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What happened in history on this day: June 13?
On June 13 in ...
- 1969 - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins the Rolling Stones.
- 1970 - The Beatles' "Let It Be" album goes #1 and stays #1 for four weeks.
- 1989 - Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Births on June 13
- 1899 - Birth of Carlos Chávez in Mexico City, Mexico; conductor/composer (Sinfonía India).
- 1917 - Birth of Si (Simon) Zentner in New York City, New York, USA; trombonist/bandleader ("Up a Lazy River" (1961)).
- 1940 - Birth of Bobby Freeman in San Francisco, California, USA; rocker ("Do You Want to Dance").
- 1951 - Birth of Howard Leese; guitarist (Heart, Spirit).
- 1963 - Birth of Paul deLisle; rock musician (Smash Mouth).
- 1968 - Birth of Deniece Peterson; rocker (Five Star - "Silk and Steel").
- 1969 - Birth of Soren Rasted; musician (Aqua).
- 1969 - Birth of Jamie Walters; actor-singer (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1985 - Birth of Raz B; singer (B2K).
Deaths on June 13
- 1972 - Death of Clyde McPhatter from complications of heart, liver, and kidney disease at age 38 in New York, USA; singer (The Drifters, Billy Ward and the Dominoes - "Sixty-Minute Man", "Have Mercy Baby", solo - "Treasure of Love" (1956), "A Lover's Question" (1958), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)).
- 1986 - Death of Benny Goodman of a heart attack at age 77 in New York, USA; bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing" ("Let's Dance", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Sing, Sing, Sing").
- 2001 - Death of Marcelo Fromer, guitarist of Brazilian band Titãs (born 1961).
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