This Day in Music History
December 29

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What happened in history on this day: December 29?

On December 29 in ...

  • 1911 - San Francisco Symphony is formed.

Births on December 29

  • 1903 - Birth of Clyde McCoy in Ashland, Kentucky, USA; trumpeter/bandleader ("Sugar Blues").
  • 1940 - Birth of Ed Buce in Keiser, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Texas).
  • 1940 - Birth of Peter Koelewijn; Dutch writer/vocalist ("Come off that Roof").
  • 1941 - Birth of Ray Thomas in England; rock vocalist, flutist (The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin").
  • 1942 - Birth of Dinah Christiel singer/comedienne (This Hour Has Seven Days).
  • 1946 - Birth of Marianne Faithfull in Hampstead, England; vocalist ("Money", "As Tears Go By").
  • 1947 - Birth of Cozy Powell in England; rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, Emerson Lake and Powell).
  • 1951 - Birth of Laurel Masse in Holland, Michigan, USA; jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer - "Operator").
  • 1951 - Birth of Yvonne Elliman; US actress/singer ("I Don't Know How to Love Him").
  • 1955 - Birth of Jan Pijnenburg; Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar - "Bomb").
  • 1955 - Birth of Neil Giraldo; rocker (Pat Benatar Band).
  • 1956 - Birth of Dolf de Vries; Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine).
  • 1961 - Birth of Jim Reid; guitarist, singer (Jesus and Mary Chain).
  • 1965 - Birth of Dexter Holland; singer (The Offspring).
  • 1970 - Birth of Glen Phillips; singer, guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket).

Deaths on December 29

  • 1630 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at age 51.
  • 1926 - Rainer M Rilke, Austrian songwriter/writer ("Wise Queen"), dies at age 51.
  • 1967 - Death of Paul Whiteman at age 76; orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys - "Three O'Clock in the Morning", "My Blue Heaven", "All of Me", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes").
  • 1980 - Death of Tim Hardin of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at age 40; singer-songwriter ("If I Were A Carpenter", "Bird on a Wire").

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