On This Day in Music: June 29

1893 Birth

Aare Merikanto

Aare Merikanto, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Abs Breen

Abs Breen, English singer was born

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1885 Birth

Andre Gailhard

Andre Gailhard, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil) was born

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1864 Birth

Anton Beer-Walbrun

Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer was born

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1783 Birth

August Alexander Klengel

August Alexander Klengel, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Aundrea Fimbres

Aundrea Fimbres, American singer was born

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1986 Birth

Austin Drage

Austin Drage, English singer was born

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1965 Birth

Barry D

Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones) was born

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1979 Birth

Barış Akarsu

Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007) was born

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1911 Birth

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann, New York City, New York, American composer (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Taxi Driver) was born

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1948 Birth

Bill Kirchen

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

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1953 Birth

Billy Hinsche

Billy Hinsche, rocker was born

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1938 Birth

Billy Storm

Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night) was born

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1976 Birth

Bret McKenzie

Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician was born

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1923 Birth

Chou Wen-Chung

Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang) was born

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1953 Birth

Colin Hay

Colin Hay, Kilwinning, Scotland, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work) was born

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1738 Birth

Constantin Reindl

Constantin Reindl, composer was born

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1881 Birth

Curt Sachs

Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959) was born

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1984 Birth

Derek Lee Rock

Derek Lee Rock, American drummer was born

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1953 Birth

Don Dokken

Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again) was born

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1938 Birth

Edmund Falkiner

Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer was born

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1924 Birth

Ezra Laderman

Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians) was born

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1924 Birth

Flo Sandon's

Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006) was born

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1910 Birth

Franc Henry Loesser

Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella) was born

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1874 Birth

Georg Gohler

Georg Gohler, composer was born

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1886 Birth

George Frederick Boyle

George Frederick Boyle, composer was born

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1993 Birth

George Sampson

George Sampson, English dancer was born

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1961 Birth

Greg Hetson

Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist was born

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1925 Birth

Hale Smith

Hale Smith, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Hendrik Diels

Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor was born

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1934 Birth

Henning Kronstam

Henning Kronstam, dancer was born

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1948 Birth

Ian Paice

Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple) was born

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1945 Birth

Johnnie Richardson

Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe) was born

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1912 Birth

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango) was born

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1842 Birth

Josef Labor

Josef Labor, composer was born

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1870 Birth

Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph Carl Breil, composer was born

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1850 Birth

Joseph Paul Skelly

Joseph Paul Skelly, composer was born

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1980 Birth

Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano was born

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1936 Birth

Leonard Lee

Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll) was born

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1909 Birth

Leroy Anderson

Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock) was born

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1943 Birth

Little Eva

Little Eva (Eva Boyd), Belhaven, North Carolina, American pop singer (Locomotion) was born

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1948 Birth

Loncoln Gordon

Loncoln Gordon, rocker was born

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1971 Birth

Matthew Good

Matthew Good, Canadian musician was born

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1929 Birth

Michio Mamaia

Michio Mamaia, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Murray Foster

Murray Foster, Canadian musician was born

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1972 Birth

Nawal Al Zoghbi

Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer was born

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1978 Birth

Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress was born

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1897 Birth

Ottmar Gerster

Ottmar Gerster, composer was born

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1914 Birth

Rafael Kubelik

Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli) was born

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1908 Birth

Rene Gerber

Rene Gerber, composer was born

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1957 Birth

Robert Forster

Robert Forster, Australian musician was born

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1943 Birth

Roger Ruskin Spear

Roger Ruskin Spear, London England, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) was born

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1978 Birth

Sam Farrar

Sam Farrar, American bassist was born

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1964 Birth

Stedman Pearson

Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel) was born

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1965 Birth

Tripp Eisen

Tripp Eisen, American musician was born

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1940 Birth

Viacheslav Artyomov

Viacheslav Artyomov, composer was born

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2023 Death

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin died

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1966 Death

Arthur Meulemans

Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82

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2020 Death

Benny Mardones

Benny Mardones died

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1784 Death

Caesar Rodney

Caesar Rodney, US judge/singer (Declar of Independence), dies at 55

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2023 Death

Clarence Barlow

Clarence Barlow died

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1964 Death

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)

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1923 Death

Gustave Adolph Kerker

Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66

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2020 Death

Hachalu Hundessa

Hachalu Hundessa died

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1998 Death

Horst Jankowski

Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)

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1993 Death

Héctor Lavoe

Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)

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1941 Death

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80

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2021 Death

John Lawton

John Lawton died

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2020 Death

Johnny Mandel

Johnny Mandel died

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1953 Death

Jules van Nuffel

Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70

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1994 Death

Kurt Eichhorn

Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85

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1979 Death

Lowell George

Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34

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1696 Death

Michel Lambert

Michel Lambert, composer, dies

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1964 Death

Milenko Zivkovic

Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63

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2024 Death

Patty Waters

Patty Waters died

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1994 Death

Ray Crane

Ray Crane, trumpeter, dies at 63

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1903 Death

Rentaro Taki

Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23

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2002 Death

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)

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1969 Death

Shorty Long

Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29

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2025 Death

Stuart Burrows

Stuart Burrows died

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2021 Death

Stuart Damon

Stuart Damon died

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1975 Death

Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

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1969 Death

Vesselin Stoyanov

Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67

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2000 Event

Eminem

Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'

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1888 Event

George Frideric Handel

First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.

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1963 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts

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1971 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense

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