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What happened in history on this day: January 29?
On January 29 in ...
- 1781 - Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres in Munich.
- 1996 - 6,138th performance of Cats is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, A Chorus Line.
- 2009 - Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's single "My Life Would Suck Without You" makes the largest ever leap to number one in Billboard chart history, rising 96 places in one week.
Births on January 29
- 1801 - Birth of Johannes Bernardus van Bree; Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis).
- 1898 - Birth of Fernand Quinet; Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre).
- 1917 - Birth of John Raitt in Santa Ana, California, USA; actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game).
- 1931 - Birth of Leslie Bricuse; English/US composer ("Stop the world I want to get off", "Goldfinger", "My Kind of Girl").
- 1936 - Birth of Noel Harrison; actor-singer (Girl from Uncle).
- 1947 - Birth of David Byron; vocalist (Uriah Heep).
- 1948 - Birth of Bill Kirchen; singer/guitarist (Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen).
- 1948 - Birth of Felice Taylor; rhythm and blues singer ("I Feel Love Comin' On").
- 1952 - Birth of Tommy Ramone AKA Thomas Erdelyi in Budapest, Hungary; rock drummer/bassist (Ramones - "Rock and Roll High School").
- 1953 - Birth of Louie Perez; drummer (Los Lobos).
- 1954 - Birth of Dick Manitoba; vocalist (Dictators).
- 1957 - Birth of Irlene Mandrell in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; country singer (Mandrell Sisters).
- 1957 - Birth of Jac Bico; Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine).
- 1959 - Birth of Johnny Spampinato; guitarist (NRBQ).
- 1960 - Birth of Cho-Liang Lin in Taiwan; violinist (Queen Sophia first prize).
- 1960 - Birth of Eddie Jackson; bassist (Queensryche - "Breaking the Silence", "The Warning").
- 1961 - Birth of David Baynton-Power; drummer (James).
- 1961 - Birth of Eddie Jackson; bassist (Queensryche).
- 1964 - Birth of Roddy Frame; rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera - "Stray").
Deaths on January 29
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor/singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 86 in New York City, New York (born 1893).
- 1991 - Jan Odé, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies.
- 1992 - Death of Willie Dixon at age 76 of heart failure in Burbank, California, USA; boxer, rhythm and blues songwriter ("Hoochie Coochie Man", "Little Red Rooster", "Back Door Man", "I'm a Man").
- 2022 - Death of Sam Lay at age 86 of natural causes in Chicago, Illinois, USA; drummer (Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame).
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