On This Day in Music: June 11

1931-06-11 Birth

Audrey Schuh

Audrey Schuh, American soprano was born

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1939-06-11 Birth

Bernard Purdie

Bernard Purdie, American session drummer was born

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1926-06-11 Birth

Brother Dave Gardner

Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian was born

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1926-06-11 Birth

Carlisle Floyd

Carlisle Floyd, Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk) was born

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1910-06-11 Birth

Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II, Apocalypse Now) was born

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1970-06-11 Birth

Chris Rice

Chris Rice, singer/songwriter was born

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1985-06-11 Birth

Chris Trousdale

Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer was born

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1904-06-11 Birth

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano) was born

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1952-06-11 Birth

Donnie Van Zant

Donnie Van Zant, rock vocalist (.38 Special) was born

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1904-06-11 Birth

Emil Frantisek Burian

Emil Frantisek Burian, composer was born

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1697-06-11 Birth

Francesco A Vallotti

Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist was born

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1672-06-11 Birth

Francesco Antonio Bonporti

Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer was born

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1949-06-11 Birth

Frank Beard

Frank Beard, Frankston Texas, US country rock drummer (ZZ Topp) was born

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1899-06-11 Birth

George Frederick McKay

George Frederick McKay, composer was born

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1965-06-11 Birth

Giola Bruno

Giola Bruno, rocker (Expose) was born

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1947-06-11 Birth

Glenn Leonard

Glenn Leonard, R&B singer (Temptations) was born

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1950-06-11 Birth

Graham Russell

Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) was born

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1920-06-11 Birth

Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott) was born

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1957-06-11 Birth

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician was born

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1940-06-11 Birth

Joey Dee

Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris) was born

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1946-06-11 Birth

John Lawton

John Lawton, British rock singer (Uriah Heep) was born

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1704-06-11 Birth

Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas

Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer was born

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1907-06-11 Birth

Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova

Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader was born

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1927-06-11 Birth

Josef Anton Reidl

Josef Anton Reidl, composer was born

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1985-06-11 Birth

Josh Ramsay

Josh Ramsay, Canada, singer-songwriter (Marianas Trench) was born

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1936-06-11 Birth

Jud Strunk

Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d. 1981) was born

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1950-06-11 Birth

Lindsey de Paul

Lindsey de Paul, singer was born

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1740-06-11 Birth

Luigi Gatti

Luigi Gatti, composer was born

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1912-06-11 Birth

Mukhtar Ashrafi

Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer was born

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1969-06-11 Birth

Nancy Blogg

Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer (Josephine) was born

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1934-06-11 Birth

Pookie Hudson

Pookie Hudson, vocalist (Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite-Spaniels) was born

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1913-06-11 Birth

Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze

Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer was born

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1874-06-11 Birth

Richard Stohr

Richard Stohr, composer was born

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1864-06-11 Birth

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Don Quixote, Salome) was born

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1952-06-11 Birth

Russell Hitchcock

Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) was born

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1861-06-11 Birth

Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba

Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer was born

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1948-06-11 Birth

Skip Alan

Skip Alan, [Alan Skipper], drummer (Them, Pretty Things) was born

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1969-06-11 Birth

Steven Drozd

Steven Drozd, American drummer was born

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1976-06-11 Birth

Tai Anderson

Tai Anderson, American musician (bass player for Third Day) was born

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1987-06-11 Birth

TiA

TiA, Japanese R&B singer was born

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1902-06-11 Birth

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer was born

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1939-06-11 Birth

Wilma Burgess

Wilma Burgess, country-pop singer was born

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2001-06-11 Death

Amalia Mendoza

Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)

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1900-06-11 Death

Charles Swinnerton Heap

Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53

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1764-06-11 Death

Christoph Stoltzenberg

Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74

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1990-06-11 Death

Clyde McCoy

Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86

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1970-06-11 Death

Earl Grant

Earl Grant, American musician and singer (b. 1931)

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1775-06-11 Death

Egidio Romoaldo Duni

Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67

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1975-06-11 Death

Floro Manuel Ugarte

Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90

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1896-06-11 Death

Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke

Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72

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1808-06-11 Death

Giovanni Battista Cirri

Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83

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1995-06-11 Death

Lovelace Watkins

Lovelace Watkins, singer, dies at 58

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1955-06-11 Death

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer, dies at 72

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2011-06-11 Death

Seth Putnam

Seth Putnam, American musician (b. 1968)

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1924-06-11 Death

Theodore Dubois

Theodore Dubois, composer, dies at 86

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1996-06-11 Death

Ulysses Dove

Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49

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1976-06-11 Event

The Beatles

Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP is released in USA

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1966-06-11 Event

The Rolling Stones

"Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1

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1977-06-11 Event

Universal Robot Band

"Dance & Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93

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