Events in Music
- Jun 5 "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
Music City News Awards
Jun 7 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill win
Vince Gill
- Jun 7 Singer Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
Music Premiere
Jun 21 Revival of Lerner and Loewe' musical "Camelot", with Robert Goulet as King Arthur, opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 56 performances
Robert Goulet
Event of Interest
Jun 22 Wilson Pickett pleads guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving
Wilson Pickett
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 25 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Black Crowes, and The Kinks headline; other performers include Winton Marsalis, Robert Plant, Velvet Underground, Hothouse Flowers, Van Morrison, John Prine, Rolf Harris, Lenny Kravitz, and Barenaked Ladies
Lenny Kravitz
Robert Plant
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 19 KSI [Olajide Olatunji] British YouTuber, comedian and rapper, born in London, England
Ariana Grande
Jun 26 Ariana Grande, American singer (Problem, The Way), born in Boca Raton, Florida
Ariana Grande
- Jun 29 George Sampson, English dancer and official ambassador of the United Dance Organisation, born in Warrington, Cheshire, England
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Jun 5 American pop singer Mariah Carey (24) weds Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola (43), at St. Patrick's cathedral in New York City; divorced 1998
Mariah Carey
Wedding of Interest
Jun 27 American actress Julia Roberts (25) weds American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana; divorce in 1995
Julia Roberts
Deaths in Music
- Jun 5 Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins], American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"), dies in surgery at 59
- Jun 8 Roberto Caamaño, Argentine composer, dies at 69
- Jun 9 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence, Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
- Jun 9 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]
- Jun 21 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
- Jun 25 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), dies at 67
- Jun 28 [Jesus Christ] "GG" Allin, American punk rock singer, dies of accidental heroin overdose at 36
- Jun 29 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer dies of complications from AIDS at 46