June 1984 in Music History

Events in Music

Album Release

Jun 4 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 7th studio album "Born in the USA", his biggest commercial success topped the charts in 11 countries and sold over 30 million copies, worldwide

Film Premiere

Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres

Jun 9 Cyndi Lauper gets her first US #1 hit with "Time After Time"

Music History

Jun 9 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

Jun 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Weather Report, The Smiths, and Black Uhuru headline; other performers include: Ian Dury, Joan Baez, The Waterboys, Fela Kuti, General Public, Dr. John, Fairport Convention, Christy Moore, Brass Construction, The Staple Singers, Billy Bragg, and Amazulu,

Album Release

Jun 25 Prince releases his "Purple Rain" album

Music Recording

Jun 26 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"

Birthdays in Music

Jun 4 Rainie Yang, Taiwanese mando-pop singer, actress, and television personality, born in Taipei, Taiwan
Jun 5 Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress, born in Cannes, France
Jun 9 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter ("Vivo en el Limbo" - I Live in the Limbo), born in Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia (d. 2005)
Jun 14 Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes)

Duffy (38 years old)

Jun 23 Welsh Singer (Mercy), born in Gwynedd, Wales

Jun 29 Derek Lee Rock [Smith], American drummer (Mêlée)
Jun 30 Fantasia [Barrino], American singer (American Idol, "Back to Me"), born in High Point, North Carolina

Weddings in Music

Jun 26 American singer Tiny Tim (52) marries Miss Jan Alweiss (23); divorce in 1995

Deaths in Music

Jun 1 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), dies at 52
Jun 2 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek violinist, composer (Four Preludes on The Return from The Front; Clouds), educator and arts advocate, dies at 75
Jun 8 Gordon Jacob, British composer, dies at 88
Jun 13 António Variações [António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro], Portuguese singer-songwriter (Dar & Receber), dies at 39 of AIDS-related pneumonia complications
Jun 13 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92
Jun 15 Meredith Willson, American composer for stage (The Music Man), and screen (The Great Dictator; Little Foxes), dies at 82
Jun 16 Harmonica Slim [Travis Blaylock], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter ("You Better Believe It"), dies at 49
Jun 17 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), dies at 78
Jun 19 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
Jun 20 Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
Jun 22 (Dillwyn) "Dill" Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, dies of throat cancer at 60