1725 - Georg Simon Lohlein, composer 1728 - Henri Moreau, composer 1822 - Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer 1834 - Carlo Angeloni, composer 1848 - Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) 1855 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer 1858 - Eugene Ysaye, composer 1901 - Fritz Mahler, composer 1903 - Mary Philbin, Chicago IL, actress (Phantom of the Opera) 1903 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971) 1904 - Goffredo Petrassi, Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines) 1909 - John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter 1911 - Ginger Rogers, [Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee) 1912 - Ray Barr, NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show) 1918 - Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 1989) 1925 - Cal Tjader, American musician (d. 1982) 1928 - Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel) 1930 - John Everett Watts, composer 1932 - John Chilton, jazz trumpeter+ 1933 - Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops) 1936 - Buddy Merrill, Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show) 1938 - Thorkell Sigurbjornsson, composer 1939 - William Bell, [Yarborough], US singer (Tryin’ to Love Two) 1940 - Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers) 1941 - Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician 1942 - Desmond Dekker, [Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites) 1947 - Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops) 1948 - Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967) 1948 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor 1949 - Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger) 1949 - Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions) 1950 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay 1952 - Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne) 1958 - Michael Flatley, Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance)+ 1960 - Eus van Someren, pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw) 1971 - Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live) 1972 - Mindy Carson, NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue) 1975 - Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist 1994 - Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor
17. jul
1674 - Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) 1702 - Johann Schneider, composer 1775 - August Harder, composer 1817 - Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer 1832 - Johan August Soderman, composer 1839 - Friedrich Gernsheim, composer 1853 - Francesco Fanciulli, composer 1873 - Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) 1875 - Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer 1876 - Vittorio Gnecchi, composer 1878 - Henri Zagwijn, composer 1885 - Benjamin James Dale, composer 1903 - Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer 1904 - Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor 1905 - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan 1908 - Rudolf Petzold, composer 1913 - Everett Helm, composer 1915 - Esther Williamson Ballou, composer 1916 - Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) 1917 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980) 1921 - George Barnes, Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show) 1928 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician and composer (d. 1976) 1930 - Ryohei Hirose, composer 1932 - Niccolo Castiglioni, composer 1932 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials) 1932 - Wojciech Kilar, Lwów, Second Polish Republic, composer (The Pianist), (d. 2013) 1934 - Philippe Capdenat, composer 1935 - P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven) 1938 - Stan Bronstein, rocker 1939 - Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) 1942 - Gale Garnett, Auckland NZ, singer (We’ll Sing in the Sunshine) 1947 - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk) 1948 - Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1948 - Phillip Harris, rocker 1948 - Ron Asheton, Washington DC, guitarist and song writer (Iggy Pop), (d. 2009). 1949 - Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath) 1949 - Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden) 1949 - Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells) 1949 - Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath) 1951 - Lucie Arnaz, Los Angeles California, actress (Kim-Here’s Lucy, Jazz Singer) 1952 - Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers) 1952 - Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love) 1952 - Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It’s a Different World") 1957 - Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet) 1960 - Dawn Upshaw, American soprano 1965 - Craig Morgan, American singer 1970 - Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can’t Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman 1973 - Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer 1974 - Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician 1975 - Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta) 1977 - M.I.A., British rapper 1977 - Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer 1978 - Émilie Simon, French singer 1982 - Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten) 1984 - Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume) 1985 - Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly) 1986 - Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX)
18. jul
1670 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer 1711 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer 1720 - Gilbert White, English "father of British naturalists" 1810 - Peter Singer, composer 1821 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910) 1870 - Emil Mlynarski, composer 1872 - Julius Fucik, composer 1880 - Otto Vrieslander, composer 1893 - Josef Huttel, composer 1894 - Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese) 1902 - Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor 1903 - Bozidar Kunc, composer 1906 - Belle Stewart, singer 1907 - Yvonne Desportes, composer 1911 - Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart) 1914 - Herbert Collum, composer 1917 - Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008) 1918 - Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah) 1923 - Hector Tosar, composer 1926 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor 1929 - "Screamin’ Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You) 1930 - Siegfried Kurz, composer 1933 - Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria) 1938 - Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer 1938 - Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985) 1939 - Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) 1939 - Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) 1941 - Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer 1941 - Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What’s Wrong) 1941 - Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St) 1943 - Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica California, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides) 1943 - Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas) 1945 - Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals) 1946 - Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies) 1948 - Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love) 1948 - Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)+ 1950 - Richard Branson, London, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic) 1950 - Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001) 1954 - Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts) 1954 - Tobias Picker, composer 1958 - Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime) 1962 - Jack Irons, American drummer 1970 - Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 1975 - Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway) 1978 - Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer 1979 - Jermaine Paul, American musician 1980 - Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer 1982 - Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host 1991 - Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist
19. jul
1592 - Erhard Buttner, composer 1670 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) 1735 - Garret Wesley Mornington, composer 1742 - Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer 1750 - Alessio Prati, composer 1782 - Jonathan Blewitt, composer 1797 - Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer 1811 - Vincenz Lachner, composer 1873 - Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building 1898 - Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer 1905 - Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch) 1905 - Louis Philip Kentner, composer 1906 - Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) 1907 - Gunter Bialas, composer 1909 - Jeno Vecsey, composer 1914 - Josef Palenicek, composer 1920 - Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 1952) 1925 - Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer 1926 - Sue Thompson, [Eva Sue Mckee], rocker 1932 - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist 1940 - Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)], El Paso Texas, singer (Let it Be Him) 1941 - Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970) 1944 - Commander Cody, singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) 1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist/singer (Average White Band) 1947 - Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy) 1947 - Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) 1948 - Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead) 1950 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter 1952 - Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1952 - Dominic Muldowney, composer 1958 - David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor 1968 - Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head) 1971 - Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X) 1972 - Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer 1973 - Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth) 1981 - Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
20. jul
1600 - Simon Ives, composer 1720 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer 1726 - William Jones, composer 1744 - Henri Hamal, composer 1761 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer 1762 - Jakob Haibel, composer 1779 - Ignaz Schuster, composer 1796 - Edward Hodges, composer 1803 - Jakob Zeugheer, composer 1819 - Paul Henrion, composer 1837 - Hans Sommer, composer 1872 - Alick Maclean, composer 1872 - Deodat de Severac, composer 1873 - Witold Maliszewski, composer 1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984) 1908 - Gunnar de Frumerie, composer 1910 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004) 1911 - William Dillard, trumpeter/singer 1918 - Cindy Walker, American singer (d. 2006) 1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer 1927 - Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer 1928 - Peter Ind, jazz musician 1933 - Jose Vicente Asuar, composer 1942 - T G Sheppard, [William Browder], Humbolt Tn, singer (Devil in Bottle) 1945 - John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin) 1945 - Kim Carnes, Pasadena Ca, rock vocalist (Bette Davis Eyes) 1945 - Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. 2005) 1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman) 1953 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer 1954 - Jay Jay French, NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It) 1956 - Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols) 1957 - Merlina Defranco, rocker (Defranco Family) 1958 - Mike McNeil, rocker 1959 - Radney Foster, Del Rio Tx, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You) 1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave) 1964 - Kool G Rap, American musician 1965 - Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1969 - Tobi Vail, American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies) 1969 - Vitamin C, American singer 1976 - Andrew Stockdale, Australian musician (Wolfmother) 1980 - Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects) 1987 - Brent Wilson, former bassist for Panic At The Disco 1988 - Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer
21. jul
1748 - Louis-Henry Paisible, composer 1762 - Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist 1779 - Gottlob Wiedebein, composer 1797 - Franz Schoberlechner, composer 1822 - Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer 1865 - Robert Kahn, composer 1898 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer 1898 - Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family) 1903 - Theodore Karyotakis, composer 1906 - Daniel Ayala Perez, composer 1915 - Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist 1920 - Isaac Stern, Kreminiecz Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph) 1920 - Manuel Valls Gorina, composer 1921 - Billy Taylor, Greenville NC, orchestra leader (David Frost Show) 1922 - Kay Starr, Dougherty Oklahoma, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis) 1925 - Lovro Zupanovic, composer 1927 - Stefan Niculescu, composer 1930 - Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (d. 2002) 1931 - Leon Schidlowsky, composer 1935 - Kaye Stevens, Pitts, singer/comedienne (Jerry Lewis Show) 1938 - Anton Emil Kuerti, composer 1942 - Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1946 - Barry "Bean" Whitwam, rocker+ 1948 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], London, rock vocalist (Peace Train) 1950 - Larry Tolbert, rock drummer (Raydio) 1955 - Henry Preistman, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) 1955 - Tacho Ocheriski, singer (Putting on the Ritz) 1955 - Howie Epstein, American musician (d. 2003) 1955 - Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer 1960 - Matt Mulhern, Phila, actor (Biloxi Blues) 1961 - Jim Martin, Oakland CA, rock guitarist (Faith No More-Real Thing) 1961 - Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer 1969 - Emerson Hart, American musician (Tonic) 1978 - Damian Marley, Jamaican musician 1981 - Blake Lewis, American musician 1983 - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
22. jul
1597 - Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer 1642 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer 1651 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer 1721 - Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer 1830 - Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer 1833 - Benjamin Hanby, composer 1853 - Victor Roger, composer 1871 - Akos Buttykai, composer 1873 - Ettore Pozzoli, composer 1879 - Gustaf Heintze, composer 1889 - Frederick Preston Search, composer 1901 - Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide) 1902 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer 1905 - Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble) 1907 - Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore’s national anthem (d. 1987) 1913 - Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera) 1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995) 1914 - Cecil Effinger, composer 1923 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976) 1924 - Margaret Whiting, Detroit, American singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family) 1928 - Georg Dreyfus, composer 1928 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (d. 2005) 1930 - Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer 1936 - Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer 1941 - George Clinton, Kannapolis NC, rocker (Parliament-Funkadelic) 1941 - Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy) 1943 - Bobby Sherman, actor/singer (Seattle) 1943 - Jimmy Castor, rocker 1944 - Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby) 1944 - Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp) 1946 - Mirelle Mathieu, Acignon France, singer (So Ein Schone r Abend) 1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000) 1947 - Don Henley, Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado) Disney Composer Alan MenkenDisney Composer Alan Menken (1949) 1949 - Alan Menken, New York, Disney composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars) 1951 - Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter (Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d. 2012) 1953 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist 1954 - Al Dimeola, rocker 1954 - Al Di Meola, American guitarist 1956 - Mick Pointer, rock drummer (Marillion) 1960 - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage) 1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer 1962 - Steve Albini, American writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) 1962 - Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer 1963 - Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls) 1967 - Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) 1969 - Despina Vandi, Greek singer 1973 - Daniel Jones, Australian musician (Savage Garden) 1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer 1980 - Kate Ryan, Belgian singer 1980 - Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High) 1983 - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
23. jul
1734 - Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] 1735 - Johannes Herbst, composer 1769 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer 1773 - Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer 1793 - Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer 1796 - Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer 1803 - Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer 1806 - Eduard Marxsen, composer 1825 - Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor 1838 - Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist 1849 - Geza Zichy, composer 1856 - Arthur H Bird, composer 1866 - Francesco Cilea, composer 1876 - William Gillies Whittaker, composer 1884 - Apolinary Szeluto, composer 1892 - Petros John Petridis, composer 1902 - Walter Burle Marx, composer 1904 - Adone Zecchi, composer 1905 - Erich Itor Kahn, Rimbach, Odenwald, German composer of Jewish descent 1916 - Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) 1920 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (d. 1999) 1921 - Jerome Rosen, composer 1923 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001) 1928 - Leon Fleisher, SF California, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77) 1935 - Cleveland Dunkin, rocker (Penguins) 1940 - Gary Stites, rock vocalist (Lonely For You) 1942 - John de Hont, Dutch guitarist (ZZ & Masks) 1942 - Madeline Bell, US singer (Black Nativity) 1943 - Tony Joe White, rocker 1944 - Dino Danelli, Jersey City NJ, rock drummer (Fotomaker, Young Rascals) 1945 - Harold W Hennep, Arubians/Dutch dancer/actor (Plus Echo) 1946 - Andy MacKay, London, rock sax/oboe (Roxy Music-Dance Away) 1946 - Keith Ferguson, blues guy (Fabulous Thunderbirds) 1947 - David Essex, [Cook], London, rock vocalist/actor (That’ll be the Day) 1950 - Blair Thornton, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive) 1950 - Ian Thomas, rocker 1952 - Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction) 1955 - Marisa DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) 1961 - Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can’t Get Enough) 1965 - Slash, [Saul Hudson], London England, rock guitarist & songwriter (Guns N’ Roses-Sweet Child o’ Mine) 1968 - Nick Menza, American musician, drummer 1970 - Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up) 1971 - Alison Krauss, Decatur Ill, country singer (2 Highways) 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer 1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis) 1973 - Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor. 1976 - Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) 1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer 1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny’s Child) 1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41) 1985 - Matthew Murphy, English musician (The Wombats)
24. jul
1725 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) 1818 - Felix Godefroid, composer 1832 - Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist 1864 - Michel Gaston Carraud, composer 1880 - Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth) 1885 - Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer 1894 - Walter Schulthess, composer 1902 - Hans Chemin-Petit, composer 1903 - Robert Mills Delaney, composer 1904 - Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (d. 1991) 1907 - Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario 1908 - Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (d. 1985) 1913 - Johnny McAfee, Dallas Tx, singer (Sammy Kaye Show) 1914 - Riccardo Malipiero, composer 1916 - Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) 1917 - Robert Farnon, composer/conductor/arranger 1918 - Ruggiero Ricci, SF California, composer/violinist (Paganini), (d. 2012) 1922 - Leo Kraft, composer 1924 - Glenn Loren Glasow, composer 1927 - Wilfred Josephs, composer 1934 - Jimmy Holiday, US singer (How Can I Forget) 1935 - Les Reed, songwriter (Heroin) 1937 - Barry Lloyd Vercoe, composer 1938 - Mike Mainieri, rocker 1941 - Barbara Love, rocker 1942 - Heinz Burt, Hargin Germany, rock bassist (Tornados) 1944 - Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader 1944 - Jim Armstrong, rock guitarist (Them) 1946 - William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist (Marmalade) 1947 - Peter Serkin, NYC, pianist (Tashi) 1953 - Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter 1957 - Pam Tillis, Plant City Fla, country singer (Melancholy Child) 1957 - Robbie Grey, rocker 1958 - Mick Karn, rocker 1958 - Pam Tills, Country music artist 1963 - Paul Geary, Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words) 1967 - Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist (Pilgrims-Once to Everything) 1968 - Kristin Chenoweth, American singer and actress Singer and Actress Jennifer LopezSinger and Actress Jennifer Lopez (1969) 1969 - Jennifer Lopez, Bronx New York, actress and pop singer (Selena) 1971 - John Partridge, English singer 1979 - Stat Quo, American rapper 1984 - John Dhani Lennevald, Swedish singer (A-Teens) 1990 - Evan James Springsteen, Los Angeles California, rocker Bruce Springsteen’s son
25. jul
1579 - Valerius Otto, composer 1654 - Agostino Steffani, composer 1657 - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer 1772 - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer 1780 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer 1786 - Giacomo Cordella, composer 1832 - Simon Hassler, composer 1855 - Edward Solomon, composer 1878 - Heinrich Gebhard, composer 1883 - Alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara) 1893 - Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy) 1895 - Yvonne Printemps, Ermont France, singer/actress (Le Duel) 1897 - Hermann Ambrosius, composer 1903 - Andre Fleury, composer 1907 - Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist (d. 1970) 1908 - Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003) 1926 - Teodor Grigoriu, composer 1927 - Stanley Dancer, harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown) 1930 - Annie Ross, British jazz singer 1932 - Gibson N Kente, composer 1939 - Richard Akre Trythall, composer 1943 - Jim McCarty, Liverpool, rock drummer (Yardbirds-For Your Love) 1943 - Roy Acuff Jr, rocker 1944 - Tom Dawes, rocker 1945 - Donna Theodore, Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts) 1948 - Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble) 1950 - Mark Clarke, rocker (Uriah Heep) 1951 - Vanessa, [Conny Witteman], Dutch model/singer 1951 - Verdine White, US bassist (Earth, Wind & Fire) 1954 - Ken Greer, rock guitarist (Red Rider) 1957 - Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton’s half-brother 1958 - Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist (Frank Boeijen Group) 1958 - Thurston Moore, US guitarist/songwriter (Sonic Youth) 1960 - Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I’m in Love) 1965 - Marty Brown, Owensboro Ky, country singer (Wildest Dreams) 1966 - Maureen Herman, American bassist 1966 - Lynda Lemay, French Canadian singer 1969 - Trevor Peres, US, metal guitarist (Obituary-The End Complete) 1971 - Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter 1973 - Dani Filth, British singer (Cradle of Filth) 1979 - Amy Adams, American singer 1980 - Diam’s, French rapper
26. jul
1694 - Johann Samuel Endler, composer 1782 - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) 1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM 1863 - Jazeps Witols, composer 1866 - Francesco Cilea, composer 1874 - Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) 1876 - Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) 1892 - Philipp Jarnach, composer 1903 - Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour) 1904 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer 1906 - Armando Jose Fernandes, composer 1907 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist 1914 - Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter 1914 - Erskine Hawkins, American musician and bandleader (d. 1993) 1922 - Andrzej Koszewski, composer 1924 - Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show) 1928 - Hans Haselbock, composer 1928 - Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa) 1929 - Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948) 1933 - Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred) 1934 - Anthony Gilbert, composer 1936 - Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer 1938 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny) 1938 - Darlene Love, American singer 1940 - Dobie Gray, American singer (Drift Away) 1940 - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer 1941 - Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign) 1941 - Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon) 1942 - Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd) 1943 - Mick Jagger, English, rock vocalist (Rolling Stones) 1943 - Roger Smalley, composer 1944 - Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) 1947 - Al Anderson, Windsor, Connecticut, guitarist (NRBQ) 1949 - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody) 1953 - Robert Phillips, classical guitarist 1958 - Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist 1961 - Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout) 1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words) 1961 - Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away) 1961 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer 1963 - Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It) 1965 - Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise) 1974 - Dan Konopka, American musician (OK Go) 1977 - Rebecca St. James, Australian-born singer 1980 - Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41) 1985 - Audrey De Montigny, Quebec singer
27. jul
1502 - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer 1609 - Heinrich Pape, composer 1734 - Jakob Zupan, composer 1741 - Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer 1781 - Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer 1784 - Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music) 1802 - Benedikt Randhartinger, composer 1867 - Enrique Granados, Spain, composer 1872 - Stanislav Binicki, composer 1877 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960) 1900 - Hans Haug, composer 1903 - Clive Martin Douglas, composer 1904 - Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer (Girl From Petrovka) 1909 - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor 1912 - Igor Markevitch, Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdu) 1912 - Vernon Elliott, musician/composer 1916 - Siegfried Reda, composer 1917 - Moses Rascoe, blues Singer 1918 - Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer 1918 - Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51) 1924 - Otar Vasil’yevich Taktakishvili, composer 1928 - Sakari Mononen, composer 1929 - Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely) 1929 - Marc Wilkinson, composer 1933 - Nick Reynolds, rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) 1937 - Chuck Jackson, Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I Don’t Want to Cry) 1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer 1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer 1941 - Johannes Fritsch, composer 1942 - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1943 - Al Ramsey, NJ, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1944 - Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe) 1946 - Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curacao, dancer/actor 1947 - Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues) 1948 - Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer (Doe Maar) 1949 - David Muse, rocker (Firefall) 1949 - Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After) 1950 - Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace) 1957 - Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress (Composer) 1960 - Christina Singer, Geoppingen Germany, tennis star 1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005) 1964 - Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera) 1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician 1968 - Christina Singer, Goeppingen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures GBR) 1973 - Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones) 1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician 1975 - Fred Mascherino, American musician 1990 - Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
28. jul
1796 - Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician (d. 1859) 1808 - Charles Lucas, composer 1813 - Alberto Mazzucato, composer 1835 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer 1837 - Christian Barnekow, composer 1892 - Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite) 1893 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer 1900 - Maurice Johnstone, composer 1901 - Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) 1901 - Sandor Vandor, composer 1906 - Gottlob Frick, singer 1908 - Zbigniew Turski, composer 1914 - Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984) 1925 - Larry Pruden, composer 1926 - Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003) 1928 - Adrian Ratiu, composer 1930 - Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (d. 1998) 1934 - Jacques d’Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company) 1937 - Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch) 1938 - George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show) 1939 - Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London) 1941 - Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch) 1943 - Mike Bloomfield, Chicago Ill, blues guitarist/singer (Analine) 1943 - Richard Wright, Hatch End, Middlesex, English singer/songwriter (Pink Floyd-Time, Echoes) 1944 - Mike Bloomfield, rocker 1946 - Jonathan Edwards, rocker 1948 - Gerald Casale, american musician and director (founding member of Devo) 1949 - Simon Kirke, London UK, rock drummer (Bad Company) 1949 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex) 1949 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980) 1949 - Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001) 1951 - Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara) 1953 - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 1954 - Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille) 1954 - Steve Morse, rocker 1961 - David Huff, rocker (Giant) 1962 - Rachel Sweet, rocker 1965 - Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer 1965 - Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician 1966 - Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter 1970 - Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy) 1971 - Stephen Lynch, American musician 1975 - Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer 1976 - Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach) 1978 - Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter 1979 - Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) 1979 - Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer 1980 - Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin) 1982 - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress 1985 - Tynisha Keli, American singer 1988 - Ayla Brown, American singer 1990 - Soulja Boy, American rapper
29. jul
1590 - Gilles Hayne, composer 1646 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve) 1723 - Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer 1739 - Johannes Ritschel, composer 1755 - Franz Gotz, composer 1778 - Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer 1853 - Henry Morton Dunham, composer 1865 - Nicola Spinelli, composer 1883 - Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor 1887 - Rudi Stephan, composer 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time) 1893 - Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer (12-tones music) 1900 - Alexander Vasil’yevich Mosolov, composer [OS] 1900 - Don Redman, Piedmont WV, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times) 1900 - Don Redman, American musician (d. 1964) 1909 - Georgy Mushel, composer 1911 - Jan Cikker, composer 1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942) 1925 - Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer (Raven) 1928 - Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, composer 1930 - Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5] 1935 - Leonard Lee, rocker (Shirley & Lee) 1935 - Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961) 1939 - Annea Lockwood, composer 1946 - Neal Doughty, Evansville IN, rock keyboardist (Reo Speedwagon) 1951 - Dean Pitchford, rocker 1953 - Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer) 1955 - "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell) 1956 - Patti Scialfa, singer (As Long as I Can Be)/Mrs Bruce Springsteen 1957 - Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano 1959 - John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder) 1966 - Martina McBride, country singer 1968 - Paavo Lotjonen, Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica) 1971 - Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer songwriter 1973 - Wanya Morris, [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men) 1975 - Seth Greisinger, Kansas City KS, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1987 - Sabra Johnson, American dancer
30. jul
1747 - Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer 1751 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang’s sister 1793 - Josepf Francois Snel, composer 1817 - Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer 1824 - Eugenio Terziani, composer 1875 - James William Tate, composer 1886 - Johan Algot Haquinius, composer 1899 - Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud) 1899 - John Woods Duke, composer 1906 - L’udovit Rajter, composer 1906 - Serafin Pro, composer 1913 - Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer 1918 - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player 1921 - Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005) 1922 - Zbigniew Wiszniewski, composer 1924 - Christopher Shaw, composer 1925 - Antoine Duhamel, composer 1929 - Christine McGuire, Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime) 1934 - Andre Prevost, composer 1934 - Ben Piazza, Little Rock Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas) 1936 - Buddy Guy, rocker 1936 - George "Buddy" Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy) 1936 - Istvan Zelenka, composer 1936 - Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer 1940 - Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, singer/actress (Temperature’s Rising) 1941 - Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 1944 - Teresa Cahill, opera singer 1945 - David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist (David Letterman Show) 1946 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, rock bassist (Jethro Tull) 1949 - Joyce Jones, US singer (1st Choice) 1949 - Duck Baker, American guitarist 1950 - Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer 1956 - Phil Fearon, rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don’t Want to Lose You) 1957 - Rat Scabies, [Chris Miller], Surrey England, rock drummer (Damned) 1958 - Kate Bush, Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things) 1962 - Monique Gabrielle, KC Mo, actress (Flashdance, Night Shift) 1965 - Tex Axile, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) 1968 - Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers) 1973 - Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor 1975 - Tifini Hale, Palm Springs California, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why) 1977 - Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
31. jul
1550 - Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster 1629 - Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer 1767 - Amelie Julia Candielle, composer 1808 - Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer 1828 - Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) 1830 - Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer 1847 - Ignatio Cervantes, composer 1848 - Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville) 1893 - Charles Wilfred Orr, composer 1894 - Roy Bargy, Mich, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show) 1900 - Erich Katz, composer 1911 - George Liberace, Menasha Wisc, violinist (Liberace Show) 1918 - Hank Jones, American pianist 1919 - Norman Del Mar, composer 1920 - Rudolf Halaczinsky, composer 1931 - Kenny Burrell, American guitarist 1932 - Morey Carr, rocker (Playmates) 1936 - Bonnie Brown, rocker (Browns) 1939 - John R West, rock guitarist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1943 - Lobo, [Kent Lavoie], rocker 1945 - Tomas Vackar, composer 1946 - Gary Lewis, Jerry’s son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1947 - Dennis Greenslade, rocker 1947 - Karl Greene, Manchester, rock bassist, (Herman’s Hermits) 1948 - Leaveil Degree, rocker (Whispers) 1957 - Daniel Ash, British musician (Bauhaus) 1958 - Bill Berry, US pop drummer (REM-Sentimental Hygiene) 1959 - Stanley Jordan, American jazz guitarist 1963 - Norman Cook, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 1964 - Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs) 1967 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005) 1971 - John Lowery, American guitarist 1973 - Jerry Rivera, Puerto Rico, spanish singer 1975 - Allan von Schenkel, American musician 1976 - Joshua Cain, American musician (Motion City Soundtrack) 1978 - Will Champion, English musician (Coldplay) 1979 - Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer 1981 - Ira Losco, Maltese singer 1981 - Matthew Sanders, American singer (Avenged Sevenfold)
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