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Born on December 5

1968 Glen Graham (drummer for Blind Melon) is born in Columbus, Mississippi.

1965 Johnny Rzeznik (frontman for The Goo Goo Dolls) is born in Buffalo, New York.

1960 Jack Russell (Great White vocalist) is born in Montebello, California.

1947 Jim Messina (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) is born in Maywood, California.

1946 Canadian pop rocker Andy Kim is born Andrew Youakim in Montreal, Quebec.

1945 Eduardo "Eddie" Serrato (drummer for ? & the Mysterians) is born

1938 Singer-songwriter J.J. Cale, a forerunner of the Tulsa Sound, is born John Weldon Cale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1936 Chad Mitchell (of the Chad Mitchell Trio) is born in Portland, Oregon.

1932 Richard Wayne Penniman, who will become known as Little Richard, is born in Macon, Georgia.

1922 Songwriter Don Robertson is born in Beijing, China. Aside from his own 1956 hit, "The Happy Whistler," he penned songs for several artists, including Elvis Presley ("Anything That's Part of You," "Love Me Tonight," among others), The Chordettes ("Born to Be with You") and Les Paul and Mary Ford ("Hummingbird").

1912 Blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson, author of "Shotgun Blues" and "No Way Out," is born Alex Miller in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. This is the date he claims he was born, but his headstone (erected 12 years after his death) reads March 11, 1908.