JULY  BIRTHDAYS
 

July 1: Willie Dixon (1915), Delaney Bramlett (1939), Deborah Harry (1945),
B52's Fred Schneider (1951), Dan Akroyd (1952)

July 2: Ahmad Jamal (1930), Temptation's Paul Williams (1939),
Huey Lewis & the News's Johnny Colla (1952), Boomtown Rat Pete Briquette (1954)

July 3: Pete Fountain (1930), Little Feat's Paul Barrere (1948), Laura Branigan (1957),
Depeche Mode's Vince Clark (1961)

July 4: Stephen Foster (1826), Louis Armstrong (1900), Mitch Miller (1911),
Neil Simon (1927), Bill Withers (1938), Canned Heat's Al Wilson (1943),
Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer (1948), John Waite (1952), INXS's Kirk Pengilly (1958)

July 5: P.T. Barnum (1810), Robbie Robertson (1944), Huey Lewis (1950),
Steppenwolf's Michael Monarch (1950)

July 6:  Della Reese (1931), Gene Chandler (1937), Dr. Hook's Rik Elswit (1945),
Bill Haley (1955), Spandau Ballet's Jim Keeble (1959)

July 7:  Gustav Mahler (1860), Doc Severinson (1927), Village People's David Hodo (1950)

July 8: Billy Eckstine (1914), Allman Brother Johnny Jai Johnson (1944),
Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher (1961), Haircut 100's Graham Jones (1961), Beck (1970)

July 9: AC/DC's Bon Scott (1946), Debbie "Sister" Sledge (1954),
Simple Mind's Jim Kerr (1959), Anthrax's Frank Bello (1965), Courtney Love (1969)

July 10: Moby Grape's Jerry Miller (1943), Arlo Guthrie (1947),
Ronnie James Dio (1949)

July 11: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna (1947), Bonnie Pointer (1951),
Bauhaus' Peter Murphy (1957), Richie Sambora (1960), Suzanne Vega (1960)

July 12: Henry David Thoreau (1817), Oscar Hammerstein (1895),
Three Stooges' Curly Joe DeRita (1909), Van Cliburn (1934), Christine McVie (1943),
Uriah Heap/Asia's John Wetton (1949), Boney M's Liz Mitchell (1952)

July 13: J. Geil's Stephen Jo Bladd (1942), Roger McGuinn (1942),
Cheech Marin (1946), Louise Mandrell (1955)

July 14: Woody Guthrie (1912), Christopher Cross (1952)

July 15: Rembrandt (1606), Moby Grape's Peter Lewis (1945), Linda Ronstadt (1946),
.38 Special's Jeff Carlisi (1952), Ambrosia's David Pack (1953), Joe Satriani (1956)

July 16: Cal Tjader (1925), Searcher's Tony Jackson (1940), Desmond Dekker (1942),
Ruben Blades (1948), Police's Stewart Copeland (1952)

July 17: Spencer Davis (1939), Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler (1949),
Sweet's Mick Turner (1949), Shondells' Mike Vale (1949), Phoebe Snow (1952)

July 18: War's Papa Dee Allen (1931), Dion DiMucci (1939), Brian Auger (1939),
Martha Reeves (1941), Ricky Skaggs (1954), XTC's Terry Chambers (1955),
Alarm's Nigel Twist (1958)

July 19: Average White Band's Alan Gorrie (1946),
Eagle's Bernie Leadon (1947), Queen's Brian May (1947), Grateful Dead's Keith Godchaux (1948), Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins (1952)

July 20: Moody Blues' John Lodge (1943), Kim Carnes (1945), Carlos Santana (1947),
Simple Minds' Mick McNeil (1958), Soundgarden's Chris Cornell (1963),
Van Halen's Michael Anthony (1955)

July 21: Ernest Hemingway (1899), Isaac Stern (1920), Cat Stevens (1947),
Faith No More's Jim Martin (1961)

July 22: Dr. Funkenstein George Clinton (1940), Supertramp's Richard Davies (1944),
Bobby Sherman (1944), Don Henley (1947)

July 23: Rascal's Dino Danelli (1945), Roxy Music's Andy Mackay (1946),
David Essex (1947), BTO's Blair Thornton (1950), Depeche Mode's Martin Gore (1961)

July 24: Jazz pianist Billy Taylor (1921)

July 25: Yardbird's Jim McCarty (1943), Earth Wind & Fire's Verdine White (1951)

July 26: Aldous Huxley (1894), Mick Jagger (1943), Queen's Roger Taylor (1949)

July 27: Kingston Trio's Nick Reynolds (1933), Bobbie Gentry (1944),
Maureen McGovern (1949)

July 28: Pink Floyd's Rick Wright (1945), Jonathan Edwards (1946),
Free/Bad Company's Simon Kirk (1949)

July 29: REO Speedwagon's Neal Doughty (1946), Rush's Geddy Lee (1953),
E-Street's Patty Scialfa (1956)

July 30: Buddy Guy (1939), Paul Anka (1941), David Sanborn (1945),
Tommy "T-Rex" Bolan (1947), Kate Bush (1958)

July 31: Playboys' Gary Lewis (1942), Fleetwood Mac's Bob Welch (1946),
Herman's Hermits' Karl Green (1947), REM's Bill Berry (1958), Bauhaus's Daniel Ash (1957)