Events in Music
Music History
Jun 7 During the Queen's Jubilee, the Sex Pistols attempt to perform on a boat on the River Thames, but are forced to stop by the police
- Jun 11 "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and the Sunshine Band peaks at #1
- Jun 12 Stephen Schwartz's musical "Pippin", starring Ben Vereen; Irene Ryan, and Jill Clayburgh, and directed by Bob Fosse, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 1944 performances, and 5 Tony Award wins
- Jun 16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
Music History
Jun 18 Sex Pistols johnny rotten & Paul Cook, beaten by a group of rabble-rousers outside of a London pub
Album Release
Jun 24 Crystal Gayle releases best-selling album "We Must Believe in Magic" featuring worldwide hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (1st platinum album by a female country music artist)
Music Concert
Jun 26 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 4 Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian jazz-fusion, rock, and world music guitarist, and composer, born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
- Jun 5 Christian Martucci, American musician (Stone Sour), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jun 5 Nourhanne, Armenian-Lebanese pop singer ("Habibi ya Einy")
- Jun 8 Frøy Aagre, Norwegian jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Tønsberg, Norway
Kanye West (45 years old)
Jun 8 American rapper, songwriter, and record producer, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jun 10 Nergal [Adam Darski], Polish heavy metal singer, guitarist, bandleadesr, and songwriter (Behemoth), born in Gdynia, Poland
- Jun 10 Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress
- Jun 11 Ozan Musluoğlu, Turkish ska-punk (Athena), and jazz bassist, born in Germany
- Jun 12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd [Brobst], American blues-rock guitarist, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Jun 23 Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter ("I'm Yours"; "Have It All"), born in Mechanicsville, Virginia
- Jun 28 Harun Tekin, Turkish musician (Mor ve Ötesi), born in Ankara, Turkey
- Jun 28 Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers), born in Houston, Texas
Divorces in Music
Pattie Boyd & George Harrison
Jun 6 Former Beatle George Harrison (33) and British model Pattie Boyd (32) divorce after 11 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Jun 2 Henri D Gagnebin, Belgian-Swiss organist and composer, dies at 91
- Jun 5 "Sleepy" John Estes, American Blues musician ("Drop Down Mama"), dies at 78
- Jun 22 Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs; Pere Ubu), dies of acute pancreatitis at 24
- Jun 25 Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian composer (Dark Heaven Requiem), dies at 65
- Jun 25 Petko Staynov, Bulgarian composer and pianist, dies at 80
- Jun 26 Lou Reizner, American rock vocalist and producer (Rod Stewart; Tommy), dies of cancer at 43
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