Events in Music
Music History
Jun 1 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at the John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 31 performances
Music Concert
Jun 6 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear for an unannounced performance, joining Frank Zappa on stage at Fillmore East in NYC
Music History
Jun 9 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
#1 in the Charts
Jun 17 Carole King's album "Tapestry" goes to #1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 20 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: David Bowie headlines; other performs include: Joan Baez, Hawkwind, Melanie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, and Quintessence
Music Concert
Jun 21 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert in McCrea, Louisiana; performers included Chuck Berry; Stephen Stills; WAR; John Sebastian; and Delaney and Bonnie
Album Release
Jun 22 Reprise Records releases "Blue", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 4th studio album [1] [2]
Film Release
Jun 24 Warner Bros. releases "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", a western film by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, with songs by Leonard Cohen
Music Single
Jun 25 Stevie Wonder releases single "Where I'm Coming From"
- Jun 26 "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC after 2329 performances
- Jun 27 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at the John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 31 performances
Music History
Jun 29 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
Birthdays in Music
Mark Wahlberg (51 years old)
Jun 5 American singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jun 9 Rick Renstrom, American heavy metal guitarist, born in Tampa, Florida
- Jun 10 (Joel) "Jo-Jo" Hailey, American R&B singer (Jodeci - "Come And Talk To Me"; "Cry For You"), born in Monroe, North Carolina
- Jun 12 Peter Beets, Dutch jazz pianist (New York Trio), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Jun 15 Bif Naked [Beth Torbert], Canadian singer-songwriter ("Spaceman") and actress, born in New Delhi, India
- Jun 15 Nasheet Waits, American jazz drummer, born in New York City
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
Jun 16 American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), born in East Harlem, New York
- Jun 17 Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer, model and businesswoman (La Chica Dorada), born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Jun 18 Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], rapper (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jun 20 Jeordie White, American rock bassist (Marilyn Manson), born in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
- Jun 21 Anette Olzon, Swedish singer, born in Katrineholm, Sweden
- Jun 29 Matthew Good, Canadian musician (Matthew Good Band), born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Weddings in Music
Crystal Gayle
Jun 3 Singer Crystal Gayle marries Bill Gatzimos
Deaths in Music
- Jun 6 Arnold Elston, American composer, and educator,, dies at 63
- Jun 9 Harold Lloyd Jr, American actor, singer and son of famous silent film actor Harold Lloyd sr (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 40
- Jun 23 Walter Schulthess, Swiss composer, dies at 76
- Jun 26 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91
- Jun 26 Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
- Jun 26 Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88
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