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  1. Fats WallerAugust 2, 1929
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    Fats Waller recorded the song “Ain't Misbehavin'.”
  2. Arthur WoodAugust 3, 1929
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    Arthur Wood, keyboardist for The Climax Blues Band, was born in Staffordshire, England.
  3. Emile BerlinerAugust 3, 1929
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    Emile Berliner, inventor of the lateral-cut gramophone record, died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78 from a heart attack.
  4. Mike ElliottAugust 6, 1929
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    Saxophonist Mike Elliott of The Foundations was born in Jamaica. He became known as a founding member of the soul group The Foundations, which had the 1967 UK No. 1 hit “Baby Now That I've Found You.”
  5. Buck OwensAugust 12, 1929
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    Country singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. was born, later becoming known as Buck Owens and as a pioneer of the Bakersfield sound.
  6. Bill EvansAugust 16, 1929
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    Jazz pianist Bill Evans, a major figure in post-bop jazz, was born.
  7. Ira LevinAugust 27, 1929
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    Broadway lyricist Ira Levin was born. His work included the musical “Hot Spot”.