Events in Music
Music Concert
1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
George Harrison
Ravi Shankar
Music Premiere
1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1973 George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold
Event of Interest
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"
Paul McCartney
Music Concert
1980 Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
Barbra Streisand
Event of Interest
1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
David Lee Roth
Album Release
1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
Weird Al Yankovic
Birthdays in Music
- 1549 Allesandre Spontone, composer
- 1611 Felician Schwab, composer
- 1653 Georg Muffat, baroque composer, born in Megève, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1704)
- 1755 Frederico Fiorillo, Italian violist/composer
- 1757 Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method)
- 1763 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer
- 1765 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen (d. 1831)
- 1769 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer
- 1771 Ferdinando Paer, composer
- 1776 John George Schetky, American violoncellist, music teacher and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
- 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer ("Jota Aragonesa", "Ruslan and Ludmilla") [OS=May 20]
- 1826 Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor
- 1826 Hermann Zopff, composer
- 1848 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1915)
- 1886 Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist
- 1892 Samuel L M Barlow II, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
- 1898 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)
- 1898 Lieb Glantz, Ukrainian-born tenor, composer and Zionist, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1964)
- 1899 Werner Janssen, American conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY), born in NYC, New York
- 1903 Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, born in Chatham (d. 1946)
- 1905 Dinora de Carvalho, composer
- 1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber Orchestra)
- 1919 Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer
- 1921 Nelson Riddle, American Grammy Award winning bandleader, conductor and orchestrator for Capitol Records (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Dean Martin), born in Oradell, New Jersey (d. 1985)
- 1924 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1996)
- 1924 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
- 1926 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), born in Mount Airy, North Carolina (d. 2012)
- 1929 Yehudi Wyner, composer
- 1930 Edward Woodward, British singer and actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 2009)
- 1934 Charles "Pat" Boone, American singer, actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade, No More Mr. Nice Guy) and TV personality (The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1941 Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
- 1943 Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons)
- 1943 Richard Goode, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1943 Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, born in London, England (d. 2017)
- 1945 Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
- 1946 Carol Neblett, American soprano (Met and City Opera), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)
- 1947 Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
- 1949 Mike Levine, Canadian rock keyboardist, bassist (Triumph), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1950 Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
- 1955 Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
- 1956 Lisa Hartman Black, American singer and actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing), born in Houston, Texas
- 1958 Michael Landau, American session musician, engineer, and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1959 Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!)
- 1960 Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
- 1962 Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time)
- 1963 Mike Joyce, rock drummer (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London)
- 1968 Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)
- 1970 Rene Liu "Milk Tea", Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress , born in Taipei, Taiwan
- 1971 Roldán González, Cuban singer (Orishas)
Alanis Morissette
1974 Alanis Morissette, Canadian-America vocalist (Jagged Little Pill), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Alanis Morissette
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1985 Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret
Merle Haggard
Wedding of Interest
1997 Grammy Award-winning singer Kenny Rogers (59) weds Wanda Miller (31) at his ranch in Athens, Georgia
Kenny Rogers
Wedding of Interest
2007 Legendary crooner Tony Bennett (80) weds his longtime girlfriend Susan Crow (47) in New York City
Tony Bennett
Wedding of Interest
2013 Singer Diana DeGarmo (26) weds singer Ace Young (33) at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard hotel in Los Angeles
Diana DeGarmo
- 2013 Napster founder Sean Parker (33) weds singer-songwriter Alexandra Lenas at the Ventana Inn in Big Sur, California
Divorces in Music
- 1994 Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
Deaths in Music
- 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, composer, dies at 47
- 1909 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
- 1918 Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83
- 1918 Jaroslav Novotny, Czech composer, dies at 32
- 1926 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64
- 1935 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64
- 1942 Ernest Pingoud, Finnish composer, dies at 53
- 1946 Leo Slezak, Austrian tenor and actor (Othello, Zirkus Saran, Husaren heraus), dies from a heart attack at 72
- 1948 Sonny Boy Williamson I [John Lee], American blues musician (Down & Out Blues), dies at 34
- 1955 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84
- 1964 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
- 1966 Papa Jack Laine, American musician and pioneering bandleader, dies at 92
- 1984 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), dies at 52
- 1985 Richard Greene, English composer and actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 67
- 1991 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
- 1995 Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80
- 1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48
- 2006 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, dies at 59
- 2007 Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
- 2015 Jean Ritchie, American folk singer, dies at 92
- 2018 Eddy Clearwater [Edward Harrington], American blues musician (West Side Strut), dies of heart failure at 83
June in History
Testing Time for Drivers
Deaths caused by accidents on UK roads fell by 1,000 within a year of the official driving test being introduced. But was the half-hour test enough?
June 1, 1935
The King is Dead; Long Live the Queen
Princess Elizabeth was in Africa when her father died and she became Queen. Her coronation, on this day in history, could be described as a magnificent washout.
June 2, 1953
The Fire and Fury of Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin was a religious extremist who described the clergy as 'vipers from hell' and tried to burn down one of England’s most treasured cathedrals.
June 3, 1838
Dunkirk: Military Retreat They Called a Miracle
Trapped on beaches and a sitting target for German fighter planes and bombers, 330,000 Allied troops looked doomed. Then came the "miracle" of Dunkirk.
June 4, 1940