - [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell) 1959 - Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds) 1964 - Courtney Love, Santa Fey California, vocalist (Hole)/actress (People vs Larry Flynt) 1965 - Frank Bello, American heavy metal musician (Anthrax) 1971 - Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 1974 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin) 1975 - Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes} 1977 - Isaac Brock, American musician 1978 - Mark Medlock, German singer 1979 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress 1982 - Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer 1983 - Lucia Micarelli, American musician 1984 - Jacob Hoggard, singer of Canadian band Hedley (band) 1986 - Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
10. jul
1697 - Francois Hanot, composer 1759 - Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer 1778 - Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master 1779 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer 1826 - Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou) 1858 - Karl Flodin, composer 1882 - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer 1887 - Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer 1890 - Andre Souris, composer 1894 - Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer 1895 - Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969) 1900 - Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer/actress (Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow) 1900 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993) 1904 - Isa Krejci, composer 1913 - Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) 1916 - Dick Cary, jazz Musician 1919 - Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time) 1921 - Revaz Il’yich Lagidze, composer 1930 - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist 1931 - Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades) 1933 - Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (Hello Dolly) 1936 - Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer 1937 - Sandy Stewart, Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President) 1938 - Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano 1941 - Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On) 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician (Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) 1943 - Jerry Miller, Tacoma Wa, rock guitarist (Moby Grape) 1944 - Beaky, rocker (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) 1945 - Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, Brooklyn, singer (Alice’s Restaurant, City of New Orleans) 1949 - Dave Smally, rocker (Raspberries) 1949 - Wally Bryson, NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries) 1949 - , eg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality. 1949 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer 1950 - Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones) 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter 1952 - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer 1953 - Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph) 1954 - Gene Holder, rocker 1954 - Neil Tennant, North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, English singer/songwriter (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl) 1958 - Béla Fleck, American musician 1961 - Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor 1965 - Ken Mellons, American singer 1970 - Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress 1970 - Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts) 1972 - Damon Sharpe, Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door) 1972 - Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa) 1976 - Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy) 1978 - Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New) 1980 - Jessica Simpson, Abilene, Texas, singer and popstar ("I Wanna Love You Forever," "I Think I’m In Love," and "Where You Are.") 1980 - Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter 1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician 1983 - Kim Heechul, Korean Singer
11. jul
1824 - Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer 1836 - Carlos Gomes, composer 1837 - Paul Lacombe, composer 1841 - Daniel de Lange, Dutch composer 1857 - Iacob Moresianu, composer 1862 - Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer 1892 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer 1914 - Ahti Sonninen, composer 1916 - Howard Brubeck, composer 1925 - Mattiwilda Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga, soprano 1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor (Opera Two to Six) 1926 - Rodolfo Arizaga, composer 1927 - Herbert Blomstedt, Springfield Mass, conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61) 1928 - Robert Washburn, composer 1931 - Thurston Harris, Indianapolis, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One) 1932 - Alex Hassilev, rocker (Limeliters) 1935 - Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist 1938 - Terry Garthwaite, US guitarist/singer (Joy of Cooking) 1943 - Oscar D’León, Venezuelan musician 1945 - Robin Muyser, Dutch bassist (Les Baroques) 1946 - John Lawton, British rock singer (Uriah Heep) 1947 - Jeff Hanna, Detroit, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1950 - Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I’m So Excited) 1954 - Benny Defranco, rocker (Defrnco Family) 1957 - Michael Rose, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive) 1957 - Peter Murphy, British musician (Bauhaus) 1958 - Ray Dodds, rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me) 1959 - Richie Sambora, Perth Amboy, NJ, guitarist, (Bon Jovi), boyfriend of Cher & Heather Locklear 1959 - Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist (My Name is Luka, Tom’s Diner) 1960 - , vid Baerwald American songwriter/composer 1965 - Scott Shriner, American musician (Weezer) 1966 - Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America) 1969 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter 1971 - Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her) 1972 - Jussi 69, Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes) 1973 - Andrew Bird, American musician 1975 - Samer el Nahhal, Finnish musician (Lordi) 1975 - Lil’ Kim, American rapper 1983 - Peter Cincotti, American singer songwriter 1983 - Kelly Poon, Singaporean singer 1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens) 1984 - Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer 1987 - Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol singer (NEWS)
12. jul
1675 - Evaristo E Felice dall’ Abaco, Italian cellist/composer 1757 - Christian Danner, composer 1801 - John Hill Hewitt, composer 1802 - Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer 1821 - Cesare Dominiceti, composer 1861 - Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer 1885 - George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer 1895 - Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner) 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, NYC, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1908 - Johan Franco, composer 1920 - Paul Foster, singer 1924 - Jaap Geraedts, composer 1929 - Pavle Merku, composer 1931 - Andre Laporte, Flemish composer 1934 - Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958) 1937 - Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer 1942 - Richard Stoltzman, Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi) 1943 - Christine McVie, Lancashire, rock vocalist (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me) 1948 - Walter Egan, NYC, rock vocalist (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll) 1949 - John Wetton, Willington Derbyshire, British rock vocalist/bassist (Asia, King Crimson) 1950 - Eric Carr, rock drummer (Kiss-Beth) 1951 - Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano 1952 - Liz Mitchell, Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M) 1952 - Phil Kramer, Youngtown Oh, rocker (Iron Butterfly) 1952 - Philip Taylor Kramer, Bass Guitar Player (d. 1995) 1960 - Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer 1965 - Robin Wilson, rocker (Gin Blossoms) 1967 - John Petrucci, American guitar player (Dream Theater) 1969 - Jesse Pintado, American guitarist (Napalm Death) (d. 2006) 1972 - Brett Reed, American musician (Rancid) 1974 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation) 1975 - Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer 1976 - Tracie Spencer, rocker 1981 - Adrienne Camp, South African singer/songwriter 1984 - Gareth Gates, British singer 1985 - Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer 1988 - Melissa O’Neil, Canadian singer
13. jul
1884 - John Francis Larchet, composer 1891 - Franco Casavola, composer 1900 - George Lewis, American musician (d. 1969) 1906 - Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orchestra leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade) 1909 - David Branson, composer 1909 - Paul Constantinescu, composer 1909 - Washington Castro, composer 1913 - Ladislav Holoubek, composer 1921 - Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner) 1921 - Ernest Gold, composer 1921 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007) 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer 1926 - Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres) 1928 - Donal Michalsky, composer 1928 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist 1932 - Per Norgard, composer 1934 - Roger Reynolds, composer 1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970) 1942 - Jay Uzzell, rocker (Corsairs) 1942 - Jim McGuinn, rocker 1942 - Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) 1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold) 1954 - Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) 1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer 1956 - Mark "The Animal’ Mendoza [Glickman], Long Island, New York, American bassist (Twisted Sister-We’re Not Gonna Take It) 1961 - Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist 1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer 1963 - Bobby Rock, Houston Texas, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection) 1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006) 1970 - Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) 1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer 1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
14. jul
1707 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer 1839 - Edward Sydney Smith, composer 1854 - Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer 1855 - Richard Samuel Hughes, composer 1859 - Willy Hess, German violinist (d. 1928) 1883 - Alexandru Zirra, composer 1901 - Gerald Finzi, London, British composer (Dies natalis) 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978) 1906 - Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer 1910 - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic 1912 - Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer (This Land Is Your Land) 1917 - Arthur Leavins, violinist 1922 - Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer 1925 - Luis Antonio Escobar, composer 1926 - Jan Krenz, composer 1928 - Ole Schmidt, composer 1928 - Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall) 1929 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher 1929 - Charles Anthony [Caruso], New Orleans, Louisiana, tenor (2,928 performances at Metropolitan Opera), (d. 2012) 1930 - Eric Norman Stokes, composer 1933 - Del Reeves, singer/guitarist 1936 - Gloria Lambert, Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch) 1938 - Bob Scholl, rocker (Mellow Kings) 1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer 1945 - Peter James Leonard Klatzow, composer 1952 - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer 1952 - Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo), (d. 2014) 1954 - Jos Zoomer, Amsterdam Neth, rock drummer (Vandenberg) 1960 - Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on You) 1962 - Jeff Olson, American musician 1966 - Tayna Donelly, rocker (Belly) 1966 - Ellen Reid, Canadian musician (Crash Test Dummies) 1971 - Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer 1975 - Taboo, American rapper 1981 - Yomi, Japanese vocalist (Nightmare) 1982 - Dmitry Chaplin, So You Think You Can Dance finalist 1984 - Chris Steele, Canadian musician, (Alexisonfire)
15. jul
1638 - Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer 1700 - Johann Christoph Richter, composer 1802 - John Barnett, composer 1818 - Heinrich Esser, composer 1849 - Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer 1870 - Ernest Walker, composer 1884 - Enrique Soro Barriga, composer 1898 - Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer 1898 - Norman Demuth, composer 1905 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I’m in the Mood for Love) 1910 - Ronald Binge, composer 1913 - Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963) 1913 - Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (d. 2007) 1921 - Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer 1926 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer 1933 - Frederico Davia, opera singer 1933 - Julian Bream, guitarist 1934 - Harrison Birtwhistle, Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau) 1934 - Harrison Birtwistle, English composer 1939 - William David Hellerman, composer 1941 - Geoffrey Burgon, composer 1944 - Millie Jackson, Thompson Ga, model/singer (Get it out ’cha system) 1945 - Peter Lewis, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape) 1946 - Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer (Dif Drum)/actress (Pir of Penzance) 1948 - Alicia Bridges, American singer 1949 - John Arthur Casken, composer 1952 - David Pack, rocker (Ambrosia) 1952 - Jeff Carlisi, rock guitarist (38 Special) 1952 - Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band) 1952 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (d. 1991) 1956 - Joe Satriani, rocker 1956 - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission) (d. 1980) 1970 - Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013) 1971 - Danijela, Croatian singer 1972 - Michael Barnett, UK musician / producer 1973 - John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down) 1974 - Chot Ulep, Filipino musician 1976 - Jim Jones, African Puerto Rican American rapper 1977 - Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance) 1977 - Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab) 1979 - Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress 1984 - Vice Cooler, American musician 1992 - Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
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