More than three-dozen artists took part in the epic recording session, including 21 soloists. In , TLC scored their first No. Looking for more things that happened on this day in music? Keep scrolling for all of the headlines for January Looking for more artists born on this day? Keep scrolling for all of our January 28 birthdays. Search This Day In Music. The group's debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era. Verlaine was in discussion with Jeff Buckley to produce his second album before Buckley's death by drowning in American Keyboardist Bob Nave died age The song has been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper.
British musician and keyboardist, and longtime member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath , Geoff Nicholls died aged American singer Signe Toly Anderson died aged She was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. American guitarist, singer and songwriter, Paul Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74 due to multiple organ failure and septic shock after he suffered a heart attack days earlier. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, the leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship.
The 65 year-old bassist was arrested for misdemeanour assault, public intoxication and vandalism after a fight broke out in the bar.
The singer claimed his former manager, Gerald Goldstein, and lawyer, Glenn Stone, had cheated him out of earnings dating back more than 20 years. In , it was reported he was homeless and living in a camper van after falling on hard times and fighting drug addiction problems. Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida.
Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead an hour later. Powell had missed a doctor's appointment on the day before his death; the appointment was for a checkup on his heart.
