1 January

Pick a Day

Born on July 22

1973 Rufus Wainwright is born to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III in Rhinebeck, New York. He'll spend much of his childhood raised by his mother in Quebec.

1973 Daniel Jones (instrumentalist of Savage Garden) is born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, but will be raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1967 Pat Badger (bassist for Extreme) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1963 Emily Saliers (of Indigo Girls) is born in New Haven, Connecticut.

1961 Keith Sweat is born Keith Douglas Crier in Harlem, New York.

1947 Don Henley of the Eagles is born in Gilmer, Texas.

1944 Supertramp vocalist/keyboard player Rick Davies is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1943 Bobby Sherman is born in Santa Monica, California. He becomes a teen idol in the late '60s with a string of pop hits, including the million-selling "Little Woman."

1941 Estelle Bennett (of The Ronettes) is born in New York. Her younger sister is Ronettes lead singer Ronnie Spector.

1940 George Clinton (leader of Parliament/Funkadelic) is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

1940 One-hit-wonder Thomas Wayne, known for 1959's "Tragedy," is born Thomas Wayne Perkins is Batesville, Mississippi. His brother is Johnny Cash's guitarist, Luther Perkins.

1937 R&B singer Chuck Jackson is born in Latta, South Carolina, but is raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1924 Margaret Whiting is born in Detroit, Michigan, but is raised in Los Angeles, California, where her dad, Richard, composes popular tunes such as "Hooray For Hollywood" and "On The Good Ship Lollipop." Modern listeners know her for her holiday duet with Johnny Mercer, "Baby It's Cold Outside."

Find more in our Categories

©2024 Songfacts®, LLC