June 1977 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 6 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert at Calabasas Park Country Club & Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to benefit the United Way

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 18 Sex Pistols johnny rotten & Paul Cook, beaten by a group of rabble-rousers outside of a London pub

Jun 26 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career

Jun 30 Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss

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 Kanye West, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer, born in Atlanta, Georgia

Jun 8 Frøy Aagre, Norwegian jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Tønsberg, Norway
Jun 10 Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress
Jun 10 Nergal [Adam Darski], Polish heavy metal singer, guitarist, bandleadesr, and songwriter (Behemoth), born in Gdynia, Poland
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

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 Szervanszky, Hungarian composer, 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