Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 6

Gene Chandler, American singer, turns 87.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor, turns 87.
Jeannie Seely, American country music singer, turns 84.
Rik Elswit, American guitarist for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show , turns 79.
John Bazz, American bassist with The Blasters, turns 73.
Rick Braun, American trumpeter, turns 70.
John Jorgenson, American country musician, turns 69.
John Keeble, Brit drummer for Spandau Ballet, turns 65.
Stuart Garrard, English guitarist of Delirious? fame, turns 61.
Tim Bricheno, Brit guitarist, turns 61.
Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet, turns 57.
Inspectah Deck, American rapper with the Wu-Tang Clan, a musical collective, turns 54.
Martin Smith, English singer and songwriter of Delirious? fame, turns 54.
50 Cent, (born Curtis James Jackson III) American gangsta rapper, turns 48.
Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, turns 37.

Della Reese (July 6, 1931 –November 19, 2017), American actress and singer, would have turned 93 this year.
Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 –September 06, 1962), German composer, would have turned 126 this year.
Nanci Griffith (July 6, 1953 –August 13, 2021), American singer and guitarist, would have turned 71 this year.
Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 –February 09, 1981), American pioneer of rock and roll music, would have turned 99 this year.
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 –June 30, 1995), American soul music singer, would have turned 75 this year.
Dorothy Kirsten (July 6, 1910 –November 18, 1992), American opera singer, would have turned 114 this year.
Ernst Haefliger (July 6, 1919 –March 17, 2007), Swiss tenor, would have turned 105 this year.
Jack Yellen (July 6, 1892 –April 17, 1991), Polish lyricist and songwriter, would have turned 132 this year.