This Day in Music

1923-04-28 Artist spotlight

Adele Mara

Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels) was born

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1826-04-28 Artist spotlight

Alexander Stadtfeld

Alexander Stadtfeld, composer was born

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1926-04-28 Artist spotlight

Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer was born

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1930-04-28 Artist spotlight

Christopher John Magenis Headington

Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer was born

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1757-04-28 Artist spotlight

Claus Nielsen Schali

Claus Nielsen Schali, composer was born

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1948-04-28 Artist spotlight

Dorothée Berryman

Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer was born

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1955-04-28 Artist spotlight

Eddie Jobson

Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure) was born

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1943-04-28 Artist spotlight

Fantastic Johnny C

Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway) was born

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1911-04-28 Artist spotlight

Frans Vroons

Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera) was born

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1715-04-28 Artist spotlight

Franz Sparry

Franz Sparry, composer was born

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1986-04-28 Artist spotlight

George Nozuka

George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter was born

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1892-04-28 Artist spotlight

Georges Antoine

Georges Antoine, composer was born

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1946-04-28 Artist spotlight

Ginette Reno

Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress was born

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1873-04-28 Artist spotlight

Harold Bauer

Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association) was born

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1870-04-28 Artist spotlight

Hermann Suter

Hermann Suter, composer was born

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1968-04-28 Artist spotlight

Howard Donald

Howard Donald, British musician was born

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1943-04-28 Artist spotlight

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor was born

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1892-04-28 Artist spotlight

John Jacob Niles

John Jacob Niles, composer was born

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1936-04-28 Artist spotlight

John Martin Tchicai

John Martin Tchicai, composer, (d. 2012) was born

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1972-04-28 Artist spotlight

Joseph Bruce

Joseph Bruce, American musician was born

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1933-04-28 Artist spotlight

Karl Heinz Wahren

Karl Heinz Wahren, composer was born

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1953-04-28 Artist spotlight

Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth) was born

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1978-04-28 Artist spotlight

Lauren Laverne

Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer was born

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1748-04-28 Artist spotlight

Lorenz Justinian Ott

Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born

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1848-04-28 Artist spotlight

Ludvig Schytte

Ludvig Schytte, composer was born

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1932-04-28 Artist spotlight

Marek Kopelent

Marek Kopelent, composer was born

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1920-04-28 Artist spotlight

Nan Merriman

Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch) was born

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1964-04-28 Artist spotlight

Noriyuki Iwadare

Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer was born

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1933-04-28 Artist spotlight

Oliver Jackson

Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer was born

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1750-04-28 Artist spotlight

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born

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1906-04-28 Artist spotlight

Paul Sacher

Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999) was born

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1914-04-28 Artist spotlight

Skuli Halldorsson

Skuli Halldorsson, composer was born

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1947-04-28 Artist spotlight

Steve Khan

Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz) was born

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1966-04-28 Artist spotlight

Too Short

Too Short, American rapper was born

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1960-04-28 Artist spotlight

Wally Langdon

Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color) was born

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1957-04-28 Artist spotlight

Wilma Landkroon

Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer was born

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1923-04-28 Artist spotlight

Wolfgang Steffen

Wolfgang Steffen, composer was born

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1935-04-28 Artist spotlight

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87

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1988-04-28 Artist spotlight

B. W. Stevenson

B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)

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1982-04-28 Artist spotlight

Bert van Dongen

Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66

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1887-04-28 Artist spotlight

Carl Ferdinand Pohl

Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67

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1979-04-28 Artist spotlight

Feliks Roderyk Labunski

Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86

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1799-04-28 Artist spotlight

Francois Giroust

Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62

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1804-04-28 Artist spotlight

Hans Gram

Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49

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1969-04-28 Artist spotlight

Johannes Rontgen

Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70

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1770-04-28 Artist spotlight

Marie de Camargo

Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60

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1992-04-28 Artist spotlight

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83

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2005-04-28 Artist spotlight

Percy Heath

Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)

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2007-04-28 Artist spotlight

Tommy Newsom

Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)

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2009-04-28 Artist spotlight

Valeria Peter Predescu

Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)

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1865-04-28 Artist spotlight

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris

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1966-04-28 Artist spotlight

Richard Rodgers

38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music" Julie Christie & L Marvin win

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