On This Day in Music: October 29

1954-10-29 Birth

Anita Meijer

Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion) was born

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1982-10-29 Birth

Ariel Lin

Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer was born

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1952-10-29 Birth

Arnell Carmichael

Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio) was born

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1815-10-29 Birth

Daniel Emmett

Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) was born

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1901-10-29 Birth

Daniele Amfiteatrov

Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer was born

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1944-10-29 Birth

Denny Laine

Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings) was born

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1923-10-29 Birth

Dietrich Manicke

Dietrich Manicke, composer was born

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1898-10-29 Birth

Emmanuel Bondeville

Emmanuel Bondeville, composer was born

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1940-10-29 Birth

Frida Boccara

Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996) was born

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1951-10-29 Birth

Guy Gelso

Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra) was born

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1949-10-29 Birth

James Williamson

James Williamson, American guitarist was born

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1955-10-29 Birth

Kevin DuBrow

Kevin DuBrow, rocker was born

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1987-10-29 Birth

Makoto Ogawa

Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer was born

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1945-10-29 Birth

Melba Moore

Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island) was born

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1937-10-29 Birth

Michael Ponti

Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964) was born

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1930-10-29 Birth

Natalie Sleeth

Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992) was born

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1922-10-29 Birth

Neal Hefti

Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show) was born

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1930-10-29 Birth

Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer was born

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1946-10-29 Birth

Peter Green

Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac) was born

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1930-10-29 Birth

Peter Stampfel

Peter Stampfel, rocker was born

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1934-10-29 Birth

Pim Jacobs

Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas) was born

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1934-10-29 Birth

Ramon Sender

Ramon Sender, composer was born

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1961-10-29 Birth

Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson, Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC) was born

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1951-10-29 Birth

Rick Bordia

Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville) was born

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1948-10-29 Birth

Ricky Reynolds

Ricky Reynolds, rocker was born

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1944-10-29 Birth

Robbie van Leeuwen

Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue) was born

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1934-10-29 Birth

Robert E Hughes

Robert E Hughes, NYC, orchestra leader (Rich Little Show) was born

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1955-10-29 Birth

Roger O'Donnell

Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure) was born

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1965-10-29 Birth

Steven Sweet

Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) was born

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1968-10-29 Birth

Tsunku

Tsunku, Japanese music producer was born

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1903-10-29 Birth

Vivian Ellis

Vivian Ellis, composer was born

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1925-10-29 Birth

Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims, Inglewood California, jazz saxophonist was born

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1971-10-29 Death

Duane Allman

Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24

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1994-10-29 Death

Evelyn Anderson

Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87

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1883-10-29 Death

Friedrich Robert Volkmann

Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68

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1922-10-29 Death

George August Lumbye

George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79

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1934-10-29 Death

Gustavo Emilio Campa

Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71

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1973-10-29 Death

Heathcote Dicken Statham

Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83

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1876-10-29 Death

Jacques Gregoir

Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59

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1802-10-29 Death

Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary

Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95

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1920-10-29 Death

Johann Ernst Perabo

Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74

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1975-10-29 Death

John Scott Trotter

John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67

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1931-10-29 Death

Luciano Gallet

Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38

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1829-10-29 Death

Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart

Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies

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1968-10-29 Death

Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad

Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78

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1882-10-29 Death

Martin Gustav Nottebohm

Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64

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2008-10-29 Death

Mike Baker

Mike Baker, American singer Shadow Gallery (b. 1963)

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1962-10-29 Death

Naphtali Siegfried Salomon

Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77

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1998-10-29 Death

Paul Misraki

Paul Misraki, French songwriter (b. 1908)

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1994-10-29 Death

Pearl Primus

Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44

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1853-10-29 Death

Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann

Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68

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1983-10-29 Death

Sten Broman

Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81

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1947-10-29 Death

Theodore Samuel Holland

Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69

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1953-10-29 Death

William Kapell

William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)

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1853-10-29 Death

William Richard Bexfield

William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29

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1987-10-29 Death

Woody Herman

Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74

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1941-10-29 Event

Cole Porter

Cole Porter's musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC

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1967-10-29 Event

Galt MacDermot

MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in NYC

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1982-10-29 Event

Michael Jackson

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"

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1963-10-29 Event

The Beatles

"Meet the Beatles" booklet is published

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1787-10-29 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)

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