On This Day in Music: June 14

1961-06-14 Birth

"Boy George" O'Dowd

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

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1949-06-14 Birth

Alan White

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

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1730-06-14 Birth

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini

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

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1922-06-14 Birth

Arthur Jacobs

Arthur Jacobs, musicologist was born

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1865-06-14 Birth

Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx

Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer was born

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1947-06-14 Birth

Barry Melton

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

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1904-06-14 Birth

Benno Ammann

Benno Ammann, composer was born

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1975-06-14 Birth

Bob Nanna

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

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1958-06-14 Birth

Brian David Willis

Brian David Willis, rock drummer (Quarterflash) was born

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1909-06-14 Birth

Burl Ives

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

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1760-06-14 Birth

Candido Jose Ruano

Candido Jose Ruano, composer was born

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1918-06-14 Birth

Carter Harman

Carter Harman, composer was born

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1973-06-14 Birth

Ceca Raznatovic

Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer was born

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1963-06-14 Birth

Chris DeGarmo

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

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1895-06-14 Birth

Cliff Edwards

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

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1932-06-14 Birth

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer was born

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1929-06-14 Birth

Cy Coleman

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

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1953-06-14 Birth

David Thomas

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

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1769-06-14 Birth

Dominique Della-Maria

Dominique Della-Maria, composer was born

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1854-06-14 Birth

Frederik Rung

Frederik Rung, composer was born

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1943-06-14 Birth

Harold Wheeler

Harold Wheeler, American composer was born

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1920-06-14 Birth

Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo

Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer was born

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1691-06-14 Birth

Jan Francisci

Jan Francisci, composer was born

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1877-06-14 Birth

Jane Bathori

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

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1952-06-14 Birth

Jimmy Lea

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

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1763-06-14 Birth

Johannes Simon Mayr

Johannes Simon Mayr, composer was born

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1884-06-14 Birth

John McCormack

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

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1940-06-14 Birth

John Mizelle

John Mizelle, composer was born

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1908-06-14 Birth

John Scott Trotter

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

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1916-06-14 Birth

Karl-Rudi Griesbach

Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer was born

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1988-06-14 Birth

Kevin Michael McHale

Kevin Michael McHale, American singer was born

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1956-06-14 Birth

King Diamond

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

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1969-06-14 Birth

MC Ren

MC Ren, American rapper was born

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1882-06-14 Birth

Michael Zadora

Michael Zadora, composer was born

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1943-06-14 Birth

Muff [Mervyn] Winwood

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

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1835-06-14 Birth

Nikolay Rubinstein

Nikolay Rubinstein, composer was born

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1936-06-14 Birth

Renaldo "Obie" Benson

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

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1945-06-14 Birth

Rod Argent

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

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1910-06-14 Birth

Rudolf Kempe

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

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1893-06-14 Birth

Siggie Nordstrom

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

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1984-06-14 Birth

Siobhán Donaghy

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

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1923-06-14 Birth

Theodore Bloomfield

Theodore Bloomfield, composer was born

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1933-06-14 Death

Albert Ross Parsons

Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85

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1744-06-14 Death

Andre Campra

Andre Campra, composer, dies at 83

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2005-06-14 Death

Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)

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1548-06-14 Death

Carpentras

Carpentras, French composer

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2004-06-14 Death

Eamonn McGirr

Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer

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1990-06-14 Death

Erna Berger

Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)

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1948-06-14 Death

Ernst Henrik Ellberg

Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79

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2008-06-14 Death

Esbjörn Svensson

Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)

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1750-06-14 Death

Franz Anton Maichelbeck

Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47

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1709-06-14 Death

Gottfried Wegner

Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65

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1965-06-14 Death

Guido Guerrini

Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74

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1994-06-14 Death

Harry "Little" Caesar

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

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1994-06-14 Death

Henry Mancini

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

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2009-06-14 Death

Ivan Della Mea

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

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2008-06-14 Death

Jamelão

Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)

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1911-06-14 Death

Johan Severin Svendsen

Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70

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1789-06-14 Death

Johann Wilhelm Hertel

Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61

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1948-06-14 Death

John Blackwood McEwen

John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80

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1968-06-14 Death

Karl-Birger Blomdahl

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

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1974-06-14 Death

Knud Christian Jeppesen

Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81

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1994-06-14 Death

Lionel Grigson

Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52

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1962-06-14 Death

Mykhaylo Verikivsky

Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65

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1891-06-14 Death

Nicolo Gabrielli

Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77

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1594-06-14 Death

Orlandus Lassus

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

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1989-06-14 Death

Pete de Freitas

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

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1995-06-14 Death

Rory Gallagher

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

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1978-06-14 Death

Theodore Karyotakis

Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74

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1996-06-14 Death

Thomas Edward Montgomery

Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73

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1960-06-14 Death

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57

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1989-06-14 Event

Carole King

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

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1923-06-14 Event

Lamb of God

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

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1965-06-14 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release album "Beatles VI"

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