July in Rock History

Last Updated on 15 February 2026

Birthdays: Bobby Day (1928), Delaney Bramlett (1939), Debbie Harry (1945), John Ford (1948), Dan Aykroyd (1952), Randall Hall (1954), “Ted” Key (1960), Roddy Bottum (1963), Pol Burton (1964)
Birthdays: Paul Williams (1939), Roy Bittan (1949), Joe Puerta (1951), Johnny Colla (1952), Jeffrey Cooper (1956), Mick Anker (1957), Dave Parsons (1964), Kevin Hearn (1969), Colin Edwin(1970), Rocky Gray (1974)
Birthdays: David Lynch (1929), Fontella Bass (1940), Johnny Lee (1946), Paul Barrere (1948), Andy Fraser (1952), Carla Olson (1952), Marc Bonilla (1955), Laura Branigan (1957), Stephen Pearcy (1959), Vince Clark (1960), Vince Clarke (1961), Gary Ryan (1964), Adam Wade (1968), Thomas Erak (1985)
Birthdays: Dave Rowberry (1940), Al Wilson (1943), Jeremy Spencer (1948), Ralph Johnson (1951), Kirk Pengilly (1958), Mark Slaughter (1964), Jack Frost (1968), Andy Creeggan (1971), William Goldsmith (1972), Post Malone (1995)
Birthdays: Dave Shriver (1935), Robbie Robertson (1944), Huey Lewis (1950), Michael Monarch (1950), Jimmy Crespo (1954), Michael Gismondi (1955), Nick O’Malley (1985), Sombr (2005)
Birthdays: Bill Haley (1925), “Jet” Harris (1939), Dave Rowberry (1940), Mike Shrieve (1949), John Keeble (1959), Michael Grant (1969), Lauren Harris (1984)
Birthdays: Ringo Starr (1940), Jim Rodford (1941), Warren Entner (1944), Jim Rodford (1945), Rob Townsend (1947), Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt (1948), Clive Jackson (1962), Mark White (1962), Theo Travis (1964), David Hodo (1947)
Birthdays: Steve Lawrence (1935), Joe B. Mauldin (1940), Johnny Johanson (1944), Colin Walker (1949), Carlos Cavazo (1958), Andy Fletcher (1961), Graham Jones (1961), Neil Mavers (1971)
Birthdays: Lee Hazlewood (1929), Joe Miceli (1944), Bon Scott (1946), Mitch Mitchell (1947), Debbie Sledge (1954), Marc Almond (1957), D. H. Peligro (1959), Jim Kerr (1959), Frank Bello (1965), Bobby Leslie (1971), Dan Estrin (1976)
Birthdays: Ronnie James Dio (1942), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Dave Smalley (1949), John Whitehead (1949), Greg Kihn (1950), Kim Mitchell (1952), Rik “The Rocket” Emmett (1953), Gene Holder (1954), Jessica Simpson (1980), Sameer Gadhia (1989)
Birthdays: Tab Hunter (1931), Terry Garthwaite (1938), John Lawton (1946), Jeff Hanna (1947), Bonnie Pointer (1951), Benny DeFranco (1953), Peter Brown (1953), Richie Sambora (1959), Scott Shriner (1965)
Birthdays: Christine McVie (1943), Wilko Johnson (1947), Eric Carr (1950), Phil Kramer (1952), Robin Wilson (1965), John Petrucci (1967), Brett Reed (1972)
Birthdays: Roger McGuinn (1942), Stephen Jo Bladd (1942), Tom King (1942), Andrew Pryce Jackman (1946), Rodney Mills (1946), Mark “The Animal’ Mendoza (1956), Lawrence Donegan (1961), Bobby Rock (1963), Damon Johnson (1964), “Barney” Greenway (1969), Steven J. Brown (1970)
Birthdays: Woody Guthrie (1912), Bob Casale (1952), Jeff Olson (1962), Ellen Reid (1966), Taboo (Jaime Gomez) (1975), Chris Steele (1984), Dan Smith (1986), Dan Reynolds (1987)
Birthdays: Linda Ronstadt (1946), Peter Banks (1947), Artimus Pyle (1948), Steve James (1950), Johnny Thunders (1952), Alicia Bridges (1953), David Pack (1953), Ian Curtis (1956), Joe Satriani (1956), Chi Cheng (1970), John Dolmayan (1973), Ray Toro (1977)
Birthdays: Tony Jackson (1938), Tom Boggs (1944), Alan “Fitz” Fitzgerald (1949), Ray Majors (1949), Stewart Copeland (1952)
Birthdays: Spencer Davis (1939), Mick Tucker (1947), Brian Glascock (1948), Ron Asheton (1948), Mike Vale (1949), Terry “Geezer” Butler (1949), Chet McCracKen (1952), Fran Smith, Jr. (1952), Nicolette Larson (1952), Bruce Crump (1957), Lou Barlow (1966)
Birthdays: Dion DiMucci (1939), Martha Reeves (1941), Danny McCullock (1945), Tim Lynch (1946), Wally Bryson (1949), Glenn Hughes (1950), Terry Chambers (1955), Keith Levene (1957), Nigel Twist (1958), Jack Irons (1962), Patrick Dancy (1970), Daron Malakian (1975), Bishop Briggs (1992)
Birthdays: Vicki Carr (1941), Alan Gorrie (1946), Bernie Leadon (1947), Brian May (1947), Keith Godchaux (1948), Freddy Moore (1950), Allen Collins (1952), Russell Allen (1971)
Birthdays: John Lodge (1943), Kim Carnes (1946), Carlos Santana (1947), Jay Jay French (1954), Paul Cook (1956), Michael McNeil (1958), Stone Gossard (1965), Andrew Stockdale (1976), Brent Wilson (1987)
Birthdays: Kim Fowley (1939), Henry McCullough(1943), Barry Whitwam (1946), Cat Stevens (1948), Eric Bazilian (1953), Howie Epstein (1955), Jim Martin (1961), Lee Aaron (1962)
Birthdays: George Clinton (1940), Estelle Bennett (1944), Rick Davies (1944), Don Henley (1947), Mick Pointer (1956), Jon Oliva (1960), Emily Saliers (1963), Pat Badger (1967), Daniel Jones (1973)
Birthdays: Cleveland Duncan (1935), Dino Danelli (1945), Keith Ferguson (1946), David Essex (1947), Blair Thornton (1950), Janis Siegel (1952), Martin Gore (1961), Slash (1965)
Birthdays: Barbara Love (1941), Alan Whitehead (1947), Garry Shider (1953), Robbie Grey (1957), Paul Geary (1961), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Xenia Rubinos (1985)
Birthdays: Manny Charlton (1941), Jim McCarty (1943), José Areas (1946), Mark Clarke (1950), Verdine White (1951), Ken Greer (1954), Trevor Peres (1969)
Birthdays: Bobby Hebb (1938), Dobie Gray (1943), Mick Jagger (1943), Roger Taylor (1949), Gary Cherone (1961), Andy Timmons (1963), Dan Konopka (1974)
Birthdays: Nick Reynolds (1933), Bobby Gentry (1944), Maureen McGovern (1949), Michael Vaughn (1950), Karl Mueller (1963), Rex Brown (1964), Abe Cunningham (1973)
Birthdays: George Cummings (1938), Rick Wright (1945), Jonathan Edwards (1946), Gerald Casale (1948), Peter Doyle (1949), Simon Kirke (1949), Greg Gluffria (1951), Steve Morse (1954), Tex Axile (1965), Michael Amott (1970)
Birthdays: Neal Doughty (1946), Lenny Zakatek (1947), Geddy Lee (1953), Patti Scialfa (1954), John Sykes (1959), Gavilán Rayna Russom (1981)
Birthdays: Paul Anka (1941), Jeffrey Hammond (1946), Rat Scabies (1955), Phil Fearon (1956), Bard Hargreaves (1971)
Birthdays: John West (1939), Lobo (1943), Gary Lewis (1945), Karl Green (1947), Carlo Karges (1951), Hugh McDowell (1953), Daniel Ash (1957), Bill Berry (1958), Malcolm Ross (1960), Denise Johnson (1963), John 5 (Lowery) (1971), Will Champion (1978), Zac Brown (1978)