On This Day in Music: August 28

1829-08-28 Birth

Albert Dietrich

Albert Dietrich, composer was born

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1983-08-28 Birth

Alfonso Herrera

Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD was born

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1872-08-28 Birth

Alfred Baldwin Sloan

Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer was born

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1943-08-28 Birth

Anne "Honey" Lantree

Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker was born

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1885-08-28 Birth

Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo

Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer was born

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1881-08-28 Birth

Arne Eggen

Arne Eggen, composer was born

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1925-08-28 Birth

Billy Grammer

Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist was born

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1945-08-28 Birth

Bob Segarini

Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality was born

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1932-08-28 Birth

Carlene Polite

Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X) was born

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1700-08-28 Birth

Carolomannus Pachschmidt

Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer was born

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1939-08-28 Birth

Clem Cattini

Clem Cattini, rocker was born

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1673-08-28 Birth

Conrad Michael Schneider

Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born

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1901-08-28 Birth

Cornelis J Kelk

Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet) was born

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1973-08-28 Birth

DJ Assault

DJ Assault, American musician was born

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1948-08-28 Birth

Daniel Seraphine

Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) was born

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1887-08-28 Birth

Daniel Zamudio

Daniel Zamudio, composer was born

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1951-08-28 Birth

Dave Hlubek

Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) was born

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1962-08-28 Birth

David Fincher

David Fincher, American music video and film director was born

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1925-08-28 Birth

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain) was born

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1939-08-28 Birth

Edward Patten

Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) was born

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1831-08-28 Birth

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer was born

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1914-08-28 Birth

Glenn Osser

Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue) was born

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1949-08-28 Birth

Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime) was born

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1916-08-28 Birth

Hélène Baillargeon

Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997) was born

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1840-08-28 Birth

Ira D Sankey

Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) was born

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1890-08-28 Birth

Ivor Gurney

Ivor Gurney, composer was born

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1928-08-28 Birth

James Wild

James Wild, music teacher was born

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1966-08-28 Birth

Jerry Fehily

Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go) was born

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1978-08-28 Birth

Jess Margera

Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) was born

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1931-08-28 Birth

John Perkins

John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts) was born

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1894-08-28 Birth

Karl Böhm

Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) was born

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1951-08-28 Birth

Keiichi Suzuki

Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer was born

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1961-08-28 Birth

Kim Appleby

Kim Appleby, Stoke Newington, London, English singer (Mel & Kim-Coming to America) was born

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1982-08-28 Birth

Le Ann Rimes

Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart) was born

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1969-08-28 Birth

Mary McCartney

Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney was born

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1940-08-28 Birth

Nik Turner

Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind) was born

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1901-08-28 Birth

Paul Henry Lang

Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune) was born

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1754-08-28 Birth

Peter Winter

Peter Winter, composer was born

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1913-08-28 Birth

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera) was born

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1970-08-28 Birth

Rick Recht

Rick Recht, Jewish singer was born

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1903-08-28 Birth

Rudolph Wagner-Regeny

Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer was born

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1991-08-28 Birth

Sarah Jane Santos

Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer was born

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1979-08-28 Birth

Shaila Durcal

Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer was born

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1965-08-28 Birth

Shania Twain

Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, Canadian singer (You're Still the One) was born

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1775-08-28 Birth

Sophie Gail

Sophie Gail, composer was born

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1974-08-28 Birth

Takahito Eguchi

Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer was born

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1827-08-28 Birth

Teresa Milanollo

Teresa Milanollo, composer was born

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1924-08-28 Birth

Vilayat Khan

Vilayat Khan, composer was born

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1826-08-28 Birth

Walter Cecil Macfarren

Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer was born

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1951-08-28 Birth

Wayne Osmond

Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born

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1914-08-28 Death

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]

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1914-08-28 Death

Anatoly Lyadov

Anatoly Liadov, composer, dies at 59

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1960-08-28 Death

Anton Lajovic

Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81

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1903-08-28 Death

August Labitzky

August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70

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1959-08-28 Death

Bohuslav Jan Martinu

Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68

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1991-08-28 Death

Christian Anders

Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies

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1988-08-28 Death

Hazel Dawn

Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98

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2007-08-28 Death

Hilly Kristal

Hilly Kristal, American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932)

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1676-08-28 Death

Joan Cererols

Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57

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1647-08-28 Death

Johann Dilliger

Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53

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1767-08-28 Death

Johann Schobert

Johann Schobert, composer, dies

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1885-08-28 Death

Julius Hopp

Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66

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1958-08-28 Death

Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov

Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67

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1982-08-28 Death

Nini de Boel

Nini de Boel, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84

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1994-08-28 Death

Pieter de Cort

Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25

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1922-08-28 Event

Albert von Tilzer

Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC

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2003-08-28 Event

Beyoncé

20th MTV Awards: Missy Elliott, Beyoncé f/ Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake wins

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2011-08-28 Event

Katy Perry

28th MTV Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber wins

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1850-08-28 Event

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany

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1939-08-28 Event

Sammy Fain

Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres

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