Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Apr29,1899 | Duke Ellington | #BTD Apr29,1899 #DukeEllington RIP Composer, bandleader, pianist led his orchestra for 51yrs from 1923 until he died 1974. 1st hit 1927 US #10 "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" & 1st #1 1930 "Three Little Words", +68 other Top40 hits with 2 #1 singles and 12 Top10 R&B hits with 5 #1s | |
| BTD Apr29,1927 | Jay McNeely | #BTD Apr29,1927 Big #JayMcNeely (Cecil James McNeely) RIP R&B saxophonist part of the Los Angeles' world-changing postwar R&B scene | |
| BTD Apr29,1928 | Carl Gardner | #BTD Apr29,1928 #CarlGardner RIP singer, founder of The #Coasters 1957 US #8 & R&B #1 "Young Blood", 1958 US #1 & UK #12 "Yakety Yak", 1959 US #7 & R&B #1 "Poison Ivy" & 1959 US #2 & UK #6 "Charlie Brown" Inducted into the @rockhall of Fame in 1987 | |
| BTD Apr29,1931 | Lonnie Donegan | #BTD Apr29,1931 #LonnieDonegan (Anthony James Donegan) RIP singer, songwriter launched the skiffle craze. 1955 UK & US #8 "Rock Island Line", 1st UK #1 1957 "Cumberland Gap", +28 UK Top40s with 3 #1s. Considered Britain's most influential recording artist before The #Beatles | |
| BTD Apr29,1933 | Willie Nelson | #BTD Apr29,1933 #WillieNelson guitarist, singer, songwriter, author, actor. Over 30 films, co-authored many books. 1st hit 1962 US Country #7 "Touch Me" & 1st US Country #1 1975 "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", +52 other US Country Top40 singles with 12 #1s #HBday @WillieNelson | |
| BTD Apr29,1936 | April Stevens | #BTD Apr29,1936 #AprilStevens (Carol LoTempio) singer, teamed with #NinoTempo (her brother) in the 1963 US #1 & UK #17 singles "Deep Purple" and most popular solo recording 1951 US #6 "Love Again" music and lyrics by #ColePorter | |
| BTD Apr29,1942 | Klaus Voorman | #BTD Apr29,1942 #KlausVoorman artist, musician, record producer, bassist for #ManfredMann and the #PlasticOnoBand and many other bands. Designed artwork for many bands such as The #Beatles "Revolver" for which he won a #Grammy | |
| BTD Apr29,1945 | Tammi Terrell | #BTD Apr29,1945 #TammiTerrell RIP singer Motown Records during 1960s had a series of duets with #MarvinGaye such as their 1st Top10 hit 1967 US #5 "Your Precious Love" and two #1 R&B hits in 1968 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By" @motown | |
| BTD Apr29,1947 | Tommy James | #BTD Apr29,1947 #TommyJames (Thomas Jackson) singer, songwriter, producer, frontman The #Shondells 1966 US #1 "Hanky Panky", 1968 US #3 & UK #1 "Mony Mony", US #1 "Crimson and Clover", +12 US Top40 singles & solo US #4 "Draggin' the Line" and many other hits #HBday @TJShondells | |
| BTD Apr29,1947 | Tommy James | #BTD Apr29,1947 #TommyJames singer, songwriter 1966 signs a management agreement with #LeonardStogel and #MorrisLevy @TJShondells | |
| BTD Apr29,1958 | Eve Plumb | #BTD Apr29,1958 #EvePlumb painter, actress TV/Film such as 1988 "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka"; TV 1966 "The Big Valley", 1968 "Mannix", 1972 Here's Lucy", best remembered as Jan Brady in the TV series 1969–1974 "The Brady Bunch" #HBday @Therealeveplumb | |
| BTD Apr29,1968 | Carnie Wilson | #BTD Apr29,1968 #CarnieWilson singer of #WilsonPhillips 1990 US #1 & UK #6 "Hold On", US #1 & UK #39 "Release Me" and 1991 US #1 & UK #29 "You're in Love", +4 US Top40 singles; daughter of the Beach Boys Brian Wilson @BrianWilsonLive #HBday @CarnieWilson | |
| OTD Apr29,1950 | Anton Karas | #OTD Apr29,1950 #AntonKaras starts an 11wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "The Third Man Theme" (also known as "The Harry Lime Theme") an instrumental written & performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 #CarolReed film "The Third Man" | |
| OTD Apr29,1954 | Ernest Borgnine | #OTD Apr29,1954 #ErnestBorgnine actor made his TV debut in "Night Visitor" on the #NBC network, his other TV roles "Wagon Train" and "McHale's Navy" as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale | |
| OTD Apr29,1955 | Perez Prado | #OTD Apr29,1955 #PerezPrado starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" written by #Louiguy (Louis Guglielmi) with English lyrics by #MackDavid; at #1 simultaneously in the UK & the US since Apr20 | |
| OTD Apr29,1963 | Andrew Oldham | #OTD Apr29,1963 Publicist #AndrewOldham & agent #EricEaston sign a management deal with the #RollingStones @RollingStones | |
| OTD Apr29,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Apr29,1964 The #Beatles perform at the ABC Cinema in Edinburgh. The first of two very successful nights in Scotland | |
| OTD Apr29,1965 | Jimmy Nicol | #OTD Apr29,1965 #JimmyNicol is in a London Court facing bankruptcy. He stood in for #RingoStarr during part of the #Beatles Australian tour in 1964. Nicol declares bankruptcy with debts of £4,066 ($5,600) only 9 months after being temporarily with the #Beatles | |
| OTD Apr29,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Apr29,1965 The #Beatles continue filming at Twickenham Film Studios for the movie "Help!" | |
| OTD Apr29,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Apr29,1965 The #Beatles working on "Help!" the movie. They shoot the scene where #RingoStarr is on a table with Clang about to remove the sacrificial ring @ringostarrmusic | |
| OTD Apr29,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Apr29,1965 The #Beatles working on their "Help!" movie, they re-shoot the bathroom scene, hand-drier sucks air & rips off #GeorgeHarrison's shirt | |
| OTD Apr29,1966 | Beatles | #OTD Apr29,1966 The #Beatles are in Studio 3, at #EMI Studios. Recording the vocal overdubs for #EleanorRigby written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD Apr29,1967 | John Lennon, John Dunbar | #OTD Apr29,1967 #JohnLennon and his friend #JohnDunbar went to the Alexandra Palace in London to attend the "14-Hour Technicolor Dream" event and are filmed by Granada TV | |
| OTD Apr29,1967 | Adelphi Cinema | #OTD Apr29,1967 The #WalkerBrothers with #JimiHendrix and #CatStevens Special Guest star #EngelbertHumperdinck (name spelt wrong on the poster) plus three other star acts are at the Adelphi Cinema, Slough @ehumperdinck | |
| OTD Apr29,1968 | Hair | #OTD Apr29,1968 #Hair opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre. "Hair" directed by Tom O'Horgan, choreographed by Julie Arenal with set design by Robin Wagner, costume design by Nancy Potts and lighting design by Jules Fisher | |
| OTD Apr29,1969 | Beatles, Ringo Starr | #OTD Apr29,1969 Working on tracks for the #Beatles at Abbey Road studios #RingoStarr adds his vocals to "Octopus's Garden" written by Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) and sung by Ringo Starr @ringostarrmusic | |
| OTD Apr29,1972 | Roberta Flack | #OTD Apr29,1972 #RobertaFlack is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Flack's 3rd week of a 6wk run at #1 @Roberta_Flack | |
| OTD Apr29,1973 | John Denver | #OTD Apr29,1973 #JohnDenver began a weekly live music and variety show in the UK on the #BBC 2 network as a TV special called "The John Denver Show" | |
| OTD Apr29,1975 | Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond | #OTD Apr29,1975 #DonnyOsmond & #MarieOsmond tape 1wk of the game show #HollywoodSquares at #NBC Studios @donnyosmond @marieosmond | |
| OTD Apr29,1977 | Grateful Dead | #OTD Apr29,1977 The #GratefulDead play the 1st of five nights at the New York Palladium, NYC @GratefulDead | |
| OTD Apr29,1978 | Bee Gees | #OTD Apr29,1978 The #BeeGees are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Night Fever" Bee Gees 7th week of an 8wk run at #1 @BeeGees | |
| OTD Apr29,1984 | Duran Duran | #OTD Apr29,1984 #DuranDuran starts a 4wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "The Reflex" written by Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes. Duran Duran's most successful single and their second UK #1 | |
| OTD Apr29,1986 | Mike Schad, Queens University | #OTD Apr29,1986 #Queens University OT (offensive tackle) #MikeSchad is chosen by the #LosAngeles Rams with the 23rd pick. Schad is the 1st #Canadian football player to be selected in 1st round of the NFL draft @queensu @NFL @RamsNFL | |
| OTD Apr29,1989 | Madonna | #OTD Apr29,1989 #Madonna is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Like A Prayer" Madonna's 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 @Madonna |