1959-06-01
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Alan "Wild"er
Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!) was born
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1974-06-01
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Alanis Nadine Morisette
Alanis Nadine Morisette, vocalist (Jagged Little Pill) was born
1549-06-01
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Allesandre Spontone
Allesandre Spontone, composer was born
1919-06-01
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Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner
Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer was born
1981-06-01
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Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter was born
1946-06-01
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Carol Neblett
Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera) was born
1950-06-01
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Charlene [D'Angelo]
Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me) was born
1763-06-01
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Christian Gottlob Saupe
Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer was born
1905-06-01
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Dinora de Carvalho
Dinora de Carvalho, composer was born
1898-06-01
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Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild
Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show) was born
1941-06-01
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Edo de Waart
Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976) was born
1943-06-01
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Ely van Tongeren
Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons) was born
1886-06-01
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Ernst Kurth
Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist was born
1611-06-01
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Felician Schwab
Felician Schwab, composer was born
1771-06-01
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Ferdinando Paer
Ferdinando Paer, composer was born
1755-06-01
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Frederico Fiorillo
Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer was born
1765-06-01
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Friedrich Ludwig Seidel
Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer was born
1653-06-01
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Georg Muffat
Georg Muffat, composer was born
1826-06-01
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Hermann Zopff
Hermann Zopff, composer was born
1757-06-01
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Ignaz J Pleyel
Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method) was born
1968-06-01
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Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors) was born
1962-06-01
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Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time) was born
1776-06-01
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John George Schetky
John George Schetky, composer was born
1769-06-01
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Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner
Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer was born
1898-06-01
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Lieb Glantz
Lieb Glantz, composer was born
1945-06-01
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Linda Scott
Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now) was born
1956-06-01
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Lisa Hartman Black
Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing) was born
1963-06-01
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Mike Joyce
Mike Joyce, rock drummer (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London) was born
1949-06-01
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Mike Levine
Mike Levine, rock keyboardist/bassist (Triumph) was born
1803-06-01
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Mikhail I Glinka
Mikhail I Glinka, Russian composer [OS=May 20] was born
1804-06-01
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Mikhail Ivan Glinka
Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa) was born
1988-06-01
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Nami Tamaki
Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer was born
1921-06-01
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Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra) was born
1848-06-01
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Otto Valdemar Malling
Otto Valdemar Malling, composer was born
1934-06-01
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Pat Boone
Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade) was born
1924-06-01
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Paula Hinton
Paula Hinton, dancer was born
1903-06-01
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Percy William Whitlock
Percy William Whitlock, composer was born
1955-06-01
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Ralph Morse
Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas was born
1943-06-01
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Richard Goode
Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award) was born
1971-06-01
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Roldán González
Roldán González, Cuban singer was born
1947-06-01
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Ron Wood
Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) was born
1892-06-01
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Samuel L M Barlow
Samuel L M Barlow, composer was born
1960-06-01
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Simon Gallup
Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure) was born
1909-06-01
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Szymon Goldberg
Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch) was born
1899-06-01
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Werner Janssen
Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) was born
1929-06-01
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Yehudi Wyner
Yehudi Wyner, composer was born
1935-06-01
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Alberto Cametti
Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64
1991-06-01
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David Ruffin
David Ruffin, vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50
1996-06-01
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Don Grolnick
Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48
1942-06-01
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Ernest Pingoud
Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53
1955-06-01
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F Melius Christiansen
F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84
1918-06-01
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Friedrich Richard Faltin
Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83
1909-06-01
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Giuseppe Martucci
Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
1918-06-01
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Jaroslav Novotny
Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32
1763-06-01
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Johann Caspar Vogler
Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67
1810-06-01
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Johann Paul Wessely
Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47
1639-06-01
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Melchior Franck
Melchior Franck, German composer
1966-06-01
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Papa Jack Laine
Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
1995-06-01
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Prudence Hyman
Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80
2006-06-01
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RocÃo Jurado
RocÃo Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
1964-06-01
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Rutkowski Bronislaw
Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
1948-06-01
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Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34
2007-06-01
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Tony Thompson
Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
1926-06-01
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov
Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64
1893-06-01
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Giuseppe Verdi
Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
1994-06-01
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Guns N' Roses
Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
1975-06-01
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Rolling Stones
Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stones guitarist
1967-06-01
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The Beatles
Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold
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