This Day in Music

1832-06-03 Artist spotlight

Alexander Charles Lecocq

Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer was born

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1829-06-03 Artist spotlight

Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback

Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer was born

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1970-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ammon McNeely

Ammon McNeely, American rock climber was born

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1942-06-03 Artist spotlight

Anita Harris

Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel) was born

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1907-06-03 Artist spotlight

Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia

Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer was born

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1893-06-03 Artist spotlight

Assen Karastoyanov

Assen Karastoyanov, composer was born

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1867-06-03 Artist spotlight

Bela Anton Szabados

Bela Anton Szabados, composer was born

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1927-06-03 Artist spotlight

Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax) was born

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1926-06-03 Artist spotlight

Carlos Veerhoff

Carlos Veerhoff, composer was born

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1942-06-03 Artist spotlight

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, rock vocalist (Freddie's Dead, Superfly) was born

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1932-06-03 Artist spotlight

Dakota Staton

Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night) was born

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1954-06-03 Artist spotlight

Dan Hill

Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch) was born

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1956-06-03 Artist spotlight

Danny Wilde

Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts) was born

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1939-06-03 Artist spotlight

David Frederick Stock

David Frederick Stock, composer was born

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1951-06-03 Artist spotlight

Deniece Williams

Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait) was born

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1964-06-03 Artist spotlight

Doro Pesch

Doro Pesch, German singer was born

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1946-06-03 Artist spotlight

Eddie Holman

Eddie Holman, rocker was born

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1841-06-03 Artist spotlight

Eduardo Caudella

Eduardo Caudella, composer was born

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1887-06-03 Artist spotlight

Emil Axman

Emil Axman, composer was born

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1844-06-03 Artist spotlight

Emile Paladilhe

Emile Paladilhe, composer was born

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1970-06-03 Artist spotlight

Esther Hart

Esther Hart, Dutch singer was born

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1931-06-03 Artist spotlight

Francoise Arnoul

Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise) was born

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1801-06-03 Artist spotlight

Frantisek Jan Skroup

Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer was born

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1750-06-03 Artist spotlight

Frederic Thieme

Frederic Thieme, composer was born

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1969-06-03 Artist spotlight

Hiroyuki Takami

Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician was born

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1946-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes) was born

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1922-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ivan Patachich

Ivan Patachich, composer was born

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1746-06-03 Artist spotlight

James Hook

James Hook, composer was born

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1904-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jan Peerce

Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera) was born

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1926-06-03 Artist spotlight

Janez Maticic

Janez Maticic, composer was born

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1828-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer was born

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1965-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor was born

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1924-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers, Ruleville, Mississippi, Blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), (d. 1997) was born

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1738-06-03 Artist spotlight

Johann Christoph Oley

Johann Christoph Oley, composer was born

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1660-06-03 Artist spotlight

Johannes Schenck

Johannes Schenck, composer was born

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1828-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jose Inzenga y Castellanos

Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer was born

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1906-06-03 Artist spotlight

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker, dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) was born

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1970-06-03 Artist spotlight

Julie Masse

Julie Masse, French Canadian singer was born

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1974-06-03 Artist spotlight

Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics) was born

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1964-06-03 Artist spotlight

Kerry King

Kerry King, American musician (Slayer) was born

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1987-06-03 Artist spotlight

Lalaine

Lalaine, American actress and singer was born

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1868-06-03 Artist spotlight

Lvar Henning Mankell

Lvar Henning Mankell, composer was born

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1978-06-03 Artist spotlight

Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer was born

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1657-06-03 Artist spotlight

Manuel de Egues

Manuel de Egues, composer was born

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1897-06-03 Artist spotlight

Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie, rocker was born

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1944-06-03 Artist spotlight

Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, NYC, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!) was born

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1773-06-03 Artist spotlight

Michael Gottard Fischer

Michael Gottard Fischer, composer was born

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1947-06-03 Artist spotlight

Mickey Finn

Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003) was born

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1943-06-03 Artist spotlight

Mike Dennis

Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells) was born

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1965-06-03 Artist spotlight

Mike Gordon

Mike Gordon, American musician was born

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1970-06-03 Artist spotlight

Peter Tägtgren

Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer was born

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1968-06-03 Artist spotlight

Samantha Sprackling

Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer was born

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1949-06-03 Artist spotlight

Stephen Ruppenthal

Stephen Ruppenthal, composer was born

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1950-06-03 Artist spotlight

Suzi Quatro[cchio]

Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days) was born

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1935-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ted Curson [Theodore]

Ted Curson [Theodore], Philadelphia, Jazz Trumpeter, (d. 2012) was born

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1819-06-03 Artist spotlight

Thomas Ball

Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer was born

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1888-06-03 Artist spotlight

Tom Brown

Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958) was born

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1976-06-03 Artist spotlight

Yuri Ruley

Yuri Ruley, American drummer was born

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2011-06-03 Artist spotlight

Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold, American singer, musician and songwriter. (b. 1951)

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1986-06-03 Artist spotlight

Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81

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1986-06-03 Artist spotlight

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89

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1888-06-03 Artist spotlight

Cark Reidel

Cark Reidel, composer, dies at 60

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1849-06-03 Artist spotlight

Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa

Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73

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1875-06-03 Artist spotlight

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet, French composer, dies at 36

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1661-06-03 Artist spotlight

Gottfried Scheidt

Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67

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1872-06-03 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Esser

Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53

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1890-06-03 Artist spotlight

Henryk Oskar Kolberg

Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76

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1994-06-03 Artist spotlight

Hub Matthijsen

Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52

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1804-06-03 Artist spotlight

Jean-Engelbert Pauwels

Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35

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1899-06-03 Artist spotlight

Johann Baptist Strauss

Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73

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1809-06-03 Artist spotlight

John "Christmas" Beckwith

John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58

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1913-06-03 Artist spotlight

Josef Richard Rozkosny

Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79

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1858-06-03 Artist spotlight

Julius Reubke

Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24

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2009-06-03 Artist spotlight

Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor, American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." (b. 1928)

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1877-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)

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1898-06-03 Artist spotlight

Nikolai Afanisev

Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77

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1959-06-03 Artist spotlight

Ole Windingstad

Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73

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1998-06-03 Artist spotlight

Poul Bundgaard

Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)

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2004-06-03 Artist spotlight

Quorthon

Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)

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2009-06-03 Artist spotlight

Sam Butera

Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)

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1990-06-03 Artist spotlight

Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)

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1964-06-03 Artist spotlight

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)

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1939-06-03 Artist spotlight

hits

Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe

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