Births and Deaths on 29 April

1899
Duke Ellington(Ring Dem Bells) was born in Washington D.C., US
1904
Russ Morgan(You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You) was born in Pennsylvania, US
1927
Big Jay McNeely(There Is Something On Your Mind) was born in California, US
1928
Carl Gardner(The Coasters) was born in Texas, US
1929
April Stevens(Teach Me Tiger) was born in New York, US
Billy Mize(Solid Sender) was born in Kansas, US
1930
Eddie Noack(Have Blues Will Travel) was born in Texas, US
1931
Lonnie Donegan(My Old Man's A Dustman) was born in Scotland, UK
1933
Willie Nelson(Always On My Mind) was born in Texas, US
1934
Otis Rush(Homework) was born in Mississippi, US
1937
Hasil Adkins(She Said) was born in West Virginia, US
1943
Duane Allen(The Oak Ridge Boys) was born in Texas, US
1945
Tammi Terrell(It's Mine) was born in Pennsylvania, US
1946
Lorraine Chandler(I Can't Hold On) was born in Michigan, US
1947
Tommy James(Mony Mony) was born in Ohio, US
1952
Dave Valentin(Sidra's Dream) was born in New York, US
1953
Bill Drummond was born in South Africa
1959
Craig Armstrong(Crash) was born in Scotland, UK
1961
Cisco Houston(Talking Dust Bowl Blues) died in California, US
1965
Judson Spence(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah) was born in Mississippi, US
1967
J.B. Lenoir(Mama, Talk To Your Daughter) died in Illinois, US
Master P(If I Could Change) was born in Louisiana, US
1968
Carnie Wilson(Wilson Phillips) was born in California, US
1978
Javier Colon(Stitch By Stitch) was born in Connecticut, US
1979
Jo O'Meara(What Hurts The Most) was born in England, UK
1988
Michael Ray(One That Got Away) was born in Florida, US
1989
Foxes(Let Go For Tonight) was born in England, UK
1993
Mick Ronson(Only After Dark) died in England, UK
1998
Eddie Lovette(Too Experienced) died in Florida, US
Harry Lewis(Night Stroll) died in England, UK
2008
Micky Waller died in England, UK
2021
Johnny Crawford(Cindy's Birthday) died in California, US
2022
Taz(Cowboy Film) died in England, UK
2025
Mike Peters(The Alarm/Big Country) died in Wales, UK

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