Events in Music
Music History
Jun 3 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour
- Jun 4 Beatles 1st (and only) "World Tour" begins with two ten-song shows at 4,400 seat KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark; British drummer Jimmie Nicol replaces Ringo Starr (recovering from tonsillitis) for the first five dates (10 concerts + a Dutch TV appearance)
Music Single
Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees release debut single "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
- Jun 5 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee) debuts in San Bernadino, California
- Jun 6 The Beatles arrive in Netherlands
- Jun 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam, with a substitute for Ringo
- Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
- Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their "12x5" album at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue
- Jun 14 Drummer Ringo Starr re-unites with the Beatles in Melbourne, Australia, after recovering from tonsillitis
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 3 Dorothee "Doro" Pesch, German heavy metal singer and songwriter (Warlock), known as the 'Metal Queen', born in Düsseldorf, West German
- Jun 3 Kerry King, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 4 Chris Kavanagh, British rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile F-111"), born in Woolwich, London, England
- Jun 5 Karl Sanders, American heavy metal guitarist and singer (Nile), born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Jun 5 Magz [Maggie Dunne], English musician (Fuzzbox), born in Solihull, England
- Jun 6 Paul "Guru" Josh, British musician (Infinity), born in London, England (d. 2015)
- Jun 7 Andris Vecumnieks, Latvian contemporary classical composer (Concertino Art-I-Shock), conductor, teacher, and musicologist, born in Riga, Latvian SSR
- Jun 9 Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), and singer, born in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Jun 9 Wayman Tisdale, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) and smooth jazz bassist, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2009)
- Jun 10 Gary Wallis, British session and touring drummer, percussionist, and musical director (Pink Floyd; 10cc; Il Divo; Mike + The Mechanics; Tom Jones; Jean-Michel Jarre; and Schiller), born in Westminster, London, England
- Jun 10 Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins), born in Joliet, Illinois
- Jun 11 Antti Sarpila, Finnish swing jazz clarinetist, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jun 13 Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer and organist, born in Bucharest, Romania
- Jun 22 Dicky Barrett, American rock and ska singer (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), and TV announcer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 2004-2022), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Jun 22 Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves - "Reprobate's Hymn")
- Jun 22 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones - "The Devil You Know"), born in Wiltshire, England
- Jun 22 Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
- Jun 23 Joey Allen [Cagle], American glam-metal rock guitarist (Warrant, 1987-94, 2004–present) - "Cherry Pie"), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Jun 25 John McCrea, American singer and musician (Cake), born in Sacramento, California
- Jun 27 James Sanders, American classical, and jazz violinist, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 27 Michel Bénébig, New Caledonian jazz Hammond B3 organ, and accordion player, born in Nouméa City, New Calédonia
- Jun 29 Stedman Pearson, English pop vocalist (Five Star - "Rain OR Shine"; "The Slightest Touch"), born in Islington, London
Weddings in Music
Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman
Jun 27 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California; divorce 1964
Deaths in Music
- Jun 1 Rutkowski Bronislaw, Belarusian organist, pedagogue, and composer, dies at 66
- Jun 10 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), dies at 79
- Jun 18 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), dies at 58
- Jun 27 Daniel Lazarus, French composer, dies at 65
- Jun 29 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36
- Jun 29 Milenko Živković, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63
