1994 Harry Styles is born in Worcestershire, England. He rises to fame in the boy band One Direction, and after their breakup in 2016, he becomes the best-selling solo artist of the bunch, with hits like "Sign of the Times," "Watermelon Sugar" and "Aperture."
1979 Jason Isbell is born in Green Hill, Alabama. He joins Drive-By Truckers in 2001, then leaves to start a solo career in 2007.
1975 Big Boi (of the hip-hop duo OutKast) is born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia.
1969 Patrick Wilson (drummer for Weezer) is born in Buffalo, New York. He starts drum lessons at age 15 after seeing Van Halen in concert.
1968 Lisa Marie Presley is born in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the first and only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
1956 Exene Cervenka of the band X is born Christine Cervenka in Mokena, Illinois, outside of Chicago.
1951 Fran Christina (drummer for The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Texas.
1951 Rich Williams (guitarist for Kansas) is born in Topeka, Kansas.
1950 Mike Campbell (lead guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) is born in Panama City, Florida.
1948 Rick James is born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. in Buffalo, New York. After stints in a few different bands and a few different jails, he signs with Motown Records in 1977 and develops a funk sound that powers hits like "Super Freak" and "Give It To Me Baby."
1947 Israeli singer Mike Brant is born Moshé Michaël Brand in Famagusta, Cyprus.
1944 Tommy Duffy (bass guitarist for Lindisfarne) is born in England.
1939 Jazz pianist Joe Sample (of The Crusaders) is born in Houston, Texas.
1939 Bluegrass musician Del McCoury is born in York, Pennsylvania.
1938 Jimmy Carl Black (drummer, vocalist for Mothers of Invention) is born James Carl Inkanish, Jr. in El Paso, Texas.
1937 Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer (of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in Chickasaw, Alabama.
1937 Don Everly of The Everly Brothers is born Isaac Donald Everly in Brownie, Kentucky. Two years later, brother Phil is born.
1934 Bob Shane (of The Kingston Trio) is born Robert Castle Schoen in Hilo, Hawaii.
1825 Francis Child, publisher of The Child Ballads, is born in Boston.
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