On This Day in Music: June 22

1949 Birth

Alan Osmond

Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born

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1741 Birth

Alois Luigi Tomasini

Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Anne-Marie Ruddock

Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable) was born

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1961 Birth

Bobby Gillespie

Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream) was born

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1954 Birth

Bobby Valentino

Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles) was born

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1981 Birth

Chris Urbanowicz

Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors was born

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1953 Birth

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time) was born

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1902 Birth

David Burns

David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!) was born

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1956 Birth

Derek Forbes

Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front) was born

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1946 Birth

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club) was born

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1684 Birth

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer was born

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1859 Birth

Frank Heino Damrosch

Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music) was born

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1824 Birth

Frederic Louis Ritter

Frederic Louis Ritter, composer was born

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1957 Birth

Garry Beers

Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) was born

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1949 Birth

Gary Moffet

Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine) was born

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1976 Birth

Gordon Moakes

Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party) was born

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1956 Birth

Green [Gartside]

Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood) was born

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1911 Birth

Guus Jansen

Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen) was born

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1742 Birth

Heinrich Gottfried Reichard

Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Hermeto Pascoal

Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician was born

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1945 Birth

Howard Kaylan

Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) was born

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1901 Birth

Jack Whiting

Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) was born

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1900 Birth

Jennie Tourel

Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47) was born

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1943 Birth

Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch) was born

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1961 Birth

Jimmy Somerville

Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards) was born

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1957 Birth

John Ryder

John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face) was born

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1883 Birth

Jose Rolon

Jose Rolon, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather) was born

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1964 Birth

Kevin Sargeant

Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) was born

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1936 Birth

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium) was born

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1613 Birth

Lambert Pietkin

Lambert Pietkin, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Larry Junstrom

Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special) was born

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1933 Birth

Libor Pešek

Libor Pešek, Czech conductor was born

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1932 Birth

Michael Horvit

Michael Horvit, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know) was born

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1959 Birth

Nicola Sirkis

Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine) was born

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1893 Birth

Osvald Chlubna

Osvald Chlubna, composer was born

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1611 Birth

Pablo Bruna

Pablo Bruna, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Peter Asher

Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) was born

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1962 Birth

Ruby Turner

Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run) was born

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1926 Birth

Ruth Zechlin

Ruth Zechlin, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Steve Weber

Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal) was born

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1970 Birth

Steven Page

Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies) was born

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1830 Birth

Theodor Leschetizky

Theodor Leschetizky, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me) was born

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1964 Birth

Tommy Cunningham

Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was) was born

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1936 Birth

Verne Allison

Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart) was born

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1912 Birth

Vit Nejedly

Vit Nejedly, composer was born

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1905 Birth

Walter Leigh

Walter Leigh, composer was born

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1967 Death

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79

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2025 Death

Aki Aleong

Aki Aleong died

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2021 Death

Antonio Salines

Antonio Salines died

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1989 Death

Bengt Viktor Johansson

Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74

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1974 Death

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)

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1987 Death

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88

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1843 Death

Gabriele Prota

Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88

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1926 Death

Hermann Suter

Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56

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1745 Death

Hubert Renotte

Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41

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1973 Death

Jacques Leon Wolfe

Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77

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2022 Death

Jimmy Bryant

Jimmy Bryant died

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2024 Death

Johan Dalgas Frisch

Johan Dalgas Frisch died

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1741 Death

Joseph-Hector Fiocco

Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38

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1950 Death

Julio Fonseca

Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65

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1885 Death

Mahdi

Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies

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1963 Death

Maria Tănase

Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)

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2021 Death

Mzilikazi Khumalo

Mzilikazi Khumalo died

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1754 Death

Nicholas Siret

Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91

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2020 Death

Pappukutty Bhagavathar

Pappukutty Bhagavathar died

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2021 Death

Parassala B. Ponnammal

Parassala B. Ponnammal died

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2023 Death

Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann died

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1977 Death

Peter Laughner

Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)

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1735 Death

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71

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2021 Death

Poovachal Khader

Poovachal Khader died

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1997 Death

Ted Gärdestad

Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)

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1985 Event

Glenn Frey

"Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12

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2022 Event

Stray Kids

Stray Kids released the album 'Circus'

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1961 Event

The Beatles

Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg

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