Pick a Day

Born on December 29

1985 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley have a daughter, Alexa Ray, her name a tribute to Ray Charles. She becomes a singer like her dad.

1970 Glen Phillips (vocalist, guitarist for Toad The Wet Sprocket) is born in Santa Barbara, California.

1965 Dexter Holland (lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist for The Offspring) is born Bryan Keith Holland in Garden Grove, California. He takes a break from his PhD research in molecular biology to become a punk rock star.

1951 Broadway singer Yvonne Elliman is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

1947 Drummer Cozy Powell is born in Gloucestershire, England. He does stints in Black Sabbath and Rainbow, and also plays on albums for Whitesnake, Robert Plant, Brian May and many others. (Powell sometimes listed his date of birth as December 29, 1948, but the death register gives it as December 29, 1947.)

1946 Marianne Faithfull is born in Hampstead, London, England. Co-wrote the Rolling Stones' "Sister Morphine" while in a relationship with frontman Mick Jagger.

1943 Rick Danko (bassist for The Band) is born in Blayney, Ontario, Canada. He drops out of school at age 14 to become a musician.

1941 Rock 'n' roller Bobby Comstock is born in Ithaca, New York. Known for a hit 1959 cover of "Tennessee Waltz" and the 1963 pop hit "Let's Stomp."

1941 Ray Thomas (flautist, percussionist for The Moody Blues) is born in Stourport-on-Severn, England.

1939 Country singer Ed Bruce is born William Edwin Bruce Jr. in Keiser, Arkansas, but is raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

1931 R&B singer John "Buddy" Bailey (of The Clovers) is born in Seneca, Virginia.