- Jul 6 Nanci Griffith, American singer ("From A Distance"), and songwriter ("Once in a Very Blue Moon"; "Love at the Five and Dime"), born in Seguin, Texas (d. 2021)
- Jul 8 Zhou Long, Chinese-American composer (Madame White Snake - Pulitzer Prize for Music 2011), born in Beijing, China [1]
- Jul 9 Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 10 Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, Canadian rock vocalist (Triumph), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 11 Benny DeFranco, Canadian pop guitarist (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat"), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
- Jul 11 Bramwell Tovey, British conductor (Vancouver Symphony, 2000-18; NY Philharmonic Summer Series, 2004-14), and composer (Stream of Limelight), born in Ilford, Essex, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 11 Peter Brown, American funk and disco singer ("Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me"), songwriter ("Material Girl"), and producer, born in Blue Island, Illinois
- Jul 13 Violeta Dinescu, Romanian pianist, composer (Tabar), and music professor, born in Bucharest, Romania
- Jul 14 Bebe Buell [Beverle Lorence], American model, singer, and Playboy playmate (Nov 1974), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Jul 18 Neil Stubenhaus, American session and touring bass guitarist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]
- Jul 20 Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer (Marcia Shines), born in Boston, Massachessetts
- Jul 21 Eric Bazilian, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolin player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 22 Brian Howe, British rock singer (Bad Company, 1986-93 - "This Love"; "Holy Water"), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2020)
- Jul 22 Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 23 Chris Pinnick, American session and touring guitarist (Chicago; Herb Alpert), born in Van Nuys, California
- Jul 24 Garry Shider, American funk and psychedelic soul guitarist and musical director (Parliament-Funkadelic.), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2010)
- Jul 24 Jon Faddis, American jazz trumpeter and educator, born in Oakland, California
- Jul 26 Robert Phillips, American classical guitarist, born in New York City
- Jul 28 Steve Duncan, American country-rock drummer (Desert Rose Band - "Love Reunited"), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Geddy Lee (70 years old)
Jul 29 Canadian rock vocalist, and bassist (Rush - "Tom Sawyer"; "The Trees"; "New World Man"), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 31 Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra - "Strange Magic"; "Evil Woman"), born in Hampstead, London (d. 2018)
About July 1953
How Old? 70 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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