June 1998 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 7 52nd Tony Awards: "The Lion King" (musical) and '"Art" (play) win

Music City News Awards

Jun 15 32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan & Billy Ray Cyrus win

Country Singer-Songwriter Billy Ray Cyrus

Jun 21 "Don't Be Cruel" second studio album by Bobby Brown is released (Grammy Award Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, 1990)

Glastonbury Festival

Jun 26 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Primal Scream, Blur, and Pulp headline; other performers include Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tori Amos, The Foo Fighters, and Hothouse Flowers

Singer-Songwriter and Musician Dave Grohl

Birthdays in Music

Jun 4 Central Cee [Oakley Caesar-Su], English rapper and songwriter (Doja), born in London, England
Jun 5 Dave [David Omoregie], English rapper, singer-songwriter, actor (Psychodrama), born in London, England
Jun 16 Jonah Marais, American pop singer (Why Don't We)

Deaths in Music

Jun 3 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), dies at 75
Jun 6 Jan Seidel, Czech composer, dies at 89
Jun 6 Svend Simon Schultz, Danish composer, dies at 84
Jun 10 Steve Sanders, American country baritone singer (Oak Ridge Boys, 1987-95), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 45
Jun 12 Theresa Merritt [Hines], American singer and actress (The Wiz; That's My Mama), dies of skin cancer at 75
Jun 25 Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist,, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
Jun 25 Richard Bales, American composer (National Gallery of Art orchestra), dies at 83
Jun 29 Horst Jankowski, German jazz and easy listening pianist ("A Walk In The Black Forest"), dies of lung cancer at 62