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- Toots Thielemans, (born Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor Thielemans) Belgian composer, guitarist, and harmonica player, turns 85.
- Master P, (born Percy Robert Miller) American rapper and founder of the No Limit Records imprint, turns 37.
- Sammy Rimington, Brit clarinetist, turns 65.
- Tommy James, (born Thomas Gregory Jackson) American singer and record producer, turns 60.
- Claus Ogerman, German composer, conductor, and pianist, turns 77.
- Jack Reardon, American lyricist and songwriter, turns 73.
- Carnie Wilson, American pop music singer of Wilson Phillips fame, turns 39.
- Ira Coleman, American bass player, turns 51.
- Dave Valentin, American flautist, turns 53.
- Errol Leslie Buddle, Australian tenor saxophonist, turns 79.
- Duane Allen, American vocalist of Oak Ridge Boys fame, turns 64.
- Jacques Butler, American trumpeter, turns 98.
- Big Jay McNeely, American tenor saxophonist, turns 80.
- Mike Hogan, Irish bassist for The Cranberries, turns 34.
- Lonnie Donegan (April 29, 1931 – November 03, 2002), Scottish skiffle guitarist and vocalist, would have turned 76 this year.
- Ward Pinkett (April 29, 1906 – March 15, 1937), American trumpeter, would have turned 101 this year.
- Donald Mills (April 29, 1915 – November 15, 1999), American vocalist with The Mills Brothers, would have turned 92 this year.
- Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006), American bandleader and conga player, would have turned 78 this year.
- Phillipe Brun (April 29, 1908 – January 14, 1994), French trumpeter, would have turned 99 this year.
- Andy Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 02, 1999), (born Andrew Simpkins) American bass player, would have turned 75 this year.
- Norma Teagarden (April 29, 1911 – June 05, 1996), American jazz pianist, would have turned 96 this year.
- George Rufus Adams (April 29, 1940 – November 14, 1992), American flautist, tenor saxophonist, and vocalist, would have turned 67 this year.
- Paul Nero (April 29, 1917 – April 02, 1958), (born Kurt Polnarioff) German violinist, would have turned 90 this year.
- Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974), (born Edward Kennedy Ellington) American bandleader, composer, and pianst, would have turned 108 this year.
