June 1991 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 8 "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 48 performances
Jun 10 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton wins

Album Release

Jun 11 Natalie Cole releases "Unforgettable...with Love", covering her father's standards including a "virtual duet" of title track; wins 6 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, 1992

Jun 16 Revival of musical "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 241 performances

Music Single

Jun 18 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" single released by Bryan Adams (Billboard Song of the Year, 1991)

Jun 22 "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 performances

Music Recording

Jun 23 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"

Jun 26 "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 70 performances

Theatrical Finale

Jun 29 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC, after 216 performances

Birthdays in Music

Jun 21 Tyler Childers, American country, bluegrass and folk singer- songwriter (Purgatory; Long Violent History), born in Lawrence County, Kentucky

Weddings in Music

Jun 7 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson

Bruce Springsteen

Jun 9 American rock star Bruce Springsteen (41) weds his backup singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa (34), at their Los Angeles home

Deaths in Music

Jun 1 David Ruffin, American soul musician and early lead singer for The Temptations (My Girl, Ain't Too Proud to Beg), dies of drug overdose at 50
Jun 6 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
Jun 6 Stan Getz [Stanley Gayetski], American big band, bebop, cool jazz, and bossa nova tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Getz/Gilberto), dies of liver cancer at 64
Jun 8 Bertice Reading, American stage and screen actress and singer (The Jazz Train; Requiem For A Nun; Moon In The Gutter), dies at 57
Jun 9 Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), dies following surgery at 88
Jun 9 Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
Jun 16 Vicky Brown, American singer ("Power of Love"), dies
Jun 16 Vicki Brown, British pop, rock session vocalist, and contemporary classical singer, dies of breast cancer at 51
Jun 20 Malcolm Frager, American concert pianist, dies at 56
Jun 23 Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
Jun 29 Richard "Groove" Holmes, American jazz organist (Misty), dies of cancer at 60