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1992 Jimmy Buffett and his wife Jane welcome their second daughter, Sarah Delaney.

1986 Hillary Scott of Lady A is born in Nashville. Her mother is the singer Linda Davis.

1961 Mark White, guitarist and keyboardist for the English new wave group ABC, is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

1954 Rock drummer Jeff Porcaro (of Toto) is born in South Windsor, Connecticut.

1948 Reggae musician Jimmy Cliff ("The Harder They Come," "Hakuna Matata") is born James Chambers in Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica.

1946 Bass guitarist Ronnie Lane (Small Faces and Faces) is born in Plaistow, London, England.

1945 Rock drummer John Barbata (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) is born in Passaic, New Jersey.

1944 Pop singer Frank Gari ("Utopia," "Lullaby of Love") is born Frank Daniel Garofalo in New York City.

1942 Pop guitarist Alan Blakley (The Tremeloes) is born in Bromley, Kent, England.

1942 Phil Margo is born in Brooklyn, New York. He and brother Mitch will form The Tokens and release the #1 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

1939 Rudolph Isley (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1934 Country singer-songwriter Jim Ed Brown (The Browns) is born in Sparkman, Arkansas. Aside from forming The Browns with his two sisters, he'll find fame as a solo artist and frequent duet partner of Helen Cornelius ("I Don't Want To Have To Marry You").

1932 Singin' in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds is born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas.

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