On This Day in Music: June 12

1857-06-12 Birth

Achille Simonetti

Achille Simonetti, composer was born

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1897-06-12 Birth

Alexandre Tansman

Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique) was born

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1992-06-12 Birth

Allie DiMeco

Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band) was born

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1900-06-12 Birth

Amadeo Roldan

Amadeo Roldan, composer was born

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1909-06-12 Birth

Archie Bleyer

Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey) was born

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1948-06-12 Birth

Barry Bailey

Barry Bailey, Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section) was born

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1982-06-12 Birth

Ben Blackwell

Ben Blackwell, American musician was born

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1914-06-12 Birth

Bill Kenny

Bill Kenny, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, singer (The Bill Kenny Show), (d. 2012) was born

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1968-06-12 Birth

Bobby Sheehan

Bobby Sheehan, American musician (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999) was born

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1951-06-12 Birth

Brad Delp

Brad Delp, guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) was born

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1951-06-12 Birth

Bun E Carlos

Bun E Carlos, [Brad Carlson], rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) was born

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1941-06-12 Birth

Chick Corea

Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance) was born

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1985-06-12 Birth

Chris Young

Chris Young, American musician was born

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1965-06-12 Birth

Cindy Lee Berryhill

Cindy Lee Berryhill, US singer/songwriter (Baby) was born

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1952-06-12 Birth

Dale Krantz

Dale Krantz, singer (Rossington-Collins Band) was born

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1912-06-12 Birth

Eddie Williams

Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist was born

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1904-06-12 Birth

Eino Roiha

Eino Roiha, composer was born

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1903-06-12 Birth

Emmett Hardy

Emmett Hardy, American musician (d. 1925) was born

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1965-06-12 Birth

Filip Topol

Filip Topol, Czech musician and writer was born

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1907-06-12 Birth

Giorgio Nataletti

Giorgio Nataletti, composer was born

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1944-06-12 Birth

Howard Cowart

Howard Cowart, rocker was born

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1932-06-12 Birth

Jim Nabors

Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle) was born

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1892-06-12 Birth

John Donald Robb

John Donald Robb, composer was born

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1959-06-12 Birth

John Linnell

John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants) was born

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1983-06-12 Birth

Josh Dies

Josh Dies, American author and musician (Showbread) was born

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1881-06-12 Birth

Juan de Hernandez

Juan de Hernandez, composer was born

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1468-06-12 Birth

Juan del Encina

Juan del Encina, composer was born

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1977-06-12 Birth

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American blues-rock guitarist was born

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1922-06-12 Birth

Leif Thybo

Leif Thybo, composer was born

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1942-06-12 Birth

Len Barry

Len Barry, [Leonard Borisoff], Philadelphia, American rocker (1-2-3-Dovells) was born

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1909-06-12 Birth

Mansel Treharne Thomas

Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer was born

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1526-06-12 Birth

Marc-Antoine de Muret

Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born

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1944-06-12 Birth

Maurice Jackson

Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You) was born

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1876-06-12 Birth

Narciso Garay

Narciso Garay, composer was born

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1952-06-12 Birth

Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen, Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara) was born

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1962-06-12 Birth

Paul Clark

Paul Clark, English musician (The Bolshoi) was born

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1952-06-12 Birth

Pete Farndon

Pete Farndon, English musician (The Pretenders) (d. 1983) was born

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1914-06-12 Birth

Peter Lancelot Williams

Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist was born

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1958-06-12 Birth

Rebecca Holden

Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer was born

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1941-06-12 Birth

Reg[inald] Presley

Reg[inald] Presley, [Ball], rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing), (d. 2013) was born

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1928-06-12 Birth

Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist (Mary Poppins) was born

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1842-06-12 Birth

Rikard Nordraak

Rikard Nordraak, composer was born

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1953-06-12 Birth

Rocky Burnette

Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line) was born

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1941-06-12 Birth

Roy Harper

Roy Harper, English musician was born

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1985-06-12 Birth

Tasha-Ray Evin

Tasha-Ray Evin, Canadian musician (Lillix) was born

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1928-06-12 Birth

Vic Damone

Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live) was born

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1885-06-12 Birth

Werner Erich Josten

Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle) was born

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1874-06-12 Birth

Willem Landre

Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer was born

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1969-06-12 Birth

Zsolt Daczi

Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. 2007) was born

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1995-06-12 Death

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75

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1997-06-12 Death

Bulat Okudzhava

Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)

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1616-06-12 Death

Cornelis F Schuyt

Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies

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1968-06-12 Death

Fidelio Friedrich Finke

Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76

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1887-06-12 Death

Gustav Weber

Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41

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2006-06-12 Death

György Ligeti

György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)

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1966-06-12 Death

Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74

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1957-06-12 Death

James F "Jimmy" Dorsey

James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53

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1947-06-12 Death

Jazeps Medins

Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70

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1962-06-12 Death

John N Ireland

John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82

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1989-06-12 Death

Lou Monte

Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)

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1988-06-12 Death

Marcel Poot

Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87

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1917-06-12 Death

Maria Teresa Carreno

Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63

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1761-06-12 Death

Meinrad Spiess

Meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77

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1989-06-12 Death

Peter Conrad Baden

Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80

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1778-06-12 Death

Philip Livingston

Philip Livingston, American merchant (signed Declaration of Independance), dies at 62

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1942-06-12 Death

Walter Leigh

Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36

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1858-06-12 Death

William Horsley

William Horsley, composer, dies at 83

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1965-06-12 Event

The Beatles

Beatles are awarded MBE

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1965-06-12 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

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