On This Day in Music: June 9

1888 Birth

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Barbara

Barbara, French singer (d. 1997) was born

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1951 Birth

Benny Neyman

Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How) was born

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1941 Birth

Billy Hatton

Billy Hatton, rocker was born

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1865 Birth

Carl Nielsen

Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige) was born

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1828 Birth

Carlo Marsili

Carlo Marsili, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980) was born

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1982 Birth

Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer was born

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1891 Birth

Cole Porter

Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) was born

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1962 Birth

Eddie Lundon

Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian) was born

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1927 Birth

Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Fred Waring

Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender) was born

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1829 Birth

Gaetano Braga

Gaetano Braga, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Gilad Atzmon

Gilad Atzmon, Israeli jazz musician and author was born

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1914 Birth

Hermann Haller

Hermann Haller, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer was born

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1888 Birth

Hugo Kauder

Hugo Kauder, composer was born

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1939 Birth

Ileana Cotrubaş

Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano was born

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1912 Birth

Ingolf Dahl

Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso) was born

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1934 Birth

Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night) was born

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1951 Birth

James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard, American film composer was born

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1588 Birth

Johann Andreas Herbst

Johann Andreas Herbst, composer was born

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1884 Birth

Johannes Clinge Doorenbos

Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor was born

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1929 Birth

Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander Jr.]

Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander, Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song) was born

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1941 Birth

Jon Lord

Jon Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake), (d. 2012) was born

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1849 Birth

Joseph Vezina

Joseph Vezina, composer was born

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1984 Birth

Kaleth Morales

Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005) was born

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1986 Birth

Kary Ng

Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress was born

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1886 Birth

Kusaku Yamada

Kusaku Yamada, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Les Paul

Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar) was born

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1865 Birth

Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard

Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, French composer was born

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1978 Birth

Matthew Bellamy

Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse) was born

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1969 Birth

Mitch McLee

Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang) was born

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1948 Birth

Nathaniel Rosen

Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978) was born

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1810 Birth

Otto Nicolai

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Pal Karolyi

Pal Karolyi, composer was born

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1954 Birth

Pete Byrne

Pete Byrne - English rocker (Naked Eyes) was born

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1971 Birth

Rick Renstrom

Rick Renstrom, American guitarist was born

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1974 Birth

Samoth

Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon) was born

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1952 Birth

Uzi Hitman

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004) was born

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1910 Birth

Vbilmos Demian

Vbilmos Demian, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Vic Zhou

Vic Zhou, JVKV band member, Taiwanese actor, singer and model. was born

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1905 Birth

Walter Kraft

Walter Kraft, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Wild Jimmy Spruill

Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist was born

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1952 Death

Adolf Busch

Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)

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2024 Death

Alex Riel

Alex Riel died

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1993 Death

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72

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1993 Death

Arthur Alexander

Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53

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1992 Death

Clarence Miller

Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack

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1991 Death

Claudio Arrau

Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88

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1975 Death

David Frederick Barlow

David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48

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2006 Death

Drafi Deutscher

Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)

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1870 Death

Erik Drake

Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82

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1995 Death

Frank Chacksfield

Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81

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1892 Death

Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans

Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59

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1931 Death

Henrique Oswald

Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79

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2022 Death

Julee Cruise

Julee Cruise died

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1717 Death

Louis Le Quointe

Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64

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1832 Death

Manuel Garcia

Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57

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1991 Death

Max van Praag

Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77

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1932 Death

Natalia Janotha

Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76

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2020 Death

Pau Donés

Pau Donés died

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2020 Death

Paul Chapman

Paul Chapman died

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1361 Death

Philippe de Vitry

Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69

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1989 Death

Rashid Behbudov

Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)

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1957 Death

Robert Oboussier

Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56

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2025 Death

Sly Stone

Sly Stone died

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1967 Death

Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski

Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64

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1656 Death

Thomas Tomkins

Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies

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1996 Death

Walter Pardon

Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81

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1970 Event

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University

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2023 Event

Extreme

Extreme released the album 'Six'

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1924 Event

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton

"Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton

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2023 Event

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe released the album 'The Age of Pleasure'

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1986 Event

Loretta Lynn

20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn

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1990 Event

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage

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1890 Event

Michael Tippett

Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago

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2023 Event

Niall Horan

Niall Horan released the album 'The Show'

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1969 Event

The Rolling Stones

Brian Jones quits Rolling Stones because of his drug problems

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