Pick a Day

Born on August 19

1989 Rapper Lil' Romeo is born Percy Romeo Miller Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1976 Multi-instrumentalist and Arcade Fire co-founder Régine Alexandra Chassagne is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1967 Ringo Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, welcome their second son, Jason.

1966 Country singer Lee Ann Womack is born in Jacksonville, Texas.

1951 John Deacon (bassist for Queen) is born in Oadby, Leicester, England.

1948 Elliot Lurie (lead guitarist, vocalist for Looking Glass) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1948 Country/pop singer Susan Jacks (of The Poppy Family) is born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

1947 George Newsome (original drummer for The Climax Blues Band) is born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

1945 Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan is born in Chiswick, London, England.

1943 Rock 'n roller Billy J. Kramer (of Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) is born William Howard Ashton in Bootle, Lancashire, England.

1943 Pop singer Don Fardon (of The Sorrows) is born Donald Maughn in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

1943 Edwin Hawkins, who with his choir records "Oh Happy Day," the first traditional gospel song to cross to the pop charts, is born in Oakland, California.

1940 Roger Cook (co-lead vocalist of Blue Mink) is born in Fishponds, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

1940 Johnny Nash is born in Houston, Texas. As a teen, he performs regularly on Arthur Godfrey's variety show and lands a series of minor hits, but he makes his biggest mark in the '70s with the reggae hits "I Can See Clearly Now" and "Stir It Up" (written and later recorded by Bob Marley).

1939 Ginger Baker (drummer for Cream) is born Peter Edward Baker in Lewisham, South London, England.