This Day in Music: October 28, 2026

• 2023: Taylor Swift's “Cruel Summer” reaches number one in America.
  The song first came out on her 2019 album Lover, and it climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 more than four years later, helped along by the Eras Tour concert film.
• 2022: Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87.
  “The Killer” was known for “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” and he was one of the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
• 2014: The Allman Brothers Band plays its final show at New York's Beacon Theatre.
  The marathon set ran past midnight into the anniversary of Duane Allman's 1971 death, closing out the band's long run of shows at the Beacon.
• 2013: The Jonas Brothers announce they are breaking up.
  The split lasted about six years. The brothers reunited in 2019 and scored their first Hot 100 number one with “Sucker.”
• 2007: Country legend Porter Wagoner dies at 80.
  The longtime Grand Ole Opry star died of lung cancer. His syndicated TV series, The Porter Wagoner Show, began in 1961 and introduced a young Dolly Parton to a national audience.
• 2004: Rod Stewart's Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 hits number one.
  It was his first album to top the Billboard 200 since Blondes Have More Fun in 1979, a sign of how well his turn to pop standards had caught on.
• 2003: The Strokes release their second album, Room on Fire.
  The New York band's follow-up to Is This It took its title from a lyric in “Reptilia,” one of the album's singles along with “12:51.”
• 1997: Drummer Bill Berry leaves R.E.M.
  Berry had been with the band for 17 years and left to take up farming in Georgia. R.E.M. carried on as a trio.
• 1995: Alanis Morissette makes her first appearance on Saturday Night Live.
  She performed “Hand in My Pocket” and “All I Really Want,” both from her blockbuster album Jagged Little Pill.
• 1978: Nick Gilder's “Hot Child in the City” hits number one.
  The glam rock single was the biggest hit for the English-born, Canadian-raised singer and topped the Billboard Hot 100.
• 1977: Steve Perry plays his first show as lead singer of Journey.
  The debut came at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. With Perry out front, Journey went on to hits like “Lights,” “Open Arms” and “Don't Stop Believin'.”
• 1967: Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits reaches number one.
  The Motown collection topped the American album chart, gathering the trio's string of hits such as “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.”
• 1958: Buddy Holly makes his last major TV appearance, on American Bandstand.
  He performed “It's So Easy” and “Heartbeat.” Holly died in a plane crash in Iowa a little over three months later.
• 1956: Elvis Presley makes his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
  He performed four songs and was handed a gold record on the air for “Love Me Tender.” It was his first time on the show with Sullivan himself as host.
• 1950: Patti Page's “All My Love” hits number one in America.
  It was the first chart-topper for the Oklahoma-born singer, who soon followed it with her signature song, “Tennessee Waltz.”

Born on This Day

• 1987: Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
  Turns 39. The R&B star is known for the albums Channel Orange and Blonde and songs like “Thinkin Bout You.”
• 1978: Justin Guarini, American singer
  Turns 48. Finished second to Kelly Clarkson on the first season of American Idol.
• 1972: Brad Paisley, American country singer and guitarist
  Turns 54. Grand Ole Opry member behind hits like “Whiskey Lullaby,” “Mud on the Tires” and “Then.”
• 1969: Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  Turns 57. Roots rock artist known for “Steal My Kisses” and his work with the Innocent Criminals.
• 1958: William Reid, Scottish guitarist and singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
  Turns 68. Co-founded the alternative rock band with his brother Jim; their hits include “Just Like Honey.”
• 1957: Stephen Morris, English drummer (New Order, Joy Division)
  Turns 69. Played on “Blue Monday” and “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”
• 1953: Desmond Child, American songwriter and producer
  Turns 73. Co-wrote “Livin' on a Prayer,” “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” and “Livin' la Vida Loca.”
• 1948: Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
  Turns 78. Sang on “Knock Three Times” and “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” before starring on TV in Family Matters.
• 1945: Wayne Fontana, English singer (The Mindbenders)
  Led the band on its 1965 number one hit “The Game of Love.”
• 1940: Jay Proctor, American singer (Jay & the Techniques)
  Lead voice on the 1967 hit “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie.”
• 1939: Curtis Lee, American singer
  Best known for the 1961 doo-wop hit “Pretty Little Angel Eyes.”
• 1936: Charlie Daniels, American country singer and fiddler
  Leader of the Charlie Daniels Band, famous for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”