On This Day in Music: June 18

1917-06-18 Birth

Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev

Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer was born

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1744-06-18 Birth

Augustin Holler

Augustin Holler, composer was born

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1907-06-18 Birth

Benny Payne

Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show) was born

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1976-06-18 Birth

Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton, American Country Singer was born

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1918-06-18 Birth

Bob Carroll

Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger) was born

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1942-06-18 Birth

Carl Radle

Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (d. 1980) was born

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1922-06-18 Birth

Claude Helffer

Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004) was born

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1958-06-18 Birth

Daniels Koran

Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born

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1963-06-18 Birth

Darren "Dizzy" Reed

Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine) was born

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1938-06-18 Birth

Don "Sugarcane" Harris

Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor (Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning) was born

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1947-06-18 Birth

Douglas Young

Douglas Young, composer was born

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1905-06-18 Birth

Eduard Tubin

Eduard Tubin, composer was born

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1892-06-18 Birth

Edward Steuermann

Edward Steuermann, composer was born

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1723-06-18 Birth

Giuseppe Scarlotti

Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer was born

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1942-06-18 Birth

Hans Vonk

Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor was born

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1822-06-18 Birth

Henry David Leslie

Henry David Leslie, composer was born

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1925-06-18 Birth

Herman "Ace" Wallace

Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer was born

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1757-06-18 Birth

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer was born

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1980-06-18 Birth

Ivana Wong

Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter was born

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1903-06-18 Birth

Jeanette MacDonald

Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, American actress and singer (When I'm Calling You), (d. 1965) was born

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1975-06-18 Birth

Jemma Griffiths

Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter was born

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1953-06-18 Birth

Jerome Smith

Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes) was born

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1901-06-18 Birth

Jimmy Dale

Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher) was born

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1906-06-18 Birth

Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orchestra leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege) was born

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1904-06-18 Birth

Manuel Rosenthal

Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers) was born

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1820-06-18 Birth

Martin Andreas Udbye

Martin Andreas Udbye, composer was born

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1780-06-18 Birth

Michael Henkel

Michael Henkel, composer was born

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1971-06-18 Birth

Nathan Morris

Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men) was born

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1944-06-18 Birth

Paul Lansky

Paul Lansky, composer was born

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1949-06-18 Birth

Prince Lincoln Thompson

Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999) was born

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1969-06-18 Birth

PÃ¥l Pot Pamparius

PÃ¥l Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) was born

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1943-06-18 Birth

Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer was born

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1910-06-18 Birth

Ray McKinley

Ray McKinley, Fort Worth Tx, orchestra leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time) was born

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1989-06-18 Birth

Renee Olstead

Renee Olstead, American singer and actress was born

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1850-06-18 Birth

Richard Heuberger

Richard Heuberger, composer was born

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1952-06-18 Birth

Rickey Gazda

Rickey Gazda, rocker was born

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1913-06-18 Birth

Sammy Cahn

Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain) was born

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1944-06-18 Birth

Sandy Posey

Sandy Posey, American singer was born

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1927-06-18 Birth

Simeon Pironkov

Simeon Pironkov, composer was born

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1942-06-18 Birth

The Beatles

Paul McCartney, Liverpool UK, English musician and member of The Beatles was born

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1957-06-18 Birth

Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) was born

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1933-06-18 Birth

Tommy Hunt

Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) was born

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1915-06-18 Birth

Victor Legley

Victor Legley, composer was born

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1954-06-18 Birth

William Beard

William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face) was born

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1961-06-18 Birth

[Genevieve] Alison Moyet

[Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf) was born

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1948-06-18 Birth

Éva Marton

Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano was born

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1964-06-18 Death

Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev

Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58

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1850-06-18 Death

Antoni Weinert

Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99

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1942-06-18 Death

Arthur Willard Pryor

Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71

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1935-06-18 Death

August Reusner

August Reusner, composer, dies at 64

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1876-06-18 Death

August Rockel

August Rockel, composer, dies at 61

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1821-06-18 Death

Charles Hague

Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52

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2011-06-18 Death

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)

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1934-06-18 Death

Francisco Lacerda

Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65

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1911-06-18 Death

Franjo Zaver Kuhac

Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76

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1973-06-18 Death

Fritz Mahler

Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71

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1965-06-18 Death

George Melachrino

George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56

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2007-06-18 Death

Georges Thurston

Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)

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1799-06-18 Death

Johann Andre

Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58

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1686-06-18 Death

Johann Quirsfeld

Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43

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1859-06-18 Death

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65

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1909-06-18 Death

Learmont Drysdale

Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42

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1726-06-18 Death

Michel-Richard Delalande

Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68

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1962-06-18 Death

Volkmar Andreae

Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82

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1955-06-18 Death

Walter Rein

Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61

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1955-06-18 Death

Willy Burkhard

Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55

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1821-06-18 Event

Carl Maria von Weber

Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin)

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