On This Day in Music: June 22

On June 22 in music history, 49 artists were born, 25 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Cyndi Lauper (1953), The Beatles (1961) and Todd Rundgren (1948).

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Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time) was born

The Beatles

Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My...

Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me) was born

Jimmy Somerville

Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards) was born

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Born on June 22

Alan Osmond

Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born

Alois Luigi Tomasini

Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer was born

Anne-Marie Ruddock

Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable) was born

Bobby Gillespie

Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream) was born

Bobby Valentino

Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles) was born

Chris Urbanowicz

Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors was born

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time) was born

David Burns

David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!) was born

Derek Forbes

Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front) was born

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club) was born

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer was born

Frank Heino Damrosch

Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music) was born

Frederic Louis Ritter

Frederic Louis Ritter, composer was born

Garry Beers

Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) was born

Gary Moffet

Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine) was born

Gordon Moakes

Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party) was born

Green [Gartside]

Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood) was born

Guus Jansen

Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen) was born

Heinrich Gottfried Reichard

Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer was born

Hermeto Pascoal

Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician was born

Howard Kaylan

Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) was born

Jack Whiting

Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) was born

Jennie Tourel

Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47) was born

Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch) was born

Jimmy Somerville

Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards) was born

John Ryder

John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face) was born

Jose Rolon

Jose Rolon, composer was born

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather) was born

Kevin Sargeant

Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) was born

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium) was born

Lambert Pietkin

Lambert Pietkin, composer was born

Larry Junstrom

Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special) was born

Libor Pešek

Libor Pešek, Czech conductor was born

Michael Horvit

Michael Horvit, composer was born

Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know) was born

Nicola Sirkis

Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine) was born

Osvald Chlubna

Osvald Chlubna, composer was born

Pablo Bruna

Pablo Bruna, composer was born

Peter Asher

Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) was born

Ruby Turner

Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run) was born

Ruth Zechlin

Ruth Zechlin, composer was born

Steve Weber

Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal) was born

Steven Page

Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies) was born

Theodor Leschetizky

Theodor Leschetizky, composer was born

Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me) was born

Tommy Cunningham

Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was) was born

Verne Allison

Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart) was born

Vit Nejedly

Vit Nejedly, composer was born

Walter Leigh

Walter Leigh, composer was born

Died on June 22

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79

Aki Aleong

Aki Aleong died

Antonio Salines

Antonio Salines died

Bengt Viktor Johansson

Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88

Gabriele Prota

Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88

Hermann Suter

Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56

Hubert Renotte

Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41

Jacques Leon Wolfe

Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77

Jimmy Bryant

Jimmy Bryant died

Johan Dalgas Frisch

Johan Dalgas Frisch died

Joseph-Hector Fiocco

Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38

Julio Fonseca

Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65

Mahdi

Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies

Maria Tănase

Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)

Mzilikazi Khumalo

Mzilikazi Khumalo died

Nicholas Siret

Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91

Pappukutty Bhagavathar

Pappukutty Bhagavathar died

Parassala B. Ponnammal

Parassala B. Ponnammal died

Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann died

Peter Laughner

Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71

Poovachal Khader

Poovachal Khader died

Ted Gärdestad

Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)

Releases & milestones on June 22

Glenn Frey

"Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12

Stray Kids

Stray Kids released the album 'Circus'

The Beatles

Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg

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