On This Day in Music: June 27

On June 27 in music history, 45 artists were born, 28 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Lorde (2025), The Beatles (1964) and Frank Mills (1942).

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Lorde

Lorde released the album 'Virgin'

The Beatles

"Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97

Frank Mills

Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger (Music Box Dancer) was born

John Entwistle

John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57

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Born on June 27

Alojz Srebotnjak

Alojz Srebotnjak, composer was born

Alsou

Alsou, Russian singer was born

Anna Kumble

Anna Kumble, British Singer, also known as Lolly was born

Anna Moffo

Anna Moffo, Wayne Penn, soprano (Adventurers) [or 1927/1932] was born

Arthur Harmat

Arthur Harmat, composer was born

Aselin Debison

Aselin Debison, Canadian singer was born

August Conradi

August Conradi, composer was born

Benjamin Speed

Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer was born

Big Moe

Big Moe, American musician (Screwed Up Click) was born

Bruce Johnston

Bruce Johnston, US pop musician (Beach Boys-God Only Knows) was born

Camile Baudoin

Camile Baudoin, American musician was born

Carl Albert Loeschhorn

Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer was born

Christian Kane

Christian Kane, American actor and singer was born

Coby Linder

Coby Linder, American Pop Punk Drummer (Say Anything) was born

Daria Semegen

Daria Semegen, composer was born

Drake Bell

Drake Bell, musician/ songwriter / American actor was born

Evan Taubenfeld

Evan Taubenfeld, American musician was born

Frank Mills

Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger (Music Box Dancer) was born

George Theophilus Walker

George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies) was born

Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer was born

Hallvard Olav Johnsen

Hallvard Olav Johnsen, composer was born

Hans de Jong

Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (De Damrakkertjes) was born

Hendrik W van Leeuwen

Hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician was born

Hugh Wood

Hugh Wood, composer was born

Jacob Adolf Hagg

Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer was born

Janice Giteck

Janice Giteck, composer was born

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter (Gun Club) was born

Jerome "Doc" Pomus

Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker was born

Johann Nepomuk Went

Johann Nepomuk Went, composer was born

John Howard McGuire

John Howard McGuire, composer was born

John Pike Hullah

John Pike Hullah, composer was born

John Warne

John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter) was born

Karel Reiner

Karel Reiner, composer was born

Lorrie Morgan

Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes) was born

Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer was born

May Irwin

May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (Hot Time in the Old Town) was born

Mildred J Hill

Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You) was born

Philipp Friedrich Silcher

Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer was born

Rahul Dev Burman

Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994) was born

Ryszard Kwiatkowski

Ryszard Kwiatkowski, composer was born

Stephen Elvey

Stephen Elvey, composer was born

Tibor Harsanyi

Tibor Harsanyi, composer was born

V K Narayana Menon

V K Narayana Menon, composer was born

Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba

Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer was born

Wenzel Raimund Pirck

Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer was born

Died on June 27

Alexander Knaifel

Alexander Knaifel died

Allen James

Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84

Carlotta Patti

Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies

Carmen Sevilla

Carmen Sevilla died

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72

Daniel Lazarus

Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65

Fayette Pinkney

Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)

Francis L Casadesus

Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83

Frank Harte

Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector

Freddy Cole

Freddy Cole died

George Templeton Strong

George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92

Joe Maphis

Joe Maphis, American country music guitarist dies aged 65

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61

John Entwistle

John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57

Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman died

Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor

Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70

Louis-Sebastien Lebrun

Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64

Martin Mull

Martin Mull died

Mats Rådberg

Mats Rådberg died

Monte Cazazza

Monte Cazazza died

Pablo Bruna

Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68

Peps Persson

Peps Persson died

Pete Carr

Pete Carr died

Prez "Kidd" Kenneth

Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61

Richard Vance Maxfield

Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42

Stefanie Ann Sargent

Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24

Werner Wehrli

Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52

Whitney Eugene Thayer

Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50

Releases & milestones on June 27

Lorde

Lorde released the album 'Virgin'

The Beatles

"Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97

various artists

various artists released the album 'F1 The Album'

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