1977 Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw is born in South Fallsburg, New York. After moving to New York City, he signs with Clive Davis' J Records and releases his first album, Chariot, in 2003. The first single, "I Don't Want To Be," becomes the theme song to the TV series One Tree Hill.
1976 Rapper Cam'ron is born Cameron Ezike Giles in Harlem, New York.
1975 Natalie Imbruglia is born in Sydney, Australia. Before embarking on a singing career, she stars on the soap opera Neighbours.
1963 Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (lead guitarist for The Offspring) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1962 Country star Clint Black is born in Long Branch, New Jersey, but is raised in Katy, Texas. He releases his debut album, Killin' Time, in 1989 and emerges as one of the few modern country artists to write his own songs. His debut single, "A Better Man," is the first of four #1 singles from the album.
1952 Jerry Shirley (drummer for Humble Pie) is born in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England.
1951 Phil Ehart (drummer for Kansas) is born in Coffeyville, Kansas.
1948 Vincent Furnier, who will become better known as Alice Cooper, is born in Detroit.
1944 Florence LaRue (of The 5th Dimension) is born in Plainfield, New Jersey, but grows up in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
1941 John Steel (original drummer for The Animals) is born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.
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