- Jul 6 Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"), dies at 77
- Jul 9 Joe Bonsall, American country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira"), dies from complications of ALS at 76
- Jul 10 Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter ("Please Come To Boston"), dies at 76
- Jul 14 Sarah Gibson, American pianist and contemporary classical composer (“warp & weft”), dies of colon cancer at 38
- Jul 17 Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer (Freedom Singers; Sweet Honey in the Rock), social activist, educator, and historian, dies at 81 [1]
- Jul 18 Jerry Fuller, American singer, songwriter, and producer (Ricky Nelson - "Travelin' Man": Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - "Lady Willpower"; The Knickerbockers ' "Lies"; Al Wilson - "Show and Tell"), dies of lung cancer at 85
- Jul 19 Toumani Diabaté, Malian traditional musician, world music and flamenco kora (21-string lute/harp mash-up) player, dies of kidney failure at 58 [1] [2]
- Jul 20 Jerry Miller, American songwriter and rock guitarist (Moby Grape), dies at 81
- Jul 21 Joji Yuasa, Japanese contemporary classical composer, and music professor, dies of pneumonia at 94
- Jul 22 Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American rock vocalist (Four Tops), dies at 88 [1]
- Jul 22 John Mayall, British blues musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers), dies at 90 [1]
- Jul 28 Chino XL [Derek Keith Barbosa], American rapper and actor, dies at 50
- Jul 28 Martin Phillipps, New Zealand new wave singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Chills - "Heavenly Pop Hit", "Pink Frost"), dies of liver failure at 61
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