On This Day in Music: June 2

1976 Birth

Adrian Carlos Olivares

Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

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1929 Birth

Alcides Lanza

Alcides Lanza, composer was born

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1985 Birth

Ana Cristina

Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress was born

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1927 Birth

Andre Vandernoot

Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera) was born

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1751 Birth

Antoni Weinert

Antoni Weinert, composer was born

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1970 Birth

B-Real

B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill) was born

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1614 Birth

Benjamin Rogers

Benjamin Rogers, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Bert Farber

Bert Farber, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone) was born

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1945 Birth

Bob Benrit

Bob Benrit, rocker was born

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1933 Birth

Bob Rozario

Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader (Tony Orlando, Marie) was born

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1983 Birth

Brooke White

Brooke White, American singer was born

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1939 Birth

Charles Miller

Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War) was born

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1941 Birth

Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) was born

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1777 Birth

Christian Traugott Tag

Christian Traugott Tag, composer was born

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1987 Birth

Darin Zanyar

Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer was born

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1900 Birth

David Wynne

David Wynne, composer was born

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1923 Birth

Del Simmons

Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart) was born

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1961 Birth

Dez Cadena

Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag) was born

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1857 Birth

Edward William Elgar

Edward William Elgar, Broadheath England, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) was born

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1891 Birth

Ernst Kunz

Ernst Kunz, composer was born

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1980 Birth

Fabrizio Moretti

Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro was born

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1929 Birth

Frederic Devreese

Frederic Devreese, composer was born

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1577 Birth

Giovanni Righi

Giovanni Righi, composer was born

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1876 Birth

Hakon Borresen

Hakon Borresen, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Harry Rowe Shelley

Harry Rowe Shelley, composer was born

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1715 Birth

Herman-Francois Delange

Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born

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1887 Birth

Howard Johnson

Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941) was born

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1943 Birth

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer was born

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1806 Birth

Isaac Strauss

Isaac Strauss, composer was born

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1828 Birth

James Cutler Dunn Parker

James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer was born

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1831 Birth

Jan G Palm

Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer was born

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1937 Birth

Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones, rocker was born

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1961 Birth

John Cameroon

John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw) was born

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1934 Birth

Johnny Carter

Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation) was born

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1959 Birth

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks) was born

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1947 Birth

Mark Elder

Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor was born

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1944 Birth

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line), (d. 2012) was born

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1917 Birth

Max Showalter

Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) was born

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1954 Birth

Michael Steele

Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian) was born

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1830 Birth

Olivier Metra

Olivier Metra, composer was born

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1863 Birth

Paul Felix Weingartner

Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) was born

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1966 Birth

Pedro Guerra

Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer was born

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1807 Birth

Robert Fuhrer

Robert Fuhrer, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Robert Moffat Palmer

Robert Moffat Palmer, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Robin Orr

Robin Orr, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Sammy Turner

Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods) was born

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1951 Birth

Steve Brookins

Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special) was born

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1976 Birth

Tim Rice-Oxley

Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane) was born

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1960 Birth

Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True) was born

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1981 Birth

Tucker Rountree

Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer. was born

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1913 Birth

Walter Andreas Schwarz

Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992) was born

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1941 Birth

William Guest

William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show) was born

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1950 Birth

[Antone] Chubby Tavares

[Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares) was born

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1987 Death

Andres Segovia

Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94

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1968 Death

André Mathieu

André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)

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2022 Death

Bhajan Sopori

Bhajan Sopori died

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2025 Death

Birgit Carlstén

Birgit Carlstén died

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2008 Death

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)

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2020 Death

Chris Trousdale

Chris Trousdale died

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1986 Death

Daniel Sternefeld

Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80

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1997 Death

Doc Cheatham

Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91

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1949 Death

Dynam-Victor Fumet

Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82

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2024 Death

Emma Lou Diemer

Emma Lou Diemer died

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1949 Death

Ernest Ford

Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91

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1873 Death

Francois Hainl

Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65

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1972 Death

Franz Philipp

Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81

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1927 Death

Freidrich Hegar

Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85

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1984 Death

Georgios Kasassoglou

Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)

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2021 Death

Hasan Saltık

Hasan Saltık died

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1977 Death

Henri D Gagnebin

Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91

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1947 Death

Hermann Darewsky

Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64

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2024 Death

Janis Paige

Janis Paige died

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1750 Death

Johann Valentin Rathgeber

Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68

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1951 Death

John Erskine

John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

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1999 Death

Junior Braithwaite

Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)

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2023 Death

Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho died

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2007 Death

Kentaro Haneda

Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)

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1937 Death

Louis Vierne

Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66

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2026 Death

Peabo Bryson

Peabo Bryson died

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1990 Death

Robert Noyce

Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies

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1987 Death

Sammy Kaye

Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77

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1983 Death

Stan Rogers

Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire

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2006 Death

Vince Welnick

Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)

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2011 Death

Willem Duys

Willem Duys, Dutch commentator and music producer (b. 1928)

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2023 Event

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold released the album 'Life Is But a Dream...'

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2023 Event

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan released the album 'Shadow Kingdom'

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1982 Event

Ella Fitzgerald

"Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances

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2023 Event

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters released the album 'But Here We Are'

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2023 Event

Jelly Roll

Jelly Roll released the album 'Whitsitt Chapel'

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2023 Event

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds released the album 'Council Skies'

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2023 Event

Stray Kids

Stray Kids released the album '5-Star'

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1964 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass

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