Pick a Day

Born on October 12

1972 Joseph Kahn is born Ahn Jun-hee in Busan, South Korea, but will be raised in the Jersey Village suburb of Houston, Texas. Kahn grows up to be the go-to director for pop videos of the late-'90s into the new millennium, helming clips for everyone from Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Taylor Swift to Chris Brown and Eminem.More

1969 Martie Maguire of The Chicks is born Martha Elenor Erwin in York, Pennsylvania.

1948 Rick Parfitt (vocalist/guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.

1942 Melvin Franklin (bass singer for The Temptations) is born David Melvin English in Montgomery, Alabama.

1935 R&B singer Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) is born Samuel David Hicks in Miami, Florida.

1935 Operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti (of The Three Tenors) is born near Modena in Northern Italy.

1927 Guitarist Joe Olivier (of Bill Haley And His Comets) is born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.