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What happened in history on this day: January 28?
On January 28 in ...
- 1985 - (to January 29) At the A&M studios in Los Angeles, California, 45 of the world's top recording artists create and record the song "We Are the World" under the project "USA for Africa", promoted by Ken Kragen, and conducted by Quincy Jones.
Births on January 28
- 1929 - Birth of Acker Bilk; clarinetist ("Stranger on the Shore").
- 1936 - Birth of Jack Scott; vocalist (My True Love).
- 1943 - Birth of Dick Taylor; rock vocalist (Pretty Thing - "Cry to Me").
- 1944 - Birth of Arnold Mühren; Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats - "Sailin' Home").
- 1944 - Birth of Brian Keenan in New York City, New York, USA; rock drummer (Chamber Brothers - "Time Has Come Today").
- 1944 - Birth of Martin Fried; rocker (Cyrkle - "Red Rubber Ball").
- 1946 - Birth of Rick Allen in Arkansas, USA; rock bassist (Box Tops - "The Letter").
- 1951 - Birth of William Nelson Junior; US bassist (Connections and Disconnections).
- 1954 - Birth of Shawn Murray; rock drummer (Mink Deville).
- 1956 - Birth of Peter Schilling in Stuttgart, Germany; rocker (Major Tom - "Coming Home").
- 1959 - Birth of Dave Sharp; rock guitarist (The Alarm - "In the Summertime").
- 1962 - Birth of Sam Phillips; singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance).
- 1963 - Birth of Danny Spitz; heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax - "Protest and Survive").
- 1965 - Birth of Greg Cook; country bassist (Ricochet).
- 1968 - Birth of DJ Muggs; rap artist (Cypress Hill).
- 1968 - Birth of Sarah McLachlan; folk singer ("Fumbling Towards Ecstasy").
- 1970 - Birth of Donald Tardy; American death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death).
- 1973 - Birth of Brandon Bush; keyboardist (Train).
- 1977 - Birth of Joey Fatone; singer ('N Sync).
- 1980 - Birth of Nick Carter; American singer (Backstreet Boys).
Deaths on January 28
- 1976 - Chris Kenner, rocker ("I Like it Like That"), dies.
- 2009 - Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell dies at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida.
- 2023 - Death of Tom Verlaine at age 73 in New York City, New York, USA; singer-guitarist (Television).
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