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April 29

1900 Tommy James, of Tommy James & the Shondells, born in Dayton, OH.
1928 The Coasters' Carl Gardner born.
1930 Country artist Eddie Noack born in Houston, TX.
1935 Blues pianist/singer LeRoy Carr dies. He drank himself to death.
1936 Singer April Stevens born in Niagara Falls, NY. Along with her brother Nino Temple she recorded "Deep Purple" that went to #1 in Nov, 1963.
1943 C&W artist Duane Allen born in Taylorville, TX.
1945 Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper born.
1953 Bill Drummond (William Butterworth) of Big in Japan, JAMMs, Time Lords, and the KLF, born.
1958 Simon Edwards of Fairground Attractions born.
1963 Manager Andrew Loog Oldham signs the Rolling Stones.
1967 Bluesman J.B. Lenoir is hit by a car and killed in Detroit.
1968 Counter-culture rock opera, Hair, hits the Broadway boards.
1976 Bruce Springsteen breaks into the grounds of Graceland in the hopes of meeting Elvis Presley. He was discovered and escorted off the premises without meeting the King.
1991 Warner Bros. earns the "Let Them Eat Cake Award" by announcing they will no longer accept returns from stores.
1993 Wish becomes the first UK #1 LP for the Cure.
1994 Rock star Peter Gabriel joins his neighbors in protesting a roadway passing through Solsbury Hill in Bath, an ancient archeological site that inspired his first single.