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2015 Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel welcome their first child, a son named Silas Randall.

1987 Soul singer-songwriter Joss Stone is born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, Kent, England.

1979 Rock drummer and vocalist Sebastien Grainger (of Death from Above 1979) is born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

1970 Alt rock bassist Dylan Keefe (of Marcy Playground) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1969 Alt rock singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews (of Catatonia) is born in Swansea, Wales, UK.

1966 Singer and actress Lisa Stansfield is born in Manchester, England.

1965 Alt rock guitarist Nigel Pulsford (of Bush) is born in Newport, Monmouthshire, England.

1961 Doug Hopkins (lead guitarist, songwriter for the Gin Blossoms) is born in Seattle, Washington, but will be raised in Tempe, Arizona.

1959 Music producer and composer David Lowe, known for his compositions for BBC News themes, is born in Birmingham, England.

1958 Big Country frontman Stuart Adamson is born in Manchester, England.

1952 Rock drummer Terry Ollis (of Hawkwind) is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

1946 Bob Harris, radio presenter and host of BBC2's music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, is born in Northampton, England.

1943 R&B singer Tony Victor (of The Classics) is born in Brooklyn, New York City.

1935 Doo-wop singer Richard Berry, composer and original performer of "Louie Louie," is born in Extension, Louisiana.

1918 Jazz bassist Jimmy Lewis is born in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for working with the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, and King Curtis, among others.

1889 Jazz musician Nick LaRocca, composer of the jazz classic "Tiger Rag," is born Dominic James LaRocca in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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