1. June Elizabeth Millington was born on April 14,1948 and is a Filipina-American guitarist, songwriter, producer, educator, and actress.
19 Facts About June Millington
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June Millington had graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1939, and was a son of Professor Howard G Millington, a noted folklorist.
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June Millington's parents were married in Manila in May 1947, and divorced in California in March 1970.
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Early in 1961, when June Millington was in the seventh grade, she heard a girl play the guitar, which jump-started her interest in the instrument.
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Three weeks later, in May 1961, the June Millington family left the Philippines for the United States on the SS President Cleveland.
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In 1967, June Millington enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where she continued her premed studies for two quarters.
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About 1973, June Millington formed a band called Smiles in New York, which included percussionist Padi Macheta.
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In 1976, June Millington was part of Cris Williamson's national tour, and toured with Williamson over the next three years, and helped produce seven albums for Williamson.
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June Millington was featured on the 1977 compilation album Lesbian Concentrate: A Lesbianthology of Songs and Poems that was a response to the antigay Save Our Children campaign of Anita Bryant.
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In 1978, June Millington and Robbins collaborated with Williamson on the album Live Dreams, which was a live album of recorded performances, featuring June Millington on drums and guitars and Robbins on bass and cello.
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In early 1980, June Millington started working on her debut solo album, Heartsong, a soft-rock folk album, and toured to support the album.
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In 1981 June Millington started her own record label, Fabulous Records, a subsidiary of Olivia Records.
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In 1981 June Millington produced activist Holly Near's "Fire in the Rain" album for Redwood Records.
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In 1984, June Millington moved briefly to Kurtistown, Hawaii, where her youngest brother David lived, and wrote songs for her album One World, One Heart.
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In 1984, Millington began her domestic partnership with education activist Ann F Hackler.
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In 2002, June Millington was featured in and was the associate director of Radical Harmonies, a documentary about the history of women's music directed by Dee Mosbacher.
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June Millington was co-composer for the 2009 documentary The Heretics, the inside story of a pivotal force in the "second wave" of the Women's Movement written and directed by Joan Braderman.
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Since 2011, June Millington has been completing her autobiography, Land of a Thousand Bridges, that is funded through Kickstarter, with all proceeds to support the work of the IMA.
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In 2005, June Millington received the Outmusic Heritage Award and in 2007 she, along with the other members of Fanny, received the ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award from magazine founder Carla DeSantis Black, Berklee College of Music and ROCKRGRL magazine.