June 1: Nelson Riddle born (1921), Pat Boone (1934), Ron Wood of Small Faces/Rolling Stones (1947), Graham Russell of Air Supply (1950)

June 2: William Guest of the Pips (1941), Charlie Watts (1941)

June 3: Curtis Mayfield (1942), Michael Clarke of The Birds (1943), John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (1946), Suzie Quatro (1950)

June 4: Freddy Fender (1937), Roger Ball of the Average White Band (1944), Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas (1945), Gordon Waller of Peter & Gordon (1945)

June 5: Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden (1952)

June 6: Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops (1936), Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream (1944)

TOMBSTONES

June 1: Andres Segovia(1987), David Ruffin of the Temptations (1991), jazz musician Don Grolnick (1996), jazz trumpeter Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham (1997)

June 2: Junior Braithwaite of the Wailers (1999), jazz bassist Andy Simpkins (1999)

June 3: Mississippi Fred McDowell (1971)

June 4: Ronnie Lane, bassist for Small Faces (1997)

June 5: "Sleepy" John Estes (1977), accordianist and father of modern Tejano music Narciso Martinez (1992), Conway Twitty (1993), Count Basie arranger Ernie Wilkins (1999), Mel Torme (1999)

June 6: Stan Getz (1991)

June 7: Claudette Orbison, Roy's wife, dies in a head-on motorcycle crash in front of him (1966), jazz clarinetist and singer James Eugene "Rosy" McHargue who played with Benny Goodman (1999)