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Born on December 11

1964 Justin Currie (bassist, vocalist for Del Amitri) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

1958 Nikki Sixx (bassist for Mötley Crüe) is born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr. in San Jose, California.

1957 Mike Mesaros (bassist, vocalist for The Smithereens) is born in Carteret, New Jersey.

1954 Jermaine Jackson is born fourth in line (after Rebbie, Jackie and Tito) in the Jackson family clan in Gary, Indiana.

1946 Tony Brown (of J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet) is born in Greensboro, North Carolina. Known for his session work on the piano with Emmylou Harris and his production work for Vince Gill, Reba McEntire and George Strait.

1944 Brenda Lee is born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, Georgia. Her small stature and big voice inspire the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite," which she lives up to by blowing up the charts with rockabilly bops ("Sweet Nothin's"), pop ballads ("I'm Sorry"), and Christmas tunes ("Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree") throughout the '60s. More

1941 J. Frank Wilson (of J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers) is born in Lufkin, Texas.

1940 David Gates (co-lead singer of Bread) is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1935 Steel guitarist Tom Brumley (of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Stone Canyon Band) is born in Stella, Missouri.

1934 Bass baritone singer Curtis Williams (of The Penguins) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1931 Singer and actress Rita Moreno, known for her role as Anita in the Broadway smash and subsequent film West Side Story, is born Rosa Dolores Alverío in Humacao, Puerto Rico. She is raised in New York City.

1926 R&B singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton is born in Ariton, Alabama. She was the first to record "Hound Dog," made famous by Elvis Presley.

1916 Perez Prado, the "King of Mambo," is born in Matanzas, Cuba.

1803 Composer Louis-Hector Berlioz is born in Isere, France. Known for his Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts.