On This Day in Music for June 1
Events in Music
- 1893 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
- 1960 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
- 1963 "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
- 1964 Rolling Stones arrive in New York's Kennedy International Airport for 1st US tour, greeted by about 500 fans
- 1966 George Harrison is impressed by sitarist Ravi Shankar's concert in London
- 1967 EMI releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" nation-wide in the UK; it goes to number one for 22 weeks in the UK
- 1968 Simon & Garfunkel's single "Mrs Robinson" from "The Graduate" hits #1 (first rock song to win Grammy for Record of the Year)
- 1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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Alanis MorissetteWeddings in Music
- 1985 Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret; divorce in 1991
- 1997 Grammy Award-winning pop-country singer Kenny Rogers (59) weds Wanda Miller (31) at his ranch in Athens, Georgia
- 2005 "The White Stripes" guitarist, pianist and lead vocalist Jack White (29) weds British model Karen Elson (26) in Manaus, Brazil
Divorces in Music
- 1994 Guns N' Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
More Weddings & Divorces in Music
Musicians Who Died on Jun 1
- 1639 Melchior Franck, German composer
- 1699 Jean Rousseau, French composer and viol player, dies at 54
- 1763 Johann Caspar Vogler, German composer, dies at 67
- 1810 Johann Paul Wessely, Czech composer, dies at 47
June in Music History
The Fatal Dance Manias of Medieval Europe
The strange social phenomena of Medieval Europe where people began dancing and simply couldn't stop
June 24, 1374The Ultimate Beatles Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Beatles Question? Including who was the original Beatles drummer? How about who wrote Hey Jude?
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