On This Day in Music: January 28

1929-01-28 Birth

Acker Bilk

Acker Bilk, singer (Stranger on the Shore) was born

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1627-01-28 Birth

Alfonso Marsh

Alfonso Marsh, composer was born

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1757-01-28 Birth

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born

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1944-01-28 Birth

Arnold Muhren

Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home) was born

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1887-01-28 Birth

Artur Rubinstein

Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist was born

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1950-01-28 Birth

Bob Hay

Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician was born

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1944-01-28 Birth

Brian Keenan

Brian Keenan, NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today) was born

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1959-01-28 Birth

Burkhard Dallwitz

Burkhard Dallwitz, German-born composer was born

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1907-01-28 Birth

Constantin Regamey

Constantin Regamey, composer was born

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1968-01-28 Birth

DJ Muggs

DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill) was born

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1963-01-28 Birth

Danny Spitz

Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive) was born

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1959-01-28 Birth

Dave Sharp

Dave Sharp, rock guitarist (Alarm-In the Summertime) was born

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1943-01-28 Birth

Dick Taylor

Dick Taylor, rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me) was born

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1970-01-28 Birth

Donald Tardy

Donald Tardy, US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death) was born

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1893-01-28 Birth

Elliot Griffis

Elliot Griffis, composer was born

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1832-01-28 Birth

Franz Wullner

Franz Wullner, composer was born

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1868-01-28 Birth

Frederick Archibald Lamond

Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer was born

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1645-01-28 Birth

Gottfried Vopelius

Gottfried Vopelius, composer was born

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1693-01-28 Birth

Gregor Joseph Werner

Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born

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1756-01-28 Birth

Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth

Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer was born

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1936-01-28 Birth

Jack Scott

Jack Scott, vocalist (My True Love) was born

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1913-01-28 Birth

Jan Masseus

Jan Masseus, composer was born

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1976-01-28 Birth

Jarrod Montague

Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot) was born

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1943-01-28 Birth

Jean Knight

Jean Knight, rocker was born

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1977-01-28 Birth

Joey Fatone

Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC) was born

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1691-01-28 Birth

Johann Balthasar Konig

Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born

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1722-01-28 Birth

Johann Ernst Bach

Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born

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1944-01-28 Birth

John Tavener

John Tavener, composer (The Whale), (d. 2013) was born

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1945-01-28 Birth

José Luis Perales

José Luis Perales, Spanish singer was born

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1868-01-28 Birth

Julian Aguirre

Julian Aguirre, composer was born

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1875-01-28 Birth

Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo

Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer was born

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1891-01-28 Birth

Karel Boleslav Jirak

Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer was born

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1975-01-28 Birth

Lee Latchford-Evans

Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer was born

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1935-01-28 Birth

Leonid Grabovsky

Leonid Grabovsky, composer was born

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1887-01-28 Birth

Lily Theresa Strickland

Lily Theresa Strickland, composer was born

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1930-01-28 Birth

Luis de Pablo

Luis de Pablo, composer was born

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1944-01-28 Birth

Martin Fried

Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball) was born

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1977-01-28 Birth

Matt DeVries

Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira) was born

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1953-01-28 Birth

Michael Day

Michael Day, rocker was born

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1900-01-28 Birth

Michael Dewar Head

Michael Dewar Head, composer was born

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1980-01-28 Birth

Nick Carter

Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys) was born

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1908-01-28 Birth

Paul Misraki

Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998) was born

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1916-01-28 Birth

Peter Crossley-Holland

Peter Crossley-Holland, composer was born

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1956-01-28 Birth

Peter Schilling

Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker was born

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1968-01-28 Birth

Rakim

Rakim, born William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper was born

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1946-01-28 Birth

Rick Allen

Rick Allen, Ark, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter) was born

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1936-01-28 Birth

Robert Suderburg

Robert Suderburg, composer was born

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1945-01-28 Birth

Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt, English musician was born

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1927-01-28 Birth

Ronnie Scott

Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner was born

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1962-01-28 Birth

Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips, singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance) was born

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1968-01-28 Birth

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan, folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy) was born

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1954-01-28 Birth

Shawn Murray

Shawn Murray, rock drummer (Mink Deville) was born

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1841-01-28 Birth

Viktor Ernst Nessler

Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer was born

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1898-01-28 Birth

Vittorio Rieti

Vittorio Rieti, composer was born

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1878-01-28 Birth

Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski]

Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer (Der Juxbaron) was born

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1951-01-28 Birth

William Nelson Jr

William Nelson Jr, US bassist (Connections & Disconnections) was born

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1899-01-28 Birth

Zilner T Randolph

Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger was born

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1898-01-28 Death

Alexandru Flechtenmacher

Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74

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1903-01-28 Death

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55

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2009-01-28 Death

Billy Powell

Billy Powell, American musician (b. 1952)

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1976-01-28 Death

Chris Kenner

Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies

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1992-01-28 Death

Clark Tippet

Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37

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1932-01-28 Death

Franz Xavier Arens

Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75

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1817-01-28 Death

Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen

Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55

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1949-01-28 Death

Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist

Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62

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1873-01-28 Death

Henry Hugo Pierson

Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57

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1960-01-28 Death

Jacques de Menasce

Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54

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1813-01-28 Death

Jan Joseph Rosler

Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41

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1965-01-28 Death

Jef van Durme

Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57

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2005-01-28 Death

Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)

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1768-01-28 Death

John Wainwright

John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44

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1910-01-28 Death

Jose Garcia Robles

Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74

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1896-01-28 Death

Joseph Barnby

Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57

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2007-01-28 Death

Karel Svoboda

Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)

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1935-01-28 Death

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75

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1942-01-28 Death

Pablo Luna y Carne

Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61

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1869-01-28 Death

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72

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1947-01-28 Death

Reynaldo Hahn

Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72

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1903-01-28 Death

Robert Planquette

Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54

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1959-01-28 Death

Viktor Joseph Keldorfer

Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85

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1985-01-28 Event

Cyndi Lauper

12th American Music Award: Cyndi Lauper & Lionel Richie win

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1830-01-28 Event

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber

Opera "Fra Diavolo" premieres in Paris

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1936-01-28 Event

Dmitri Shostakovich

Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

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1916-01-28 Event

Enrique Granados

Opera "Goyescas" premieres (NYC)

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1991-01-28 Event

MC Hammer

18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson

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1985-01-28 Event

Michael Jackson

Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars)

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1967-01-28 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"

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1965-01-28 Event

The Who

The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV

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