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Born on November 30

1978 Clay Aiken is born Clayton Holmes Grissom in Raleigh, North Carolina. He goes on to place second behind Ruben Studdard on the second season of American Idol.

1975 Country singer Mindy McCready is born in Fort Myers, Florida.

1968 R&B singer Des'ree is born Desiree Annette Weeks in London, England.

1965 Paul Wheeler (drummer for Icehouse) is born in Sydney, Australia.

1964 Rapper Jalil Hutchins (of Whodini) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1959 Cherie Currie is born in Encino, California. As lead singer of The Runaways she is at the core of the LA party scene in the late 1970s, leading to a lifelong struggle with drug addiction.More

1958 Pop singer Stacey Q, known for the 1986 hit "Two of Hearts," is born Stacey Lynn Swain in Fullerton, California. She picks up her stage name as a member of the synthpop band Q, who borrowed its name from the James Bond tech scientist.

1957 John Ashton (guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs) is born in London, England.

1955 Billy Idol is born William Michael Albert Broad in Stanmore, Middlesex, England.

1953 June Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in Oakland, California.

1953 Guitarist Shuggie Otis is born Johnny Alexander Veliotes, Jr. in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of R&B pioneer Johnny Otis. Shuggie composes the 1977 crossover hit "Strawberry Letter 23" for The Brothers Johnson.

1945 Deep Purple bass player Roger Glover is born in Wales.

1943 Grass Roots frontman Rob Grill is born in Los Angeles, California.

1943 Leo Lyons (bassist for Ten Years After) is born David William Lyons in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

1937 Soul singer Luther Ingram is born in Jackson, Tennessee.

1937 Jimmy Bowen, producer of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," is born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He starts his music career as a teen idol, singing the 1957 hit "I'm Stickin' With You."

1937 Country singer Frank Ifield is born in Coundon, Warwickshire, England to Australian parents. Known for a string of '60s hits, including "I Remember You" and "Lovesick Blues."

1935 Country singer Jack Reno, who has a Top 10 hit in 1967 with "Repeat After Me," is born in Bloomfield, Iowa.

1932 Bob Moore is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After serving as a member of the Nashville A-Team, an acclaimed group of session musicians, in the '50s and '60s, he plays bass for Moby Grape from 1969 to 1971.

1931 Teddy Wilburn (of the country duo The Wilburn Brothers) is born in Hardy, Arkansas. In addition to recording hit records, Teddy and brother Doyle start a music publishing company and sign an up-and-coming singer named Loretta Lynn.

1929 Dick Clark is born in Mount Vernon, New York. Dubbed the "world's oldest teenager," he becomes a cultural icon as the longtime host of American Bandstand and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

1924 Allan Sherman is born Allan Copelon in Chicago, Illinois. Aside from being the producer of the popular game show I've Got A Secret, he makes a living as a novelty singer, notably with the 1963 hit "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah."

1915 Folk-blues singer Brownie McGhee is born Walter Brown McGhee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Known for his longtime collaboration with harmonica player Sonny Terry.