1928-06-28
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Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask
Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist was born
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1963-06-28
Birth
Andy Cousin
Andy Cousin, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories) was born
1909-06-28
Birth
Arnold Shaw
Arnold Shaw, composer was born
1954-06-28
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Ava Barber
Ava Barber, Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show) was born
1943-06-28
Birth
Bobby Harrison
Bobby Harrison, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador) was born
1887-06-28
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Boleslav Vomacka
Boleslav Vomacka, composer was born
1968-06-28
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Chayanne
Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer was born
1547-06-28
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Cristofano Malvezzi
Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born
1945-06-28
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Dave Knights
Dave Knights, London, rock bassist (Procol Harum-Conquistador) was born
1853-06-28
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Edwin Arthur Jones
Edwin Arthur Jones, composer was born
1913-06-28
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George Walter Selwyn Lloyd
George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman) was born
1885-06-28
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Giuseppe Mule
Giuseppe Mule, composer was born
1933-06-28
Birth
Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson
Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer was born
1979-06-28
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Ha Ji-won
Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer was born
1852-06-28
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Hans Huber
Hans Huber, composer was born
1977-06-28
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Harun Tekin
Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi was born
1712-06-28
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau, France, composer/social contractor (Confession) was born
1734-06-28
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Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier
Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer was born
1975-06-28
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Jon Nödtveidt
Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection was born
1831-06-28
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Joseph Joachim
Joseph Joachim, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto) was born
1895-06-28
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Kazimierz Sikorski
Kazimierz Sikorski, composer was born
1986-06-28
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Kellie Pickler
Kellie Pickler, American singer was born
1988-06-28
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Lacey Schwimmer
Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer was born
1893-06-28
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Luciano Gallet
Luciano Gallet, composer was born
1983-06-28
Birth
Maui Taylor
Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer was born
1981-06-28
Birth
Michael Crafter
Michael Crafter, Australian musician was born
1806-06-28
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Napoleon Coste
Napoleon Coste, composer was born
1930-06-28
Birth
Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer was born
1893-06-28
Birth
Nils Bjorkander
Nils Bjorkander, composer was born
1874-06-28
Birth
Oley Speaks
Oley Speaks, composer was born
1958-06-28
Birth
Oran "Juice" Jones
Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker (Curiosity, Here I Go Again) was born
1586-06-28
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Paul Siefert
Paul Siefert, composer was born
1936-06-28
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Peter Hall
Peter Hall, folklorist/musician was born
1902-06-28
Birth
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers, Hammels Station NY, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein) was born
1946-06-28
Birth
Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer was born
1906-06-28
Birth
Safford Cape
Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian was born
1912-06-28
Birth
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache, conductor was born
1879-06-28
Birth
Sigurd von Koch
Sigurd von Koch, composer was born
1847-06-28
Birth
Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson
Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer was born
1917-06-28
Birth
Willem "Wim" Sonneveld
Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady) was born
1904-06-28
Birth
Wlodzimierz Pozniak
Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer was born
1876-06-28
Death
August W Ambros
August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59
2010-06-28
Death
Bill Aucoin
Bill Aucoin, American rock band manager (b. 1943)
1957-06-28
Death
Ede Poldini
Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88
1890-06-28
Death
Edouard Gregoir
Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67
1993-06-28
Death
GG Allin
GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
1855-06-28
Death
Giovanni Agostino Perotti
Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86
1910-06-28
Death
Gustave Leon Huberti
Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
1982-06-28
Death
Harry Mills
Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
1950-06-28
Death
Henry Balfour Gardiner
Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72
1788-06-28
Death
Johann Christoph Vogel
Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32
1806-06-28
Death
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64
1742-06-28
Death
Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner
Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52
1891-06-28
Death
Jose Inzenga y Castellanos
Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63
1857-06-28
Death
Joseph Fischhof
Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53
1980-06-28
Death
José Iturbi
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1872-06-28
Death
Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch
Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66
1979-06-28
Death
Paul Dessau
Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84
1981-06-28
Death
Peter Paul Kreuder
Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75
1798-06-28
Death
Pierre Dutillieu
Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44
1965-06-28
Death
Red Nichols
Red Nichols, American musician (b. 1905)
0548-06-28
Death
Theodora
Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies
1996-06-28
Death
Willard F. McMurry
Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89
1980-06-28
Death
Yoshiro Irino
Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58
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