1915 - Vincent Persichetti
, composer, born in Philadelphia1955 - Bill Haley and Comets "Rock Around the Clock
" hits #11991 - Stan Getz
, jazz saxophonist, dies at 64 June 7
1972 - The musical "Grease
" opened on Broadway. It had been playing off-Broadway for about 4 months1990 - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
1810 - Robert A Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer
1949 - Emanuel Ax
, pianist, born in Lvov Poland1969 - Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones
2000 - Sinead O'Connor
revealed that she was a lesbian in an article that would later be published by "Curve" in their July-August 2000 issue. 
June 9 1893 - Cole Porter, composer, born in Indiana
1915 - Les Paul [William Lester Polsfuss], guitarist/inventor, born in Waukesha WI
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis took out a full-page ad in Billboard Magazine to explain about his second divorce and third marriage to his 14 year old cousin Myra.
1962 - Tony Bennett made his debut in Carnegie Hall.
1991 - Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa 
1865 - Richard Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde
" premiered in Munich, Germany. 1964 - Capitol Records released the Beatles' single "A Hard Days Night
" and the album of the same name. 2004 - Ray Charles dies at 73
June 11
1864 - Composer, conductor and musician Richard Georg Strauss was born in Munich
1964 - Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
1966 - Janis Joplin debuted on stage at the Avalon ballroom in San Francisco.
1935 - At age 17, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first songs. The two songs were "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase the Blues Away
." 1941 - Chick Corea, jazz pianist, born in Chelsea Massachusetts
1994 - Cab Calloway suffered a stroke from which he never truly recovered from. He died November 18, 1994 at the age 86.
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"I never wanted to be famous, I only wanted to be great." - Ray Charles
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