January 29

Events

 * 1929 - patents
 * 1985 – Final recording session of We Are The World, by the supergroup USA for Africa.

Births

 * 1711 -, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
 * 1715 -, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
 * 1782 -, French composer (d. 1871)
 * 1862 -, English composer (d. 1934)
 * 1876 -, British composer (d. 1972)
 * 1915 -, Sr., American musician and arranger (d. 2003)
 * 1923 -, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
 * 1924 -, Italian composer (d. 1990)
 * 1926 -, Italian musician
 * 1933 -, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
 * 1933 -, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (d. 2001)
 * 1936 -, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
 * 1947 -, English singer (Uriah Heep) (d. 1985)
 * 1947 -, Slovak musician
 * 1952 -, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones)
 * 1954 -, American singer (The Dictators and MC5)
 * 1964 -, Scottish singer (Aztec Camera)
 * 1974 -, Japanese singer and songwriter
 * 1976 -, American singer-songwriter

Deaths

 * 1962 –, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
 * 1966 –, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
 * 1992 –, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
 * 2005 –, Welsh guitarist (b. 1940)
 * 2009 –, Scottish singer and songwriter (b. 1948)