June 2016 in Music History

Events in Music

Stranger to Stranger

Jun 3 Concord Records releases "Stranger to Stranger", the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

CMT Music Awards

Jun 8 50th CMT Music Awards: Tim McGraw; Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Stapleton win

Tony Awards

Jun 12 70th Tony Awards: "Hamilton" (musical) wins 11 awards after record 16 nominations, Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Frank Langella, Jessica Lange win acting awards; "The Humans" (play) wins 4

Glastonbury Festival

Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Coldplay, and Adele headline; other performers include Tame Impala, Squeeze, Frightened Rabbit; ZZ Top, ELO, and Cyndi Lauper

Jun 23 Los Angeles court decision clears Led Zeppelin of stealing riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from band Spirit

Music History

Jun 30 Performance of the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" is 1st Broadway show live stream (via BroadwayHD); later released as a film

Musical Theater Lyricist Sheldon Harnick

Weddings in Music

Jun 25 Singer-songwriter Jill Scott (44) weds longtime boyfriend Mike Dobson in a private ceremony

Divorces in Music

Jun 7 American model Amber Rose (32) weds American rapper Wiz Khalifa (28) divorce after not quite 3 years of marriage

Mandy Moore

Jun 23 Actress and singer Mandy Moore and singer-songwriter Ryan Adams divorce after 7 years

Deaths in Music

Jun 2 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), dies at 64
Jun 3 Dave Swarbrick, British folk fiddler, and songwriter (Fairport Convention; Martin Carthy), dies pneumonia at 75
Jun 5 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (NYC Opera), dies at 94
Jun 10 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22
Jun 11 Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81
Jun 13 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, dies at 91
Jun 13 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
Jun 14 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
Jun 15 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak composer, dies at 80
Jun 17 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), dies from diabetes complications at 46
Jun 18 Peter Feuchtwanger, German piano teacher, musicologist, and composer (Studies in Eastern Idiom; Introduction and Ragas for 8 Violas and cello), dies at 85
Jun 20 Bill Ham [Billy Mack Ham], American music impresario and manager (ZZ Top), dies at 79
Jun 21 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
Jun 23 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
Jun 24 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
Jun 27 Harry Halbreich, German-Belgian musicologist (Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů), dies at 85
Jun 27 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter ("Mustang Sally"; "Respect Yourself"), dies at 82
Jun 28 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (for Elvis), dies at 84
Jun 28 Sergei Cortez, Chilean-Belarusian composer (Jubilee and The Bear; Giordano Bruno), dies at 81
Jun 29 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64