On This Day in Music: June 1

1959 Birth

Alan "Wild"er

Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!) was born

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1974 Birth

Alanis Nadine Morisette

Alanis Nadine Morisette, vocalist (Jagged Little Pill) was born

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1549 Birth

Allesandre Spontone

Allesandre Spontone, composer was born

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1919 Birth

Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner

Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter was born

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1946 Birth

Carol Neblett

Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera) was born

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1950 Birth

Charlene [D'Angelo]

Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me) was born

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1763 Birth

Christian Gottlob Saupe

Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer was born

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1905 Birth

Dinora de Carvalho

Dinora de Carvalho, composer was born

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1898 Birth

Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild

Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show) was born

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1941 Birth

Edo de Waart

Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976) was born

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1943 Birth

Ely van Tongeren

Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons) was born

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1886 Birth

Ernst Kurth

Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist was born

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1611 Birth

Felician Schwab

Felician Schwab, composer was born

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1771 Birth

Ferdinando Paer

Ferdinando Paer, composer was born

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1755 Birth

Frederico Fiorillo

Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer was born

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1765 Birth

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer was born

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1653 Birth

Georg Muffat

Georg Muffat, composer was born

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1826 Birth

Hermann Zopff

Hermann Zopff, composer was born

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1757 Birth

Ignaz J Pleyel

Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method) was born

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1968 Birth

Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors) was born

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1962 Birth

Jesse Johnson

Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time) was born

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1776 Birth

John George Schetky

John George Schetky, composer was born

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1769 Birth

Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner

Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer was born

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1898 Birth

Lieb Glantz

Lieb Glantz, composer was born

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1945 Birth

Linda Scott

Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now) was born

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1956 Birth

Lisa Hartman Black

Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing) was born

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1963 Birth

Mike Joyce

Mike Joyce, rock drummer (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London) was born

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1949 Birth

Mike Levine

Mike Levine, rock keyboardist/bassist (Triumph) was born

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1803 Birth

Mikhail I Glinka

Mikhail I Glinka, Russian composer [OS=May 20] was born

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1804 Birth

Mikhail Ivan Glinka

Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa) was born

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1988 Birth

Nami Tamaki

Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer was born

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1921 Birth

Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra) was born

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1848 Birth

Otto Valdemar Malling

Otto Valdemar Malling, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Pat Boone

Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade) was born

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1924 Birth

Paula Hinton

Paula Hinton, dancer was born

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1903 Birth

Percy William Whitlock

Percy William Whitlock, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Ralph Morse

Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas was born

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1943 Birth

Richard Goode

Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award) was born

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1971 Birth

Roldán González

Roldán González, Cuban singer was born

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1947 Birth

Ron Wood

Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) was born

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1892 Birth

Samuel L M Barlow

Samuel L M Barlow, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Simon Gallup

Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure) was born

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1909 Birth

Szymon Goldberg

Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch) was born

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1899 Birth

Werner Janssen

Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) was born

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1929 Birth

Yehudi Wyner

Yehudi Wyner, composer was born

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1935 Death

Alberto Cametti

Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64

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2026 Death

Anthony Head

Anthony Head died

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2026 Death

Areski Belkacem

Areski Belkacem died

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2023 Death

Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil died

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1991 Death

David Ruffin

David Ruffin, vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50

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1996 Death

Don Grolnick

Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48

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1942 Death

Ernest Pingoud

Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53

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1955 Death

F Melius Christiansen

F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84

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1918 Death

Friedrich Richard Faltin

Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83

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1909 Death

Giuseppe Martucci

Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53

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2024 Death

Harry van Hoof

Harry van Hoof died

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1918 Death

Jaroslav Novotny

Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32

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2020 Death

Joey Image

Joey Image died

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1763 Death

Johann Caspar Vogler

Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67

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1810 Death

Johann Paul Wessely

Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47

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2022 Death

Leroy Williams

Leroy Williams died

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2020 Death

Majek Fashek

Majek Fashek died

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1639 Death

Melchior Franck

Melchior Franck, German composer

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2025 Death

Monica Nielsen

Monica Nielsen died

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2020 Death

Myroslav Skoryk

Myroslav Skoryk died

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1966 Death

Papa Jack Laine

Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)

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1995 Death

Prudence Hyman

Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80

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2006 Death

Rocío Jurado

Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)

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1964 Death

Rutkowski Bronislaw

Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66

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1948 Death

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34

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2025 Death

Sven-Åke Johansson

Sven-Åke Johansson died

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2007 Death

Tony Thompson

Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)

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1926 Death

Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov

Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64

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1893 Event

Giuseppe Verdi

Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)

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1994 Event

Guns N' Roses

Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai

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1975 Event

Rolling Stones

Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stones guitarist

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2026 Event

Skaldowie

Skaldowie released the album 'Q140305515'

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2026 Event

Stanislaw Wenglorz

Stanislaw Wenglorz released the album 'Q140305515'

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1967 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold

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