June 1974 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 10 "Feel Like Makin' Love" single released by Roberta Flack (Billboard Song of the Year 1974)

Jun 15 "Back Home Again" 8th studio album by John Denver is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1975)

Jun 28 Paul McCartney & Wings release singles "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK

Jun 1 Canadian-America vocalist (Jagged Little Pill), born in Ottawa, Ontario

Jun 3 Welsh rock singer (Stereophonics), born in Cwmaman, Wales

Jun 4 Stefan Lessard, American bassist (Dave Matthews Band), born in Anaheim, California
Jun 6 Uncle Kracker [Matthew Shafer], American singer and rapper ("Follow Me"; "Drift Away"), born in Mount Clemens, Michigan
Jun 9 Samoth [Tomas Haugen], Norwegian black metal guitarist, drummer (Emperor, Zyklon), and arsonist, born in Hammerfest, Norway
Jun 13 Selma Bjornsdottir, Icelandic singer (All Out of Luck), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
Jun 17 Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducet, Jamaican-British singer (with Shaggy - "It Wasn't Me"), born in Manchester, Jamaica
Jun 21 Neely Jenkins, American indie rocker (Tilley and the Wall), born in Omaha, Nebraska

Jun 22 Indian actor and singer (Poove Unakkaga), born in Madras (now Chennai), India

Jun 25 Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira), born in Strongsville, Ohio
Jun 25 Mario Calire, American drummer (Wallflowers; Ozomatli), born in Buffalo, New York
Jun 26 Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jun 26 Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer (The 4 Cats), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Jun 28 Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, born Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 2010)

Jun 7 Irish actor and singer Richard Harris (43) weds American actress Ann Turkel (27); divorce in 1982

Jun 14 Knud Jeppesen, Danish organist, composer, educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1920-47; Aarhus University, 1946-57), and musicologist (La frottola), dies at 81