On This Day in Music: June 3

1832 Birth

Alexander Charles Lecocq

Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer was born

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1829 Birth

Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback

Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Ammon McNeely

Ammon McNeely, American rock climber was born

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1942 Birth

Anita Harris

Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel) was born

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1907 Birth

Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia

Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer was born

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1893 Birth

Assen Karastoyanov

Assen Karastoyanov, composer was born

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1867 Birth

Bela Anton Szabados

Bela Anton Szabados, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax) was born

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1926 Birth

Carlos Veerhoff

Carlos Veerhoff, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, rock vocalist (Freddie's Dead, Superfly) was born

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1932 Birth

Dakota Staton

Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night) was born

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1954 Birth

Dan Hill

Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch) was born

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1956 Birth

Danny Wilde

Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts) was born

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1939 Birth

David Frederick Stock

David Frederick Stock, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Deniece Williams

Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait) was born

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1964 Birth

Doro Pesch

Doro Pesch, German singer was born

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1946 Birth

Eddie Holman

Eddie Holman, rocker was born

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1841 Birth

Eduardo Caudella

Eduardo Caudella, composer was born

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1887 Birth

Emil Axman

Emil Axman, composer was born

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1844 Birth

Emile Paladilhe

Emile Paladilhe, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Esther Hart

Esther Hart, Dutch singer was born

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1931 Birth

Francoise Arnoul

Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise) was born

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1801 Birth

Frantisek Jan Skroup

Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer was born

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1750 Birth

Frederic Thieme

Frederic Thieme, composer was born

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1969 Birth

Hiroyuki Takami

Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician was born

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1946 Birth

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes) was born

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1922 Birth

Ivan Patachich

Ivan Patachich, composer was born

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1746 Birth

James Hook

James Hook, composer was born

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1904 Birth

Jan Peerce

Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera) was born

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1926 Birth

Janez Maticic

Janez Maticic, composer was born

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1828 Birth

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer was born

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1965 Birth

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor was born

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1924 Birth

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers, Ruleville, Mississippi, Blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), (d. 1997) was born

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1738 Birth

Johann Christoph Oley

Johann Christoph Oley, composer was born

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1660 Birth

Johannes Schenck

Johannes Schenck, composer was born

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1828 Birth

Jose Inzenga y Castellanos

Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer was born

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1906 Birth

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker, dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) was born

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1970 Birth

Julie Masse

Julie Masse, French Canadian singer was born

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1974 Birth

Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics) was born

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1964 Birth

Kerry King

Kerry King, American musician (Slayer) was born

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1987 Birth

Lalaine

Lalaine, American actress and singer was born

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1868 Birth

Lvar Henning Mankell

Lvar Henning Mankell, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer was born

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1657 Birth

Manuel de Egues

Manuel de Egues, composer was born

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1897 Birth

Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie, rocker was born

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1944 Birth

Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, NYC, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!) was born

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1773 Birth

Michael Gottard Fischer

Michael Gottard Fischer, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Mickey Finn

Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003) was born

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1943 Birth

Mike Dennis

Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells) was born

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1965 Birth

Mike Gordon

Mike Gordon, American musician was born

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1970 Birth

Peter Tägtgren

Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer was born

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1968 Birth

Samantha Sprackling

Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer was born

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1949 Birth

Stephen Ruppenthal

Stephen Ruppenthal, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Suzi Quatro[cchio]

Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days) was born

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1935 Birth

Ted Curson [Theodore]

Ted Curson [Theodore], Philadelphia, Jazz Trumpeter, (d. 2012) was born

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1819 Birth

Thomas Ball

Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer was born

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1888 Birth

Tom Brown

Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958) was born

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1976 Birth

Yuri Ruley

Yuri Ruley, American drummer was born

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2011 Death

Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold, American singer, musician and songwriter. (b. 1951)

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1986 Death

Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81

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1986 Death

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89

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1888 Death

Cark Reidel

Cark Reidel, composer, dies at 60

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2025 Death

Eugen Doga

Eugen Doga died

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1849 Death

Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa

Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73

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1875 Death

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet, French composer, dies at 36

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1661 Death

Gottfried Scheidt

Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67

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2022 Death

Grachan Moncur III

Grachan Moncur III died

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1872 Death

Heinrich Esser

Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53

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1890 Death

Henryk Oskar Kolberg

Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76

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1994 Death

Hub Matthijsen

Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52

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1804 Death

Jean-Engelbert Pauwels

Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35

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1899 Death

Johann Baptist Strauss

Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73

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1809 Death

John "Christmas" Beckwith

John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58

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1913 Death

Josef Richard Rozkosny

Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79

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1858 Death

Julius Reubke

Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24

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2009 Death

Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor, American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." (b. 1928)

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1877 Death

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)

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1898 Death

Nikolai Afanisev

Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77

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1959 Death

Ole Windingstad

Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73

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1998 Death

Poul Bundgaard

Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)

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2004 Death

Quorthon

Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)

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2024 Death

Roy Lee Johnson

Roy Lee Johnson died

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2009 Death

Sam Butera

Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)

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1990 Death

Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)

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2022 Event

Kreator

Kreator released the album 'Hate Über Alles'

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2026 Event

Pe'er Tasi

Pe'er Tasi released the album 'Q140143777'

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2022 Event

Post Malone

Post Malone released the album 'Twelve Carat Toothache'

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2020 Event

Run the Jewels

Run the Jewels released the album 'RTJ4'

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1964 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)

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1939 Event

hits

Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe

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