Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 6

• Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor, turns 89.
• Gene Chandler, American 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.

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• Jeannie Seely (July 6, 1940 –August 01, 2025), American country music singer, would have turned 86 this year.
• 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.