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28 APRIL

In Music History

2017 Brad Paisley releases the first visual album in country music: a special edition of Love and War with videos for each of the 16 tracks.

2017 At the WXTB Rockfest, in Tampa, Florida, Soundgarden launch what will be their final tour with Chris Cornell, who dies on May 17 at a stop in Detroit.

2013 Bass player Lonnie Turner, a founding member of The Steve Miller Band, dies of lung cancer at age 66.

2006 ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus is accused by the Swedish government of $12 million US in delinquency of back taxes.

2005 Eddie Montgomery of country duo Montgomery Gentry seriously injures his left wrist during a show in Asheville, North Carolina, after he falls to the arena floor from a speaker cabinet onstage.

2005 Jazz bassist Percy Heath dies of bone cancer two days before his 82nd birthday.

2001 Dido's song "Thank You" climbs to #3 in America after Eminem samples it for the hook of his song "Stan." The song first appeared on Dido's 1999 debut album, No Angel, which goes on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide.

2000 James Brown Enterprises, which handles tours for The Godfather Of Soul, has its offices destroyed by fire, destroying music and memorabilia. An employee is later charged with arson in connection with the incident.

1999 Members of The Verve release a statement announcing their second breakup (their first was in 1995). The band reunites in 2007, but that only lasts two years.

1994 Warren G releases his debut single, "Regulate," taking G-Funk in a bold new direction by sampling the laid-back groove to Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin'" and some dialogue from the movie Young Guns. The song climbs to #2, where it spends three weeks behind "I Swear" by All-4-One.

1991 Bonnie Raitt marries her first husband, actor Michael O'Keefe. Her father, the singer John Raitt, wears a kilt as a nod to their Celtic heritage and sings a song called "My Heart's Darlin'." The couple divorce in 1999.

1989 Jon Bon Jovi marries his high-school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

1988 Country/pop singer B.W. Stevenson, known for the original 1973 version of "My Maria," dies at age 38 while undergoing heart valve surgery.

1987 Ray Charles appears before Congress to urge more funding for hearing research, stating "My eyes are my handicap, but my ears are my opportunity."

1985 Bryan Ferry releases "Slave To Love."