On This Day in Music: July 28

On July 28 in music history, 51 artists were born, 29 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them Post Malone (2023), Travis Scott (2023) and Carly Rae Jepsen (2023).

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Post Malone

Post Malone released the album 'Austin'

Travis Scott

Travis Scott released the album 'Utopia'

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen released the album 'The Loveliest Time'

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut

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Born on July 28

Adrian Ratiu

Adrian Ratiu, composer was born

Alberto Mazzucato

Alberto Mazzucato, composer was born

Ayla Brown

Ayla Brown, American singer was born

Birgitta Haukdal

Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer was born

Carmen Dragon

Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984) was born

Charles Lucas

Charles Lucas, composer was born

Charlie Biddle

Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003) was born

Christian Barnekow

Christian Barnekow, composer was born

Clem Cattini

Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London) was born

David Huff

David Huff, rocker (Giant) was born

Delfeayo Marsalis

Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician was born

George Cummings

George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show) was born

Gerald Casale

Gerald Casale, american musician and director (founding member of Devo) was born

Gottlob Frick

Gottlob Frick, singer was born

Greg Gluffria

Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara) was born

Hitomi Yaida

Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter was born

Ignaz Bösendorfer

Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician (d. 1859) was born

Jacoby Shaddix

Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach) was born

Jacques d'Amboise

Jacques d'Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company) was born

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards, rocker was born

Jose Garcia Robles

Jose Garcia Robles, composer was born

Junior Kimbrough

Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (d. 1998) was born

Ken Margolis

Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille) was born

Larry Pruden

Larry Pruden, composer was born

Lee Minwoo

Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) was born

Leonor Watling

Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer was born

Maurice Johnstone

Maurice Johnstone, composer was born

Michael Amott

Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy) was born

Mike Bloomfield

Mike Bloomfield, rocker was born

Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001) was born

Peter Duchin

Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch) was born

Petro Petridis

Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite) was born

Priscilla Chan

Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer was born

Rachel Sweet

Rachel Sweet, rocker was born

Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch) was born

Richard Wright

Richard Wright, Hatch End, Middlesex, English singer/songwriter (Pink Floyd-Time, Echoes) was born

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) was born

Rued Immanuel Langgaard

Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer was born

Sandor Vandor

Sandor Vandor, composer was born

Shikao Suga

Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter was born

Simon Kirke

Simon Kirke, London UK, rock drummer (Bad Company) was born

Soulja Boy

Soulja Boy, American rapper was born

Stephen Christian

Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin) was born

Stephen Lynch

Stephen Lynch, American musician was born

Steve Duncan

Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born

Steve Morse

Steve Morse, rocker was born

Steve Peregrin Took

Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980) was born

Steven Peregrine Took

Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex) was born

Tynisha Keli

Tynisha Keli, American singer was born

Zbigniew Turski

Zbigniew Turski, composer was born

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress was born

Died on July 28

Abdul Muslim Mahomayev

Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer, dies at 51

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, dies at 63

Arvid Niclas Hopken

Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68

Bernhard Henrik Crusell

Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62

Cecil Burleigh

Cecil Burleigh, composer, dies at 95

Charles Shadwell

Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)

Erica Ash

Erica Ash died

Ernst Tittel

Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59

Frank H Loesser

Frank H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59

Gabriel von Wayditch

Gabriel von Wayditch, composer, dies at 80

George Kleinsinger

George Kleinsinger, US composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68

Giuseppe Giacomini

Giuseppe Giacomini died

Giuseppe Sarti

Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72

Harold C Fox

Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86

Helen Traubel

Helen Traubel, American soprano (b. 1903)

Jan Willem van Otterloo

Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70

Jim Parker

Jim Parker died

Johann Hermann Kufferath

Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer, dies at 67

Johann Richard Ohlsson

Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65

John Amner

John Amner, composer, dies at 61

John Ross

John Ross, composer, dies at 73

Johnny Ventura

Johnny Ventura died

Luis Aravena Munoz

Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45

Maurice Yvain

Maurice Yvain, composer, dies at 74

Ruben Radica

Ruben Radica died

Shahrum Kashani

Shahrum Kashani died

Stefano Pavesi

Stefano Pavesi, composer, dies at 71

Susan Tamim

Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress, murdered (b. 1977)

Releases & milestones on July 28

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen released the album 'The Loveliest Time'

Post Malone

Post Malone released the album 'Austin'

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut

Travis Scott

Travis Scott released the album 'Utopia'

Treasure

Treasure released the album 'Reboot'

Twice

Twice released the album 'Perfect World'

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