This Day in Music

1968-06-04 Birth

Al B. Sure

Al B. Sure, American R&B singer was born

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1980-06-04 Birth

Alicja Janosz

Alicja Janosz, Polish singer was born

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1945-06-04 Birth

Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton, jazz musician was born

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1913-06-04 Birth

Bruno Bettinelli

Bruno Bettinelli, composer was born

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1966-06-04 Birth

Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano was born

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1931-06-04 Birth

Cesar Bolanos

Cesar Bolanos, composer was born

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1944-06-04 Birth

Charlie Whitney

Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist (Family) was born

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1964-06-04 Birth

Chris Kavanagh

Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) was born

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1950-06-04 Birth

Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born

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1970-06-04 Birth

David Pybus

David Pybus, British musician was born

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1992-06-04 Birth

Dino Jelusić

Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer was born

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1940-06-04 Birth

Dorothy Rudd Moore

Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer was born

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1961-06-04 Birth

El Debarge

El Debarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge-All this Love) was born

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1891-06-04 Birth

Erno Rapee

Erno Rapee, composer was born

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1964-06-04 Birth

Eva Fampas

Eva Fampas, Greek guitarist was born

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1937-06-04 Birth

Freddie Fender

Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings) was born

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1937-06-04 Birth

Freddy Fender

Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006) was born

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1945-06-04 Birth

Gordon Waller

Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) was born

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1922-06-04 Birth

Irwin Bazelon

Irwin Bazelon, Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola) was born

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1770-06-04 Birth

James Hewitt

James Hewitt, composer was born

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1953-06-04 Birth

Jimmy McCulloch

Jimmy McCulloch, rocker (Wings) was born

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1982-06-04 Birth

Jin

Jin, Chinese-American rapper was born

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1962-06-04 Birth

John P. Kee

John P. Kee, American Gospel singer was born

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1846-06-04 Birth

Josef Sittard

Josef Sittard, music writer was born

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1899-06-04 Birth

Leo Spies

Leo Spies, composer was born

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1907-06-04 Birth

Marjan Kozina

Marjan Kozina, composer was born

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1944-06-04 Birth

Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas) was born

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1930-06-04 Birth

Morgana King

Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather) was born

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1972-06-04 Birth

Nikka Costa

Nikka Costa, American singer was born

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1932-06-04 Birth

Oliver Nelson

Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (d. 1975) was born

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1909-06-04 Birth

Paul Nordoff

Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince) was born

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1953-06-04 Birth

Paul Samson

Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002) was born

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1959-06-04 Birth

Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor, rocker (Winger-17) was born

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1930-06-04 Birth

Pentti Raitio

Pentti Raitio, composer was born

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1984-06-04 Birth

Rainie Yang

Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress was born

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1970-06-04 Birth

Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician was born

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1917-06-04 Birth

Robert Merrill

Robert Merrill, Brooklyn New York, American baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera) was born

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1944-06-04 Birth

Roger Ball

Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band) was born

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1971-06-04 Birth

Shoji Meguro

Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer was born

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1974-06-04 Birth

Stefan Lessard

Stefan Lessard, American musician was born

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1907-06-04 Death

Agathe Grondahl

Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59

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2011-06-04 Death

Andreas P. Nielsen

Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)

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1905-06-04 Death

Carl Albert Loeschhorn

Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85

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1994-06-04 Death

Derek Lek Leckenby

Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48

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2007-06-04 Death

Freddie Scott

Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)

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1925-06-04 Death

Gheorghe Dima

Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77

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1972-06-04 Death

Godfried Devreese

Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79

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1943-06-04 Death

Jean du Bela

Jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39

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2001-06-04 Death

John Hartford

John Hartford, American musician (b. 1937)

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1826-06-04 Death

Karl Maria FE von Weber

Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39

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1956-06-04 Death

Max Kowalski

Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73

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1916-06-04 Death

Mildred J Hill

Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56

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1997-06-04 Death

Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 51

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1951-06-04 Death

Serge Koussevitsky

Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76

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1872-06-04 Death

Stanislaw Moniuszko

Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53

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2004-06-04 Death

Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)

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1939-06-04 Death

Tommy Ladnier

Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)

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1989-06-04 Death

Vaclav Kaslik

Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71

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1915-06-04 Death

William Charles Denis Browne

William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26

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1988-06-04 Event

M

42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly & Phantom of the Opera win

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1990-06-04 Event

News

24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless

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1969-06-04 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release Ballad Of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US

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1965-06-04 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

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1984-06-04 Event

The Statler Brothers

18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers

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