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1964 Elvis Presley releases the soundtrack album Kissin' Cousins for his movie of the same name. The album will peak at #6 on the Billboard albums chart.

1962 Bass player and songwriter Tony Franklin is born Anthony James Franklin.

1961 Keren Jane Woodward (of Bananarama) is born in Bristol, England.

1957 Elvis Presley appears for the first time outside the United States, performing at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. This and a show the next day in Ottawa would be the only Elvis concerts ever given outside the US.

1956 Johnny Cash records "I Walk The Line" at Sun Studio in Memphis. His label boss, Sam Phillips, has him speed up the tempo, which is a good call: The song becomes Cash's first #1 Country hit.

1952 Leon Wilkeson (bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.

1952 Dave Bronze (bass guitarist for Procol Harum) is born in Billericay, Essex, England.

1949 David Robinson (drummer for The Cars) is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

1947 Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

1946 Kurt Winter (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1943 Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell is born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III in Galveston, Texas.

1942 Leon Russell is born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma.

1941 Kent Morrill, keyboardist and vocalist for the Fabulous Wailers, is born.

1938 Country singer Warner Mack, known for a string of chart-toppers including "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)," is born Warner Hensley McPherson Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee.

1928 Singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is born Lucien Ginsburg in Paris, France.

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Marvin Gaye Is Born

1939

Marvin Gaye is born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. in Washington, DC.

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