1909-10-28
Birth
Adolfs Skulte
Adolfs Skulte, composer was born
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1979-10-28
Birth
Aki Hakala
Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus) was born
1924-10-28
Birth
Alfonso Montalva Montecino
Alfonso Montalva Montecino, composer was born
1890-10-28
Birth
Andres Isasi
Andres Isasi, composer was born
1910-10-28
Birth
Arthur Altman
Arthur Altman, songwriter was born
1969-10-28
Birth
Ben Harper
Ben Harper, American musician was born
1972-10-28
Birth
Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley, American musician was born
1936-10-28
Birth
Carl Davis
Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer was born
1936-10-28
Birth
Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels, Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia) was born
1927-10-28
Birth
Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) was born
1943-10-28
Birth
Conny Froboess
Conny Froboess, German singer was born
1879-10-28
Birth
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer was born
1941-10-28
Birth
Curtis Lee
Curtis Lee, rocker was born
1956-10-28
Birth
Dave Wyndorf
Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet) was born
1944-10-28
Birth
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz, Maywood Ill, actor (Buntz-Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) was born
1892-10-28
Birth
Dink Johnson
Dink Johnson, American musician (d. 1954) was born
1963-10-28
Birth
Eros Ramazotti
Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter (Adesso Te) was born
1935-10-28
Birth
Folke Rabe
Folke Rabe, composer was born
1856-10-28
Birth
Franz Xavier Arens
Franz Xavier Arens, composer was born
1922-10-28
Birth
Gershon Kingsley
Gershon Kingsley, German composer was born
1941-10-28
Birth
Glenn Moore
Glenn Moore, rocker was born
1941-10-28
Birth
Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin, England, [Brian Rankin], rocker was born
1930-10-28
Birth
Harry Gilbert Trythall
Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer was born
1798-10-28
Birth
Henri-Jerome Bertini
Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer was born
1896-10-28
Birth
Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic) was born
1733-10-28
Birth
Ignaz Franz von Beecke
Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer was born
1789-10-28
Birth
Johann Schneider
Johann Schneider, composer was born
1930-10-28
Birth
John Henry Mayer
John Henry Mayer, composer was born
1805-10-28
Birth
John Thomson
John Thomson, composer was born
1978-10-28
Birth
Justin Guarini
Justin Guarini, American singer was born
1801-10-28
Birth
Karl Georg Lickl
Karl Georg Lickl, composer was born
1976-10-28
Birth
Karl Tremblay
Karl Tremblay, Canadian singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) was born
1904-10-28
Birth
Louis de Meester
Louis de Meester, composer was born
1982-10-28
Birth
Mai Kuraki
Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer was born
1689-10-28
Birth
Michel Mathieu
Michel Mathieu, composer was born
1884-10-28
Birth
Miloje Milojevic
Miloje Milojevic, composer was born
1959-10-28
Birth
Neville Henry
Neville Henry, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) was born
1948-10-28
Birth
Ricki Lee Reynolds
Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas) was born
1957-10-28
Birth
Stephen Morris
Stephen Morris, English pop drummer (Joy Division-Atmosphere) was born
1936-10-28
Birth
Ted Hawkins
Ted Hawkins, singer/guitarist was born
1948-10-28
Birth
Telma Hopkins
Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters) was born
1952-10-28
Birth
Tommy Dobeck
Tommy Dobeck, rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band) was born
1945-10-28
Birth
Wayne Fontana
Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love) was born
1940-10-28
Death
Andrea d' Angeli
Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71
1970-10-28
Death
Baby Huey
Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies
2000-10-28
Death
Carlos Guastavino
Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)
1965-10-28
Death
Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
1927-10-28
Death
Eaton Faning
Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77
1970-10-28
Death
Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco
Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer, dies at 99
1959-10-28
Death
Egon Kornauth
Egon Kornauth, composer, dies at 68
2005-10-28
Death
Fernando Quejas
Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
2001-10-28
Death
Gerard Hengeveld
Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
1854-10-28
Death
James P Carrell
James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67
1992-10-28
Death
Joan Maloney Rio
Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1877-10-28
Death
Johann Herbeck
Johann Herbeck, composer, dies at 45
1755-10-28
Death
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65
2006-10-28
Death
Marijohn Wilkin
Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (b. 1920)
1963-10-28
Death
Mart Saar
Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81
1768-10-28
Death
Michel Blavet
Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68
1975-10-28
Death
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (b. 1932)
1962-10-28
Death
Pierre Froidebise
Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48
2007-10-28
Death
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)
1779-10-28
Death
Raphael Weiss
Raphael Weiss, composer, dies at 66
1914-10-28
Death
Richard Heuberger
Richard Heuberger, composer, dies at 64
1639-10-28
Death
Stefano Landi
Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1991-10-28
Death
Sylvia Fine Kaye
Sylvia Fine Kaye, US lyricist/composer, dies at 78
1875-10-28
Death
William Howard Glover
William Howard Glover, composer, dies at 56
1987-10-28
Death
Woody Herman
Woody Herman, US jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74
1971-10-28
Death
Yves de La Casiniere
Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74
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