This month in Australian music – June

By Mark Gibson | June 1, 2010 |

Australian Musicians born in June

2nd Jun 1968 – Merril Bainbridge. Born in Melbourne, Victoria
4th Jun 1976 – Kasey Chambers
10th Jun 1949 – Martin Armiger – The Sports. Born John Martin Armiger in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
13th Jun 1949 – Red Symons – Skyhooks. Born Redmond Symons in Brighton, England.
15th Jun 1949 – Russell Charles Hitchcock – Air Supply
21st Jun 1950 – John Paul Young. Born in Glasgow, Scotland
22nd Jun 1957 – Garry Gary Beers – INXS. Born Gary Williams Beers in Manly, Australia.
29th Jun 1953 – Colin James Hay – Men At Work. Born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland
29th Jun 1957 – Robert Forster – The Go Betweens

Australian Musicians passing in June

4th June 2014 – Bernard “Doc” Neeson aged 67 – The Angels
4th June 2015 Allan Fryer aged 62 – Heaven
13th June 2014 – Jim Keays aged 67 – Masters Apprentices
18th of June 1992 – Peter Allen aged 48
21st June 2014 – Peter Knox aka Izzy Foreal aged 65 – The Zarsoff Brothers, 69’ers
22nd June 2013 – Wendy Saddington – Chain, Copperwine
24th June 1984 – Guy McDonough aged 28 – Australian Crawl

Albums released in June

2nd June 1980 – East, Cold Chisel – Elektra Records

Number One Singles in Australia in June

1970 – Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”, Ray Stevens “Everything is Beautiful”
1971 – Lally Stott “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, The Hollies “Too Young to Be Married”, Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock”
1972 – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace”, Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
1973 – Tony Orlando and Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
1974 – Suzi Quatro “Devil Gate Drive”, Paper Lace “Billy Don’t Be a Hero”
1975 – Pilot “January”
1976 – ABBA “Fernando”
1977 – Julie Covington “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, Little River Band “Help Is on Its Way”
1978 – Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”, Eruption “I Can’t Stand The Rain”, Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”
1979 – Racey “Lay Your Love on Me”
1980 – Rocky Burnette “Tired of Toein’ the Line”, The Vapors “Turning Japanese”
1981 – Roxy Music “Jealous Guy”, Shakin’ Stevens “This Ole House”, Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
1982 – Toni Basil “Mickey”, Charlene “I’ve Never Been to Me”
1983 – Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
1984 – Lionel Richie “Hello”, The Twelfth Man “It’s Just Not Cricket”
1985 – USA for Africa “We Are the World”, Eurythmics “Would I Lie to You?”, Madonna “Angel” / “Into the Groove”
1986 – Cliff Richard and The Young Ones “Living Doll”, Robert Palmer “Addicted to Love”
1987 – Dave Dobbyn with Herbs “Slice of Heaven”, Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
1988 – Cheap Trick “The Flame”, Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World”
1989 – Julian Lennon “Now You’re in Heaven”, The Bangles “Eternal Flame”, Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”