On This Day in Music: December 29

1767-12-29 Birth

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born

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1970-12-29 Birth

Aled Jones

Aled Jones, Welsh singer was born

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1914-12-29 Birth

Billy Tipton

Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989) was born

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1903-12-29 Birth

Clyde McCoy

Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader was born

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1947-12-29 Birth

Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP) was born

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1965-12-29 Birth

Dexter Holland

Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring) was born

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1956-12-29 Birth

Dolf de Vries

Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine) was born

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1940-12-29 Birth

Ed Buce

Ed Buce, Keiser Ar, country singer (Texas) was born

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1813-12-29 Birth

Etienne-Joseph Soubre

Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer was born

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1972-12-29 Birth

Evan Seinfeld

Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor was born

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1563-12-29 Birth

Francesco Maria Guaitoli

Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born

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1982-12-29 Birth

Gabrielle Destroismaisons

Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer was born

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1953-12-29 Birth

Gali Atari

Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress was born

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1951-12-29 Birth

Georges Thurston

Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007) was born

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1970-12-29 Birth

Glen Phillips

Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket) was born

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1678-12-29 Birth

Gotthard Wagner

Gotthard Wagner, composer was born

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1897-12-29 Birth

Hermann Heiss

Hermann Heiss, composer was born

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1955-12-29 Birth

Jan Pijnenburg

Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb) was born

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1880-12-29 Birth

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer was born

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1898-12-29 Birth

Jeanne Leleu

Jeanne Leleu, composer was born

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1942-12-29 Birth

Jerry Summers

Jerry Summers, rocker was born

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1983-12-29 Birth

Jessica Andrews

Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer was born

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1961-12-29 Birth

Jim Reid

Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat) was born

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1887-12-29 Birth

Kiyoshi Nobutoki

Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer was born

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1978-12-29 Birth

LaToya London

LaToya London, American singer was born

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1951-12-29 Birth

Laurel Masse

Laurel Masse, Holland Mich, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator) was born

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1946-12-29 Birth

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, vocalist (Money) was born

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1955-12-29 Birth

Neil Giraldo

Neil Giraldo, rocker (Pat Benatar Band) was born

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1876-12-29 Birth

Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer was born

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1912-12-29 Birth

Peggy Glanville-Hicks

Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad) was born

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1940-12-29 Birth

Peter Koelewijn

Peter Koelewijn, Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof) was born

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1933-12-29 Birth

Prez "Kidd" Kenneth

Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist was born

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1941-12-29 Birth

Ray Thomas

Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin) was born

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1942-12-29 Birth

Rick Danko

Rick Danko, Blayney Ontario, Canadain musician (The Band) was born

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1954-12-29 Birth

Roger Voudouris

Roger Voudouris, Sacramento Ca, rock vocalist was born

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1919-12-29 Birth

Roman Vlad

Roman Vlad, composer was born

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1850-12-29 Birth

Tomas Breton y Hernandez

Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer was born

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1936-12-29 Birth

Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky

Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky, composer was born

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1900-12-29 Birth

Willie Humphrey

Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist was born

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1930-12-29 Birth

Willy Giefer

Willy Giefer, composer was born

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1951-12-29 Birth

Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman, US actress/singer (I Don't Know How to Love Him) was born

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1822-12-29 Death

Albert Christoph Dies

Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67

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1952-12-29 Death

Beryl Rubinstein

Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54

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1915-12-29 Death

Charles Beach Hawley

Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57

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1835-12-29 Death

Charles-Joseph Tolbecque

Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29

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1958-12-29 Death

Doris Humphrey

Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63

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1994-12-29 Death

Eugene Tanner Jr

Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58

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1871-12-29 Death

Ferdinand Marcucci

Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71

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2008-12-29 Death

Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)

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1972-12-29 Death

Fritz Behrend

Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83

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1898-12-29 Death

Georg Goltermann

Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74

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1825-12-29 Death

Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini

Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies

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1558-12-29 Death

Hermann Finck

Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31

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1630-12-29 Death

Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele

Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51

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1836-12-29 Death

Johann Baptist Schenk

Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83

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1785-12-29 Death

Johann Heinrich Rolle

Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69

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1986-12-29 Death

John Antill

John Antill, composer, dies at 82

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1965-12-29 Death

Kusaku Yamada

Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79

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1984-12-29 Death

Leo Robin

Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84

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1996-12-29 Death

Mireille Hartuch

Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at 90

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1964-12-29 Death

Miroslav Krejci

Miroslav Krejci, composer, dies at 73

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1967-12-29 Death

Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77

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1926-12-29 Death

Rainer M Rilke

Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51

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1959-12-29 Death

Robin Humphrey Milford

Robin Humphrey Milford, composer, dies at 56

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2001-12-29 Death

Takashi Asahina

Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)

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1980-12-29 Death

Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin, American singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39

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1847-12-29 Death

William Crotch

William Crotch, composer, dies at 72

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1943-12-29 Death

William H Singer

William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75

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1982-12-29 Event

Bob Marley

Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica

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1957-12-29 Event

Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

Singers Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas

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