On This Day in Music: December 28

1950 Birth

Alex Chilton

Alex Chilton, Memphis Tenn, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops) was born

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1860 Birth

Alexander von Fielitz

Alexander von Fielitz, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Alvin Elliot Singleton

Alvin Elliot Singleton, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Ana Torroja

Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano) was born

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1837 Birth

Benjamin Johnson Lang

Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Billy Williams

Billy Williams, Waco Tx, singer (Your Show of Shows) was born

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1943 Birth

Bobby Comstock

Bobby Comstock, rocker was born

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1842 Birth

Calixa Lavallee

Calixa Lavallee, composer was born

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1694 Birth

Ceslav Vanura

Ceslav Vanura, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Charles Neville

Charles Neville, US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers) was born

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1731 Birth

Christian Cannabich

Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master was born

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1990 Birth

David Archuleta

David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American Singer was born

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1947 Birth

Dick Diamonde

Dick Diamonde, [Van Der Sluys], Hilversum, rock bassist (Easybeats) was born

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1932 Birth

Dorsey Burnette

Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One) was born

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1945 Birth

Dwight Bement

Dwight Bement, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) was born

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1905 Birth

Earl "Fatha" Hines

Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne Pa, jazz pianist (Deep Forest) was born

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1903 Birth

Earl Hines

Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983) was born

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1921 Birth

Eddy Doorenbos

Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist was born

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1946 Birth

Edgar Winter

Edgar Winter, Beaumont Tx, rocker (They Only Come Out at Night) was born

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1888 Birth

Gabriel von Wayditch

Gabriel von Wayditch, composer was born

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1859 Birth

Gerard Brucken Fock

Gerard Brucken Fock, composer was born

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1973 Birth

Herborg Kråkevik

Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress was born

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1845 Birth

Homer Newton Bartlett

Homer Newton Bartlett, composer was born

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1919 Birth

Inocenti Carreno

Inocenti Carreno, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home) was born

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1753 Birth

Johan Wikmanson

Johan Wikmanson, composer was born

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1978 Birth

John Legend

John Legend, American musician was born

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1931 Birth

John de Mol

John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer was born

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1921 Birth

Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis, (Alexandres Veliotes) Vallejo California, US R & B musician, producer and talent scout was born

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1751 Birth

Josef Blazej Smrcek

Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer was born

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1812 Birth

Julius Reitz

Julius Reitz, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Kamillo Lendvay

Kamillo Lendvay, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Kenneth Grant

Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator) was born

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1940 Birth

Lonnie Liston Smith

Lonnie Liston Smith, US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady) was born

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1960 Birth

Marty Roe

Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) was born

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1963 Birth

Mel Stottlemyre Jr

Mel Stottlemyre Jr, pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays) was born

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1956 Birth

Michael Gibbons

Michael Gibbons, rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't be a Hero) was born

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1958 Birth

Mike McGuire

Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) was born

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1928 Birth

Moe Koffman

Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001) was born

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1932 Birth

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer was born

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1956 Birth

Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy, English violinist was born

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1962 Birth

Rachel Z

Rachel Z, American pianist was born

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1953 Birth

Richard Clayderman

Richard Clayderman, pianist (Amour, Romantic America) was born

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1938 Birth

Richard Sudhalter

Richard Sudhalter, British(?) writer/jazz musician was born

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1783 Birth

Robert Gallenberg

Robert Gallenberg, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Roebuck "Pops" Staples

Roebuck "Pops" Staples, US gospel/singer (Staple Singers) was born

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1896 Birth

Roger Sessions

Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) was born

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1907 Birth

Roman Palester

Roman Palester, Polish composer: The Weichsel was born

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1954 Birth

Rosie Vela

Rosie Vela, British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise) was born

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1979 Birth

Senna Guemmour

Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose) was born

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1738 Birth

Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky

Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer was born

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1805 Birth

Tomas Genoves y Lapetra

Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer was born

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1830 Death

Adrien-Joseph van Helmont

Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83

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1870 Death

Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov

Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72

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1891 Death

Alfred Cellier

Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47

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2020 Death

Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero died

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2024 Death

Barre Phillips

Barre Phillips died

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2010 Death

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor, American musician (b. 1921)

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2025 Death

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot died

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1946 Death

Carrie Jacobs Bond

Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85

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2023 Death

Dave Bailey

Dave Bailey died

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1983 Death

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39

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1916 Death

Eduard Strauss

Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81

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2021 Death

Fatima Kuinova

Fatima Kuinova died

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1952 Death

Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897)

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2020 Death

Fou Ts'ong

Fou Ts'ong died

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2023 Death

Francis Dhomont

Francis Dhomont died

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1976 Death

Freddie King

Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42

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1982 Death

Frederick Douglass Hall

Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84

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1779 Death

Gennaro Manna

Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64

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2009 Death

James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan

James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan, American musician drummer of Avenged Sevenfold (b. 1981)

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1862 Death

Joaquim Casimiro Junior

Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54

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1878 Death

Jose Bernardo Alcedo

Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90

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2024 Death

Josh White Jr.

Josh White Jr. died

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1990 Death

Kiel Martin

Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46

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2022 Death

Linda de Suza

Linda de Suza died

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1937 Death

Maurice J Ravel

Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62

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1971 Death

Max Steiner

Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83

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2025 Death

Monic Cecconi-Botella

Monic Cecconi-Botella died

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1992 Death

Mort Greene

Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80

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1963 Death

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68

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2023 Death

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz died

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2023 Death

Per Myrberg

Per Myrberg died

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2025 Death

Rudi Spring

Rudi Spring died

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1910 Event

Engelbert Humperdinck

Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (NYC)

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1925 Event

Ira Gershwin

George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC

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2022 Event

Kessoku Band

Kessoku Band released the album 'Kessoku Band'

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1944 Event

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in NYC

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1928 Event

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues"

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1928 Event

Ma Rainey

Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made

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1963 Event

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song"

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1968 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks

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