Brian Jones (1942-1969)
Jul 3 British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), drowns in his swimming pool at 27
- Jul 3 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer, dies at 83
- Jul 5 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
- Jul 7 Gladys Swarthout, American mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies of heart disease at 68
- Jul 9 Pierre Capdevielle, French conductor, composer (Élégie de Duino), music critic (Monde musicale), and teacher, dies at 63
- Jul 20 Roy Hamilton, American singer (You'll Never Walk Alone), dies at 40
- Jul 25 Douglas Moore, American organist, pianist, songwriter ("Goodnight Harvard"), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Giants in the Earth; The Ballad of Baby Doe), dies at 75
- Jul 28 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 59
Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
Jul 28 American songwriter and composer (Guys And Dolls; "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 59
- Jul 28 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, dies at 80
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