On This Day in Music: June 21

1865 Birth

Albert Herbert Brewer

Albert Herbert Brewer, composer was born

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1929 Birth

Alexandre Lagoya

Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999) was born

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1893 Birth

Alois Hába

Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973) was born

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1971 Birth

Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon, Swedish singer was born

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1953 Birth

Augustus Pablo

Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (d. 1999) was born

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1910 Birth

Bela Tardos

Bela Tardos, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers) was born

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1946 Birth

Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway, US singer/songwriter (When I'm Gone) was born

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1668 Birth

Cajetan Kolberer

Cajetan Kolberer, composer was born

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1939 Birth

Charles Boone

Charles Boone, composer was born

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1910 Birth

Charles Jones

Charles Jones, composer was born

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1945 Birth

Chris Britton

Chris Britton, England, rock guitarist (Troggs-Wild Thing) was born

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1818 Birth

Ernst II

Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer was born

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1921 Birth

Frank Scott

Frank Scott, Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show) was born

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1577 Birth

Giovanni Del Turco

Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Gunnar Ek

Gunnar Ek, composer was born

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1906 Birth

Harold Spina

Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997) was born

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1903 Birth

Helene Costello

Helene Costello, dancer/actress (Love Toy) was born

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1862 Birth

Henry Holden Huss

Henry Holden Huss, composer was born

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1891 Birth

Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music) was born

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1914 Birth

Jan Decadt

Jan Decadt, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Joey Kramer

Joey Kramer, NYC, hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic) was born

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1948 Birth

Joey Malland

Joey Malland, Liverpool, rock guitarist (Badfinger-Come & Get It) was born

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1732 Birth

Johann Christoph Frederic Bach

Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Jon Hiseman

Jon Hiseman, rocker was born

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1928 Birth

Judith Raskin

Judith Raskin, NYC, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro) was born

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1805 Birth

Karl Friedrich Curschmann

Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Kathy Mattea

Kathy Mattea, country singer (Love at the Five & Dime) was born

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1987 Birth

Kim Ryeowook

Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer was born

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1961 Birth

Kip Winger

Kip Winger, rocker (Winger-17) was born

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1909 Birth

Kurt Schwaen

Kurt Schwaen, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Lalo [Boris] Schifrin

Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer was born

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1903 Birth

Louis Krasner

Louis Krasner, violinist was born

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1906 Birth

Luis Maria Millet

Luis Maria Millet, composer was born

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1961 Birth

Manu Chao

Manu Chao, Spanish musician was born

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1957 Birth

Mark Brzezicki

Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer (Big Country-Wonderland) was born

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1944 Birth

Miguel Danus

Miguel Danus, Vicens rocker was born

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1976 Birth

Mike Einziger

Mike Einziger, American musician was born

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1974 Birth

Neely Jenkins

Neely Jenkins, American musician was born

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1951 Birth

Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist/singer/songwriter (East Street Band) was born

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1936 Birth

O C Smith

O C Smith, rocker was born

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1932 Birth

O.C. Smith

O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001) was born

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1932 Birth

Ocie Lee "OC" Smith

Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, US jazz singer (Little Green Apples) was born

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1899 Birth

Pavel Haas

Pavel Haas, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Pete Rock

Pete Rock, American rapper/producer was born

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1944 Birth

Ray Davies

Ray Davies, London, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Come Dancing) was born

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1943 Birth

Salomé

Salomé, Spanish singer was born

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1961 Birth

Sascha Konietzko

Sascha Konietzko, German musician was born

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1967 Birth

Tim Simenson

Tim Simenson, rocker (Bomb the Bass) was born

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1962 Birth

Viktor Tsoi

Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician was born

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1924 Birth

Wally Fawkes

Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist was born

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1902 Birth

Wilhelm Maler

Wilhelm Maler, composer was born

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1790 Birth

Wilhelm Speyer

Wilhelm Speyer, composer was born

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1887 Death

Adolf Schimon

Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67

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2000 Death

Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)

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1979 Death

Angus Maclise

Angus Maclise, American mystic, shaman, musician, and composer (b. 1938)

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1997 Death

Art Prysock

Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68

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1986 Death

Assi Rahbani

Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author (b. 1923)

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1914 Death

Glauco Velasquez

Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30

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1981 Death

Gunnar Ek

Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday

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1946 Death

Heinrich Kaminski

Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59

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1975 Death

Heinz Lau

Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49

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2022 Death

James Rado

James Rado died

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2020 Death

Joan Pau Verdier

Joan Pau Verdier died

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2001 Death

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1916)

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1999 Death

Kami

Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1973)

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1621 Death

Kryštof Harant

Kryštof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)

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2021 Death

Mamady Keïta

Mamady Keïta died

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1908 Death

Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov

Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64

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2021 Death

Nobuo Hara

Nobuo Hara died

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2022 Death

Pierre Nartsiss

Pierre Nartsiss died

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1900 Death

Polibo Fumagalli

Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69

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2025 Death

Raissa Gbedji

Raissa Gbedji died

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1968 Death

Ruth St Denis

Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91

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1972 Death

Seth Bingham

Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90

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1992 Death

Thomas Whitfield

Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38

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1978 Event

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber & Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London

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2024 Event

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne released the album 'Greatest Hits'

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2024 Event

Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams released the album 'The Secret of Us'

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2024 Event

Lola Young

Lola Young released the album 'This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'

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1868 Event

Richard Wagner

Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich

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