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1978 Rapper Foxy Brown is born Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand in New York City, New York.

1974 Nina Persson (lead singer for The Cardigans) is born in Jönköping, Sweden.

1971 Dolores O'Riordan (lead singer for The Cranberries) is born in County Limerick, Ireland.

1969 Dance-pop artist CeCe Peniston is born Cecilia Veronica Peniston in Dayton, Ohio, but would be raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for the 1991 hit "Finally."

1969 R&B singer Macy Gray is born Natalie Renée McIntyre in Canton, Ohio.

1961 Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, guitarist and songwriter of a-ha, is born in Oslo, Norway.

1960 Sam Cooke's daughter Tracy Samie is born.

1943 Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey, England. A founding member of the group, he takes creative control starting with their 1979 masterpiece The Wall, alienating his bandmates along the way. He leaves in 1985 and is gobsmacked when they soldier on without him, led by David Gilmour.

1942 Trombonist/tuba player Dave Bargeron (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Athol, Massachusetts.

1889 "April Showers" composer Louis Silvers is born in New York City.

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