On This Day in Music: June 15

1936 Birth

Alexandru Hrisanide

Alexandru Hrisanide, composer was born

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1962 Birth

Andrea Rost

Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano was born

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1910 Birth

Berend Giltay

Berend Giltay, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Bif Naked

Bif Naked, Canadian musician was born

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1957 Birth

Brad Gillis

Brad Gillis, rock guitarist/vocalist (Night Ranger) was born

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1886 Birth

Charles Wood

Charles Wood, composer was born

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1910 Birth

David Rose

David Rose, London England, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper) was born

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1946 Birth

Demis Roussos

Demis Roussos, Greek singer was born

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1843 Birth

Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One) was born

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1923 Birth

Errol Garner

Errol Garner, American jazz pianist (Misty) (d. 1977) was born

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1763 Birth

Franz Danzi

Franz Danzi, composer was born

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1976 Birth

Gary Lightbody

Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol) was born

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1970 Birth

Gaëlle Méchaly

Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano was born

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1749 Birth

George Joseph Vogler

George Joseph Vogler, composer was born

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1929 Birth

Gideon N N Nxumalo

Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer was born

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1982 Birth

Haley Scarnato

Haley Scarnato, American singer was born

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1941 Birth

Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson, Brooklyn New York, American singer/guitarist (Midnight Cowboy) was born

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1969 Birth

Ice Cube

Ice Cube, rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda) was born

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1966 Birth

Idalis DeLeon

Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer was born

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1926 Birth

Jan Carlstedt

Jan Carlstedt, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Janet Lennon

Janet Lennon, vocalist (Lennon Sisters) was born

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1636 Birth

Johann David Mayer

Johann David Mayer, composer was born

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1734 Birth

Johann Ernst Altenburg

Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer was born

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1922 Birth

John Veale

John Veale, composer was born

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1901 Birth

John Wesley Work

John Wesley Work, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Johnny Halliday

Johnny Halliday, rocker was born

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1864 Birth

Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz

Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer/= was born

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1983 Birth

Julia Fischer

Julia Fischer, German violinist was born

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1961 Birth

Kai Eckhardt

Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal) was born

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1983 Birth

Laura Imbruglia

Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician was born

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1949 Birth

Michael Lutz

Michael Lutz, bassist (Brownsville Station) was born

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1917 Birth

Michalis Genitsaris

Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005) was born

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1985 Birth

Nadine Coyle

Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud) was born

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1929 Birth

Nigel Pickering

Nigel Pickering, guitarist (Spanky & Our Gang) was born

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1821 Birth

Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba

Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize) was born

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1900 Birth

Otto Clarence Luening

Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon) was born

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1865 Birth

Paul Gilson

Paul Gilson, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Paul J Mares

Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues) was born

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1947 Birth

Paul Patterson

Paul Patterson, composer was born

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1728 Birth

Pietro Alessandro Pavona

Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer was born

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1978 Birth

RoRo

RoRo, [Romell Chapman], Atlanta Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation) was born

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1894 Birth

Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!) was born

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1945 Birth

Rod Argent

Rod Argent, England, keyboardist (Zombies-She's Not There) was born

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1937 Birth

Rolf Riehm

Rolf Riehm, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Ruby Nash Cutis

Ruby Nash Cutis, Akron Oh, rocker (Ruby & The Romantics) was born

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1963 Birth

Scott Rockenfield

Scott Rockenfield, drummer (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) was born

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1933 Birth

Sergio Endrigo

Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005) was born

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1951 Birth

Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas) was born

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1954 Birth

Terri Gibbs

Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin') was born

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1898 Birth

Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong

Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, organist was born

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1937 Birth

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man) was born

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1940 Birth

Willem Frederik Bon

Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch composer was born

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1981 Birth

William Dean Martin

William Dean Martin, American musician (Good Charlotte) was born

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1961 Birth

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress was born

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1869 Death

Albert Grisar

Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60

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1934 Death

Alfred Bruneau

Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77

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1962 Death

Alfred Cortot

Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84

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1982 Death

Art[hur E] Pepper

Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56

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1828 Death

Brizio Petrucci

Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91

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1996 Death

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78

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1677 Death

Giovanni Battista Chinelli

Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67

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1839 Death

Hans Skramstad

Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41

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1996 Death

Helen Sinclair Glatz

Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88

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1865 Death

Jakob Zeugheer

Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61

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1875 Death

Johan Peter Cronhamm

Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72

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1994 Death

Kristen Pfaff

Kristen Pfaff, US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24

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1772 Death

Louis-Claude Daquin

Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77

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1994 Death

Manos Hadjidakis

Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68

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2022 Death

Maureen Arthur

Maureen Arthur died

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1984 Death

Meredith Willson

Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82

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1920 Death

Michel-Gaston Carraud

Michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55

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1984 Death

Ned Glass

Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78

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1831 Death

Peter Fuchs

Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78

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1895 Death

Richard Genee

Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72

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1968 Death

Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

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2020 Death

Wolfram Lorenzen

Wolfram Lorenzen died

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1998 Event

Billy Ray Cyrus

32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan & Billy Ray Cyrus wins

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1965 Event

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"

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2022 Event

Dir En Grey

Dir En Grey released the album 'Phalaris'

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1990 Event

Madonna

"Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres

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1963 Event

Richard Rodgers

"Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 perfs

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