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2011 At age 51, Bryan Adams becomes a father for the first time when his baby girl Mirabella Bunny is born.

1990 Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) is born Colson Baker in Houston, Texas. After a rough childhood, he becomes a rapper, but in the late 2010s he takes a melodic turn and mostly sings. He also takes on acting roles, including the 2019 Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, playing Tommy Lee.

1979 Alt-rocker Daniel Johns (frontman for Silverchair) is born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

1966 Kimberley Dahme (rhythm guitarist, bassist for Boston) is born.

1951 Pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics) is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

1950 Peter Frampton is born in Beckenham, Kent, England. After forming Humble Pie, he finds success as a solo artist; his 1976 album Frampton Come Alive! is one of the most successful live albums of all time.

1948 Larry Groce, singer of the hit 1976 novelty tune "Junk Food Junkie" and host of the NPR-distributed radio program Mountain Stage, is born in Dallas, Texas.

1939 Pop/soul singer Mel Carter, known for the 1965 hit "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1937 Jack Nitzsche, musician, songwriter, and film composer who worked alongside Phil Spector throughout the '50s and later co-wrote the Academy Award-Winning "Up Where We Belong" for An Officer and a Gentleman, is born Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche in Chicago, Illinois.

1936 Glen Campbell is born in Billstown, Arkansas. Raised in abject poverty as the seventh of 12 children, he makes his way to Los Angeles in 1960 and becomes a sought-after session musician.More

1931 Conga drummer Joe Cuba - dubbed the "Father of Latin Boogaloo" - is born Gilberto Miguel Calderón in New York City.

1927 Caribbean singer Laurel Aitken, aka "The Godfather of Ska," is born Lorenzo Aitken in Cuba, but will settle in Jamaica.

1922 Jazz double bassist Charles Mingus is born in Nogales, Arizona.

1921 Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist Candido Camero is born in Cuba.