June 1967 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 3 Aretha Franklin's cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect" reaches #1

Jun 4 19th Emmy Awards: "Mission Impossible", "The Monkees", Don Knotts & Lucy Ball win
Jun 9 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl
Jun 10 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California

Jun 14 "The Steve Allen Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS-TV

Jun 16 50,000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival - beginning of the Summer of Love
Jun 17 "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5

Jun 17 Barbra Streisand: "A Happening in Central Park" concert performance for audience of 135,000

Jun 18 Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding

Jun 19 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD

Jun 25 First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"

Jun 28 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding

Jun 29 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge

Jun 7 Dave Navarro, American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, (Jane's Addiction - "Just Because"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1993-98), born in Santa Monica, California
Jun 8 Neil Mitchell, Scottish rock keyboardist (Wet Wet Wet - "Good Night Gir"; "Love Is All Around"), born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
Jun 9 Dean Felber, American rock bassist (Hootie and the Blowfish - "Only Wanna Be With You"), born in Bethesda, Maryland
Jun 9 Dean Dinning, American bass player and record producer (Toad The Wet Sprocket), born
Jun 10 Human Beatbox [Darren Robinson], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
Jun 10 Emma Anderson, British guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing)
Jun 17 Eric Stefani, American musician (No Doubt, 1986-95 - "Don't Talk"; "Spiderwebs"), born in Fullerton, California
Jun 20 Joey Cathcart, American rock guitarist (Nelson - "Love & Affection") (d. 2021)
Jun 20 [Matthew] Murphy Karges, American bassist (Sugar Ray - "Every Morning"), born in Orange County, California
Jun 20 Francis Reyes, Filipino new wave and Pinoy rock guitarist (The Dawn), broadcaster, and music editor, born in Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines
Jun 24 Jeff Cease, American rock guitarist (Black Crowes, 1989-91 - "Hard To Handle"), born in Nashville, Tennessee

Jun 24 [Zven] Richard Kruspe, German heavy metal guitarist (Rammstein), and vocalist (Emigrate) born in Wittenberge, East Germany
Jun 29 Murray Foster, Canadian musician (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea), born in Thorn Hill, Ontario

Jun 6 American pop singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota; divorce in 1982