Celebrating 29 January
Birthdays
1943 – Tony Blackburn, radio DJ
1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham, manager
1953 – Louie Pérez, guitarist, Los Lobos
1954 – Rob Manzoli, guitarist, Right Said Fred
1961 – Dave Baynton-Power, drummer, James
1961 – Eddie Jackson, bassist, Queensrÿche
1961 – Pauline Henry, lead singer, The Chimes
1962 – Marcus Vere, keyboardist, Living In A Box
1964 – Roddy Frame, guitarist, Aztec Camera
1985 – Rag'n'Bone Man (Rory Graham), singer
Died on this day
1992 – Willie Dixon, bluesman (born 1915)
2009 – John Martyn, folk singer/songwriter (born 1948)
2015 – Rod McKuen, poet, singer/songwriter, translator (born 1933)
2022 – Sam Lay, drummer, Bob Dylan (born 1935)
And on this day in...
1979 – 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house into Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. When asked why she did it, she said 'I don't like Mondays.' Bob Geldof wrote a song of that title based on the event, a hit for the Boomtown Rats.