Pick a Day

Born on August 26

2020 Katy Perry welcomes her first child, daughter Daisy Dove Bloom. The father is her partner, actor Orlando Bloom.

1969 No Doubt drummer Adrian Young is born in Long Beach, California.

1966 Dan Vickrey (lead guitarist for Counting Crows) is born in Walnut Creek, California.

1966 Shirley Manson is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she forms the band Angelfish. Their video for "Suffocate Me" gets the attention of the Americans Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, who convince her to join their new band, Garbage.

1960 Jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis is born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, to a family of musicians. He played sax and miscellaneous percussion on Sting's 1985 solo debut, The Dream of the Blue Turtles.

1952 Rock guitarist Billy Rush (of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) is born.

1949 Pop singer Bob Cowsill (of The Cowsills) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia, though the family band will be born out of Newport, Rhode Island.

1948 Motown songwriter Valerie Simpson (half of the Ashford & Simpson team) is born in The Bronx, New York.

1942 Drummer Chris Curtis (of The Searchers) is born Christopher Crummey in Oldham, Lancashire, England. After a move to Liverpool at age 4, he meets bandmate Mike Pender in primary school.

1942 Singer Vic Dana is born in Buffalo, New York. Known for '60s hits like "Little Altar Boy," "I Will," and a popular cover of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady."

1942 Maureen "Moe" Tucker (drummer for The Velvet Underground) is born in Levittown, New York.

1940 Rocker Nik Turner (of Hawkwind) is born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

1939 Doo-wop singer Fred Milano (of The Belmonts) is born in New York City. Belmont Avenue, the Bronx street where he grew up, inspired the group's name.