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1976 Shane Lynch (of Boyzone) is born in Donaghmede, North-east Dublin, Ireland.

1969 Kevin Hearn (keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies) is born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.

1960 Vince Clarke (keyboardist for Erasure) is born Vincent John Martin in South Woodford, England. An early member of Depeche Mode, he writes the group's breakthrough hit, "Just Can't Get Enough."

1958 Country singer Aaron Tippin is born in Pensacola, Florida, but will be raised in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.

1957 Stephen Pearcy (former frontman of Ratt) is born in San Diego, California.

1952 Pop singer Laura Branigan ("Gloria," "Self Control") is born. She is raised in Armonk, New York.

1951 Mike Corby (keyboardist/lead guitarist of The Babys, which he founded) is born in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

1947 Actress/singer Betty Buckley, Tony Award-winner for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats, is born in Big Spring, Texas.

1943 Judith Durham (lead singer of The Seekers) is born Judith Mavis Cock in Essendon, Victoria, Australia.

1940 Fontella Bass, known for the 1965 soul hit "Rescue Me," is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1929 David Lynch (of The Platters) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1854 Czech composer Leoš Janáček is born in Hukvaldy, Moravia.

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