Events in Music
- Jun 1 "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 56 performances
- Jun 2 "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
- Jun 4 24th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton & Patty Loveless win
Music History
Jun 7 Michael Jackson enters St. John's Hospital and Health Center, near his home, for chest pains after a dance rehearsal and exercise session
- Jun 9 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage, in California
Album Release
Jun 9 Red Hot Organization releases music album "Red Hot + Blue" featuring contemporary pop stars (including U2; Annie Lennox; Thompson Twins; Sinéad O'Connor; Tom Waits) performing songs of Cole Porter to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV
Music History
Jun 11 UN appoints British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John as environmental ambassador
Album Release
Jun 12 "Mariah Carey" debut album by Mariah Carey is released
Music History
Jun 21 Little Richard [Penniman] gets a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame
Music Concert
Jun 22 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium, New York City
- Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Cure, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo headline; other performers include Sinead O'Connor, Neville Brothers, Ry Cooder, Del Amitri, Flaco Jiminez, Hothouse flowers, and World Party
Music History
Jun 23 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 4 Zach Farro, American rock drummer, and songwriter (Paramore - "Misery Business"; "Brick By Boring Brick"), born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey
- Jun 7 Iggy Azalea [Amethyst Kelly], Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter ("Fancy"; "Black Widow"), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jun 15 Kaspar Uljas, Estonian jazz accordion and bandoneon player, born in Estonia
- Jun 27 Aselin Debison, Canadian pop, country, and Celtic singer ("Bigger Than Me"), born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
- Jun 30 Daro Behroozi, American funk saxophonist and clarinetist (Lucky Chops), born in New York City
Deaths in Music
- Jun 2 Walter Davis Jr., American hard bop pianist (Davis Cup, Illumination), dies of liver and kidney disease at 57
- Jun 3 Stiv Bators [Steven Bator], American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Dead Boys; The Lords of the New Church), dies from brain injury after being struck by a car in Paris, at 40
- Jun 5 Jim Hodder, American drummer, and singer (Steely Dan, 1972-74), drowns in his home swimming pool at 42
- Jun 7 Barbara Baxley, American stage and screen actress and singer (Norma Rae; Nashville; Countdown), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Jun 11 Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter ("Sugar Blues"; the wah-wah sound), bandleader and co-founder of "Down Beat" magazin, dies at 86
- Jun 14 Erna Berger, German soprano, dies at 89
- Jun 15 Carlo Prosperi, Italian composer, dies at 69
- Jun 16 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, dies at 98
- Jun 19 Antonio Martinez, Spanish rock guitarist (Los Bravos - "Black Is Black", dies in a motorcycle accident at 44
- Jun 21 June Christy, American jazz singer (Tampico), dies at 64
- Jun 25 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
- Jun 30 Dudu Pukwana [Mtutuzel], South African saxophonist and composer, dies at 51