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- Leslie Bricusse, Brit lyricist, turns 76.
- Prince Malachi, (born Mark Wynter) Brit rastafari and singer, turns 64.
- Earl Watkins, American drummer, turns 87.
- Andrew Loog Oldham, Brit talent manager for The Rolling Stones, turns 63.
- Tony Blackburn, Brit disc jockey with BBC Radio One, turns 64.
- Lorna Haywood, Brit soprano singer, turns 68.
- Tommy Ramone, (born Tamás Erdélyi) Hungarian drummer for The Ramones, turns 55.
- Louie Pérez, American drummer for Los Lobos, turns 54.
- Johnny Spampinato, American guitarist with NRBQ and brother to Joey Spampinato, turns 48.
- Pauline Henry, Scottish dance music singer with The Chimes, turns 46.
- Roddy Frame, Scottish guitarist, singer, and songwriter of Aztec Camera fame, turns 43.
- Don Shirley, Jamaican pianist, turns 80.
- Eddie Jackson, American guitarist of Queensrÿche fame, turns 46.
- David Baynton-Power, Brit drummer for James, turns 46.
- Janet Owen Thomas, Brit composer, turns 46.
- Marc Cary, American jazz pianist, turns 40.
- Jonny Lang, (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr.) American blues guitarist and singer, turns 26.
- Paul Gutama Soegijo, Indonesian film score composer, turns 73.
- Jeff Clyne, (born Jeffery Ovid Clyne) Brit bass player, turns 70.
- Franco Cerri, Italian jazz guitarist, turns 81.
- Joan Shaw, American R&B vocalist, turns 77.
- Ed Shaughnessy, American big band drummer, turns 78.
- Rob Manzoli, Brit vocalist of Right Said Fred fame, turns 53.
- Richard Manitoba, (born Richard Blum) American singer with MC5 and The Dictators, turns 53.
- J. G. Thirlwell, Australian No Wave and electronic music artist, turns 47.
- Marcus Vere, Brit synthesizer player for Living in a Box, turns 43.
- Hyde, Japanese singer of L'Arc~en~Ciel fame, turns 38.
- Jonathan Saggau, American composer and software developer, turns 28.
- Matthias Pintscher, German composer, turns 36.
- Ira Malaniuk, Polish mezzo-soprano singer, turns 84.
- Lois Marshall, Canadian soprano singer, turns 83.
- Malcolm Binns, Brit pianist, turns 71.
- Alan Silva, American composer, turns 68.
- Irma Urrila, Finnish actress and soprano singer, turns 64.
- Justino Diaz, Puerto Rican bass player, turns 67.
- Cho Liang Lin, Taiwanese violinist, turns 47.
- Peter Baumann, German keyboardist with Tangerine Dream and Landing, turns 54.
- Rosa Mannion, Scottish soprano singer, turns 45.
- Claudine Longet, French singer and dancer, turns 65.
- Davida Hesse (January 29, 1877 – November , 1962), Swedish soprano, would have turned 130 this year.
- Havergal Brian (January 29, 1876 – November 28, 1972), Brit composer, would have turned 131 this year.
- Robert Lach (January 29, 1874 – September 11, 1958), Brit composer, would have turned 133 this year.
- Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco (January 29, 1871 – October 28, 1970), Spanish composer, would have turned 136 this year.
- Frederic Hymen Cowen (January 29, 1852 – October 06, 1935), Brit composer, would have turned 155 this year.
- Charles Henry Mills (1873 – 1937), American composer, would have turned 134.
- Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski (January 29, 1782 – August 04, 1850), Czech composer, would have turned 225 this year.
- Juhan Aavik (January 29, 1884 – November 26, 1982), Estonian composer, would have turned 123 this year.
- Marguerite Canal (January 29, 1890 – January 27, 1978), French composer, would have turned 117 this year.
- Adolf Philipp (January 29, 1864 – July 30, 1936), German composer, would have turned 143 this year.
- Sacha Distel (January 29, 1933 – July 22, 2004), French guitarist, would have turned 74 this year.
- Marie Rejholcova (January 29, 1891 – April 02, 1937), Czech mezzo-soprano singer, would have turned 116 this year.
- Anton Von Fuchs (January 29, 1849 – April 15, 1925), German bass-baritone, would have turned 158 this year.
- Arnold Ross (January 29, 1921 – June 05, 2000), American pianist, would have turned 86 this year.
- Martian Negrea (January 29, 1893 – July 13, 1973), Hungarian composer, would have turned 114 this year.
- Desiderius Demenyi (1871 – 1937), Hungarian composer, would have turned 136.
- Teresa Teng (January 29, 1953 – May 08, 1995), Taiwanese singer, would have turned 54 this year.
- Mary Lewis (January 29, 1897 – December 31, 1941), American soprano singer, would have turned 110 this year.
- Karl von Perfall (January 29, 1824 – January 14, 1907), German composer, would have turned 183 this year.
- Ivo Robić (January 29, 1923 – March 09, 2001), Croatian singer and songwriter, would have turned 84 this year.
- Edric Cundell (January 29, 1893 – March 19, 1961), Brit composer, would have turned 114 this year.
- Carlmann Kolb (January 29, 1703 – January 15, 1765), German composer, would have turned 304 this year.
- Marko Tajčević (January 29, 1900 – July 19, 1984), Yugoslavian composer, would have turned 107 this year.
- Francisco Santiago (January 29, 1889 – September 28, 1947), Filipino composer, would have turned 118 this year.
- Maria Muller (January 29, 1898 – March 13, 1958), Czech soprano singer, would have turned 109 this year.
- Rudolf Mauersberger (January 29, 1889 – February 22, 1971), German composer, would have turned 118 this year.
- Johannes Bernardus van Bree (January 29, 1801 – February 14, 1857), Dutch violinist and composer, would have turned 206 this year.
- Fernand Quinet (January 29, 1898 – October 24, 1971), Belgian cellist, composer and conductor, would have turned 109 this year.
- Giuseppe Bonno (January 29, 1711 – April 15, 1788), Italian composer, would have turned 296 this year.
- Kyra Vayne (January 29, 1916 – January 12, 2001), Russian soprano singer, would have turned 91 this year.
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 – March 01, 1777), Austrian composer, would have turned 292 this year.
- Jeanne Lee (January 29, 1939 – October 25, 2000), American vocalist, would have turned 68 this year.
- Daniel Auber (January 29, 1782 – May 12, 1871), French composer, would have turned 225 this year.
- Jack Sels (1922 – 1970), Belgian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 85.
- Luigi Nono (January 29, 1924 – May 08, 1990), Italian composer, would have turned 83 this year.
- Albert Snaer (1902 – 1962), American trumpeter, would have turned 105.
- Frederick Delius (January 29, 1862 – June 10, 1934), Brit composer, would have turned 145 this year.
- Ulysses Livingston (January 29, 1912 – October 07, 1988), American guitarist, would have turned 95 this year.
- David Byron (January 29, 1947 – February 28, 1985), (born David Garrick) Brit vocalist with Uriah Heep, would have turned 60 this year.
- Beverly Kenney (January 29, 1932 – April 13, 1960), American jazz singer, would have turned 75 this year.
- John Serry, Sr. (January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003), American arranger and composer, would have turned 92 this year.
- Fred Ramsey (1915 – 1995), (born Frederic Ramsey Jr.) American songwriter, jazz scholar, and record producer, would have turned 92.
- James Jamerson (January 29, 1938 – August 02, 1983), American bassist and session musician with The Funk Brothers, would have turned 69 this year.
- Bengt Hambraeus (January 29, 1928 – September 22, 2000), Canadian composer, would have turned 79 this year.
- Tim Souster (January 29, 1943 – March 01, 1994), (born Timothy Andrew James Souster) Brit electronic music composer, would have turned 64 this year.
- Frank J. Assunto (January 29, 1932 – February 25, 1974), American trumpeter with The Dukes of Dixieland, would have turned 75 this year.
- Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005), Brit free jazz guitarist and founder of Incus Records and Company, would have turned 77 this year.
