On This Day in Music: June 16

1923-06-16 Birth

Ake Hermanson

Ake Hermanson, composer was born

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1981-06-16 Birth

Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter was born

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1940-06-16 Birth

Billy "Crash" Craddock

Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer was born

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1901-06-16 Birth

Conrad Beck

Conrad Beck, composer was born

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1843-06-16 Birth

David Popper

David Popper, composer was born

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1987-06-16 Birth

Diana DeGarmo

Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer was born

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1942-06-16 Birth

Eddie Levert

Eddie Levert, Canton Ohio, vocalist (O'Jays-For the Love of Money) was born

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1962-06-16 Birth

Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician was born

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1916-06-16 Birth

Francis Lopez

Francis Lopez, composer was born

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1954-06-16 Birth

Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats) was born

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1952-06-16 Birth

Gino Vanelli

Gino Vanelli, Montreal Quebec, singer (Living Inside Myself) was born

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1637-06-16 Birth

Giovanni Paulo Colonna

Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer was born

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1903-06-16 Birth

Helen Traubel

Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972) was born

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1923-06-16 Birth

Henryk Czyz

Henryk Czyz, composer was born

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1903-06-16 Birth

Huldreich Georg Fruh

Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer was born

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1953-06-16 Birth

Ian Mosley

Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws) was born

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1910-06-16 Birth

Ilona Massey

Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show) was born

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1931-06-16 Birth

Ivo Petric

Ivo Petric, composer was born

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1929-06-16 Birth

James Kirtland Randall

James Kirtland Randall, composer was born

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1950-06-16 Birth

James Smith

James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything) was born

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1843-06-16 Birth

Jan Malat

Jan Malat, composer was born

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1978-06-16 Birth

Jasmine Leong

Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer was born

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1980-06-16 Birth

Joey Yung

Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer was born

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1853-06-16 Birth

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer was born

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1942-06-16 Birth

John Rostill

John Rostill, rocker was born

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1591-06-16 Birth

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born

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1958-06-16 Birth

Jóhannes Helgason

Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr) was born

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1988-06-16 Birth

Keshia Chante

Keshia Chante, Canadian singer was born

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1941-06-16 Birth

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier) was born

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1988-06-16 Birth

Leeland Dayton Mooring

Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland) was born

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1934-06-16 Birth

Little Caesar

Little Caesar, vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans) was born

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1934-06-16 Birth

Lucia Dlugoszewski

Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer was born

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1982-06-16 Birth

Matt Costa

Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter was born

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1752-06-16 Birth

Meingosus Gaelle

Meingosus Gaelle, composer was born

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1938-06-16 Birth

Mickie Finn

Mickie Finn, Hugo Oklahoma, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's) was born

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1633-06-16 Birth

Nathaniel Schnittelbach

Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born

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1894-06-16 Birth

Norman Kerry

Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera) was born

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1863-06-16 Birth

Paul Antonin Vidal

Paul Antonin Vidal, composer was born

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1949-06-16 Birth

Peppy Castro

Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance) was born

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1952-06-16 Birth

Rob Kloet

Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer (Nits-In the Dutch Mountains) was born

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1928-06-16 Birth

Sergiu Comissiona

Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64) was born

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1971-06-16 Birth

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur, East Harlem New York, American rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet) (killed in 1996) was born

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1909-06-16 Birth

Willi Boskovsky

Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert) was born

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1979-06-16 Death

Ben Weber

Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62

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1994-06-16 Death

Boris Alexandrov

Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88

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1939-06-16 Death

Chick Webb

Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)

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1999-06-16 Death

David Edward Sutch

David Edward Sutch, British musician (b. 1940)

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1975-06-16 Death

Don Robey

Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71

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1925-06-16 Death

Emmett Hardy

Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)

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1990-06-16 Death

Eva Turner

Eva Turner, British soprano, dies

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1808-06-16 Death

Georg Wenzel Ritter

Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60

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1970-06-16 Death

Heino Eller

Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83

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1804-06-16 Death

Johann Adam Hiller

Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75

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1982-06-16 Death

John Honeyman-Scott

John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs

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1958-06-16 Death

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45

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1831-06-16 Death

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64

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1969-06-16 Death

Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske

Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53

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1651-06-16 Death

Marsilio Casentini

Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74

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1986-06-16 Death

Maurice Duruflé

Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)

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1946-06-16 Death

Miloje Milojevic

Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61

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1837-06-16 Death

Valentino Fioravanti

Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72

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1991-06-16 Death

Vicky Brown

Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies

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1940-06-16 Death

Vitezslava Kapralova

Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25

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1910-06-16 Death

Wendelin Weissheimer

Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72

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1997-06-16 Event

Alan Jackson

31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes

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1977-06-16 Event

The Beatles

"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway

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1980-06-16 Event

The Blues Brothers

"Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago

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