Events in Music
Music History
Jun 21 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
- Jun 25 "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 1 Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
- Jun 5 Hugh Marsh, Canadian session, touring, and jazz electric violinist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 7 Joey Scarbury, American singer-songwriter ("Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)"), born in Ontario, California
- Jun 7 Jon Balke, Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (Magnetic North Orchestra), born in Furnes, Norway
- Jun 8 Greg Ginn, American punk rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Black Flag), born in Tucson, Arizona
- Jun 8 James Jonathan Sylvers, American keyboardist and vocalist (The Sylvers -"Boogie Fever"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 22 Jeffrey Mumford, American contemporary classical composer, and educator, born in Washington, D.C.
- Jun 23 Glenn Danzig [Anzalone], American rock musician, singer (The Misfits; Samhain; Danzig), born in Lodi, New Jersey
- Jun 26 Mick Jones, English rock guitarist and singer (The Clash, 1976-83 - "Rock The Casbah"; Big Audio Dynamite, 1984-97 - "Rush"), born in London, England
- Jun 27 Sam Tshabalala, South African guitarist, and composer (The Malopoets; Sabeka), born in South Africa
- Jun 28 Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone, born in Elkhart, Indiana
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