On This Day in Music: July 2

On July 2 in music history, 48 artists were born, 28 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Ashley Tisdale (1985), Jenni Rivera (1969) and Michelle Branch (1983).

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Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer was born

Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera, Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), (d. 2012) was born

Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers) was born

The Beatles

Cilla Black records the Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano

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Born on July 2

Albert Szirmai

Albert Szirmai, composer was born

Antoine Prumier

Antoine Prumier, composer was born

Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer was born

Atale Therese Annette Wartel

Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer was born

Billy Usselton

Billy Usselton, saxophonist was born

Brock Peters

Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird) was born

Carl Weinrich

Carl Weinrich, composer was born

Charles-Louis Hanon

Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900) was born

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il re pastore) was born

Colin Edwin

Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree) was born

Daniel Speer

Daniel Speer, composer was born

Dave Parsons

Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life) was born

David Benjamin Lewin

David Benjamin Lewin, composer was born

Diana Gurtskaya

Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer was born

Earl Hawley Robinson

Earl Hawley Robinson, composer was born

Erik Ohlsson

Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) was born

Francesco Spetrino

Francesco Spetrino, composer was born

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer was born

Frederick Fennell

Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) was born

Gene McFadden

Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006) was born

Genrikh Matusovich Vagner

Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, composer was born

Gilbert Kalish

Gilbert Kalish, Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook) was born

Guillaume van Messaus

Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born

Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck

Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer was born

Imam Elissa

Imam Elissa, singer was born

Jack Hylton

Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show) was born

James Orville Fulkerson

James Orville Fulkerson, composer was born

Jeffrey Cooper

Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born

Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera, Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), (d. 2012) was born

Joey Puerta

Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia) was born

Johann Staden

Johann Staden, composer was born

Johnny Coila

Johnny Coila, rocker was born

Marvin Rainwater

Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), (d. 2013) was born

Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers) was born

Mike Anger

Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) was born

Monie Love

Monie Love, English rapper was born

Paul Williams

Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl) was born

Peter Ritter

Peter Ritter, composer was born

Rick Besoyan

Rick Besoyan, composer was born

Robert Levine Sanders

Robert Levine Sanders, composer was born

Rocky Gray

Rocky Gray, American musician was born

Roy Bittan

Roy Bittan, rocker (E Street Band) was born

Sammy Turner

Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue) was born

Sheikh Iman

Sheikh Iman, player/singer was born

Stéphane Venne

Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter was born

Wayne Haner

Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe) was born

William Douglas Denny

William Douglas Denny, composer was born

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi Akutagawa, composer was born

Died on July 2

Bertram Shapleigh

Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69

Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)

Bill Ramsey

Bill Ramsey died

Edith Valckaert

Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42

Edward Ballantine

Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84

Ella Mitchell

Ella Mitchell died

Elliot Lawrence

Elliot Lawrence died

Felix Mottl

Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54

Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin

Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61

Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny

Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65

Henriette H Bosmans

Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66

Jose Monje

Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies

Laurent Kupferman

Laurent Kupferman died

Marion Williams

Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66

Natasha Shneider

Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)

Nikolai Kapustin

Nikolai Kapustin died

Nikolai Slichenko

Nikolai Slichenko died

Poul Rovsing Olsen

Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59

Ramiro Cortes

Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50

Ray Brown

Ray Brown, American jazz double bassist, dies in his sleep at 75

Snooky Lanson

Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76

Thomas Selle

Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64

Tom Fowler

Tom Fowler died

Verka Siderova

Verka Siderova died

Vincenzo Galilei

Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)

William Rockstro

William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72

Yoon Sam-yook

Yoon Sam-yook died

Releases & milestones on July 2

At the Gates

At the Gates released the album 'The Nightmare of Being'

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement

The Beatles

Cilla Black records the Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano

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