This Day in Music

1900-03-28 Artist spotlight

Achille Longo

Achille Longo, composer was born

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1989-03-28 Artist spotlight

Afrikan Boy

Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper was born

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1941-03-28 Artist spotlight

Alf Clausen

Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orchestra leader (Mary, Simpsons) was born

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1977-03-28 Artist spotlight

Angelo Garcia

Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

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1779-03-28 Artist spotlight

Angelo Maria Benincori

Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born

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1945-03-28 Artist spotlight

Chuck Portz

Chuck Portz, Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together) was born

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1976-03-28 Artist spotlight

David Keuning

David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers) was born

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1930-03-28 Artist spotlight

Elizabeth Bainbridge

Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer was born

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1922-03-28 Artist spotlight

Felice Chiusano

Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990) was born

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1737-03-28 Artist spotlight

Francesco Zannetti

Francesco Zannetti, composer was born

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1926-03-28 Artist spotlight

Francis Burt

Francis Burt, composer was born

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1962-03-28 Artist spotlight

Ged Grimes

Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer) was born

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1621-03-28 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Schwemmer

Heinrich Schwemmer, composer was born

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1907-03-28 Artist spotlight

Herb Hall

Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist was born

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1986-03-28 Artist spotlight

J-Kwon

J-Kwon, American rapper was born

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1919-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jacob Avshalomov

Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon) was born

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1592-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jan Amos Comenius

Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius], Moravia, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer was born

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1902-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jaromír Vejvoda

Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988) was born

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1886-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jaroslav Novotny

Jaroslav Novotny, composer was born

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1915-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy) was born

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1741-03-28 Artist spotlight

Johann Andre

Johann Andre, composer was born

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1948-03-28 Artist spotlight

John Evans

John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull) was born

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1968-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jon Lee

Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002) was born

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1928-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jose Luis de Delas

Jose Luis de Delas, composer was born

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1643-03-28 Artist spotlight

Jose Solana

Jose Solana, composer was born

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1766-03-28 Artist spotlight

Joseph Weigl

Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline) was born

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1986-03-28 Artist spotlight

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta], New York, singer/songwriter (Bad Romance) was born

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1885-03-28 Artist spotlight

Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas

Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer was born

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1817-03-28 Artist spotlight

Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras

Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer was born

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1951-03-28 Artist spotlight

Matti Pellonpää

Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995) was born

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1949-03-28 Artist spotlight

Milan Williams

Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady) was born

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1902-03-28 Artist spotlight

Paul Godwin

Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist was born

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1890-03-28 Artist spotlight

Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club) was born

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1955-03-28 Artist spotlight

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues) was born

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1946-03-28 Artist spotlight

Richard Sussman

Richard Sussman, rocker was born

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1930-03-28 Artist spotlight

Robert Ashley

Robert Ashley, composer was born

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1969-03-28 Artist spotlight

Rodney Atkins

Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter was born

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1887-03-28 Artist spotlight

Rudolf F W Boskaljon

Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer was born

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1903-03-28 Artist spotlight

Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music) was born

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1969-03-28 Artist spotlight

Salt

Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang) was born

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1934-03-28 Artist spotlight

Siegfried Thiele

Siegfried Thiele, composer was born

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1933-03-28 Artist spotlight

Tete Montoliu

Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997) was born

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1871-03-28 Artist spotlight

Willem Mengelberg

Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30) was born

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1883-03-28 Artist spotlight

William H Harris

William H Harris, composer was born

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1868-03-28 Artist spotlight

Wojciech Gawronski

Wojciech Gawronski, composer was born

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1918-03-28 Artist spotlight

Youly Algaroff

Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer was born

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1880-03-28 Artist spotlight

Achille Peri

Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67

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1963-03-28 Artist spotlight

Alec A Templeton

Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52

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2012-03-28 Artist spotlight

Alexander Arutiunian

Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer, dies at 91

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1974-03-28 Artist spotlight

Arthur Crudup

Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of heart attack at 68

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1984-03-28 Artist spotlight

Carmen Dragon

Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)

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1687-03-28 Artist spotlight

Constantine Huygens

Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90

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2005-03-28 Artist spotlight

Dame Moura Lympany

Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)

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1978-03-28 Artist spotlight

Dino Ciani

Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)

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1974-03-28 Artist spotlight

Dorothy Fields

Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68

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2012-03-28 Artist spotlight

Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician, dies from natural causes at 88

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1910-03-28 Artist spotlight

Edouard [Judas] Colonne

Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies

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1994-03-28 Artist spotlight

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84

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1971-03-28 Artist spotlight

Felix Wolfes

Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78

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1999-03-28 Artist spotlight

Freaky Tah

Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)

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1885-03-28 Artist spotlight

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53

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1818-03-28 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi

Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62

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1928-03-28 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Ferrata

Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63

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1949-03-28 Artist spotlight

Grigoras Dinicu

Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59

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1914-03-28 Artist spotlight

Hanus Trnecek

Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55

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1563-03-28 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Glarean

Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)

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1860-03-28 Artist spotlight

Johann Ludwig Bohner

Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73

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1927-03-28 Artist spotlight

Karl Prohaska

Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57

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1987-03-28 Artist spotlight

Maria Augusta Trapp

Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82

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1847-03-28 Artist spotlight

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67

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1881-03-28 Artist spotlight

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42

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2001-03-28 Artist spotlight

Moe Koffman

Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)

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1907-03-28 Artist spotlight

Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg

Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65

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2006-03-28 Artist spotlight

Proinsias Ó Maonaigh

Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)

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1856-03-28 Artist spotlight

Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov

Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76

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1975-03-28 Artist spotlight

Renzo Massarani

Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77

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1947-03-28 Artist spotlight

Rudolph Hermann Simonsen

Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57

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2003-03-28 Artist spotlight

Rusty Draper

Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)

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1943-03-28 Artist spotlight

Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov

Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69

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1877-03-28 Artist spotlight

Vincenzo Fioravanti

Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77

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1958-03-28 Artist spotlight

William Christopher Handy

William Christopher Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84 in New York

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1985-03-28 Artist spotlight

Neil Simon

Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC

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1896-03-28 Artist spotlight

Umberto Giordano

The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)

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