On This Day in Music: June 1

On June 1 in music history, 46 artists were born, 29 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1967), Guns N' Roses (1994) and Ron Wood (1947).

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The Beatles

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

Guns N' Roses

Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai

Ron Wood

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

Alan "Wild"er

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

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Born on June 1

Alan "Wild"er

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

Alanis Nadine Morisette

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

Allesandre Spontone

Allesandre Spontone, composer was born

Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner

Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer was born

Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter was born

Carol Neblett

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

Charlene [D'Angelo]

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

Christian Gottlob Saupe

Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer was born

Dinora de Carvalho

Dinora de Carvalho, composer was born

Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild

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

Edo de Waart

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

Ely van Tongeren

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

Ernst Kurth

Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist was born

Felician Schwab

Felician Schwab, composer was born

Ferdinando Paer

Ferdinando Paer, composer was born

Frederico Fiorillo

Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer was born

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer was born

Georg Muffat

Georg Muffat, composer was born

Hermann Zopff

Hermann Zopff, composer was born

Ignaz J Pleyel

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

Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors) was born

Jesse Johnson

Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time) was born

John George Schetky

John George Schetky, composer was born

Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner

Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer was born

Lieb Glantz

Lieb Glantz, composer was born

Linda Scott

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

Lisa Hartman Black

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

Mike Joyce

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

Mike Levine

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

Mikhail I Glinka

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

Mikhail Ivan Glinka

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

Nami Tamaki

Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer was born

Nelson Riddle

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

Otto Valdemar Malling

Otto Valdemar Malling, composer was born

Pat Boone

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

Paula Hinton

Paula Hinton, dancer was born

Percy William Whitlock

Percy William Whitlock, composer was born

Ralph Morse

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

Richard Goode

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

Roldán González

Roldán González, Cuban singer was born

Ron Wood

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

Samuel L M Barlow

Samuel L M Barlow, composer was born

Simon Gallup

Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure) was born

Szymon Goldberg

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

Werner Janssen

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

Yehudi Wyner

Yehudi Wyner, composer was born

Died on June 1

Alberto Cametti

Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64

Anthony Head

Anthony Head died

Areski Belkacem

Areski Belkacem died

Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil died

David Ruffin

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

Don Grolnick

Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48

Ernest Pingoud

Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53

F Melius Christiansen

F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84

Friedrich Richard Faltin

Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83

Giuseppe Martucci

Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53

Harry van Hoof

Harry van Hoof died

Jaroslav Novotny

Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32

Joey Image

Joey Image died

Johann Caspar Vogler

Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67

Johann Paul Wessely

Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47

Leroy Williams

Leroy Williams died

Majek Fashek

Majek Fashek died

Melchior Franck

Melchior Franck, German composer

Monica Nielsen

Monica Nielsen died

Myroslav Skoryk

Myroslav Skoryk died

Nate Nelson

Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies at 52

Papa Jack Laine

Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)

Prudence Hyman

Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80

Rocío Jurado

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

Rutkowski Bronislaw

Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66

Sonny Boy Williamson

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

Sven-Åke Johansson

Sven-Åke Johansson died

Tony Thompson

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

Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov

Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64

Releases & milestones on June 1

Giovanna

Giovanna released the album 'Q141188604'

Giuseppe Verdi

Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)

Guns N' Roses

Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai

Rolling Stones

Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stones guitarist

Skaldowie

Skaldowie released the album 'Q140305515'

Stanislaw Wenglorz

Stanislaw Wenglorz released the album 'Q140305515'

The Beatles

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

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