Events in Music
Music History
Jun 1 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
Album Release
Jun 1 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
Music City News Awards
Jun 10 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, Barbara Mandrell win
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 21 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Echo & the Bunnyman, Joe Cocker, and The Boomtown Rats headline; other performers include: The Style Council, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Nick Lowe, Third World, Gregory Isaacs, Hugh Masekela, Clannad, Midnight Oil, Aswad, and The Pogues
- Jun 22 "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances
Music History
Jun 22 "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
- Jun 30 Revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King & I" closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 191 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 2 Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer, composer, and actress
- Jun 7 Charlie Simpson, British rock singer-songwriter and musician (Busted; Fightstar), born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Jun 11 Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer, born in New Port Richey, Florida
- Jun 11 Josh Ramsay, Canadian singer and songwriter (Marianas Trench), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jun 12 Tasha-Ray Evin, Canadian musician (Lillix)
- Jun 12 Chris Young, American country music singer and songwriter, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Jun 13 Raz-B [De'Mario Thornton], American R&B actor and singer (B2K), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jun 15 Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish pop singer (Girls Aloud - "Sound of the Underground"; "The Promise"), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
Lana Del Rey
Jun 21 Lana Del Rey [Elizabeth Grant], American singer-songwriter (Born to Die, Ultraviolence), and model (H&M), born in NYC, New York
Weddings in Music
Merle Haggard
Jun 1 Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret; divorce in 1991
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