On This Day in Music for June 19
Events in Music
- 1825 Gioachino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims" premieres
- 1932 1st concert given in San Francisco's Stern Grove
- 1937 Second of two legendary recording sessions by Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson with producer Don Law at the Vitagraph Studios, Dallas, Texas
- 1960 Loretta Lynn records "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"
- 1961 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by The Coasters peaks at #23
- 1964 Bob Dylan completes UK tour
- 1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
- 1978 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
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Paula AbdulWeddings in Music
- 1953 Singer James Brown (20) weds Velma Warren at Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, Georgia; divorce in 1969
- 1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
- 2006 "Savage Garden" pop singer Darren Hayes (34) weds animator Richard Cullen in London
Divorces in Music
- 2010 Backup dancer Dean Sheremet (29) divorces Grammy Award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes (27) after nearly eight years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in Music
Musicians Who Died on Jun 19
- 1341 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
- 1747 Alessandro Marcello, composer, dies at 74
- 1759 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
- 1762 Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer, dies at 60
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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