Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 6

Gene Chandler, American singer, turns 89.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor, turns 89.
Jeannie Seely, American country music singer, turns 86.
Rik Elswit, American guitarist for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show , turns 81.
John Bazz, American bassist with The Blasters, turns 75.
Rick Braun, American trumpeter, turns 72.
John Jorgenson, American country musician, turns 71.
John Keeble, Brit drummer for Spandau Ballet, turns 67.
Stuart Garrard, English guitarist of Delirious? fame, turns 63.
Tim Bricheno, Brit guitarist, turns 63.
Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet, turns 59.
Inspectah Deck, American rapper with the Wu-Tang Clan, a musical collective, turns 56.
Martin Smith, English singer and songwriter of Delirious? fame, turns 56.
50 Cent, (born Curtis James Jackson III) American gangsta rapper, turns 50.
Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, turns 39.

Della Reese (July 6, 1931 –November 19, 2017), American actress and singer, would have turned 95 this year.
Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 –September 06, 1962), German composer, would have turned 128 this year.
Nanci Griffith (July 6, 1953 –August 13, 2021), American singer and guitarist, would have turned 73 this year.
Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 –February 09, 1981), American pioneer of rock and roll music, would have turned 101 this year.
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 –June 30, 1995), American soul music singer, would have turned 77 this year.
Dorothy Kirsten (July 6, 1910 –November 18, 1992), American opera singer, would have turned 116 this year.
Ernst Haefliger (July 6, 1919 –March 17, 2007), Swiss tenor, would have turned 107 this year.
Jack Yellen (July 6, 1892 –April 17, 1991), Polish lyricist and songwriter, would have turned 134 this year.