On This Day in Music: June 18

On June 18 in music history, 46 artists were born, 29 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1942), Blake Shelton (1976) and Raffaella Carrà (1943).

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The Beatles

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

Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton, American Country Singer was born

Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer was born

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)

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Born on June 18

Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev

Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer was born

Augustin Holler

Augustin Holler, composer was born

Benny Payne

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

Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton, American Country Singer was born

Bob Carroll

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

Carl Radle

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

Claude Helffer

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

Daniels Koran

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

Darren "Dizzy" Reed

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

Don "Sugarcane" Harris

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

Douglas Young

Douglas Young, composer was born

Eduard Tubin

Eduard Tubin, composer was born

Edward Steuermann

Edward Steuermann, composer was born

Giuseppe Scarlotti

Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer was born

Hans Vonk

Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor was born

Henry David Leslie

Henry David Leslie, composer was born

Herman "Ace" Wallace

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

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer was born

Ivana Wong

Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter was born

Jeanette MacDonald

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

Jemma Griffiths

Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter was born

Jerome Smith

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

Jimmy Dale

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

Kay Kyser

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

Manuel Rosenthal

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

Martin Andreas Udbye

Martin Andreas Udbye, composer was born

Michael Henkel

Michael Henkel, composer was born

Nathan Morris

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

Paul Lansky

Paul Lansky, composer was born

Prince Lincoln Thompson

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

Pål Pot Pamparius

Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) was born

Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer was born

Ray McKinley

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

Renee Olstead

Renee Olstead, American singer and actress was born

Richard Heuberger

Richard Heuberger, composer was born

Rickey Gazda

Rickey Gazda, rocker was born

Sammy Cahn

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

Sandy Posey

Sandy Posey, American singer was born

Simeon Pironkov

Simeon Pironkov, composer was born

The Beatles

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

Tom Bailey

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

Tommy Hunt

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

Victor Legley

Victor Legley, composer was born

William Beard

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

[Genevieve] Alison Moyet

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

Éva Marton

Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano was born

Died on June 18

Adibah Noor

Adibah Noor died

Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev

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

Antoni Weinert

Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99

Arthur Willard Pryor

Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71

August Reusner

August Reusner, composer, dies at 64

August Rockel

August Rockel, composer, dies at 61

Big Pokey

Big Pokey died

Charles Hague

Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)

Cornel Țăranu

Cornel Țăranu died

Francisco Lacerda

Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65

Franjo Zaver Kuhac

Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76

Fritz Mahler

Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71

George Melachrino

George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56

Georges Thurston

Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)

James Chance

James Chance died

Johann Andre

Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58

Johann Quirsfeld

Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65

Learmont Drysdale

Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42

Lou Christie

Lou Christie died

Michel-Richard Delalande

Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68

Nasrollah Nasehpour

Nasrollah Nasehpour died

S. Ramesan Nair

S. Ramesan Nair died

Takeshi Terauchi

Takeshi Terauchi died

Vera Lynn

Vera Lynn died

Volkmar Andreae

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

Walter Rein

Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61

Willy Burkhard

Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55

Releases & milestones on June 18

Carl Maria von Weber

Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin)

Fear Factory

Fear Factory released the album 'Aggression Continuum'

Helloween

Helloween released the album 'Helloween'

Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers released the album 'Punisher'

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