On This Day in Music: April 28

1923 Birth

Adele Mara

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

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1826 Birth

Alexander Stadtfeld

Alexander Stadtfeld, composer was born

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1926 Birth

Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer was born

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1930 Birth

Christopher John Magenis Headington

Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer was born

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1757 Birth

Claus Nielsen Schali

Claus Nielsen Schali, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Dorothée Berryman

Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer was born

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1955 Birth

Eddie Jobson

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

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1943 Birth

Fantastic Johnny C

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

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1911 Birth

Frans Vroons

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

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1715 Birth

Franz Sparry

Franz Sparry, composer was born

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1986 Birth

George Nozuka

George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter was born

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1892 Birth

Georges Antoine

Georges Antoine, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Ginette Reno

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

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1873 Birth

Harold Bauer

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

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1870 Birth

Hermann Suter

Hermann Suter, composer was born

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1968 Birth

Howard Donald

Howard Donald, British musician was born

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1943 Birth

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor was born

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1892 Birth

John Jacob Niles

John Jacob Niles, composer was born

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1936 Birth

John Martin Tchicai

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

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1972 Birth

Joseph Bruce

Joseph Bruce, American musician was born

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1933 Birth

Karl Heinz Wahren

Karl Heinz Wahren, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth) was born

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1978 Birth

Lauren Laverne

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

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1748 Birth

Lorenz Justinian Ott

Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born

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1848 Birth

Ludvig Schytte

Ludvig Schytte, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Marek Kopelent

Marek Kopelent, composer was born

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1920 Birth

Nan Merriman

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

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1964 Birth

Noriyuki Iwadare

Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer was born

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1933 Birth

Oliver Jackson

Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer was born

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1750 Birth

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born

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1906 Birth

Paul Sacher

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

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1914 Birth

Skuli Halldorsson

Skuli Halldorsson, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Steve Khan

Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz) was born

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1966 Birth

Too Short

Too Short, American rapper was born

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1960 Birth

Wally Langdon

Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color) was born

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1957 Birth

Wilma Landkroon

Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer was born

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1923 Birth

Wolfgang Steffen

Wolfgang Steffen, composer was born

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2024 Death

A. P. Komala

A. P. Komala died

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1935 Death

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87

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2024 Death

Andrey Tropillo

Andrey Tropillo died

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2021 Death

Anita Lane

Anita Lane died

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1988 Death

B. W. Stevenson

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

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1982 Death

Bert van Dongen

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

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2020 Death

Bobby Lewis

Bobby Lewis died

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1887 Death

Carl Ferdinand Pohl

Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67

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1979 Death

Feliks Roderyk Labunski

Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86

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1799 Death

Francois Giroust

Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62

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1804 Death

Hans Gram

Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49

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1969 Death

Johannes Rontgen

Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70

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1770 Death

Marie de Camargo

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

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2025 Death

Mike Peters

Mike Peters died

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2020 Death

Mustafa Koçak

Mustafa Koçak died

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1992 Death

Olivier Messiaen

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

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2005 Death

Percy Heath

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

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2007 Death

Tommy Newsom

Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)

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2009 Death

Valeria Peter Predescu

Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)

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2023 Event

Bebe Rexha

Bebe Rexha released the album 'Bebe'

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1865 Event

Giacomo Meyerbeer

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

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2023 Event

Jack Harlow

Jack Harlow released the album 'Jackman'

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2023 Event

Jessie Ware

Jessie Ware released the album 'That! Feels Good!'

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1966 Event

Richard Rodgers

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

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