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Born on July 24

1973 Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, of the alt Hip-Hop group Digable Planets, is born in Brazil.

1969 Jennifer Lopez is born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City.More

1961 Paul Geary (co-founder and drummer of Extreme) is born in Medford, Massachusetts.

1948 Drummer Kim Berly, of The Stampeders, is born Kimball Meyer in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.

1947 Drummer Alan Whitehead, of Marmalade, is born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.

1944 Guitarist Jim Armstrong, of Them, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

1942 Bassist and singer Heinz Burt, of The Tornados, is born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1941 Barbara Jean Love, of the Soul group The Friends of Distinction, is born in Los Angeles, California.

1934 Jazz drummer Rudy Collins, who performed with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Cab Calloway, is born in New York City.

1921 Jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor is born in Greenville, North Carolina. He penned the unofficial civil rights anthem "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" in 1963.

1916 Big Band vocalist Bob Eberly is born in Mechanicville, New York.

1908 Duke Ellington's innovative trumpeter Cootie Williams is born in Mobile, Alabama.