Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 28

• Leonid Grabovsky, Russian composer, turns 89.
• Dick Taylor, Brit guitarist and vocalist with Pretty Things, turns 81.
• Malvina Major, New Zealand composer, turns 81.
• Achim Reichel, German record producer, turns 80.
• Robert Wyatt, Brit singer with pioneering Canterbury Scene act, Soft Machine, turns 79.
• Rick Allen, American keyboardist with Box Tops, turns 78.
• Bob Moses, American session musician (drums), turns 76.
• Billy Bass Nelson, (born William Nelson) American bassist of Funkadelic fame, turns 73.
• Richard Danielpour, American composer, turns 68.
• Kerry McCoy, American arranger and pianist, turns 66.
• Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist with The Alarm, turns 65.
• Sam Phillips, American guitarist and singer-songwriter, turns 62.
• Dan Spitz, American guitarist with Anthrax, turns 61.
• Julian Arguelles, Brit soprano saxophonist, turns 58.
• Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter and founder of Lilith Fair, turns 56.
• Rakim, (born William Michael Griffin Jr.) American rapper of Eric B. & Rakim fame, turns 56.
• DJ Muggs, (born Lawrence Muggerud) American disc jockey of Cypress Hill fame, turns 56.
• Lee Latchford-Evans, Brit bubblegum pop vocalist with Steps, turns 49.
• Jarrod Montague, American drummer with Taproot, turns 48.
• Rick Ross (born William Leonard Roberts II), American rapper and record executive, turns 48.
• Matt DeVries, American guitarist of Chimaira fame, turns 47.
• Joey Fatone, American boy band vocalist with 'N Sync, turns 47.
• Nick Carter, American boy band vocalist with Backstreet Boys, turns 44.

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• John Tavener (January 28, 1944 –November 12, 2013), Brit experimental music composer, would have turned 80 this year.
• Brian Keenan (January 28, 1943 –October 05, 1985), American drummer with The Chambers Brothers, would have turned 81 this year.
• King Tubby (January 28, 1941 –February 06, 1989), (born Osbourne Ruddock) Jamaican pioneering dub music record producer, would have turned 83 this year.
• Jack Scott (January 28, 1936 –December 12, 2019), Canadian rockabilly singer and songwriter, would have turned 88 this year.
• Robert Suderburg (January 28, 1936 –April 22, 2013), American composer, would have turned 88 this year.
• Spiro Malas (January 28, 1933 –June 23, 2019), American bass-baritone singer, would have turned 91 this year.
• Ezio Flagello (January 28, 1931 –March 19, 2009), American basso and brother to Nicolas Flagello, would have turned 93 this year.
• Luis de Pablo (January 28, 1930–October 10, 2021), Spanish composer, would have turned 94 this year.
• Acker Bilk (January 28, 1929 –November 02, 2014), (born Bernard Stanley Bilk) Brit clarinetist, would have turned 95 this year.
• Ronnie Scott (January 28, 1927 –December 23, 1996), Brit tenor saxophonist and entrepreneur, would have turned 97 this year.
• Paul Asciak (January 28, 1923 –April 21, 2015), Maltese tenor vocalist who discovered Joseph Calleja, would have turned 101 this year.
• Frances Yeend (January 28, 1918 –April 27, 2008), Canadian soprano singer, would have turned 106 this year.
• Bob Hilliard (January 28, 1918 –February 01, 1971), American lyricist and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 106 this year.
• Rolf Larsson (January 28, 1918 –May 05, 1991), Swedish pianist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Peter Crossley-Holland (January 28, 1916 –April 27, 2001), Brit composer and musicologist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Jan Masseus (1913 – 1999), Dutch composer and pianist, would have turned 111.
• Bobby Sands (1907 – ?), American tenor saxophonist with Claude Hopkins and Edmond Hall, would have turned 117.
• Constantin Regamey (January 28, 1907 –December 27, 1982), Swiss pianist and composer, would have turned 117 this year.
• Ricardo Fabrega (January 28, 1905 –February 10, 1973), Panamanian dance music composer, would have turned 119 this year.
• Yuly Sergueievitch Meytus (January 28, 1903 –April 02, 1997), Ukrainian composer, would have turned 121 this year.
• Michael Dewar Head (January 28, 1900 –August 24, 1976), Brit singer, pianist, and composer, would have turned 124 this year.
• Vittorio Rieti (January 28, 1898 –February 19, 1994), Italian Neoclassicism composer, would have turned 126 this year.
• Fidelia Campigna (January 28, 1897 –December 27, 1983), Italian soprano singer, would have turned 127 this year.
• Laura Pasini (January 28, 1894 –June 30, 1942), Italian soprano singer, would have turned 130 this year.
• Elliot Griffis (January 28, 1893 –June 08, 1967), American composer and pianist, would have turned 131 this year.
• Karel Boleslav Jirák (January 28, 1891 –January 30, 1932), Czech conductor and composer, would have turned 133 this year.
• Zilner Randolph (January 28, 1889 –February 02, 1994), American trumpeter, would have turned 135 this year.
• Arthur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 –December 20, 1982), Polish Grammy Award-winning pianist and conductor, would have turned 137 this year.
• Lily Theresa Strickland (January 28, 1887 –June 06, 1958), American composer, would have turned 137 this year.
• Jean Athanasiou (January 28, 1885 –November 20, 1938), Romanian baritone singer, would have turned 139 this year.
• Louis Nelson DeLisle (January 28, 1885 –August 20, 1949), American clarinetist, would have turned 139 this year.
• Walter Kollo (January 28, 1878 –September , 1940), (born Walter Elimar Kollo) German operetta composer, would have turned 146 this year.
• Leon Laffitte (January 28, 1875 –September , 1938), French tenor vocalist, would have turned 149 this year.
• Julian Aguirre (January 28, 1868 –August 13, 1924), Argentinian composer, would have turned 156 this year.
• Frederic Lamond (January 28, 1868 –February 21, 1948), (born Frederic Archibald Lamond) Scottish composer, would have turned 156 this year.
• Bianca Bianchi (January 28, 1865 –February 16, 1947), (born Bertha Schwarz) Austrian coloratura soprano, would have turned 159 this year.
• Isadora Luckstone (January 28, 1861 –March 12, 1941), American music teacher to Lila P. Robeson, Lambert Murphy, and Ellison van Hoose, would have turned 163 this year.
• Viktor Nessler (January 28, 1841 –May 28, 1890), German composer, would have turned 183 this year.
• Franz Wullner (January 28, 1832 –September 08, 1902), Austrian composer, would have turned 192 this year.
• Marie-Cornélie Falcon (January 28, 1812 –February 25, 1897), French mezzo-soprano, would have turned 212 this year.
• Louis Ferdinand Joseph Herold (January 28, 1791 –January 19, 1833), French opera composer, would have turned 233 this year.
• Giovanni Velluti (January 28, 1780 –January 22, 1861), Italian castrato, would have turned 244 this year.
• Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (January 28, 1757 –August 06, 1821), Italian composer, would have turned 267 this year.
• Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth (January 28, 1756 –April 30, 1792), German composer, would have turned 268 this year.
• Johann Ernst Bach (January 28, 1722 –January 09, 1777), German composer and nephew to Johann Sebastian Bach, would have turned 302 this year.
• Gregor Joseph Werner (January 28, 1693 –March 03, 1766), Austrian organist and composer, would have turned 331 this year.
• Johann Balthasar König (January 28, 1691 –April 02, 1754), German composer and organist, would have turned 333 this year.
• Gottfried Vopelius (January 28, 1645 –February 03, 1715), German composer, would have turned 379 this year.