On This Day in Music: June 16

On June 16 in music history, 43 artists were born, 24 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them BTS (2021), The Beatles (1977) and Tupac Shakur (1971).

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BTS

BTS released the album 'BTS, the Best'

The Beatles

"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway

Tupac Shakur

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

Chick Webb

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

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Born on June 16

Ake Hermanson

Ake Hermanson, composer was born

Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter was born

Billy "Crash" Craddock

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

Conrad Beck

Conrad Beck, composer was born

David Popper

David Popper, composer was born

Diana DeGarmo

Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer was born

Eddie Levert

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

Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician was born

Francis Lopez

Francis Lopez, composer was born

Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats) was born

Gino Vanelli

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

Giovanni Paulo Colonna

Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer was born

Helen Traubel

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

Henryk Czyz

Henryk Czyz, composer was born

Huldreich Georg Fruh

Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer was born

Ian Mosley

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

Ilona Massey

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

Ivo Petric

Ivo Petric, composer was born

James Kirtland Randall

James Kirtland Randall, composer was born

James Smith

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

Jan Malat

Jan Malat, composer was born

Jasmine Leong

Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer was born

Joey Yung

Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer was born

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer was born

John Rostill

John Rostill, rocker was born

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

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

Jóhannes Helgason

Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr) was born

Keshia Chante

Keshia Chante, Canadian singer was born

Lamont Dozier

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

Leeland Dayton Mooring

Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland) was born

Little Caesar

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

Lucia Dlugoszewski

Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer was born

Matt Costa

Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter was born

Meingosus Gaelle

Meingosus Gaelle, composer was born

Mickie Finn

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

Nathaniel Schnittelbach

Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born

Norman Kerry

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

Paul Antonin Vidal

Paul Antonin Vidal, composer was born

Peppy Castro

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

Rob Kloet

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

Sergiu Comissiona

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

Tupac Shakur

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

Willi Boskovsky

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

Died on June 16

Ben Weber

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

Boris Alexandrov

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

Chick Webb

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

David Edward Sutch

David Edward Sutch, British musician (b. 1940)

Don Robey

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

Emmett Hardy

Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)

Eva Turner

Eva Turner, British soprano, dies

Georg Wenzel Ritter

Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60

Heino Eller

Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83

Jodie Devos

Jodie Devos died

Johann Adam Hiller

Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75

John Honeyman-Scott

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

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64

Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske

Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53

Marsilio Casentini

Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74

Maurice Duruflé

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

Miloje Milojevic

Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61

Patti Drew

Patti Drew died

Peter Dickinson

Peter Dickinson died

Valentino Fioravanti

Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72

Vicky Brown

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

Vitezslava Kapralova

Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25

Wendelin Weissheimer

Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72

Releases & milestones on June 16

Alan Jackson

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

BTS

BTS released the album 'BTS, the Best'

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age released the album 'In Times New Roman...'

Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós released the album 'Átta'

The Beatles

"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway

The Blues Brothers

"Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago

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