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.

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• 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.