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Born on December 1

1988 Tyler Joseph (frontman for Twenty One Pilots) is born in Columbus, Ohio.

1988 Newlyweds Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet welcome a baby girl, Zoe. She grows up to be a model and actress like her mom, who found fame on The Cosby Show, and a singer like her dad, who wrote "Flowers For Zoe" for her. More

1985 Sci-fi soul singer Janelle Monáe is born in Kansas City, Kansas.

1977 Brad Delson (lead guitarist for Linkin Park) is born in Agoura, California.

1956 Julee Cruise is born in Creston, Iowa. The singer-songwriter writes the iconic theme ("Falling") to the cult TV series Twin Peaks.

1951 Jaco Pastorius (bassist for Weather Report) is born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan is born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan in Waterford, Ireland. He changes his first name as a nod to Victorian-era composers Gilbert & Sullivan.

1945 Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

1944 Blue Öyster Cult lead singer Eric Bloom is born in New York City.

1944 John Densmore (drummer for The Doors) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1942 Richard Dangle, lead guitarist of the Fabulous Wailers, is born in Tacoma, Washington.

1939 Dianne "Dee Dee" Lennon is born in Venice, California. She and her sisters form the pop vocal group The Lennon Sisters, known for the 1956 hit "Tonight, You Belong To Me."

1938 Rock 'n roll drummer Sandy Nelson is born in Santa Monica, California. Aside from being a session drummer on such tunes as the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is To Love Him," he releases a string of Top 40 instrumental hits, including "Teen Beat" at #4 in 1959.

1934 Soul singer Billy Paul ("Me And Mrs. Jones") is born in Philadelphia.

1933 R&B singer Lou Rawls is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1913 Broadway performer Mary Martin, star of the original productions of The Sound of Music and South Pacific, is born in Weatherford, Texas.