On This Day in Music: June 29

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The Beatles

Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense

Eminem

Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking...

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil) was born

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Born on June 29

Aare Merikanto

Aare Merikanto, composer was born

Abs Breen

Abs Breen, English singer was born

Andre Gailhard

Andre Gailhard, composer was born

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil) was born

Anton Beer-Walbrun

Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer was born

August Alexander Klengel

August Alexander Klengel, composer was born

Aundrea Fimbres

Aundrea Fimbres, American singer was born

Austin Drage

Austin Drage, English singer was born

Barry D

Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones) was born

Barış Akarsu

Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007) was born

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann, New York City, New York, American composer (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Taxi Driver) was born

Bill Kirchen

Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet) was born

Billy Hinsche

Billy Hinsche, rocker was born

Billy Storm

Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night) was born

Bret McKenzie

Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician was born

Chou Wen-Chung

Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang) was born

Colin Hay

Colin Hay, Kilwinning, Scotland, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work) was born

Constantin Reindl

Constantin Reindl, composer was born

Curt Sachs

Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959) was born

Derek Lee Rock

Derek Lee Rock, American drummer was born

Don Dokken

Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again) was born

Edmund Falkiner

Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer was born

Ezra Laderman

Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians) was born

Flo Sandon's

Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006) was born

Franc Henry Loesser

Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella) was born

Georg Gohler

Georg Gohler, composer was born

George Frederick Boyle

George Frederick Boyle, composer was born

George Sampson

George Sampson, English dancer was born

Greg Hetson

Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist was born

Hale Smith

Hale Smith, composer was born

Hendrik Diels

Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor was born

Henning Kronstam

Henning Kronstam, dancer was born

Ian Paice

Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple) was born

Johnnie Richardson

Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe) was born

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango) was born

Josef Labor

Josef Labor, composer was born

Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph Carl Breil, composer was born

Joseph Paul Skelly

Joseph Paul Skelly, composer was born

Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano was born

Leonard Lee

Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll) was born

Leroy Anderson

Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock) was born

Little Eva

Little Eva (Eva Boyd), Belhaven, North Carolina, American pop singer (Locomotion) was born

Loncoln Gordon

Loncoln Gordon, rocker was born

Matthew Good

Matthew Good, Canadian musician was born

Michio Mamaia

Michio Mamaia, composer was born

Murray Foster

Murray Foster, Canadian musician was born

Nawal Al Zoghbi

Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer was born

Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress was born

Ottmar Gerster

Ottmar Gerster, composer was born

Rafael Kubelik

Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli) was born

Rene Gerber

Rene Gerber, composer was born

Robert Forster

Robert Forster, Australian musician was born

Roger Ruskin Spear

Roger Ruskin Spear, London England, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) was born

Sam Farrar

Sam Farrar, American bassist was born

Stedman Pearson

Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel) was born

Tripp Eisen

Tripp Eisen, American musician was born

Viacheslav Artyomov

Viacheslav Artyomov, composer was born

Died on June 29

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin died

Arthur Meulemans

Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82

Benny Mardones

Benny Mardones died

Caesar Rodney

Caesar Rodney, US judge/singer (Declar of Independence), dies at 55

Clarence Barlow

Clarence Barlow died

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)

Gustave Adolph Kerker

Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66

Hachalu Hundessa

Hachalu Hundessa died

Horst Jankowski

Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)

Héctor Lavoe

Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80

John Lawton

John Lawton died

Johnny Mandel

Johnny Mandel died

Jules van Nuffel

Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70

Kurt Eichhorn

Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85

Lowell George

Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34

Michel Lambert

Michel Lambert, composer, dies

Milenko Zivkovic

Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63

Patty Waters

Patty Waters died

Ray Crane

Ray Crane, trumpeter, dies at 63

Rentaro Taki

Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)

Shorty Long

Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29

Stuart Burrows

Stuart Burrows died

Stuart Damon

Stuart Damon died

Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

Vesselin Stoyanov

Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67

Releases & milestones on June 29

Eminem

Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'

George Frideric Handel

First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.

The Beatles

Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense

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