1967
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
On This Day in Music: July 1
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Born on July 1
1972
Birth
Alex Machacek
Alex Machacek, Austrian musician was born
1911
Birth
Alvino Rey
Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family) was born
1942
Birth
Andraé Crouch
Andraé Crouch, American singer was born
1951
Birth
Anne Feeney
Anne Feeney, American protest singer was born
1977
Birth
Birgit Schuurman
Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician was born
1932
Birth
Bobby Day
Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin) was born
1899
Birth
Cavan O'Connor
Cavan O'Connor, singer was born
1586
Birth
Claudio Saracini
Claudio Saracini, composer was born
1945
Birth
Deborah Harry
Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) was born
1939
Birth
Delaney Bramlett
Delaney Bramlett, Oklahoma, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) was born
1960
Birth
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love) was born
1663
Birth
Franz Xaver Murschhauser
Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer was born
1951
Birth
Fred Schneider
Fred Schneider, Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster) was born
1764
Birth
Georg Christoph Grosheim
Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer was born
1927
Birth
Hans Eklund
Hans Eklund, composer was born
1935
Birth
James Cotton
James Cotton, blues vocalist was born
1735
Birth
James Lyon
James Lyon, composer was born
1943
Birth
Jeff Wayne
Jeff Wayne, musician was born
1688
Birth
Johann Ludwig Steiner
Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer was born
1949
Birth
John Farnham
John Farnham, Australian singer was born
1941
Birth
John Gould
John Gould, British composer/musical comic was born
1946
Birth
June Montiero
June Montiero, US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born
1977
Birth
Keigo Hayashi
Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist was born
1955
Birth
Keith Whitley
Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes) was born
1983
Birth
Leeteuk
Leeteuk, Korean singer was born
1947
Birth
Marc Benno
Marc Benno, rocker was born
1983
Birth
Marit Larsen
Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) was born
1908
Birth
Peter Anders
Peter Anders, German opera singer was born
1964
Birth
Poi Burton
Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) was born
1963
Birth
Roddy Bottum
Roddy Bottum, Los Angeles California, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing) was born
1975
Birth
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens, American musician was born
1951
Birth
Terrence Mann
Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer was born
1952
Birth
Timothy J. Tobias
Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006) was born
1941
Birth
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe) was born
1928
Birth
Volker Wangenheim
Volker Wangenheim, composer was born
1915
Birth
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Missisipi, blues artist (Walkin' the Blues, Mellow Down Easy) was born
Died on July 1
1742
Death
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1947
Death
Clarence Lucas
Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
1965
Death
Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1950
Death
Edward Faber Schneider
Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1950
Death
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)
1925
Death
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
2012
Death
Evelyn Lear
Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86
2024
Death
Fausto Bordalo Dias
Fausto Bordalo Dias died
2020
Death
Georg Ratzinger
Georg Ratzinger died
1805
Death
Georg Ritschel
Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
1999
Death
Guy Mitchell
Guy Mitchell, American popular singer dies at 72
1988
Death
Hellmuth Christian Wolff
Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
2003
Death
Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
2020
Death
Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs died
2022
Death
Irene Fargo
Irene Fargo died
2025
Death
Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Swaggart died
1982
Death
John Everett Watts
John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1988
Death
Lex van Delden
Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
2005
Death
Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross, American singer, dies at 54
1883
Death
Manuel Gregorio Tavarez
Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
1592
Death
Marc A Ingegneri
Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1691
Death
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
1973
Death
Mario La Broca
Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
1910
Death
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
2020
Death
Max Crook
Max Crook died
2008
Death
Mel Galley
Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)
2005
Death
Obie Benson
Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)
1964
Death
Pierre Monteux
Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1958
Death
Rudolf von Laban
Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1662
Death
Simon Ives
Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
1987
Death
Snakefinger
Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
2021
Death
Steve Kekana
Steve Kekana died
2004
Death
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
1784
Death
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 73
Releases & milestones on July 1
1982
Event
Acid Black Cherry
ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1987
Event
FM
WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
2022
Event
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons released the album 'Mercury – Act 2'
1970
Event
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
1933
Event
Johann Strauss II
Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden
1996
Event
Plácido Domingo
Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera
2024
Event
STAYC
STAYC released the album 'Metamorphic'
2022
Event
Shinedown
Shinedown released the album 'Planet Zero'
1950
Event
Stars
"Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs
1967
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
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