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1992 Frances Bean Cobain is born to Courtney Love and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

1971 Electronic musician Richard David James (best known as Aphex Twin) is born in Limerick, Ireland.

1969 Rapper Everlast is born Erik Francis Schrody in Valley Stream, New York.

1968 MC Eric/Me One (of Technotronic) is born Eric Martin in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

1957 Ron Strykert (lead guitarist for Men at Work) is born in Victoria, Australia.

1950 Dennis Elliott (drummer for Foreigner) is born in Peckham, London, England.

1945 R&B singer Barbara Harris (of The Toys) is born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

1945 Sarah Dash is born in Trenton, New Jersey. She finds fame as a member of the R&B vocal group Labelle before going solo with the disco hit "Sinner Man" (1978). She also becomes a sought-after session performer, most notably with The Rolling Stones and Keith Richards.

1943 Carl Wayne (lead singer for The Move) is born Colin David Tooley in Winson Green, Birmingham, England.

1939 Pop singer Johnny Preston is born in Port Arthur, Texas.

1925 Sonny Til (lead singer for The Orioles) is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

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