On This Day in Music: May 28

On May 28 in music history, 53 artists were born, 28 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them Gladys Knight (1944), Kylie Minogue (1968) and DMX (2021).

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Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train) was born

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion) was born

DMX

DMX released the album 'Exodus'

Prince Buster

Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness) was born

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Born on May 28

Adam Green

Adam Green, American singer and songwriter was born

Andy Kirk

Andy Kirk, jazz musician was born

Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan) was born

Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord

Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

Bernhard Lewkovitch

Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer was born

Billy Vera

Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night) was born

Chris Ballew

Chris Ballew, American musician was born

Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter was born

Dennis Riley

Dennis Riley, composer was born

Elena Souliotis

Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004) was born

Eliza Ann Gardner

Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor was born

Ervin Junger

Ervin Junger, composer was born

Friedrich Westenholz

Friedrich Westenholz, composer was born

Gary Stewart

Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single) was born

Gavin Harrison

Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree) was born

George Dyson

George Dyson, composer was born

Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati, composer was born

Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train) was born

Gyorgy Ligeti

Gyorgy Ligeti, Transylvania, Romania, composer of contemporary classical music was born

Hans Dulfer

Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso) was born

Henning Christiansen

Henning Christiansen, composer was born

Henry Ritz

Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers) was born

Jacob R Druckman

Jacob R Druckman, composer was born

Jean Baptiste Cartier

Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer was born

Josef Dessauer

Josef Dessauer, composer was born

Joseph Frohlich

Joseph Frohlich, composer was born

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer was born

Julian Penkivil Slade

Julian Penkivil Slade, composer was born

Julian Slade

Julian Slade, composer was born

Karoly Filtsch

Karoly Filtsch, composer was born

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion) was born

Leon "The Bop" Klaasse

Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red) was born

Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur

Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer was born

Luigi Perrachio

Luigi Perrachio, composer was born

Maki Ishii

Maki Ishii, composer was born

Marius Monnikendam

Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer was born

Mark Feehily

Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife) was born

Nicolai Sokoloff

Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph) was born

Papa John Creach

Papa John Creach, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, American blues violinist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane) was born

Peter Talbot Westergaard

Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer was born

Phil Regan

Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose) was born

Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar, American country music singer was born

Prince Buster

Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness) was born

Ray Laidlaw

Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer (Jack the Lad) was born

Rob du Bois

Rob du Bois, composer was born

Roland Gift

Roland Gift, UK, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy) was born

Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze

Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer was born

T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done) was born

Tommy Ladnier

Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939) was born

Tony Mansfield

Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer) was born

Wendy O. Williams

Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998) was born

Wolfgang Schneiderhan

Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist was born

Youri Egorov

Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d.1988) was born

Died on May 28

Achille Longo

Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54

Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld

Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76

Al Foster

Al Foster died

Anton Reicha

Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66

August Freyer

August Freyer, composer, dies at 79

Bob Kulick

Bob Kulick died

Carl Teike

Carl Teike, composer, dies at 58

Claude Heater

Claude Heater died

George Cassidy

George Cassidy died

Gilles Hayne

Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73

Henning Kronstam

Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60

Janine Charbonnier

Janine Charbonnier died

Jean Berger

Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909)

Jiri Reinberger

Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63

Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner

Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67

John Finley Williamson

John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76

Joseph Schmitt

Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57

Juan José Mosalini

Juan José Mosalini died

Lennie Niehaus

Lennie Niehaus died

Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC

Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky

Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62

Theodor Streicher

Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65

Thomas Busby

Thomas Busby, composer, dies

Viktor Ernst Nessler

Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60

Releases & milestones on May 28

DMX

DMX released the album 'Exodus'

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in NYC

Julian Edwards

Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor", premieres in NYC

Lionel Bart

Johnson & Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters" premieres in London

Paul Hindemith

Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich

Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in NYC

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