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2014 Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have their third child: Apollo Bowie Flynn.

1995 Billie Joe Armstrong (of Green Day) and wife Adrienne welcome their first child, son Joseph "Joey" Marciano Armstrong, named for Ramones singer Joey Ramone.

1977 Country singer Jason Aldean is born Jason Aldine Williams in Macon, Georgia.

1969 Train lead singer Pat Monahan is born in Erie, Pennsylvania.

1957 Cindy Wilson is born in Athens, Georgia, where along with her brother Ricky and three other friends, she forms The B-52s.

1957 Phil Gould (drummer for Level 42) is born in Hong Kong, but raised on England's Isle of Wight.

1957 Ian Stanley (original keyboardist for Tears For Fears) is born in High Wycombe, England.

1943 Soul singer-songwriter Barbara Acklin is born in Oakland, California, but is raised in Chicago, Illinois, where she plays the nightclub circuit as a teenager. She co-writes the Jackie Wilson hit "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" and lands a recording contract with Brunswick Records.

1942 Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He is the group's leader early on, but dies in 1969 at age 27.

1940 Joe South is born Joseph Souter in Atlanta, Georgia. His most popular song as an artist is "Games People Play," but South also writes the Deep Purple hit "Hush" and Lynn Anderson's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."

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