On This Day in Music: June 14

On June 14 in music history, 42 artists were born, 34 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1965), Paul McCartney (2024) and Carole King (1989).

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The Beatles

Beatles release album "Beatles VI"

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney released the album 'One Hand Clapping'

Carole King

Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame

"Boy George" O'Dowd

"Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club) was born

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Born on June 14

"Boy George" O'Dowd

"Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club) was born

Alan White

Alan White, English rock drummer (Yes, Ramshackled) was born

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734] was born

Arthur Jacobs

Arthur Jacobs, musicologist was born

Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx

Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer was born

Barry Melton

Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish) was born

Benno Ammann

Benno Ammann, composer was born

Bob Nanna

Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film) was born

Brian David Willis

Brian David Willis, rock drummer (Quarterflash) was born

Burl Ives

Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) was born

Candido Jose Ruano

Candido Jose Ruano, composer was born

Carter Harman

Carter Harman, composer was born

Ceca Raznatovic

Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer was born

Chris DeGarmo

Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) was born

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star) was born

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer was born

Cy Coleman

Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], American songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity), (d. 2004) was born

David Thomas

David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu) was born

Dominique Della-Maria

Dominique Della-Maria, composer was born

Frederik Rung

Frederik Rung, composer was born

Harold Wheeler

Harold Wheeler, American composer was born

Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo

Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer was born

Jan Francisci

Jan Francisci, composer was born

Jane Bathori

Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (d. 1970) was born

Jimmy Lea

Jimmy Lea, England, rock bassist (Slade) was born

Johannes Simon Mayr

Johannes Simon Mayr, composer was born

John McCormack

John McCormack, Irish/US singer (Irish folksongs) was born

John Mizelle

John Mizelle, composer was born

John Scott Trotter

John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show) was born

Karl-Rudi Griesbach

Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer was born

Kevin Michael McHale

Kevin Michael McHale, American singer was born

King Diamond

King Diamond [Kim Petersen], Copenhagen, Denmark, heavy metal musician (Mercyful Fate, King Diamond) was born

MC Ren

MC Ren, American rapper was born

Michael Zadora

Michael Zadora, composer was born

Muff [Mervyn] Winwood

Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) was born

Nikolay Rubinstein

Nikolay Rubinstein, composer was born

Renaldo "Obie" Benson

Renaldo "Obie" Benson, singer (The Four Tops) (d. 2005) was born

Rod Argent

Rod Argent, rocker (She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent) was born

Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72) was born

Siggie Nordstrom

Siggie Nordstrom, Swedish singer (The Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980) was born

Siobhán Donaghy

Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes) was born

Theodore Bloomfield

Theodore Bloomfield, composer was born

Died on June 14

Albert Ross Parsons

Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85

Andre Campra

Andre Campra, composer, dies at 83

Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)

Carpentras

Carpentras, French composer

Claude Samuel

Claude Samuel died

Eamonn McGirr

Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer

Erna Berger

Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)

Ernst Henrik Ellberg

Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79

Esbjörn Svensson

Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)

Franz Anton Maichelbeck

Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47

Gottfried Wegner

Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65

Guido Guerrini

Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74

Harry "Little" Caesar

Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat), dies at 66

Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70

Ivan Della Mea

Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

Jamelão

Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)

Johan Severin Svendsen

Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70

Johann Wilhelm Hertel

Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61

John Blackwood McEwen

John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80

Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51

Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett died

Knud Christian Jeppesen

Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81

Kollangudi Karuppayee

Kollangudi Karuppayee died

Lionel Grigson

Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52

Mykhaylo Verikivsky

Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65

Nicolo Gabrielli

Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77

Orlandus Lassus

Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61

Pete de Freitas

Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies

Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47

Sharda

Sharda died

Theodore Karyotakis

Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74

Thomas Edward Montgomery

Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73

Topsy Küppers

Topsy Küppers died

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57

Releases & milestones on June 14

Carole King

Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame

Lamb of God

Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)

Luke Combs

Luke Combs released the album 'Fathers & Sons'

Normani

Normani released the album 'Dopamine'

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney released the album 'One Hand Clapping'

The Beatles

Beatles release album "Beatles VI"

Wings

Wings released the album 'One Hand Clapping'

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