Events in Music
Album Release
Jun 5 George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England", his ninth studio album, includes John Lennon tribute "All Those Years Ago" (Featuring Paul and Ringo)
Music History
Jun 21 Donald Fagen and Walter Becker disband their rock group Steely Dan
Music History
Jun 22 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing former Beatle John Lennon
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 1 Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter, born in Ravensdale, Washington
- Jun 4 William Barton, Australian didgeridoo player, and composer (Kalkadunga) born in Mount Isa, North-West Queensland, Australia
- Jun 5 Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian rock guitarist (Simple Plan - "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)"), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 8 Alex Band, American singer (The Calling - "Wherever You Will Go"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 9 Vic Zhou, Taiwanese pop singer (F4), actor (Meteor Garden; Home), and model, born in Yilan, Taiwan
- Jun 9 Anoushka Shankar, British-Indian sitar player, composer, and daughter of Ravi Shankar, born in London, England
- Jun 10 Hoku, American singer and actress
- Jun 12 John Gourley, American musician, singer, and songwriter (Portugal. The Man), born in Wasilla, Alaska
- Jun 15 Billy Martin, American guitarist and songwriter (Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless), born in Annapolis, Maryland,
- Jun 16 Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter
- Jun 21 Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers- "Mr. Brightside"; "Human"), born in Henderson, Nevada
Deaths in Music
- Jun 11 Albert Markos, Romanian composer (Torso I), dies at 66
- Jun 21 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer, dies on his 81st birthday
- Jun 23 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
- Jun 26 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies
- Jun 28 Peter Paul Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and film score composer, dies at 75