January 29th: Born on this day

January 29th: Born on this day     David Byron

1933, Born on this day, French singer and guitarist Sacha Distel who had the 1970 UK No.10 single 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' Distel died after a long battle with deteriorating health on 22nd July 2004.

1938, Born on this day, James Jamerson, bassist played with The Funk Brothers on many Motown hits by The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Martha And The Vandellas and others. Jamerson died of a heart attack on 2nd August 1983 aged 45.

1943, Born on this day, Tony Blackburn, DJ on Radio Caroline and the first D.J. on BBC Radio One. (The first song played was 'Flowers In The Rain by The Move'). Blackburn was crowned 'King of the jungle' in 2003 after winning on the UK TV show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here' set in the Australian outback.

1944, Born on this day, Andrew Loog Oldham, producer, manager and the first Rolling Stones manager. Oldham launched the Immediate label in 1965 which enjoyed 24 UK Top 50 hits. Also worked with Small Faces, John Mayall, Rod Stewart, The Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the Amen Corner.

1947, Born on this day, David Byron, singer, with Uriah Heep who had the 1975 UK No.7 album 'Return To Fantasy'. Byron died on 28th February 1985.

1952, Born on this day, Thomas Erdelyi, (Tommy Ramone), Hungarian drummer with the Ramones, who had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. Erdelyi also worked as a record producer and was an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys. He died on July 11, 2014 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct cancer.

1953, Born on this day, Louie Perez, American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist with Los Lobos who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single 'La Bamba'.

1954, Born on this day, Rob Manzoli singer from Right Said Fred who had the 1991 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'I'm Too Sexy', 1993 UK No.1 album 'Up'.

1961, Born on this day, Dave Baynton-Power, drummer withs James who had the 1991 UK No.2 single 'Sit Down'. Also worked with The Alarm.

1961, Born on this day, Eddie Jackson bassist with American progressive heavy metal band Queensryche. Their 1994 album 'Promised Land' went top 3 in the US,

1961, Born on this day, Pauline Henry, singer. who had the 1993 UK solo No.12 single with the Bad Company song 'Feel Like Making Love', and the 1990 UK No.6 single with The Chimes, 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'.

1962, Born on this day, Marcus Verne from British group Living In A Box, who had the 1987 UK No.5 single 'Living In A Box'.

1964, Born on this day, Roddy Frame, guitarist, singer, songwriter with British group Aztec Camera, who had the 1988 UK No.3 single 'Somewhere In My Heart'. listen to ‘This Day in Music 29th Jan’ on audioBoom