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Born on April 29

1986 Amy Heidemann of Karmin is born in Seward, Nebraska. She becomes Amy Noonan when she marries her Karmin partner, Nick. When Karmin is retired in 2017, she becomes the rapper Qveen Herby.

1979 Pop singer-songwriter Jo O'Meara (of S Club 7) is born in Romford, Greater London, England.

1979 Matt Tong (drummer for Bloc Party) is born in Bournemouth, England.

1973 Mike Hogan (bassist for The Cranberries) is born in Limerick, Ireland, to a family that already includes brother and future bandmate, Noel.

1970 Rapper/entrepreneur Master P is born Percy Robert Miller in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1998 his No Limit Records releases 16 albums that are certified Gold, including Ghetto Fabulous by Mystikal, Charge It 2 Da Game by Silkk The Shocker, and his own MP Da Last Don.

1968 Carnie Wilson (of Wilson Phillips) is born in Bel Air, California, to The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and his first wife, Marilyn Rovell.

1957 Great White guitarist Mark Kendall is born in Loma Linda, California. A primary songwriter in the band, he keeps it going in the 2010s and 2020s when it competes with Jack Russell's Great White, the offshoot led by the group's longtime frontman.

1947 Rock and roll singer Tommy James is born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio.

1947 Rock drummer Joel Larson (of The Grass Roots) is born in San Francisco, California.

1943 Country singer Duane Allen (of The Oak Ridge Boys) is born in Taylortown, Texas.

1942 Klaus Voorman (bassist for Manfred Mann), who designs The Beatles album cover for Revolver, is born in Hamburg, Germany.

1936 Pop singer April Stevens is born Carol LoTempio in Niagara Falls, New York. She and her brother, Nino Tempo, will perform as a duo and win a Grammy Award for the 1963 single "Deep Purple."

1934 Blues guitarist and singer Otis Rush is born in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

1933 Willie Nelson is born in Abbott, Texas.

1931 Lonnie Donegan, known as the King of Skiffle, is born Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland.

1929 Latin jazz musician Ray Barretto is born in New York City.

1928 Rock and roll singer Carl Gardner (of The Coasters) is born in Tyler, Texas.

1899 Duke Ellington is born in Washington, D.C.