Pick a Day

Born on December 14

1975 R&B singer Brian Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is born in Wheatley Heights, New York.

1958 Peter "Spider" Stacy (vocalist, tin whistler The Pogues) is born in Eastbourne, London, England.

1958 Mike Scott (lead singer for The Waterboys) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1949 Cliff Williams (bassist for AC/DC) is born in Romford, Essex, England.

1946 Jackie McAuley (keyboardist, vocalist for Them) is born John McAuley in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

1946 Joyce Vincent Wilson (of Tony Orlando and Dawn) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1946 Actress/singer Patty Duke is born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York.

1943 Frank Allen (bass guitarist for The Searchers) is born Francis Renaud McNeice in Hayes, Middlesex, England.

1932 Country singer Charlie Rich, known for the 1973 hits "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," is born in Colt, Arkansas.

1932 Singer/actress Abbe Lane is born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, New York. Known as "the swingingest sexpot in show business," she would marry (and divorce) bandleader Xavier Cugat.

1920 Swing trumpeter Clark Terry is born in St. Louis, Missouri. One of the most recorded jazz musicians, he would play with the likes of Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones.

1915 Actor/dancer Dan Dailey is born in New York City. Known for his roles in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), It's Always Fair Weather (1955) and Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

1911 Spike Jones is born Lindley Armstrong Jones in Long Beach, California. He allegedly earns his nickname for being so thin, like a railroad spike.