Portal:Music/Anniversaries/July


 * July 6, 1971 &mdash; American singer and trumpet player Louis Armstrong dies at the age of 69
 * July 14, 1973 &mdash; Clarence White of The Byrds was killed by a drunk driver in Palmdale, California
 * July 14, 1973 &mdash; Malcolm Owen, vocalist for British punk rock act, The Ruts, died in 1980 from a drug overdose (heroin)
 * July 17, 1951 &mdash; Harry Choates renowned Cajun violinist/Cajun fiddler, dies in incarceration at an Austin, TX jail
 * July 17, 1954 &mdash; The inaugural edition of the Newport Jazz Festival commences at the Newport Casino, located in Newport, RI
 * July 17, 1959 &mdash; Billie Holiday dies of cardiac failure in New York, NY