Musicians Born on June 1

  • 1549 Allesandre Spontone, Bolognese composer and Maestro Di Capella, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. c. 1590)
  • 1611 Felician Schwab, German organist, composer, and Franciscan monk, baptized (d. 1661)
  • 1653 Georg Muffat, baroque composer, born in Megève, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1704)
  • 1755 Frederigo Fiorillo, Italian violist, mandolinist, and composer, baptized in Brunswick (d. 1823)
  • 1763 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, born in Wechselburg, Electoral Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1819)
  • 1765 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen (d. 1831)
  • 1769 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, born in Grodków, Poland (d. 1854)
  • 1771 Ferdinando Paer, Italian opera composer (Agnese), and conductor (Paris Opéra-Italien, 1812-23), born in Parma, Duchy of Parma (now Italy) (d. 1839)
  • 1776 George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
  • 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), born in Novospasskoye, Smolensk, Russian Empire (d. 1857) [birth OS=May 20]
  • 1826 Carl Bechstein, German piano maker, born in Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (now Germany), (d. 1900)
  • 1826 Hermann Zopff, German composer, born in Glogau, Prussia (now Głogów, Poland) (d. 1883)
  • 1848 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1915)
  • 1873 Ada Jane Jones, English-American popular singer, among the earliest female singers to be recorded, born in Lancashire, England (d. 1922)
  • 1892 Samuel L M Barlow II, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), born in New York City (d. 1982)
  • 1898 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), born in New York City (d. 1975)
  • 1898 Lieb Glantz, Ukrainian-born tenor, composer and Zionist, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1964)
  • 1899 Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (New Years Eve in NY), born in New York City (d. 1990)
  • 1903 Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, born in Chatham, England (d. 1946)
  • 1905 Dinorá de Carvalho, Brazilian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (Missa Profundis), born in Uberaba, Brazil (d. 1980) [some sources cite birth year as 1895]
  • 1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993)
  • 1915 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 2004)
  • 1921 Nelson Riddle, American Grammy Award-winning bandleader, conductor, and orchestrator for Capitol and Reprise Records (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt), born in Oradell, New Jersey (d. 1985)
  • 1924 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1924 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1996)
  • 1926 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer (Andy Griffithe Show; Matlock), Southern gospel singer, and writer, born in Mount Airy, North Carolina (d. 2012)
  • 1929 Yehudi Wyner, American pianist, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Chiavi in Mano), and educator, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1930 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 2009)
  • 1934 (Charles) "Pat" Boone, American singer ("Tutti Frutti"), actor (April Love; The Cross and The Switchblade; No More Mr. Nice Guy) and TV personality (The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom), born in Jacksonville, Florida
  • 1936 Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator (The Sunday Times; The New Yorker: Pink Floyd's "The Wall"), born in St. John's Wood, London, England
  • 1941 Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor (New Zealand Symphony, 2016-19; Milwaukee Symphony, 2009-17; Minnesota Orchestra, 1986-96; San Francisco Symphony, 1977-85), born in Amsterdam, Holland
  • 1943 Ely van Tongeren, Dutch rock guitarist and singer (Buffoons)
  • 1943 Richard Goode, American concert pianist (Avery Fisher Award, 1980), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1945 Linda Scott [Sampson], American pop singer ("I've Told Every Little Star"), born in Queens, New York
  • 1946 Carol Neblett, American soprano (City and Metropolitan Operas, 1969-83), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)
  • 1947 Ronnie Wood, English rock guitarist (Faces; Jeff Beck Group; The Rolling Stones), born in Hillingdon, England
  • 1949 Mike Levine, Canadian rock keyboardist, bassist (Triumph), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1950 Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
  • 1954 Wiktor Łyjak, Polish organist, historian, instrument restorer, educator, and author, born in Skierniewice, Poland
  • 1955 Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
  • 1956 Lisa Hartman Black, American actress (Tabitha; Knots Landing), and singer, born in Houston, Texas
  • 1958 Michael Landau, American session musician, engineer, and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1959 Alan Wilder, British rock vocalist and musician (Depeche Mode, 1982-85 - "People Are People"; Recoil), born in Hammersmith, London
  • 1960 Jesse Johnson, American funk-rock guitarist (The Time), born in Rock Island, Illinois
  • 1960 Simon Gallup, British rock bassist (The Cure - "Friday I'm In Love"), born in Duxhurst, Surrey, England
  • 1961 Peter Machajdík, Slovak contemporary classical composer (To the Rainbow So Close Again; Effugium), born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • 1963 Mike Joyce, British rock drummer (The Smiths - "Ask"; "Panic"; "Sheila Take a Bow"), born in Manchester, England
  • 1963 Shawn Pelton, American session and touring drummer and percussionist (SNL band; Sheryl Crow; Shawn Colvin: Darryl Hall, Rod Stewart; Rosanne Cash), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1968 Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)
  • 1970 Rene Liu "Milk Tea", Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress, born in Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1971 Roldán González, Cuban singer (Orishas)

Alanis Morissette (49 years old)

1974 Canadian-America vocalist (Jagged Little Pill), born in Ottawa, Ontario

  • 1981 Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter, born in Ravensdale, Washington
  • 1987 Mike Protich, American rock musician (Red Sun Rising), born in Akron, Ohio
  • 1988 Christine and the Queens [Héloïse Letissier], French singer-songwriter (Chaleur humaine), born in Nantes, France
  • 1988 Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer