Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 28

• Jim Hughart, American bassist, turns 88.
• George Cummings, American steel guitarist with Dr. Hook, turns 86.
• Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor, turns 83.
• Jonathan Edwards, American folk singer, performer, and songwriter , turns 78.
• Simon Kirke, Brit drummer with Free, Bad Company, turns 75.
• Nnenna Freelon, American jazz vocalist, turns 70.
• Steve Morse, American guitarist and member of Deep Purple, turns 70.
• Gerald Veasley, American bassist, turns 69.
• Gregg Giuffria, guitarist for Giuffria, House of Lords, turns 69.
• Dan Warton, Brit drummer with Ned's Atomic Dustbin, turns 62.
• Rachel Sweet, American vocalist, turns 62.
• Michael Gassmann, American trumpet player, turns 60.
• Tex Axile, British keyboardist, turns 59.
• Taka Hirose, Japanese bassist with Feeder, turns 56.
• Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist with Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, turns 54.
• Stephen Lynch, American actor, comic and singer, turns 53.
• Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer, turns 49.
• Jacoby Shaddix, American singer with Papa Roach, turns 48.
• Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, turns 45.
• Lee Min Woo, Korean singer with Shinhwa , turns 45.
• Noel Sullivan, Brit vocalist and member of pop group Hear'Say , turns 44.
• Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer, turns 42.

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• Steve Peregrin Took (July 28, 1949 –October 27, 1980), Brit drummer of T. Rex, would have turned 75 this year.
• Rick Wright (July 28, 1945 –September 15, 2008), British pianist and keyboardist for Pink Floyd, would have turned 79 this year.
• Mike Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 –February 15, 1981), American guitarist, would have turned 81 this year.
• Jim Galloway (July 28, 1936 –December 30, 2014), Scottish tenor saxophone player and clarinetist, would have turned 88 this year.
• Junior Kimbrough (July 28, 1930 –January 17, 1998), American blues musician, would have turned 94 this year.
• Frankie Yankovic (July 28, 1915 –October 14, 1998), American Grammy Award-winning musician, would have turned 109 this year.
• Carmen Dragon (July 28, 1914 –March 28, 1984), American composer, would have turned 110 this year.
• Rudy Vallée (July 28, 1901 –July 03, 1986), American singer, would have turned 123 this year.