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What happened in history on this day: April 29?
On April 29 in ...
- 1784 - Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna).
- 1982 - 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell win.
- 1992 - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
Births on April 29
- 1842 - Birth of Karl Millöcker; Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student).
- 1879 - Birth of Thomas Beecham in England; composer, founded London Philharmonic.
- 1895 - Birth of Malcolm Sargent; English conductor (Promenade Concerts).
- 1899 - Birth of Edward Kennedy Ellington AKA Duke Ellington in Washington, D.C., USA; bandleader, jazz composer ("Take the A Train", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)") (dies 1974).
- 1903 - Birth of Frank Parker in New York City, New York, USA; singer (The Jack Benny Radio Show, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party).
- 1904 - Birth of Russ Morgan in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader ("Welcome Aboard", "So Tired", "Cruising Down the River", "Sunflower", "Forever and Ever").
- 1907 - Birth of Tino Rossi in Ajaccio, France; singer ("Deux Amours", "Marlene").
- 1915 - Birth of Donald Mills in Piqua, Illinois, USA; singer (The Mills Brothers, 2,000 recordings, 50 million copies).
- 1925 - Birth of Danny Davis; rocker (Nashville Brass).
- 1928 - Birth of Carl Gardner in Tyler, Texas, USA; rock vocalist (The Coasters - "Searchin").
- 1931 - Birth of Lonnie Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland; skiffle musician ("Rock Island Line", "Cumberland Gap", "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour [On the Bedpost Overnight]").
- 1933 - Birth of Rod [Marvin] McKuen in Oakland, California, USA; singer/composer ("Alone", "Beatsville").
- 1936 - Birth of April Stevens in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Deep Purple).
- 1936 - Birth of Zubin Mehta in Bombay, India; conductor (New York Philharmonic).
- 1942 - Birth of Klaus Voorman; rock bassist (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn").
- 1943 - Birth of Duane Allen in Taylortown, Texas, USA; country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira").
- 1945 - Birth of Hugh Hopper; rocker (Soft Machine).
- 1945 - Birth of [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery]; singer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough").
- 1947 - Birth of Tommy James; singer ("Crimson and Clover").
- 1950 - Birth of Wayne Secrest; bassist (Confederate Railroad).
- 1954 - Birth of Deborah Iyall; rocker (Romeo Void).
- 1956 - Birth of Ron Verlin; rocker (Shooting Star).
- 1957 - Birth of Richie C Robertson; rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles).
- 1958 - Birth of Simon Edwards; rocker (Fairground Attraction - "Find My Love").
- 1960 - Birth of Gerard Joling; Dutch singer ("Love is in Your Eyes").
- 1960 - Birth of Phil King; bassist (Lush).
- 1968 - Birth of Carnie Wilson in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips - "Hold On").
- 1973 - Birth of Mike Hogan; bassist (The Cranberries).
- 1979 - Birth of Matt Tong; drummer (Bloc Party).
- 1979 - Birth of Jo O'Meara; English singer (S Club 7).
Deaths on April 29
- 1943 - Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at age 56.
- 1968 - Death of Frankie Lymon at age 25 of a drug overdose; rocker (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers).
- 1979 - Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at age 55.
- 1991 - Death of Ken Curtis at age 74 in his sleep; singer (Shep Fields Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers), actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, The Yellow Rose).
- 1993 - Death of Mick Ronson at age 46 of cancer of the liver in London, England; guitarist, producer (David Bowie, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, Mott the Hoople).
- 1997 - Keith Ferguson, blues musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at age 50.
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