On This Day in Music: June 8

1910 Birth

Aleksandr T Tvardovski

Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russian conductor [NS=June 21] was born

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1981 Birth

Alex Band

Alex Band, American singer (The Calling) was born

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1926 Birth

Anatol Vieru

Anatol Vieru, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Antonio Nicolau

Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor was born

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1951 Birth

Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart) was born

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1944 Birth

Boz Scaggs

Boz Scaggs, [William Royce], Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band) was born

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1942 Birth

Chuck Negron

Chuck Negron, singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) was born

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1941 Birth

Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins

Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, US pop singer (Funkadelic-Knee Deep) was born

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1979 Birth

Derek Trucks

Derek Trucks, American guitarist was born

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1966 Birth

Doris Pearson

Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel) was born

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1950 Birth

Elmar Oliveira

Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978) was born

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1949 Birth

Emanuel Ax

Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist was born

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1949 Birth

Emmanuel Ax

Emmanuel Ax, Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974) was born

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1894 Birth

Erwin Schulhoff

Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala) was born

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1740 Birth

Gabriele Mario Piozzi

Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born

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1989 Birth

Gary Wilson

Gary Wilson, Scottish Musician was born

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1834 Birth

George Garrett

George Garrett, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Greg Ginn

Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag) was born

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1932 Birth

Hans Gunter Helms

Hans Gunter Helms, composer was born

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1722 Birth

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born

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1955 Birth

James Jonathan Sylvers

James Jonathan Sylvers, rocker was born

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1837 Birth

Jan Kleczynski

Jan Kleczynski, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Janos Jagamas

Janos Jagamas, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Jiri Dvoracek

Jiri Dvoracek, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Joan La Barbara

Joan La Barbara, composer was born

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1783 Birth

Joseph Lincke

Joseph Lincke, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Julie Driscoll

Julie Driscoll, rocker/actress (33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee) was born

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1977 Birth

Kanye West

Kanye West, Atlanta, Georgia, American rapper and record producer was born

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1923 Birth

Karel Goeyvaerts

Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (Summer Games) was born

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1963 Birth

Keti Garbi

Keti Garbi, Greek singer was born

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1963 Birth

Kino Haitsma

Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur (Josephine) was born

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1962 Birth

Kristine W

Kristine W, American musician was born

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1983 Birth

Lee Harding

Lee Harding, Australian punk-rock singer was born

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1805 Birth

Luigi Ricci

Luigi Ricci, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Mick Box

Mick Box, rock guitarist (Uriah Heep) was born

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1960 Birth

Mick Hucknall

Mick Hucknall, rocker (Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye) was born

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1940 Birth

Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, singer (Boots are Made for Walkin') and daughter of Frank Sinatra was born

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1856 Birth

Natalia Janotha

Natalia Janotha, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Neil Mitchell

Neil Mitchell, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was) was born

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1962 Birth

Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes, [Bates], keyboardist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) was born

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1753 Birth

Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac

Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer was born

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1888 Birth

Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck

Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer was born

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1881 Birth

Prospero Bisquertt

Prospero Bisquertt, composer was born

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1918 Birth

Robert Preston

Robert Preston, Newton MA, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter) was born

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1812 Birth

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germany, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik) was born

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1940 Birth

Sherman Garnes

Sherman Garnes, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers) was born

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1812 Birth

Spyridon Xyndas

Spyridon Xyndas, composer was born

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1671 Birth

Tomaso Albinoni

Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born

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1951 Birth

Tony Rice

Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist was born

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1930 Birth

Yannis Ioannidis

Yannis Ioannidis, composer was born

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2020 Death

Basen Murmu

Basen Murmu died

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2020 Death

Bonnie Pointer

Bonnie Pointer died

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2025 Death

Carlo von Tiedemann

Carlo von Tiedemann died

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1790 Death

Charles-Joseph van Helmont

Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75

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1906 Death

Christian Frederik Emil Horneman

Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65

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2022 Death

David Lloyd-Jones

David Lloyd-Jones died

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1973 Death

Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala

Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76

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1967 Death

Elliot Griffis

Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74

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1980 Death

Ernst Busch

Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)

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1796 Death

Felice de Giardini

Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80

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1948 Death

Franz Carl Bornschein

Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69

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1940 Death

Frederick Shepherd Converse

Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69

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1814 Death

Friedrich Heinrich Himmel

Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48

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1984 Death

Gordon Jacob

Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88

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1612 Death

Hans Leo Hassler

Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49

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1884 Death

Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51

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1919 Death

Jacob Fabricius

Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78

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1972 Death

Jimmy Rushing

Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68

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1908 Death

Johan Lindegren

Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66

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1870 Death

Johann Gottlob Topfer

Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78

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1967 Death

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies

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1979 Death

Louis Salvador Palange

Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61

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2024 Death

Mark James

Mark James died

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2025 Death

Matija Dedić

Matija Dedić died

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2023 Death

Niel Immelman

Niel Immelman died

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2023 Death

Otis Grand

Otis Grand died

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1995 Death

Sheikh Iman

Sheikh Iman, singer, dies at 76

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2022 Death

Song Hae

Song Hae died

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1987 Death

Yogi Horton

Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33

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2008 Death

Šaban Bajramović

Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)

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1992 Event

Alan Jackson

26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks

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1981 Event

Barbara Mandrell

15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters

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1987 Event

Randy Travis

21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis

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1969 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones

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1974 Event

Yes

Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes"

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