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July 1, 1899 – composer Thomas A. Dorsey
July 1, 1915 – Blues musician Willie Dixon
July 1, 1930 – singer Bobby Day
July 1, 1942 – singer Andraé Crouch
July 1, 1971 – rapper/singer Missy Elliott
July 2, 1939 – singer Paul Williams (The Temptations)
July 2, 1970 – rapper Monie Love
July 3, 1893 – blues singer, guitarist Mississippi John Hurt
July 3, 1949 – singer, Johnnie Wilder, Jr. (Heatwave)
July 4, 1938 – Bill Withers
July 5, 1913 – Singer Smiley Lewis
July 5, 1969 – rapper, producer RZA
July 6, 1931 – singer, actress Della Reese
July 6, 1937 – singer Gene Chandler
July 6, 1949 – singer Phyllis Hyman
July 6, 1970 – rapper Inspectah Deck
July 6, 1976 – rapper 50 Cent
July 7, 1967 – singer Jackie Neal
July 7, 1982 – rapper Cassidy
July 8, 1908 – saxophonist Louis Jordan
July 8, 1914 – jazz singer Billy Eckstine
July 9, 1978 – singer Mark Medlock
July 11, 1957 – Michael Rose (Black Uhuru)
July 11, 1975 – rapper Lil' Kim
July 11, 1982 – rapper Lil' Zane
July 12, 1976 – singer Tracie Spencer
July 13, 1900 – saxophonist George Lewis
July 13, 1928 – jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar
July 13, 1936 – saxophonist Albert Ayler
July 13, 1966 – Gerald Levert
July 14, 1950 – singer Gwen Guthrie
July 15, 1923 – Jazz musician Philly Joe Jones
July 15, 1944 – singer Millie Jackson
July 16, 1941 – Desmond Dekker
July 17, 1977 – rapper M.I.A.
July 18, 1917 – singer Henri Salvador
July 18, 1929 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins
July 18, 1941 – singer Martha Reeves
July 18, 1978 – singer Verónica Romeo
July 20, 1964 – Kool G Rap
July 21, 1961 – Punjabi folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila
July 21, 1978 – Damian Marley
July 21, 1982 – singer Claudette Ortiz
July 22, 1961 – singer Keith Sweat
July 22, 1973 – rapper Petey Pablo
July 23, 1923 – singer Amalia Mendoza
July 23, 1934 – Jazz musician Steve Lacy
July 23, 1971 – singer Dalvin DeGrate
July 23, 1973 – singer, instrumentalist Himesh Reshammiya
July 23, 1980 – singer Michelle Williams
July 24, 1969 – Jennifer (J.Lo.) Lopez
July 25, 1906 – saxophonist Johnny Hodges
July 25, 1908 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
July 25, 1928 – jazz bassist Keter Betts
July 25, 1946 – Rita Marley
July 26, 1938 – singer Bobby Hebb
July 26, 1938 – singer Darlene Love
July 28, 1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis
July 29, 1916 – jazz guitarist Charlie Christian
July 30, 1936 – Buddy Guy
July 31, 1918 – pianist Hank Jones
July 31, 1959 – jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan
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