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1974 Meg White (of The White Stripes) is born Megan Martha White in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

1971 Scot Alexander (bass guitarist for Dishwalla) is born in Santa Barbara, California.

1966 Timothy Christian Riley (drummer, keyboardist for Tony! Toni! Tone!) is born.

1952 Susan Dey (of The Partridge Family) is born in Pekin, Illinois. She has no previous acting experience when she lands her first TV role as Laurie Partridge in 1970.

1951 Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is born Juan Raul Davis Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas. Among other hits, reached #5 on the country charts with a cover of the Eagles' "Desperado."

1948 Jessica Cleaves (lead singer for Friends of Distinction) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1946 Ace Kefford (bass guitarist for The Move) is born Christopher John Kefford in Moseley, Birmingham, England.

1941 Kyu Sakamoto is born Hisashi Oshima in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

1941 Chad Stuart of Chad & Jeremy is born David Stuart Chadwick in Windermere, Cumbria, England.

1941 R&B singer Ralph Tavares is born, the eldest of his singing brothers that form Tavares.

1926 Guitar Slim is born Eddie Jones in Greenwood, Mississippi.

1924 Pop singer Ken Albers (The Four Freshmen) is born in Woodbury, New Jersey.

1914 Dorothy Lamour, actress and big band singer, is born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana. Starred with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in their series of Road To... movies.

1906 Lyricist Harold Adamson is born in Greenville, New Jersey. He would write the lyrics for the iconic theme to I Love Lucy. Though it was kept as an instrumental, Desi Arnaz sings the lyrics in the episode "Lucy's Last Birthday."

1822 Composer Cesar Franck is born Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck in Liege (now in Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of Netherlands).

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