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1975 50 Cent is born Curtis Jackson III in Queens, New York. Dropped from Columbia Records in 2000, he makes a name on the New York City rap scene and lands a deal with Dr. Dre's Shady/Aftermath Records. His label debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin', is released in 2003 in blows up, with the hit "In Da Club" going to #1.

1963 Guitarist Tim Bricheno (of The Sisters Of Mercy) is born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.

1959 John Keeble (drummer for Spandau Ballet) is born in Hampstead, London, England.

1953 Nanci Griffith is born in Seguin, Texas.

1949 Mike Shrieve (drummer for Santana) is born in San Francisco, California.

1945 Rik Elswit (lead guitarist for Dr. Hook) is born in California.

1943 Soul singer Jan Bradley, who becomes popular by covering Curtis Mayfield tunes before writing her own songs, is born Addie Bradley in Byhalia, Mississippi.

1937 Gene Chandler is born Eugene Dixon in Chicago, Illinois.

1932 Big Dee Irwin is born DiFosco T. Ervin Jr. in Harlem, New York. Recorded a popular version of "Swinging on a Star" with Little Eva.

1931 Della Reese is born Delloreese Patricia Early in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

1925 Bill Haley is born in Highland Park, Michigan.

1924 Jazz drummer Louie Bellson, famous for his work with Duke Ellington, is born in Illinois.

1865 Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, a composer who developed Dalcroze Eurhythmics to teach music to students, is born in Vienna, Austria.

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