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Marty Napoleon born 2 June 1921
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Curtis Mayfield born 3 June 1942
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for...
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Cliff Bennett born 4 June 1940
Cliff Bennett (born 4 June 1940) is one of the most formidable talents not to ascend to the top rank of British rock & roll during the mid-'60s; except for a pair of hits some two years apart, he...
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Bill Hayes born 5 June 1925
Bill Hayes (born 5 June 1925)is an American actor and a Billboard Hot 100 #1 recording artist.He was born William Foster Hayes III and raised in the Midwest, his father was a bookseller (for 41 years)....
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Eddie Cano born 6 June 1927
Edward Cano (June 6, 1927 – January 30, 1988) was an Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin jazz pianist and composer.Edward "Eddie" Cano was born in Los Angeles, California. His family was musically wealthy,...
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Glen Gray born 7 June 1900
Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was an accomplished jazz saxophonist of early 20th Century who achieved success with the Casa Loma Orchestra...
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Adolph Hofner born 8 June 1916
Adolph John Hofner (June 8, 1916 – June 2, 2000) was an American Western swing bandleader and singer.He was born in Moulton, between Houston and San Antonio. His father was part-German and his mother...
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Fred Waring born 9 June 1900
Fred Waring (June 9, 1900 – July 29, 1984) was a popular musician, bandleader and radio-television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How...
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Paul Brunelle born 10 June 1925
Paul Brunelle (June 10, 1923 – November 24, 1994) was a singer, songwriter and country guitarist of western Quebec. He is considered the pioneer of country in Quebec and the main source of influence on...
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Lynsey de Paul (11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She was the first woman to ever receive an Ivor Novello Award for Best Ballad or Romantic Song for her composition...
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Lyn Collins born 12 June 1941
Gloria Lavern Collins (June 12, 1948 – March 13, 2005), better known as Lyn Collins, was an American soul singer nicknamed the "Female Preacher." She was discovered in the early '70s along with her...
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Lorry Raine born 13 June 1928
Lorry Raine (June13, 1926 - Oct. 1, 2004*) was an American jazz and pop singer. Although she has had quite a bit of publication and was often referred to on billboard, there are hardly any detailed...
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Stanley Black born 14 June 1913
Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolifically for the Decca...
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Leon Payne born 15 June 1917
Leon Payne (June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969), was a country music singer and multi-instrumentalist of the post-war era. He achieved his lasting fame as a songwriter whose most successful works --...
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Al Viola born 16 June 1919
Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for 25 years and also played the mandolin on the soundtrack of the film The Godfather. A...
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Cliff Gallup born 17 June 1930
Clifton E. "Cliff" Gallup (June 17, 1930 – October 9, 1988) was the original lead guitarist in Gene Vincent's Blue Caps. His stint in the band was brief, encompassing much of 1956 and about 35 tracks...
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Jerry McCain born 18 June 1930
Jerry McCain, often billed as Jerry "Boogie" McCain (June 18, 1930 – March 28, 2012), was an American electric blues musician, best known as a harmonica player.Born near Gadsden, Alabama, United...
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Guy Lombardo born 19 June 1902
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist who was known for his festive approach to New Years' Eve, and his band's performance...
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Lazy Lester born 20 June 1933
Leslie Johnson (June 20, 1933 – August 22, 2018), better known as Lazy Lester, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose career spanned the 1950s to 2018.Best known for...
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Mitty Collier born 21 June 1941
Mitty Lene Collier (born June 21, 1941) is an American church pastor, gospel singer and former rhythm and blues singer. She had a number of successful records in the 1960s, of which probably the best...
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