This Day in Music

1976-06-02 Artist spotlight

Adrian Carlos Olivares

Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

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1929-06-02 Artist spotlight

Alcides Lanza

Alcides Lanza, composer was born

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1985-06-02 Artist spotlight

Ana Cristina

Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress was born

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1927-06-02 Artist spotlight

Andre Vandernoot

Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera) was born

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1751-06-02 Artist spotlight

Antoni Weinert

Antoni Weinert, composer was born

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1970-06-02 Artist spotlight

B-Real

B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill) was born

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1614-06-02 Artist spotlight

Benjamin Rogers

Benjamin Rogers, composer was born

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1913-06-02 Artist spotlight

Bert Farber

Bert Farber, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone) was born

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1945-06-02 Artist spotlight

Bob Benrit

Bob Benrit, rocker was born

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1933-06-02 Artist spotlight

Bob Rozario

Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader (Tony Orlando, Marie) was born

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1983-06-02 Artist spotlight

Brooke White

Brooke White, American singer was born

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1939-06-02 Artist spotlight

Charles Miller

Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War) was born

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1941-06-02 Artist spotlight

Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) was born

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1777-06-02 Artist spotlight

Christian Traugott Tag

Christian Traugott Tag, composer was born

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1987-06-02 Artist spotlight

Darin Zanyar

Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer was born

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1900-06-02 Artist spotlight

David Wynne

David Wynne, composer was born

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1923-06-02 Artist spotlight

Del Simmons

Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart) was born

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1961-06-02 Artist spotlight

Dez Cadena

Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag) was born

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1857-06-02 Artist spotlight

Edward William Elgar

Edward William Elgar, Broadheath England, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) was born

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1891-06-02 Artist spotlight

Ernst Kunz

Ernst Kunz, composer was born

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1980-06-02 Artist spotlight

Fabrizio Moretti

Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro was born

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1929-06-02 Artist spotlight

Frederic Devreese

Frederic Devreese, composer was born

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1577-06-02 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Righi

Giovanni Righi, composer was born

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1876-06-02 Artist spotlight

Hakon Borresen

Hakon Borresen, composer was born

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1858-06-02 Artist spotlight

Harry Rowe Shelley

Harry Rowe Shelley, composer was born

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1715-06-02 Artist spotlight

Herman-Francois Delange

Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born

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1887-06-02 Artist spotlight

Howard Johnson

Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941) was born

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1943-06-02 Artist spotlight

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer was born

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1806-06-02 Artist spotlight

Isaac Strauss

Isaac Strauss, composer was born

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1828-06-02 Artist spotlight

James Cutler Dunn Parker

James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer was born

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1831-06-02 Artist spotlight

Jan G Palm

Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer was born

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1937-06-02 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones, rocker was born

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1961-06-02 Artist spotlight

John Cameroon

John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw) was born

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1934-06-02 Artist spotlight

Johnny Carter

Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation) was born

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1959-06-02 Artist spotlight

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks) was born

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1947-06-02 Artist spotlight

Mark Elder

Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor was born

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1944-06-02 Artist spotlight

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line), (d. 2012) was born

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1917-06-02 Artist spotlight

Max Showalter

Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) was born

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1954-06-02 Artist spotlight

Michael Steele

Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian) was born

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1830-06-02 Artist spotlight

Olivier Metra

Olivier Metra, composer was born

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1863-06-02 Artist spotlight

Paul Felix Weingartner

Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) was born

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1966-06-02 Artist spotlight

Pedro Guerra

Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer was born

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1807-06-02 Artist spotlight

Robert Fuhrer

Robert Fuhrer, composer was born

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1915-06-02 Artist spotlight

Robert Moffat Palmer

Robert Moffat Palmer, composer was born

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1909-06-02 Artist spotlight

Robin Orr

Robin Orr, composer was born

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1932-06-02 Artist spotlight

Sammy Turner

Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods) was born

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1951-06-02 Artist spotlight

Steve Brookins

Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special) was born

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1976-06-02 Artist spotlight

Tim Rice-Oxley

Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane) was born

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1960-06-02 Artist spotlight

Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True) was born

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1981-06-02 Artist spotlight

Tucker Rountree

Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer. was born

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1913-06-02 Artist spotlight

Walter Andreas Schwarz

Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992) was born

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1941-06-02 Artist spotlight

William Guest

William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show) was born

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1950-06-02 Artist spotlight

[Antone] Chubby Tavares

[Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares) was born

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1987-06-02 Artist spotlight

Andres Segovia

Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94

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1968-06-02 Artist spotlight

André Mathieu

André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)

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2008-06-02 Artist spotlight

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)

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1986-06-02 Artist spotlight

Daniel Sternefeld

Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80

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1997-06-02 Artist spotlight

Doc Cheatham

Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91

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1949-06-02 Artist spotlight

Dynam-Victor Fumet

Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82

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1949-06-02 Artist spotlight

Ernest Ford

Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91

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1873-06-02 Artist spotlight

Francois Hainl

Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65

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1972-06-02 Artist spotlight

Franz Philipp

Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81

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1927-06-02 Artist spotlight

Freidrich Hegar

Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85

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1984-06-02 Artist spotlight

Georgios Kasassoglou

Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)

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1977-06-02 Artist spotlight

Henri D Gagnebin

Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91

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1947-06-02 Artist spotlight

Hermann Darewsky

Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64

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1750-06-02 Artist spotlight

Johann Valentin Rathgeber

Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68

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1951-06-02 Artist spotlight

John Erskine

John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

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1999-06-02 Artist spotlight

Junior Braithwaite

Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)

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2007-06-02 Artist spotlight

Kentaro Haneda

Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)

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1937-06-02 Artist spotlight

Louis Vierne

Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66

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1990-06-02 Artist spotlight

Robert Noyce

Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies

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1987-06-02 Artist spotlight

Sammy Kaye

Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77

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1983-06-02 Artist spotlight

Stan Rogers

Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire

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2006-06-02 Artist spotlight

Vince Welnick

Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)

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2011-06-02 Artist spotlight

Willem Duys

Willem Duys, Dutch commentator and music producer (b. 1928)

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1982-06-02 Artist spotlight

Ella Fitzgerald

"Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances

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1964-06-02 Artist spotlight

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass

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