Months in 1988: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Music
Events 1 - 13 of 13
Jan 25th - 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
Jan 26th - "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs
Mar 2nd - 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley
Mar 21st - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
Mar 27th - Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
Apr 14th - "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
May 14th - "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 36 performances
Jun 4th - 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly & Phantom of the Opera win
Jun 6th - 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis & Statler Brothers
Jul 8th - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
Oct 10th - 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49
Jan 7th - Haley Bennett,
American Singer and Actress
Jan 8th - Adam T. Siska,
American musician
Jan 14th - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
Jan 18th - Ronald Guglielmone Jr.,
American singer-songwriter
Jan 21st - William Johansson,
Swedish composer
Jan 26th - Mia Rose,
British-Portuguese singer
Feb 6th - Allison Holker,
American dancer
Feb 14th - Asia Nitollano,
American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
Feb 14th - Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
Feb 28th - Markéta Irglová,
Czech songwriter and actress
Mar 2nd - Keith Jack,
British singer and actor
May 2nd - Lara Liang,
Taiwanese-American Singer
May 5th - Brooke Hogan,
American singer
May 5th - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
Singer Rihanna (Feb 20th)
May 5th - Adele, English singer
May 24th - Billy Gilman,
American singer
May 31st - Hope Partlow,
American Singer
Jun 1st - Nami Tamaki,
Japanese pop singer
Jun 14th - Kevin Michael McHale,
American singer
Jun 16th - Keshia Chante,
Canadian singer
Jun 16th - Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland)
Jun 23rd - Isabella Leong Lok-Sze,
Hong Kong singer, actress and model
Jun 28th - Lacey Schwimmer,
American dancer
Jul 7th - Kaci Brown,
American singer
Jul 12th - Melissa O'Neil,
Canadian singer
Jul 20th - Julianne Hough,
American ballroom dancer
Aug 2nd - Brittany Hargest,
American singer (Jump5)
Aug 21st - Louise Setara,
English singer-songwriter
Aug 21st - Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5)
Aug 25th - Raymond Quinn,
English singer
Sep 16th - Teddy Geiger,
American singer
Sep 22nd - Bethany Dillon,
American musician
Sep 26th - Mark Simpson,
English clarinetist and composer
Sep 29th - Justin Nozuka,
singer/songwriter
Oct 5th - Bahar Kızıl,
German Singer (Monrose)
Oct 7th - Stacy DuPree,
American musician (Eisley)
Oct 20th - Risa Niigaki,
Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Nov 28th - Christopher Stringini,
American singer
Dec 14th - Vanessa Hudgens,
American singer and actress
Dec 30th - Leon Jackson,
Scottish singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 53 of 53
Jan 29th - Bantcho Bantchevsky,
US opera singer, commits suicide
Jan 29th - Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
Feb 14th - Frederick Loewe,
US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
Feb 15th - Frederick [Fritz] Loewe,
composer, dies
Mar 6th - Konstantin Iliev,
composer, dies at 63
Mar 8th - Henryk Szeryng,
Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
Mar 10th - Andy Gibb,
singer, dies of heart infection at 30
Mar 10th - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
Mar 17th - Nikolas Asimos,
Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
Mar 20th - Gil Evans,
Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
Mar 31st - Talib Rasul Hakim,
composer, dies at 48
Apr 7th - Cesar Bresgen,
Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
Apr 9th - Brook Benton,
singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
Apr 9th - Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
Apr 14th - Herbert Reynolds Inch,
composer, dies at 83
Apr 14th - Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79
Apr 15th - Youri Egorov,
Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
Apr 25th - Boris Kremenliev,
composer, dies at 76
Apr 25th - Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
Apr 28th - B. W. Stevenson,
American country singer (b. 1949)
Apr 29th - Jan Kapr,
composer, dies at 74
May 13th - Chet Baker,
jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59
May 27th - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver,
US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
Jun 12th - Marcel Poot,
Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87
Jun 19th - Zdenek Blazek,
composer, dies at 83
Jun 25th - Hillel Slovak,
Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
Jul 1st - Hellmuth Christian Wolff,
composer, dies at 82
Jul 1st - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
Jul 18th - Nico,
US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
Jul 22nd - Luigi Lucioni,
Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
Aug 2nd - Roger Vuataz,
composer, dies at 90
Aug 9th - Giacinto Scelsi,
Italian composer (b. 1905)
Aug 11th - Jean-Pierre Ponnele,
opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
Aug 12th - Jean-Michel Basquiat,
US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
Aug 14th - Roy Buchanan,
American guitarist (b. 1939)
Aug 15th - Ray Buchanan,
US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
Aug 16th - Milton Adolphus,
composer, dies at 75
Aug 26th - Carlos Paião,
Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
Aug 28th - Hazel Dawn,
US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
Sep 23rd - Arwel Hughes,
composer, dies at 79
Oct 7th - Billy Daniels,
singer, dies of cancer at 73
Oct 8th - Ernst Hermann Meyer,
composer, dies at 82
Oct 19th - Son House,
American musician (b. 1902)
Nov 11th - William Ifor Jones,
Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
Nov 13th - Antal Dorati,
Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
Nov 13th - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
Nov 27th - Karel Horky,
composer, dies at 79
Dec 2nd - Tata Giacobetti,
Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
Dec 6th - Bill Harris,
US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63
Dec 6th - Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52
Dec 8th - Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad,
US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44
Dec 16th - Sylvester,
American singer (b. 1948)
Dec 22nd - Tucker Smith,
singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies
