Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 29

• Joan Shaw, American R&B vocalist, turns 94.
• Malcolm Binns, Brit pianist, turns 88.
• Alan Silva, American composer, turns 85.
• Justino Diaz, Puerto Rican bass player, turns 84.
• Claudine Longet, French singer and dancer, turns 82.
• Tony Blackburn, Brit disc jockey with BBC Radio One, turns 81.
• Prince Malachi, (born Mark Wynter) Brit rastafari and singer, turns 81.
• Irma Urrila, Finnish actress and soprano singer, turns 81.
• Andrew Loog Oldham, Brit talent manager for The Rolling Stones, turns 80.
• Peter Baumann, German keyboardist with Tangerine Dream and Landing, turns 71.
• Louie Pérez, American drummer for Los Lobos, turns 71.
• Rob Manzoli, Brit vocalist of Right Said Fred fame, turns 70.
• Richard Manitoba, (born Richard Blum) American singer with MC5 and The Dictators, turns 70.
• Johnny Spampinato, American guitarist with NRBQ and brother to Joey Spampinato, turns 65.
• J. G. Thirlwell, Australian No Wave and electronic music artist, turns 64.
• Eddie Jackson, American guitarist of Queensrÿche fame, turns 63.
• David Baynton-Power, Brit drummer for James, turns 63.
• Pauline Henry, Scottish dance music singer with The Chimes, turns 63.
• Rosa Mannion, Scottish soprano singer, turns 62.
• Roddy Frame, Scottish guitarist, singer, and songwriter of Aztec Camera fame, turns 60.
• Marcus Vere, Brit synthesizer player for Living in a Box, turns 60.
• Marc Cary, American jazz pianist, turns 57.
• Hyde, Japanese singer of L'Arc~en~Ciel fame, turns 55.
• Matthias Pintscher, German composer, turns 53.
• Jonny Lang, (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr.) American blues guitarist and singer, turns 43.
• Adam Lambert, American singer, actor and American Idol season 8 runner-up, turns 42.

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• Janet Owen Thomas (1961 – 2002), Brit composer, would have turned 63.
• Teresa Teng (January 29, 1953 –May 08, 1995), Taiwanese singer, would have turned 71 this year.
• Tommy Ramone (January 29, 1952–July 11 2014, 2014), (born Tamás Erdélyi) Hungarian drummer for The Ramones, would have turned 72 this year.
• David Byron (January 29, 1947 –February 28, 1985), (born David Garrick) Brit vocalist with Uriah Heep, would have turned 77 this year.
• Tim Souster (January 29, 1943 –March 01, 1994), (born Timothy Andrew James Souster) Brit electronic music composer, would have turned 81 this year.
• Jeanne Lee (January 29, 1939 –October 25, 2000), American vocalist, would have turned 85 this year.
• James Jamerson (January 29, 1938 –August 02, 1983), American bassist and session musician with The Funk Brothers, would have turned 86 this year.
• Jeff Clyne (January 29, 1937 –November 16, 2009), (born Jeffery Ovid Clyne) Brit bass player, would have turned 87 this year.
• Sacha Distel (January 29, 1933 –July 22, 2004), French guitarist, would have turned 91 this year.
• Frank J. Assunto (January 29, 1932 –February 25, 1974), American trumpeter with The Dukes of Dixieland, would have turned 92 this year.
• Beverly Kenney (January 29, 1932 –April 13, 1960), American jazz singer, would have turned 92 this year.
• Leslie Bricusse (January 29, 1931–October 19, 2021), Brit lyricist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 –December 25, 2005), Brit free jazz guitarist and founder of Incus Records and Company, would have turned 94 this year.
• Ed Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 –May 24, 2013), American big band drummer, would have turned 95 this year.
• Bengt Hambraeus (January 29, 1928 –September 22, 2000), Canadian composer, would have turned 96 this year.
• Don Shirley (January 29, 1927 –April 06, 2013), Jamaican pianist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Franco Cerri (January 29, 1926–October 18, 2021), Italian jazz guitarist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Lois Marshall (January 29, 1924 –February 19, 1997), Canadian soprano singer, would have turned 100 this year.
• Luigi Nono (January 29, 1924 –May 08, 1990), Italian composer, would have turned 100 this year.
• Ira Malaniuk (January 29, 1923 –February 25, 2009), Polish mezzo-soprano singer, would have turned 101 this year.
• Ivo Robić (January 29, 1923 –March 09, 2001), Croatian singer and songwriter, would have turned 101 this year.
• Jack Sels (1922 – 1970), Belgian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 102.
• Arnold Ross (January 29, 1921 –June 05, 2000), American pianist, would have turned 103 this year.
• Earl Watkins (January 29, 1920 –July 01, 2007), American drummer, would have turned 104 this year.
• Kyra Vayne (January 29, 1916 –January 12, 2001), Russian soprano singer, would have turned 108 this year.
• John Serry, Sr. (January 29, 1915 –September 14, 2003), American arranger and composer, would have turned 109 this year.
• Fred Ramsey (1915 – 1995), (born Frederic Ramsey Jr.) American songwriter, jazz scholar, and record producer, would have turned 109.
• Ulysses Livingston (January 29, 1912 –October 07, 1988), American guitarist, would have turned 112 this year.
• Albert Snaer (1902 – 1962), American trumpeter, would have turned 122.
• Marko Tajčević (January 29, 1900 –July 19, 1984), Yugoslavian composer, would have turned 124 this year.
• Maria Muller (January 29, 1898 –March 13, 1958), Czech soprano singer, would have turned 126 this year.
• Mary Lewis (January 29, 1897 –December 31, 1941), American soprano singer, would have turned 127 this year.
• Edric Cundell (January 29, 1893 –March 19, 1961), Brit composer, would have turned 131 this year.
• Marguerite Canal (January 29, 1890 –January 27, 1978), French composer, would have turned 134 this year.
• Rudolf Mauersberger (January 29, 1889 –February 22, 1971), German composer, would have turned 135 this year.
• Francisco Santiago (January 29, 1889 –September 28, 1947), Filipino composer, would have turned 135 this year.
• Juhan Aavik (January 29, 1884 –November 26, 1982), Estonian composer, would have turned 140 this year.
• Havergal Brian (January 29, 1876 –November 28, 1972), Brit composer, would have turned 148 this year.
• Robert Lach (January 29, 1874 –September 11, 1958), Brit composer, would have turned 150 this year.
• Charles Henry Mills (1873 – 1937), American composer, would have turned 151.
• Adolf Philipp (January 29, 1864 –July 30, 1936), German composer, would have turned 160 this year.
• Frederick Delius (January 29, 1862 –June 10, 1934), Brit composer, would have turned 162 this year.
• Frederic Hymen Cowen (January 29, 1852 –October 06, 1935), Brit composer, would have turned 172 this year.
• Johannes Bernardus van Bree (January 29, 1801 –February 14, 1857), Dutch violinist and composer, would have turned 223 this year.
• Daniel Auber (January 29, 1782 –May 12, 1871), French composer, would have turned 242 this year.
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 –March 01, 1777), Austrian composer, would have turned 309 this year.
• Giuseppe Bonno (January 29, 1711 –April 15, 1788), Italian composer, would have turned 313 this year.
• Carlmann Kolb (January 29, 1703 –January 15, 1765), German composer, would have turned 321 this year.