The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E4: June Rocks America

The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Relationships, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.2 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

From the moment she heard a guitar being played in an empty classroom at her convent school in the Philippines in 1961, June Millington knew what she wanted to do with her life: rock and roll. So when a girl called up June and her sister and asked if they wanted to start a band, the answer was hell yeah. They went on to become Fanny, the first all-female rock band to release an album with a major record label. June and her bandmates moved into a house in LA, toured the world and won fans like David Bowie. But they were also up against sexist stereotypes, skeptical audiences and critics who couldn’t believe that a group of women could rock just as hard as any guy. But June wasn’t about to let that stop her. This is the story of how she stuck it to the man and blazed a trail for generations of female musicians to come. June is the co-founder of the Institute for the Musical Arts, which offers workshops and events for women in music: https://ima.org/

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and my latest interview is with Michelle Obama.
0:04.5	To whom much has given, much is expected. The guilt comes from, am I doing enough?
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0:13.9	Having been the first lady of the entire country and representing the country in the world,
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0:35.2	Hi listeners, it's Anna, host of the Girlfriend Spotlight podcast,
0:39.6	and I'm excited to share these fascinating stories with you.
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1:38.9	Hey listener, this episode we're heading into the world of late 1960s rock and roll to meet a real musical icon. Expect killer outfits, face-melting guitar solos, and some real rock and roll bad language.
1:52.4	It's 1961 and June Millington is 12 years old at a strict Catholic convent school in the Philippines.
2:00.6	She's sitting in a school hall with an open-air veranda along one side.
2:05.4	June can smell the trees and the tropical air drifting in from the outside.
2:10.5	Mother Milagros, who's one of the nuns who teaches there,
2:13.8	drones on and on to the class, holding a ruler in her hand.
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