1985
Birth
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer was born
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Born on July 2
1880
Birth
Albert Szirmai
Albert Szirmai, composer was born
1793
Birth
Antoine Prumier
Antoine Prumier, composer was born
1985
Birth
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer was born
1814
Birth
Atale Therese Annette Wartel
Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer was born
1926
Birth
Billy Usselton
Billy Usselton, saxophonist was born
1927
Birth
Brock Peters
Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird) was born
1904
Birth
Carl Weinrich
Carl Weinrich, composer was born
1819
Birth
Charles-Louis Hanon
Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900) was born
1714
Birth
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il re pastore) was born
1970
Birth
Colin Edwin
Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree) was born
1636
Birth
Daniel Speer
Daniel Speer, composer was born
1964
Birth
Dave Parsons
Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life) was born
1933
Birth
David Benjamin Lewin
David Benjamin Lewin, composer was born
1979
Birth
Diana Gurtskaya
Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer was born
1910
Birth
Earl Hawley Robinson
Earl Hawley Robinson, composer was born
1975
Birth
Erik Ohlsson
Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) was born
1857
Birth
Francesco Spetrino
Francesco Spetrino, composer was born
1737
Birth
Francois Leonard Rouwyzer
Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer was born
1914
Birth
Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) was born
1948
Birth
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006) was born
1922
Birth
Genrikh Matusovich Vagner
Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, composer was born
1935
Birth
Gilbert Kalish
Gilbert Kalish, Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook) was born
1589
Birth
Guillaume van Messaus
Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born
1746
Birth
Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck
Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer was born
1918
Birth
Imam Elissa
Imam Elissa, singer was born
1892
Birth
Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show) was born
1945
Birth
James Orville Fulkerson
James Orville Fulkerson, composer was born
1956
Birth
Jeffrey Cooper
Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born
1969
Birth
Jenni Rivera
Jenni Rivera, Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), (d. 2012) was born
1951
Birth
Joey Puerta
Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia) was born
1581
Birth
Johann Staden
Johann Staden, composer was born
1952
Birth
Johnny Coila
Johnny Coila, rocker was born
1925
Birth
Marvin Rainwater
Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), (d. 2013) was born
1983
Birth
Michelle Branch
Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers) was born
1957
Birth
Mike Anger
Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) was born
1970
Birth
Monie Love
Monie Love, English rapper was born
1939
Birth
Paul Williams
Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl) was born
1763
Birth
Peter Ritter
Peter Ritter, composer was born
1924
Birth
Rick Besoyan
Rick Besoyan, composer was born
1906
Birth
Robert Levine Sanders
Robert Levine Sanders, composer was born
1974
Birth
Rocky Gray
Rocky Gray, American musician was born
1949
Birth
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan, rocker (E Street Band) was born
1932
Birth
Sammy Turner
Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue) was born
1918
Birth
Sheikh Iman
Sheikh Iman, player/singer was born
1941
Birth
Stéphane Venne
Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter was born
1952
Birth
Wayne Haner
Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe) was born
1910
Birth
William Douglas Denny
William Douglas Denny, composer was born
1925
Birth
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yasushi Akutagawa, composer was born
Died on July 2
1940
Death
Bertram Shapleigh
Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
2007
Death
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
2021
Death
Bill Ramsey
Bill Ramsey died
1992
Death
Edith Valckaert
Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42
1971
Death
Edward Ballantine
Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
2024
Death
Ella Mitchell
Ella Mitchell died
2021
Death
Elliot Lawrence
Elliot Lawrence died
1911
Death
Felix Mottl
Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
1878
Death
Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin
Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
1794
Death
Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny
Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65
1952
Death
Henriette H Bosmans
Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1778
Death
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66
1992
Death
Jose Monje
Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies
2025
Death
Laurent Kupferman
Laurent Kupferman died
1994
Death
Marion Williams
Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66
2008
Death
Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)
2020
Death
Nikolai Kapustin
Nikolai Kapustin died
2021
Death
Nikolai Slichenko
Nikolai Slichenko died
1982
Death
Poul Rovsing Olsen
Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
1984
Death
Ramiro Cortes
Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
2002
Death
Ray Brown
Ray Brown, American jazz double bassist, dies in his sleep at 75
1990
Death
Snooky Lanson
Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76
1663
Death
Thomas Selle
Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
2024
Death
Tom Fowler
Tom Fowler died
2025
Death
Verka Siderova
Verka Siderova died
1591
Death
Vincenzo Galilei
Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1895
Death
William Rockstro
William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
2020
Death
Yoon Sam-yook
Yoon Sam-yook died
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