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Born on April 12

1970 Alt rock singer-songwriter Nicholas Lofton Hexum (of 311) is born in Madison, Wisconsin.

1964 Folk singer-songwriter Amy Ray (of Indigo Girls) is born in Decatur, Georgia.

1962 Alt rocker Art Alexakis (frontman of Everclear) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1958 Rock guitarist Will Sergeant (of Echo & the Bunnymen) is born in Liverpool, England.

1957 Country singer Vince Gill is born in Norman, Oklahoma.

1956 German musician Herbert Grönemeyer, who also starred in the 1981 war film Das Boot, is born in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.

1950 David Cassidy is born in New York City to actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. He'll become a teen idol and pop star thanks to his role as Keith Partridge on the musical sitcom The Partridge Family.

1947 Alexander Briley (The sailor from The Village People) is born in Harlem, New York City.

1944 Rocker John Kay (frontman of Steppenwolf) is born Joachim Fritz Krauledat in former Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany.

1940 Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1932 Singer Tiny Tim is born Herbert B. Khaury is born in Manhattan, New York City.

1925 R&B singer Prentiss Barnes (of The Moonglows) is born in Magnolia, Mississippi.

1925 Country singer Ned Miller, known for the 1962 crossover hit "From A Jack To A King," is born in Rains, Utah.

1921 Chicago blues musician Shakey Jake Harris is born James D. Harris in Earle, Arkansas, but would be raised in Chicago, Illinois. A professional gambler, he borrows his nickname from the dice players' expression "shake 'em."

1919 Orchestra leader and singer Billy Vaughn is born in Glasgow, Kentucky.

1917 Helen Forrest (girl singer of the Swing Era for Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James), is born Helen Fogel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1916 Composer and arranger Russ Garcia (The Benny Goodman Story (1956), The Complete Porgy and Bess (1956)) is born in Oakland, California.