Music Premiere
Jun 1 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
Music History
Jun 9 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia Records
- Jun 10 "Too Young" single released by Donny Osmond
Music Recording
Jun 10 Elvis Presley records a live album at NYC's Madison Square Garden
#1 in the Charts
Jun 10 Sammy Davis Jr.'s cover of "The Candy Man" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (from the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory") goes to #1 on the charts - his biggest single
Sometime in NYC
Jun 12 Apple Records releases John Lennon and Yoko Ono's political album "Sometime in NYC" in US; includes studio recordings of songs "Woman is the Nigger of the World", "Attica State" and "Luck of the Irish"; and some live tracks from 1971 concert with Frank Zappa
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Jun 16 RCA releases David Bowie's fifth studio album "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"; it is considered his artistic breakthrough
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