Born: June 20, 1907

Died: July 12, 1998

Legendary and prolific country, folk-pop and roots rock songwriter, wrote thousands of songs (of which some 300 were recorded), often with American history themes such as the oft-covered "The Battle Of New Orleans" (Johnny Horton, #1, 1959), died of a heart attack on 7/12/1998, age 91

Born: June 20, 1920

Died: June 07, 1954

Rock 'n' roll guitarist with Bill Haley & His Comets, played lead on all their hits including "Rock Around The Clock" (#1, 1955), died instantly from a broken neck after falling down a staircase on 6/7/1954 at age 34 and never knew his role in the birth of rock 'n' roll

Born: June 20, 1924

Died: June 20, 2001

Eleven-time Grammy-winning country-pop guitarist, songwriter, sessionman, producer and solo artist, "Yakety Axe" (Country #4, 1965), created the smoother "Nashville Sound" blending country and pop, died from a brain tumor on 6/30/2001, age 77

Born: June 20, 1928

Died: June 29, 1964

Avant-garde "free jazz" flute, alto sax and clarinet musician, influenced jazz-rock fusionists, died suddenly from a diabetic coma on 6/29/1964, age 36

Born: June 20, 1936

Died: November 05, 2002

Bass singer for R&B/doo wop/soul-pop The Coasters, "Yakety Yak" (#1, 1958), solo comedy album plus producer, died in his sleep of a probable heart attack on 11/5/2002, age 66

Born: June 20, 1936

Died: May 30, 2003

Producer for The Animals, Herman's Hermits, The Nashville Teens, Lulu and Jeff Beck, formed RAK Records in 1969 and issued hits for Hot Chocolate, Mud and Suzi Quatro, died of cancer on 5/30/2003, age 66

Born: June 20, 1937

Died: 0000-00-00

One hit wonder pop singer/songwriter, "Here Comes Summer" (#14, UK #1, 1959), wrote several minors hit for others and soundtracks, TV commercial jingle vocalist

Born: June 20, 1942

Died: 0000-00-00

Leader, keyboards, bass guitar, lead and backing harmony vocals and chief songwriter for surf-pop-rock The Beach Boys, "Good Vibrations" (#1, 1966), referred by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "one of the few undisputed geniuses in popular music"

Born: June 20, 1945

Died: 0000-00-00

Grammy-winning, Nova Scotia-born country-pop and adult contemporary singer, "You Needed Me" (#1, 1978)

Born: June 20, 1948

Died: July 02, 2018

With his younger brother, Derek, founding member and bassist for Scottish tartan-clad, teen-pop 70s boy group Bay City Rollers ("Saturday Night," #1, 1976), left the group in 1976 due to stress-related issues and became a plumbing tradesman and building inspector, contracted an unspecified illness while on vacation in Mexico, returned home and died on 7/2/2018, age 70

Born: June 20, 1948

Died: 0000-00-00

Long and varied journeyman career as keyboard sessionman and bandmember for Hammer, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Jethro Tull, Colosseum II, Whitesnake, Judas Priest and others, with Deep Purple since 2002

Born: June 20, 1949

Died: 0000-00-00

Saxophone and vocals for R&B/soul-funk The Commodores, "Three Times A Lady" (#1, 1978), then hugely successful R&B-pop/adult contemporary solo career beginning with "Endless Love" (#1, 1981), the first of 13 straight Top 10 hits, five of which were #1

Born: June 20, 1954

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member and only bassist for hard rock megastars Van Halen, "Jump" (#1, 1984), co-founded blues-funk-rock supergroup Chickenfoot in 2008, markets a line of hot sauces and related products named Mad Anthony

Born: June 20, 1958

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for post-punk Pigbag, "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" (Dance/Club #56, UK #3, 1981)

Born: June 20, 1958

Died: July 15, 2007

Founding member, vocals and lead guitar for early all-girl heavy metal group Painted Lady, which became Girlschool, "Hit And Run" (UK #32, 1981), died of spinal cancer on 7/15/2007, age 49

Born: June 20, 1960

Died: 0000-00-00

Percussion and vocals with brothers Patrick and Alex in R&B/disco-salsa The Gibson Brothers, "Cuba" (Dance/Club #9, 1979)

Born: June 20, 1960

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for New Wave pop-rock Duran Duran, "Hungry Like The Wolf" (#3, 1982) and "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise" (Dance/Club #1, 2001), co-founded The Power Station, "Some Like It Hot" (#6, 1985) and mid-90s supergroup Neurotic Outsiders, "Jerk" (Mainstream Rock #31, 1996), plus solo, " I Do What I Do" (Theme from 9-1/2 Weeks) (#23, 1986)

Born: June 20, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitars, keyboards and vocals with several industrial and alt rock bands in the 90s, in 2000 joined Grammy-winning alt rock/Christian rock Switchfoot, "Meant To Live" (#18, Modern Rock #5, 2004)

Born: June 20, 1968

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for funk-pop-rock Sugar Ray, "Fly" (#1, 1997)

Born: June 20, 1971

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for industrial-pop-metal/shock rock Marilyn Manson, "The Dope Show" (Mainstream Rock #12, 1998), later Nine Inch Nails touring band, A Perfect Circle and Goon Moon

Born: June 20, 1972

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for Grammy-winning alt heavy metal Deftones, "Change (In The House Of Flies)" (Mainstream Rock #9, 2000), ranked #51 in Hit Parader magazine's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time

Born: June 20, 1977

Died: 0000-00-00

School teacher and bartender turned folk, rock and soul singer-songwriter, toured as an opening act for numerous top artists, including Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Merle Haggard and Van Morrison, his Mission Bell album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2011

Born: June 20, 1979

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member, guitar and backing vocals for Irish neo-punk/pop-rock Ash, "Goldfinger" (UK #5, 1996)

Born: June 20, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Early member and lead vocals for influential Afro-American, Phil Spector-controlled girl group The Crystals, sang lead on the hits "Da Doo Ron Ron" (#3, 1963) and "Then He Kissed Me" (#6, UK #2, 1963), later acted in various Broadway musicals, toured and provided backing vocals for Isaac Hayes, the Neville Brothers and others, converted to Islam with her husband in the late 60s and participated in several Crystals reunion performances in the 80s through the 00s