On This Day in Music: August 28

1829 Birth

Albert Dietrich

Albert Dietrich, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Alfonso Herrera

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

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1872 Birth

Alfred Baldwin Sloan

Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Anne "Honey" Lantree

Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker was born

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1885 Birth

Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo

Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer was born

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1881 Birth

Arne Eggen

Arne Eggen, composer was born

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1925 Birth

Billy Grammer

Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist was born

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1945 Birth

Bob Segarini

Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality was born

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1932 Birth

Carlene Polite

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

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1700 Birth

Carolomannus Pachschmidt

Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer was born

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1939 Birth

Clem Cattini

Clem Cattini, rocker was born

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1673 Birth

Conrad Michael Schneider

Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Cornelis J Kelk

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

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1973 Birth

DJ Assault

DJ Assault, American musician was born

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1948 Birth

Daniel Seraphine

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

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1887 Birth

Daniel Zamudio

Daniel Zamudio, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Dave Hlubek

Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) was born

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1962 Birth

David Fincher

David Fincher, American music video and film director was born

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1925 Birth

Donald O'Connor

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

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1939 Birth

Edward Patten

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

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1831 Birth

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer was born

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1914 Birth

Glenn Osser

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

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1949 Birth

Hugh Cornwell

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

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1916 Birth

Hélène Baillargeon

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

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1840 Birth

Ira D Sankey

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

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1890 Birth

Ivor Gurney

Ivor Gurney, composer was born

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1928 Birth

James Wild

James Wild, music teacher was born

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1966 Birth

Jerry Fehily

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

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1978 Birth

Jess Margera

Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) was born

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1931 Birth

John Perkins

John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts) was born

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1894 Birth

Karl Böhm

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

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1951 Birth

Keiichi Suzuki

Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer was born

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1961 Birth

Kim Appleby

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

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1982 Birth

Le Ann Rimes

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

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1969 Birth

Mary McCartney

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

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1940 Birth

Nik Turner

Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind) was born

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1901 Birth

Paul Henry Lang

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

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1754 Birth

Peter Winter

Peter Winter, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Richard Tucker

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

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1970 Birth

Rick Recht

Rick Recht, Jewish singer was born

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1903 Birth

Rudolph Wagner-Regeny

Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer was born

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1991 Birth

Sarah Jane Santos

Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer was born

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1979 Birth

Shaila Durcal

Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer was born

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1965 Birth

Shania Twain

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

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1775 Birth

Sophie Gail

Sophie Gail, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Takahito Eguchi

Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer was born

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1827 Birth

Teresa Milanollo

Teresa Milanollo, composer was born

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1924 Birth

Vilayat Khan

Vilayat Khan, composer was born

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1826 Birth

Walter Cecil Macfarren

Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Wayne Osmond

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

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1914 Death

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov

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

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1914 Death

Anatoly Lyadov

Anatoly Liadov, composer, dies at 59

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1960 Death

Anton Lajovic

Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81

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1903 Death

August Labitzky

August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70

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1959 Death

Bohuslav Jan Martinu

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

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1991 Death

Christian Anders

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

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2021 Death

Francesc Burrull

Francesc Burrull died

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1988 Death

Hazel Dawn

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

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2007 Death

Hilly Kristal

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

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1676 Death

Joan Cererols

Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57

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1647 Death

Johann Dilliger

Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53

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1767 Death

Johann Schobert

Johann Schobert, composer, dies

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1885 Death

Julius Hopp

Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66

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1958 Death

Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov

Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67

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1982 Death

Nini de Boel

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

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1994 Death

Pieter de Cort

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

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2025 Death

Randy Boone

Randy Boone died

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2021 Death

Victor Uwaifo

Victor Uwaifo died

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2025 Death

Zhanna Kolodub

Zhanna Kolodub died

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1922 Event

Albert von Tilzer

Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC

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2003 Event

Beyoncé

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

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2025 Event

Hayley Williams

Hayley Williams released the album 'Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party'

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2011 Event

Katy Perry

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

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2020 Event

Metallica

Metallica released the album 'S&M2'

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1850 Event

Richard Wagner

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

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1939 Event

Sammy Fain

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

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2020 Event

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony released the album 'S&M2'

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2020 Event

The Blessed Madonna

The Blessed Madonna released the album 'Club Future Nostalgia'

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2020 Event

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton released the album 'Spell My Name'

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