October 29

• 1904: Birth of Vivian Ellis (Vivian John Herman Ellis) (+1996)
• 1922: Birth of Neal Hefti (+2009)
• 1925: Birth of Zoot Sims (John Haley Sims) (+1985)
• 1925: Birth of Haim Hefer (+2012)
• 1937: Birth of Sonny Osborne member of The Osborne Brothers
• 1940: Birth of David Brigati member of Joey Dee and The Starliters
• 1944: Birth of Rob Van Leeuwen member of The Motions, Shocking Blue
• 1944: Birth of Denny Laine (Brian Frederick Hines) member of The Moody Blues, Wings
• 1945: Birth of Melba Moore (Beatrice Melba Hill[)
• 1946: Birth of Peter Green (Peter Allen Greenbaum) member of Fleetwood Mac
• 1949: Birth of David Paton member of Pilot
• 1955: Birth of Kevin DuBrow (Kevin Mark Dubrow) member of Quiet Riot
• 1955: Birth of Roger O'Donnell member of The Cure
• 1957: Recording of Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
• 1961: Birth of Randy Jackson (Steven Randall Jackson) member of The Jackson 5
• 1962: Birth of Einar Örn Benediktsson member of The Sugarcubes
• 1963: Recording of Stay With The Hollies - The Hollies
• 1965: Birth of Pete Timmins member of Cowboy Junkies
• 1965: Recording of We Can Work It Out - The Beatles,
• 1970: Birth of Douglas "SA" Vincent Martinez member of 311
• 1970: Birth of Toby Smith (Toby Grafftey-Smith) member of Jamiroquai
• 1971: Death of Duane Allman (Howard Duane Allman) (°1946) member of The Allman Brothers Band
• 1973: Release of John Lennon - John Lennon
• 1976: Recording of It's Easy For You - Elvis Presley
• 1976: Recording of Way Down - Elvis Presley
• 1976: Recording of Pledging My Love - Elvis Presley
• 1977: Release of Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
• 1984: Death of Wells Kelly (°1949)
• 1987: Death of Woody Herman (Woodrow Charles Herman) (°1913)
• 2001: Death of Spike Robinson (Henry Berthold Robinson) (°1930)
• 2003: Death of Franco Corelli (°1921)