Pick a Day

Born on December 4

1969 Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) is born in housing projects in Brooklyn - something he will remind us of many times in his raps.

1962 Sponge frontman Vinnie Dombroski is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1959 BoDeans bassist Bob Griffin is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

1951 Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He becomes a founding member and guitarist of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rossington-Collins Band. Rossington is inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame in 2006 as a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

1948 Southside Johnny, of the Jersey Shore rock band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, is born in Neptune, New Jersey.

1944 Dennis Wilson (of The Beach Boys) is born in Inglewood, California.

1942 Chris Hillman (of The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1942 Bob Mosley (bass player for Moby Grape) is born in Paradise Valley, California.

1940 Rock 'n' roll singer Freddy Cannon is born Freddy Picariello in Revere, Massachusetts.

1915 Jazz pianist Eddie Heywood, Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1879 The Irish composer Herbert Hamilton Harty is born.