On This Day in Music: January 29

1864-01-29 Birth

Adolf Philipp

Adolf Philipp, composer was born

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1887-01-29 Birth

Albert Conti

Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion) was born

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1981-01-29 Birth

Alex Ubago

Álex Ubago, Spanish musician was born

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1869-01-29 Birth

Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov

Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer was born

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1928-01-29 Birth

Bengt Hambraeus

Bengt Hambraeus, composer was born

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1948-01-29 Birth

Bill Kirchen

Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) was born

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1937-01-29 Birth

Bobby Scott

Bobby Scott, jazz singer was born

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1876-01-29 Birth

Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen

Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer was born

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1703-01-29 Birth

Carlmann Kolb

Carlmann Kolb, composer was born

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1960-01-29 Birth

Cho-Liang Lin

Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize) was born

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1942-01-29 Birth

Claudine Longet

Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer was born

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1782-01-29 Birth

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo) was born

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1947-01-29 Birth

David Byron

David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep) was born

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1954-01-29 Birth

Dick Manitoba

Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators) was born

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1960-01-29 Birth

Eddie Jackson

Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) was born

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1893-01-29 Birth

Edric Cundell

Edric Cundell, composer was born

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1871-01-29 Birth

Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco

Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer was born

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1948-01-29 Birth

Felice Taylor

Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On) was born

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1784-01-29 Birth

Ferdinand Ries

Ferdinand Ries, composer was born

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1898-01-29 Birth

Fernand Quinet

Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre) was born

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1889-01-29 Birth

Francisco Santiago

Francisco Santiago, composer was born

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1782-01-29 Birth

Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski

Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer was born

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1852-01-29 Birth

Frederic Hymen Cowen

Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer was born

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1862-01-29 Birth

Frederick Delius

Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born

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1715-01-29 Birth

Georg Christoph Wagenseil

Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court) composer/pianist was born

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1711-01-29 Birth

Giuseppi Bonno

Giuseppi Bonno, composer was born

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1876-01-29 Birth

Havergal Brian

Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer was born

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1969-01-29 Birth

Hyde

Hyde, Japanese singer was born

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1957-01-29 Birth

Irlene Mandrell

Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) was born

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1960-01-29 Birth

J. G. Thirlwell

J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician was born

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1957-01-29 Birth

Jac Bico

Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine) was born

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1936-01-29 Birth

James Jamerson

James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983) was born

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1801-01-29 Birth

Johannes Bernardus van Bree

Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis) was born

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1917-01-29 Birth

John Raitt

John Raitt, Santa Ana California, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game) was born

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1915-01-29 Birth

John Serry

John Serry, Sr., American musician and arranger (d. 2003) was born

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1884-01-29 Birth

Juhan Aavic

Juhan Aavic, composer was born

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1824-01-29 Birth

Karl von Perfall

Karl von Perfall, composer was born

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1931-01-29 Birth

Leslie Bricuse

Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off) was born

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1924-01-29 Birth

Luigi Nono

Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations) was born

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1936-01-29 Birth

Malcolm Binns

Malcolm Binns, concert pianist was born

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1948-01-29 Birth

Marc Singer

Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas) was born

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1900-01-29 Birth

Marco Tajcevic

Marco Tajcevic, composer was born

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1890-01-29 Birth

Marguerite Canal

Marguerite Canal, composer was born

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1947-01-29 Birth

Marián Varga

Marián Varga, Slovak musician was born

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1893-01-29 Birth

Martian Negrea

Martian Negrea, composer was born

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1934-01-29 Birth

Noel Harrison

Noel Harrison, London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE), (d. 2013) was born

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1934-01-29 Birth

Paul Gutama Soegijo

Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer was born

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1874-01-29 Birth

Robert Lach

Robert Lach, composer was born

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1964-01-29 Birth

Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray) was born

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1889-01-29 Birth

Rudolf Mauersberger

Rudolf Mauersberger, composer was born

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1953-01-29 Birth

Teresa Teng

Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995) was born

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1943-01-29 Birth

Timothy Andrew James Souster

Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer was born

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1952-01-29 Birth

Tommy Ramone

Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Budapest, Hungary, rock drummer/bassist (Ramones) was born

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1980-01-29 Death

Antonio Molina

Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85

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1988-01-29 Death

Bantcho Bantchevsky

Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide

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1981-01-29 Death

Cozy Cole

Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies

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1916-01-29 Death

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62

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1597-01-29 Death

Elias Ammerbach

Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)

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2005-01-29 Death

Eric Griffiths

Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)

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1962-01-29 Death

Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86

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1987-01-29 Death

Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski

Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73

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1973-01-29 Death

Johannes Paul Thilman

Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67

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2009-01-29 Death

John Martyn

John Martyn, Scottish singer and songwriter (b. 1948)

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1924-01-29 Death

Joseph Ludwig

Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79

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1942-01-29 Death

Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal

Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92

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1999-01-29 Death

Lili St. Cyr

Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)

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1965-01-29 Death

Michael Spisak

Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50

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1993-01-29 Death

Michel Renault

Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies

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1966-01-29 Death

Pierre Mercure

Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38

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1988-01-29 Death

Rogier van Otterloo

Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46

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1946-01-29 Death

Sidney Jones

Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84

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1992-01-29 Death

Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76

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1967-01-29 Death

Wlodzimierz Pozniak

Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62

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1996-01-29 Event

Andrew Lloyd Webber

6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"

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1998-01-29 Event

Bobby Brown

Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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1996-01-29 Event

Garth Brooks

23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins

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1969-01-29 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars

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1728-01-29 Event

John Gay

John Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London [NS=Feb 9]

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1964-01-29 Event

The Beatles

Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" & "Sie Liebt Dich"

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1781-01-29 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich

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