July 7

Events

 * 1954 made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."

Births

 * 1851 –, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
 * 1906 –, Austrian musician (d. 1985)
 * 1906 –, Austrian musician (d. 1985)
 * 1911 –, Italian-born composer (d. 2007)
 * 1924 –, American singer (d. 1977)
 * 1925 –, American radio personality (d. 2008)
 * 1927 –, American composer and musician
 * 1927 –, American country musician
 * 1930 –, American Jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
 * 1932 –, Austrian composer and musician (d. 2007)
 * 1936 –, Greek singer (d. 1980)
 * 1940 –, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
 * 1943 –, Italian singer
 * 1945 –, Finnish opera singer
 * 1947 –, English drummer (Family)
 * 1947 –, Spanish songwriter and singer
 * 1957 –, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
 * 1963 –, American singer
 * 1966 –, German folk violinist
 * 1967 –, American singer (d. 2005)
 * 1980 –, Finnish vocalist (Battlelore)
 * 1980 –, American drummer (The Used)
 * 1981 –, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
 * 1982 –, American rapper
 * 1982 –, American bassist (Senses Fail)
 * 1983 –, American singer (Danity Kane)
 * 1983 –, Irish singer
 * 1984 –, Canadian singer
 * 1988 –, American singer

Deaths

 * 1663 –, German violinist
 * 1949 –, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1879 or 1889)
 * 1954 –, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874)
 * 1990 –, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
 * 1993 –, American singer (The Gits) (b. 1965)
 * 2001 –, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
 * 2003 –, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
 * 2006 –, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd) (b. 1946)