Pick a Day

Born on January 11

1971 Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is born in Kingston upon Thames, England.

1971 Mary J. Blige is born in New York City. The "J." stands for Jane.

1958 Vicki Peterson, who along with her sister, Debbi, forms The Bangles, is born in Los Angeles.

1949 Dennis Greene, singer with The Kingsmen and Sha Na Na, is born in New York City.

1946 Naomi Judd is born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky. She and daughter Wynonna form the country duo The Judds and release their first album, Why Not Me, in 1984.

1942 Clarence Clemons, of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is born in Virginia. More

1933 Country singer Goldie Hill is born in Texas. She lands a contract with Decca Records and releases her #1 hit "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes" in 1953.

1924 Bluesman Slim Harpo is born James Isaac Moore in Lobdell, Louisiana.

1895 Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ, is born in Evanston, Illinois.