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1990 Rapper Soulja Boy is born DeAndre Cortez Way in Chicago, Illinois.

1976 Jacoby Shaddix (lead singer of Papa Roach) is born in Mariposa, California.

1962 Singer/actress Rachel Sweet is born in Akron, Ohio. Recorded the hit "Everlasting Love" with Rex Smith.

1954 Guitarist Steve Morse is born in Hamilton, Ohio. After forming The Dixie Dregs, he joins Deep Purple in 1994.

1949 Drummer Simon Kirke (of Free and Bad Company) is born in Lambeth, London, England.

1949 Peter Doyle of The New Seekers is born in Melbourne, Australia.

1949 Steve Took (of T. Rex) is born in Eltham, London, England.

1946 Folk singer Jonathan Edwards ("Sunshine") is born in Aitkin, Minnesota.

1945 Rick Wright (of Pink Floyd) is born in Hatch End, Middlesex, England.

1943 Guitarist Mike Bloomfield is born in Chicago. He plays on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and joins The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

1938 Guitarist/songwriter George Cummings (of Dr. Hook) is born in Meridian, Mississippi.

1937 Pianist/bandleader Peter Duchin is born in New York City.

1915 Accordionist Frankie Yankovic is born in Davis, West Virginia. No relation to fellow accordionist Weird Al Yankovic, though the parody master says his parents chose the instrument for him because "they figured there should be at least one more accordion-playing Yankovic in the world."

1901 Pop crooner Rudy Vallee is born in Island Pond, Vermont.

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