Events in Music
Music Recording
1960 Loretta Lynn records "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"
Loretta Lynn
- 1961 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
Event of Interest
1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
Paul McCartney
- 1978 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
Event of Interest
1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
Weird Al Yankovic
Film Premier
2014 "Transformers: Age of Extinction" directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg premieres in Hong Kong. Highest grossing film of 2014 ($1.104 billion)
Mark Wahlberg
Birthdays in Music
- 1613 Christian de Placker, composer
- 1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
- 1766 Edmund Weber, composer
- 1782 John Bray, English-born American actor and composer (The Indian Princess), born (d. 1822)
- 1810 Ferdinand David, violist/compser (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels)
- 1815 John William Glover, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1899)
- 1842 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
- 1843 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer
- 1854 Alfredo Catalani, composer
- 1868 Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) know for his Schenkerian analysis of music, born in Wisniowczyki, Austrian Galicia (d. 1935)
- 1885 Stevan Hristic, composer
- 1886 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song)
- 1896 Walter Lang, Swiss composer (d. 1966)
- 1898 Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
- 1902 Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne)
- 1904 Balis Dvarionas, composer
- 1905 Taneli Kuusisto, composer
- 1909 Edwin Gerschefski, composer
- 1912 Jerry Jerome, American saxophonist (Words & Music), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1912 Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
- 1914 Lester Raymond Flatt, American bluegrass guitarist (Flatt & Scruggs - Ballad of Jed Clampett; Foggy Mountain Breakdown), born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee (d. 1979)
- 1927 Karel Kupka, Czech composer, born in Rychvald
- 1930 Jul Levi, Bulgarian composer and conductor, born in Salonica, Greece
- 1932 Ernest Ranglin, Jamaican guitarist (Studio One, Jimmy Cliff), born in Manchester, Jamaica
- 1935 Tommy Devito, rock vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- 1936 Shirley Goodman, US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)
- 1936 Marisa Galvany, American soprano
- 1939 Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1942 Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day)
- 1944 Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
- 1945 Peter Bardens, English musician (Camel), born in London (d. 2002)
- 1945 Robert Franklin Palmer Jr., American writer, musicologist, and musician (Deep Blues), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1947 Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
- 1948 Phylicia Rashad, American actress and singer (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live), born in Houston, Texas
- 1950 Ann Wilson, American musician (Heart-What About Love), born in San Diego, California
- 1953 Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire)
- 1956 Doug Stone, American singer
- 1959 Mark DeBarge, rock vocalist (DeBarge-Who's Johnny), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
- 1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC)
- 1960 Luke Morley, British guitarist
Paula Abdul
1962 Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, choreographer (Straight Up) and TV personality (American Idol), born in San Fernando, California
Paula Abdul
- 1964 Brian Vander Ark, American musician
- 1966 Silje Nergaard, Norwegian jazz singer (Tell Me Where You're Going), born in Steinkjer, Norway
- 1970 Brian Welch, American guitarist
- 1970 Antonis Remos, Greek singer
- 1972 Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
- 1993 KSI [Olajide Olatunji] British YouTuber, comedian and rapper, born in London, England
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1953 Singer James Brown (20) weds Velma Warren at Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, Georgia
James Brown
Divorces in Music
- 2010 Backup dancer Dean Sheremet (29) divorces Grammy Award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes (27) after nearly eight years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 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
- 1822 John Bray, English-born American composer (The Indian Princess), dies on his 40th birthday
- 1915 Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
- 1940 Maurice Jaubert, French composer and soldier, dies a few hours after being fatally wounded in action at 40
- 1952 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (b. 1888)
- 1966 Marjan Kozina, composer, dies at 59
- 1984 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
- 1988 Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
- 1995 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, dies at 71
- 1996 Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
- 1996 Vivian Ellis, composer, dies at 91
- 1997 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
- 2007 El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- 2007 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
- 2009 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 87
- 2013 Slim Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), dies from heart failure at 90
- 2014 Gerry Goffin, American Hall of Fame lyricist, dies at 75
June in History
Lomu – The Unstoppable Gentle Giant
Jonah Lomu was a phenomenon in Rugby Union – a man-mountain who inspired fear and respect in equal measure among his opponents.
June 18, 1995
'Gorgeous Gussie' Shocks Wimbledon
There is a strict dress code at Wimbledon and, as Gussie Moran discovered on this day in tennis history, tennis players break it at their peril.
June 20, 1949
Deadly Quest For The Northern Passage
For centuries mankind had sought the fabled Northern Passage - a new route for shipping from Europe to Asia. Explorer Henry Hudson's attempt did not go well.
June 22, 1611
How the Qwerty Keyboard was Born
A typewriter patent was granted on this day to the man who would go on to produce and inflict on us all the ubiquitous Qwerty keyboard.
June 23, 1868