July Birthdays

July 1

1945 – Debbie Harry (Blondie)

1951 – Fred Schneider (The B-52's)

1952 – Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers)

1960 – Evelyn "Champagne" King

July 3

1940 – Fontella Bass

1943 – Judith Durham (The Seekers)

1949 – Johnnie Wilder Jr. (Heatwave)

1952 – Laura Branigan

1960 – Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz/Yazoo, Erasure)

July 4

1938 – Bill Withers

1943 – Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)

1948 – Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac)

1952 – John Waite (The Babys, Bad English)

July 5

1943 – Robbie Robertson (Bob Dylan, The Band)

1950 – Huey Lewis (Huey Lewis and the News)

July 6

1925 – Bill Haley (Bill Haley & His Comets)

1937 – Gene Chandler

July 7

1924 – Mary Ford

1940 – Ringo Starr (The Beatles)

July 8

1961 –Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)

1962 – Joan Osborne

1970 – Beck

July 9

1927 – Ed Ames

1946 – Bon Scott (AC/DC)

1946 – Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

1957 – Marc Almond (Soft Cell)

1959 – Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)

1964 – Courtney Love (Hole)

July 10

1939 – Mavis Staples (The Staple Singers)

1942 – Ronnie James Dio (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio)

1947 – Arlo Guthrie

1949 – Greg Kihn (The Greg Kihn Band)

1953 – Rik Emmett (Triumph)

1954 – Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys)

July 11

1946 – John Lawton (Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep)

1950 – Bonnie Pointer

1959 – Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)

1959 – Suzanne Vega

July 12

1943 – Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)

July 13

1942 – Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)

July 14

1912 – Woody Guthrie

1952 – Bob Casale (Devo)

July 15

1946 – Linda Ronstadt

1948 – Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1952 – Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls)

1952 – Marky Ramone (Ramones)

1956 – Ian Curtis (Joy Division)

1956 – Joe Satriani

July 16

1952 – Stewart Copeland (The Police)

July 17

1948 – Ron Asheton (The Stooges)

1949 – Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)

1952 – Nicolette Larson

July 18

1929 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins

1939 – Dion DiMucci (Dion and the Belmonts)

1941 – Martha Reeves (Martha and the Vandellas)

July 19

1947 – Brian May (Queen)

1947 – Bernie Leadon (Eagles, The Flying Burrito Brothers

1952 – Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

July 20

1933 – Buddy Knox

1945 – Kim Carnes

1947 – Carlos Santana (Santana)

1964 – Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog)

July 21

1948 – Cat Stevens

1955 – Howie Epstein (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

July 22

1941 – George Clinton (Parliament-Funkadelic)

1943 – Bobby Sherman

1944 – Rick Davies (Supertramp)

1947 – Don Henley (Eagles)

1953 – Brian Howe (Bad Company)

July 23

1935 – Cleveland Duncan (The Penguins)

1947 – David Essex

1961 – Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)

1964 – Nick Menza (Megadeth)

1965 – Slash (Guns N' Roses)

July 24

1969 – Jennifer Lopez

July 25

1941 – Manny Charlton (Nazareth)

1944 – Tom Dawes (The Cyrkle)

1951 – Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)

1958 – Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)

July 26

1938 – Bobby Hebb

1940 – Dobie Gray

1941 – Brenton Wood

1943 – Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)

1949 – Roger Taylor (Queen)

1961 – Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen)

July 27

1933 – Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio)

1942 – Bobbie Gentry

July 28

1943 – Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)

1948 – Gerald Casale (Devo)

1954 – Steve Morse

July 29

1953 – Geddy Lee (Rush)

July 30

1941 – Paul Anka

1958 – Kate Bush

July 31

1945 – Gary Lewis (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)

1963 – Fatboy Slim