June 1967 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 3 Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1

Jun 14 "Steve Allen Show" 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 performed

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 programme "Our World" broadcast featuring 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 8 Neil Mitchell, Scottish musician (Wet, Wet, Wet), born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
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), born in Fullerton, California
Jun 20 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
Jun 20 [Matthew] Murphy Karges, American bassist (Sugar Ray - "Every Morning"), born in Orange County, California
Jun 21 Tim Simenson, rocker (Bomb the Bass)
Jun 24 Jeff Cease, guitarist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 24 Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German musician (Rammstein)
Jun 29 Murray Foster, Canadian musician (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea), born in Thorn Hill, Ontario

Jun 6 Country singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota