JUNE
FIRST
1941: Robertinho Silva (Roberto da Silva), Latin percussionist,
born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1959: Ranking Joe (Joseph Jackson),
reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica.
JUNE SECOND
1934: Germano Matias, Brazilian musician, born in Sao Paulo.
1999: Junior Braithwaite, one of the original members of
Bob Marley's Wailers, was shot and killed by an unidentified gunmen
in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 47.
JUNE THIRD
1948: Carlos Franzetti, Latin pianist, born in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. 1987: The 94-year old body of Andres Segovia,
acclaimed as the world's premier classical guitarist, lay in state
in Spain's Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
JUNE FOURTH
1986: The first of several Amnesty International shows began
in San Francisco.
JUNE FIFTH
1949: Jerry Gonzalez, Afro-Cuban musician, born in New York,
NY.
JUNE SIXTH
1946: Tony Levin, musician, born in Boston, MA.
JUNE SEVENTH
1944: Miguel Rios, Spanish singer, born in Granada. 1953:
Johnny Clegg, worldbeat musician, born in Rochdale, Lancashire,
England. 1983: Menudo sold out four shows at Madison Square
Garden.
JUNE EIGHTH
1968: Hugh Masekela's "Grazing In The Grass" entered
the US pop singles chart. 1970: Seu Jorge, musician, actor,
born in Brazil.
JUNE NINTH
1930: Barbara (Monique Serf), French singer, born in Paris.
1981: Anoushka Shankar, sitarist, born in London, England.
JUNE TENTH
1985: Harry Belafonte helped to supervise "USA For Africa's"
first airlift of supplies to Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Sudan.
JUNE ELEVENTH
1988: An all-day anti-apartheid concert was held at London's
Wembley Stadium to celebrate the 70th birthday of African National
Congress leader Nelson Mandela who was still imprisoned in South
Africa since 1962. 1989: The island of Grenada issued a commemorative
stamp of Bob Marley, which sold for four US dollars.
JUNE TWELFTH
2001: Rahat Nusrat Ali Khan, successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan, performed at the Reagent Hotel, NY, Wall Street for the earthquake
benefit, organized by the American India Foundation. The event was
hosted by former US President Bill Clinton and raised more than
2 million dollars.
JUNE THIRTEENTH
1899: Carlos Chavez, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City.
1941: Esther Ofarim Zaied, singer, born in Israel.
JUNE FOURTEENTH
1949: Papa Wemba, singer, born in the Kasai region of the
Belgian Congo. 1999: Dolores Jimenez Alcantara, "La
Nina de la Puebla," flamenco singer, died in Madrid, Spain.
JUNE FIFTEENTH
1947: Demis Roussos, musician, born in Alexandria, Egypt.
JUNE SIXTEENTH
1946: Ian Matthews, British folk singer, born in Lincolnshire,
England. 1962: Femi Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian pop-star, born
in London. 1991: "Miriam Makeba Day" is proclaimed
by the city of Berkeley, CA.
JUNE SEVENTEENTH
1988: Dennis Lobban was convicted of the September murder
of Reggae star Peter Tosh and two others at Tosh's home in Kingston,
Jamaica.
JUNE EIGHTEENTH
19??: Iarla O'Lionaird, Afro Celt Sound System, born in Ireland.
1986: Peter Gabriel's video equipment, full of tapes of his
recent Amnesty International shows, was stolen at New York's La
Guardia Airport.
JUNE TWENTY-FIRST
1942: Deodato, Brazilian keyboardist, born in Rio de Janeiro.
JUNE TWENTY-THIRD
1973: "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango made its debut
on the US pop singles chart.
JUNE TWENTY-FOURTH
1950: Derrick Simpson, reggae singer, Black Uhuru, born in
Kingston, Jamaica. 1957: Terence "Astro" Wilson,
reggae musician, UB40, born in Birmingham, England.
JUNE TWENTY-SIXTH
1961: Manu Chao (Oscar Tramor), Latin musician, born in Paris,
France.
JUNE TWENTY-SEVENTH
1955: Isabelle Adjani, French singer-actress, born in Paris.
JUNE TWENTY-EIGHTH
1949: I-Roy (Roy Reid), reggae singer, born in St. Thomas,
Jamaica.
JUNE TWENTY-NINTH
1942: Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer, born in Salvador, Bahia.
1999: Simon Nkabinde Mahlathini, "the Lion of Soweto,"
South African musician, died of illness.
JUNE THIRTIETH
1949: Martinha, Brazilian singer/composer, born.
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