Today in Music History (June 1) 2017 - Jerry Garcia The sale of Jerry Garcia's favourite guitar, Wolf, raised millions of dollars for a civil rights group when an auction of the custom-made guitar fetched a total of $3.2m (£2.5m). It was bought at a New York charity concert

Born Today (June 1) 1934 - Pat Boone American singer, composer, actor, Pat Boone, who had the 1956 UK No.1 single 'I'll Be Home', and the 1957 US No.1 single 'Love Letters In The Sand'. Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley.

Born Today (June 1) 1943 - Tom Bahler American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, Tom Bahler, (the younger brother of singer, John Bahler). He is most known for his song, 'She's Out of My Life', recorded by Michael Jackson for his Off The Wall album.

Born Today (June 1) 1943 - Gordy Harmon American singer Gordy Harmon from The Whispers. They are best known for their two No.1 R&B singles, 'And the Beat Goes On' in 1979 and 'Rock Steady' in 1987. He died on 5 January 2023 age 79.

Born Today (June 1) 1945 - James William McCarty James William McCarty, guitarist, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles, Cactus, Mystery Train, Bob Seger.

Born Today (June 1) 1946 - Daniel Hamilton He was a member of The T-Bones with his brother Judd Hamilton, and later was the lead singer of the soft-rock group Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds that had the 1975 US No. 1 single 'Fallin' in Love'. He died on 23 December 1994.

Born Today (June 1) 1947 - Ron Wood Ronnie Wood guitarist, songwriter, painter and radio presenter. Originally a member of UK band The Birds, he first worked alongside Rod Stewart in the Jeff BeckGroup

Born Today (June 1) 1950 - Graham Russell Graham Russell, guitar, vocals for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply who scored the 1980 UK No.11 single 'All Out Of Love' and the 1981 US No.1 single 'The One That You Love'.

Born Today (June 1) 1950 - Tom Robinson Tom Robinson, singer, songwriter, radio presenter and long-time LGBT rights activist. He was a member of Cafe Society, Sector 27, and scored the 1977 UK No.5 single with Tom Robinson Band, '2-4-6-8- Motorway

Born Today (June 1) 1950 - Charlene Charlene, American easy-listening singer who had the 1982 UK No.1 & US No.3 single 'I've Never Been To Me

Born Today (June 1) 1952 - John Ellis John Ellis, guitarist from British punk rock band The Vibrators who had the 1978 UK No.35 single 'Automatic Lover'.

Born Today (June 1) 1958 - Michael Landau American musician, engineer and record producer and session musician Michael Landau who has worked with Boz Scaggs, Joni Mitchell, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd, Roger Daltrey, Glenn Frey

Born Today (June 1) 1959 - Alan Wilder Alan Wilder, keyboards, vocals, with English electronic band Depeche Mode. The group have had 50 songs in the UK Singles Chart and seventeen top 10 albums in the UK chart and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.

Born Today (June 1) 1960 - Simon Gallup Simon Gallup, bassist with English rock band The Curewho had the 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', the 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles.

Born Today (June 1) 1963 - Mike Joyce Mike Joyce, drummer with English rock band The Smiths who had the 1984 UK No.10 single 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

Born Today (June 1) 1967 - Roger Sanchez Dominican-American house music DJ with the 2001 UK No.1 single 'Another Chance'. He was a Grammy Award Winner for his remix of 'Hella Good' by No Doubt in 2003 and won the first International Dance Music Award for Best Podcast in 2007.

Born Today (June 1) 1968 - Jason Donovan Jason Donovan, Australian actor, singer who had the 1989 UK No.1 single 'Too Many Broken hearts' plus 15 other UK Top 40 hit singles. His debut album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989

Born Today (June 1) 1969 - Damon Minchella Damon Minchella, bassist with English rock band Ocean Colour Scene who formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They scored the 1996 UK No.4 single 'The Day We Caught The Train', plus over 12 other Top 40 singles

Born Today (June 1) 1974 - Alanis Morissette Morissette, Canadian-American, singer, songwriter, who had the 1996 US No.4 & UK No.11 single 'Ironic' from Jagged Little Pill which has sold more then 30 million copies, making it the best ever selling record by a female performer

Born Today (June 1) 1981 - Brandi Carlile American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. Her 2007 single 'The Story', from the album of the same name, was a commercial success, and was used by General Motors for commercials.