November 29

Events

 * 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

Births

 * 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
 * 1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
 * 1917 – Merle Travis, American singer/guitarist (d. 1983)
 * 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
 * 1940 – Chuck Mangione, American musician
 * 1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American musician
 * 1942 – Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
 * 1946 – Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
 * 1949 – Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
 * 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
 * 1951 – Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
 * 1958 – Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
 * 1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
 * 1962 – Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
 * 1965 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
 * 1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)