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Born on January 22

2013 Shakira and Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique welcome their first child, baby boy Milan.

1989 Gene Simmons of Kiss and his girlfriend, the Playboy model Shannon Tweed, welcome their first child, a boy named Nicholas.

1985 Singer/songwriter Orianthi Panagaris is born in Adelaide, Australia. She was slated to be Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for his This Is It concert series.

1983 Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Ray Davies of The Kinks have a daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde. They following year, Hynde marries Jim Kerr of Simple Minds.

1981 Pop singer/actress Willa Ford is born Amanda Lee Williford in Ruskin, Florida. She performs as Mandah but to avoid confusion with Mandy Moore, she settles on a variation of her surname.

1977 Singer-songwriters James Taylor and Carly Simon celebrate the birth of their second child, son Ben Taylor. Ben later becomes a singer-songwriter, and sometimes has both his mother and father tour with him, and on occasions, his older sister, Sally.

1965 D.J. Jazzy Jeff (of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) is born Jeffrey Allen Townes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he meets Will Smith.

1965 Guns N' Roses drummer Steve Adler is born Michael Coletti in Cleveland, Ohio.

1960 INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence is born in Lane Cove, a suburb of Sydney.

1952 Teddy Gentry (bassist for Alabama) is born in Fort Payne, Alabama.

1949 Steve Perry is born in Hanford, California. He becomes Journey's lead singer in 1977, debuting on Infinity, their fourth album. His songwriting chops and instantly identifiable vocals help Journey become one of the top bands of the '80s. He and the band part ways in 1998 when Perry develops a hip condition that keeps him from touring.

1949 Nigel Pegrum (drummer for The Small Faces, Uriah Heep) is born in North Wales.

1940 Addie "Micki" Harris (of The Shirelles) is born in Passaic, New Jersey.

1931 Sam Cooke is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He grows up in Chicago, where at six years old he forms the group the Singing Children with his siblings.

1924 Jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1917 Jazz reed player Albert "Pud" Brown is born in Wilmington, Delaware, but grows up in Shreveport, Louisiana.