2021
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BTS
BTS released the album 'BTS, the Best'
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Born on June 16
1923
Birth
Ake Hermanson
Ake Hermanson, composer was born
1981
Birth
Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter was born
1940
Birth
Billy "Crash" Craddock
Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer was born
1901
Birth
Conrad Beck
Conrad Beck, composer was born
1843
Birth
David Popper
David Popper, composer was born
1987
Birth
Diana DeGarmo
Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer was born
1942
Birth
Eddie Levert
Eddie Levert, Canton Ohio, vocalist (O'Jays-For the Love of Money) was born
1962
Birth
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician was born
1916
Birth
Francis Lopez
Francis Lopez, composer was born
1954
Birth
Gary Roberts
Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats) was born
1952
Birth
Gino Vanelli
Gino Vanelli, Montreal Quebec, singer (Living Inside Myself) was born
1637
Birth
Giovanni Paulo Colonna
Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer was born
1903
Birth
Helen Traubel
Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972) was born
1923
Birth
Henryk Czyz
Henryk Czyz, composer was born
1903
Birth
Huldreich Georg Fruh
Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer was born
1953
Birth
Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws) was born
1910
Birth
Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show) was born
1931
Birth
Ivo Petric
Ivo Petric, composer was born
1929
Birth
James Kirtland Randall
James Kirtland Randall, composer was born
1950
Birth
James Smith
James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything) was born
1843
Birth
Jan Malat
Jan Malat, composer was born
1978
Birth
Jasmine Leong
Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer was born
1980
Birth
Joey Yung
Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer was born
1853
Birth
Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren
Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer was born
1942
Birth
John Rostill
John Rostill, rocker was born
1591
Birth
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born
1958
Birth
Jóhannes Helgason
Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr) was born
1988
Birth
Keshia Chante
Keshia Chante, Canadian singer was born
1941
Birth
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier) was born
1988
Birth
Leeland Dayton Mooring
Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland) was born
1934
Birth
Little Caesar
Little Caesar, vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans) was born
1934
Birth
Lucia Dlugoszewski
Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer was born
1982
Birth
Matt Costa
Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter was born
1752
Birth
Meingosus Gaelle
Meingosus Gaelle, composer was born
1938
Birth
Mickie Finn
Mickie Finn, Hugo Oklahoma, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's) was born
1633
Birth
Nathaniel Schnittelbach
Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born
1894
Birth
Norman Kerry
Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera) was born
1863
Birth
Paul Antonin Vidal
Paul Antonin Vidal, composer was born
1949
Birth
Peppy Castro
Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance) was born
1952
Birth
Rob Kloet
Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer (Nits-In the Dutch Mountains) was born
1928
Birth
Sergiu Comissiona
Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64) was born
1971
Birth
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur, East Harlem New York, American rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet) (killed in 1996) was born
1909
Birth
Willi Boskovsky
Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert) was born
Died on June 16
1979
Death
Ben Weber
Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62
1994
Death
Boris Alexandrov
Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
1939
Death
Chick Webb
Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)
1999
Death
David Edward Sutch
David Edward Sutch, British musician (b. 1940)
1975
Death
Don Robey
Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
1925
Death
Emmett Hardy
Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
1990
Death
Eva Turner
Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
1808
Death
Georg Wenzel Ritter
Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
1970
Death
Heino Eller
Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83
2024
Death
Jodie Devos
Jodie Devos died
1804
Death
Johann Adam Hiller
Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75
1982
Death
John Honeyman-Scott
John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs
1958
Death
Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia
Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
1831
Death
Joseph Ignaz Schnabel
Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64
1969
Death
Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske
Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53
1651
Death
Marsilio Casentini
Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
1986
Death
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
1946
Death
Miloje Milojevic
Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61
2025
Death
Patti Drew
Patti Drew died
2023
Death
Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson died
1837
Death
Valentino Fioravanti
Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72
1991
Death
Vicky Brown
Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies
1940
Death
Vitezslava Kapralova
Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25
1910
Death
Wendelin Weissheimer
Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
Releases & milestones on June 16
1997
Event
Alan Jackson
31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes
2021
Event
BTS
BTS released the album 'BTS, the Best'
2023
Event
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age released the album 'In Times New Roman...'
2023
Event
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós released the album 'Átta'
1977
Event
The Beatles
"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
1980
Event
The Blues Brothers
"Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
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