1950-12-28
Birth
Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton, Memphis Tenn, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops) was born
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1860-12-28
Birth
Alexander von Fielitz
Alexander von Fielitz, composer was born
1940-12-28
Birth
Alvin Elliot Singleton
Alvin Elliot Singleton, composer was born
1959-12-28
Birth
Ana Torroja
Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano) was born
1837-12-28
Birth
Benjamin Johnson Lang
Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer was born
1909-12-28
Birth
Billy Williams
Billy Williams, Waco Tx, singer (Your Show of Shows) was born
1943-12-28
Birth
Bobby Comstock
Bobby Comstock, rocker was born
1842-12-28
Birth
Calixa Lavallee
Calixa Lavallee, composer was born
1694-12-28
Birth
Ceslav Vanura
Ceslav Vanura, composer was born
1938-12-28
Birth
Charles Neville
Charles Neville, US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers) was born
1731-12-28
Birth
Christian Cannabich
Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master was born
1990-12-28
Birth
David Archuleta
David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American Singer was born
1947-12-28
Birth
Dick Diamonde
Dick Diamonde, [Van Der Sluys], Hilversum, rock bassist (Easybeats) was born
1932-12-28
Birth
Dorsey Burnette
Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One) was born
1945-12-28
Birth
Dwight Bement
Dwight Bement, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) was born
1905-12-28
Birth
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne Pa, jazz pianist (Deep Forest) was born
1903-12-28
Birth
Earl Hines
Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983) was born
1921-12-28
Birth
Eddy Doorenbos
Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist was born
1946-12-28
Birth
Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter, Beaumont Tx, rocker (They Only Come Out at Night) was born
1888-12-28
Birth
Gabriel von Wayditch
Gabriel von Wayditch, composer was born
1859-12-28
Birth
Gerard Brucken Fock
Gerard Brucken Fock, composer was born
1973-12-28
Birth
Herborg Kråkevik
Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress was born
1845-12-28
Birth
Homer Newton Bartlett
Homer Newton Bartlett, composer was born
1919-12-28
Birth
Inocenti Carreno
Inocenti Carreno, composer was born
1958-12-28
Birth
Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home) was born
1753-12-28
Birth
Johan Wikmanson
Johan Wikmanson, composer was born
1978-12-28
Birth
John Legend
John Legend, American musician was born
1931-12-28
Birth
John de Mol
John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer was born
1921-12-28
Birth
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis, (Alexandres Veliotes) Vallejo California, US R & B musician, producer and talent scout was born
1751-12-28
Birth
Josef Blazej Smrcek
Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer was born
1812-12-28
Birth
Julius Reitz
Julius Reitz, composer was born
1928-12-28
Birth
Kamillo Lendvay
Kamillo Lendvay, composer was born
1956-12-28
Birth
Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator) was born
1940-12-28
Birth
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith, US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady) was born
1960-12-28
Birth
Marty Roe
Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) was born
1963-12-28
Birth
Mel Stottlemyre Jr
Mel Stottlemyre Jr, pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays) was born
1956-12-28
Birth
Michael Gibbons
Michael Gibbons, rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't be a Hero) was born
1958-12-28
Birth
Mike McGuire
Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) was born
1928-12-28
Birth
Moe Koffman
Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001) was born
1932-12-28
Birth
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer was born
1956-12-28
Birth
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy, English violinist was born
1962-12-28
Birth
Rachel Z
Rachel Z, American pianist was born
1953-12-28
Birth
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman, pianist (Amour, Romantic America) was born
1938-12-28
Birth
Richard Sudhalter
Richard Sudhalter, British(?) writer/jazz musician was born
1783-12-28
Birth
Robert Gallenberg
Robert Gallenberg, composer was born
1915-12-28
Birth
Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples, US gospel/singer (Staple Singers) was born
1896-12-28
Birth
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) was born
1907-12-28
Birth
Roman Palester
Roman Palester, Polish composer: The Weichsel was born
1954-12-28
Birth
Rosie Vela
Rosie Vela, British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise) was born
1979-12-28
Birth
Senna Guemmour
Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose) was born
1738-12-28
Birth
Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky
Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer was born
1805-12-28
Birth
Tomas Genoves y Lapetra
Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer was born
1830-12-28
Death
Adrien-Joseph van Helmont
Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83
1870-12-28
Death
Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov
Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72
1891-12-28
Death
Alfred Cellier
Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47
2010-12-28
Death
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor, American musician (b. 1921)
1946-12-28
Death
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85
1983-12-28
Death
Dennis Wilson
Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
1916-12-28
Death
Eduard Strauss
Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
1952-12-28
Death
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897)
1976-12-28
Death
Freddie King
Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42
1982-12-28
Death
Frederick Douglass Hall
Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84
1779-12-28
Death
Gennaro Manna
Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64
2009-12-28
Death
James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan
James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan, American musician drummer of Avenged Sevenfold (b. 1981)
1862-12-28
Death
Joaquim Casimiro Junior
Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54
1878-12-28
Death
Jose Bernardo Alcedo
Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90
1990-12-28
Death
Kiel Martin
Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46
1937-12-28
Death
Maurice J Ravel
Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62
1971-12-28
Death
Max Steiner
Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83
1992-12-28
Death
Mort Greene
Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80
1963-12-28
Death
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68
1910-12-28
Event
Engelbert Humperdinck
Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (NYC)
1925-12-28
Event
Ira Gershwin
George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC
1944-12-28
Event
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in NYC
1928-12-28
Event
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues"
1928-12-28
Event
Ma Rainey
Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made
1963-12-28
Event
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song"
1968-12-28
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
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