Pick a Day

Born on August 2

1970 Zelma Davis (of C and C Music Factory) is born in Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa.

1961 Pete De Freitas (drummer for Echo And The Bunnymen) is born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

1955 Butch Vig is born in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He produces Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind and forms the band Garbage in 1993.

1951 Andrew Gold, known for the hits "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend," is born in Burbank, California.

1950 Ted Turner (guitarist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Sheldon, Birmingham, England.

1944 Jim Capaldi (drummer for Traffic) is born Nicola James Capaldi in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

1944 Jazz bassist Albert Stinson is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1943 Kathy Lennon (of The Lennon Sisters) is born in Los Angeles, California. Had hits with "Tonight You Belong to Me" and "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)."

1941 Doris Kenner-Jackson (of the The Shirelles) is born Doris Coley in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

1941 Andrew Steele (drummer for The Herd) is born in Hendon, North West London, England.

1939 Edward Patten (of Gladys Knight and the Pips) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1937 Garth Hudson (of The Band) is born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

1935 Country singer Hank Cochran, who co-wrote Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces," is born in Isola, Mississippi.

1910 Scottish playwright Roger MacDougall ("The Emperor Of Lancashire") is born in Glasgow.

1900 Torch singer and actress Helen Morgan is born in Danville, Illinois. She sings "Bill" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" in the original run of Show Boat in 1927.