This Day in Music History

1807-06-06 - Adrien Francois Servais

Adrien Francois Servais, composer was born

1722-06-06 - Adrien Trudo Sale

Adrien Trudo Sale, composer was born

1968-06-06 - Alan Licht

Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist was born

1966-06-06 - Angela Cavagna

Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer was born

1735-06-06 - Anton Schweitzer

Anton Schweitzer, composer was born

1903-06-06 - Aram Il'yich Khachaturian

Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane) was born

1902-06-06 - Avraham Daus

Avraham Daus, composer was born

1929-06-06 - Boguslaw Schaffer

Boguslaw Schaffer, composer was born

1978-06-06 - Carl BarÃ¢t

Carl BarÃ¢t, English musician (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things) was born

1975-06-06 - Cheer Chen

Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician was born

1972-06-06 - Cristina Scabbia

Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer (Lacuna Coil) was born

1965-06-06 - David Whyte

David Whyte, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) was born

1964-06-06 - Dee C Lee

Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing) was born

1969-06-06 - Douglas Lee Mitchell

Douglas Lee Mitchell, Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang) was born

1951-06-06 - Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind) was born

1944-06-06 - Edgar Froese

Edgar Froese, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born

1949-06-06 - Edgar Warren Williams

Edgar Warren Williams, composer was born

1815-06-06 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto

Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer was born

1939-06-06 - Gary "US" Bonds

Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson], Fla, singer/songwriter (New Orleans) was born

1676-06-06 - Georg Riedel

Georg Riedel, German composer was born

1661-06-06 - Giacomo Antonio Perti

Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer was born

1949-06-06 - Holly Near

Holly Near, American folksinger was born

1942-06-06 - Howie Kane

Howie Kane, rocker was born

1922-06-06 - Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton, composer was born

1891-06-06 - Istvan Kardos

Istvan Kardos, composer was born

1902-06-06 - Jimmie Lunceford

Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (d. 1947) was born

1905-06-06 - John Gart

John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader (Paul Winchell Show) was born

1840-06-06 - John Stainer

John Stainer, composer was born

1926-06-06 - Klaus Tennstedt

Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio) was born

1987-06-06 - Kyle Falconer

Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician was born

1940-06-06 - Laudir De Olivera

Laudir De Olivera, rocker (Chicago) was born

1936-06-06 - Levi Stubbs

Levi Stubbs, rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song) was born

1939-06-06 - Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction) was born

1893-06-06 - Ludovic Feldman

Ludovic Feldman, composer was born

1976-06-06 - Lukas Hass

Lukas Hass, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box) was born

1978-06-06 - Mariana Popova

Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer was born

1935-06-06 - Misja Mengelberg

Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction) was born

1961-06-06 - Nir Brand

Nir Brand, Israeli composer was born

1944-06-06 - Peter Albin

Peter Albin, SF California, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co) was born

1804-06-06 - Petter Conrad Boman

Petter Conrad Boman, composer was born

1934-06-06 - Philippe Entremont

Philippe Entremont, France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch) was born

1940-06-06 - Phillip Rhodes

Phillip Rhodes, composer was born

1948-06-06 - Richard Sinclair

Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan) was born

1894-06-06 - Sabin V Dragoi

Sabin V Dragoi, composer was born

1966-06-06 - Sean Yseult

Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie) was born

1924-06-06 - Serge Nigg

Serge Nigg, composer was born

1869-06-06 - Siegfried Wagner

Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor was born

1960-06-06 - Steve Vai

Steve Vai, Carle Place, New York, American guitarist (Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake) was born

1890-06-06 - Ted Lewis

Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971) was born

1947-06-06 - Terry Williams

Terry Williams, rocker (First Edition) was born

1961-06-06 - Tom Araya

Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer) was born

1910-06-06 - Toshitsugu Ogiwara

Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer was born

1915-06-06 - Vincent Persichetti

Vincent Persichetti, Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl) was born

1819-06-06 - William Howard Glover

William Howard Glover, composer was born

1952-06-06 - Yukihiro Yakahashi

Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker (Yellow Magic Orchestra) was born

1976-06-06 - aKido

aKido, Canadian musician was born

1971-06-06 - Arnold Elston

Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63

2006-06-06 - Billy Preston

Billy Preston, American musician (b. 1946)

1883-06-06 - Ciprian Porumbescu

Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29

1966-06-06 - Claudette Orbison

Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash

2003-06-06 - Dave Rowberry

Dave Rowberry, British musician (The Animals) (b. 1940)

1735-06-06 - Georg Osterreich

Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71

1878-06-06 - Gottfried Herrmann

Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70

1928-06-06 - Heinrich Gottlieb Noren

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67

1926-06-06 - Henry Tate

Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52

1881-06-06 - Henry Vieuxtemps

Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61

2006-06-06 - Hilton Ruiz

Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist (b. 1952)

1917-06-06 - Iacob Moresianu

Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59

1995-06-06 - Imam Elissa

Imam Elissa, singer, dies at 76

1935-06-06 - Jacques Urlus

Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68

1747-06-06 - Jean Barriere

Jean Barriere, composer, dies

1785-06-06 - Johann Michael Demmler

Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36

1994-06-06 - John Morey Downs

John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80

1958-06-06 - Lily Theresa Strickland

Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71

2010-06-06 - Marvin Isley

Marvin Isley, American Musician The Isley Brothers (b. 1953)

2002-06-06 - Robbin Crosby

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (b. 1959)

1991-06-06 - Stan Getz

Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64

1852-06-06 - Tommaso Marchesi

Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79

1994-06-06 - Willie Humphrey

Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93

1994-06-06 - Alan Jackson

28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Ray Stevens

1983-06-06 - Marty Robbins

17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins & Roy Acuff

1988-06-06 - Randy Travis

22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis & Statler Brothers

1964-06-06 - The Beatles

Beatles arrive in netherlands