Pick a Day

Born on July 8

1992 Garth Brooks and wife Sandy welcome their first child, daughter Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks.

1970 Beck is born Bek David Campbell in Los Angeles, California. He adopts the surname Hansen from his mom, former Andy Warhol protege Bibbe Hansen.

1962 Joan Osborne is born in Anchorage, Kentucky.

1961 Toby Keith is born Toby Keith Covel in Clinton, Oklahoma. He works in the oil fields and for a rodeo company before launching his music career in his 30s. His pre-music life informs many of his songs, including "Beer For My Horses," inspired by his rodeo days.

1961 Depeche Mode founder Andy Fletcher is born in Nottingham, England.

1944 Jai Johanny Johanson (drummer for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Johnny Lee Johnson in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

1935 Steve Lawrence is born Sidney Liebowitz in Brooklyn, New York City.

1930 Italian American singer Jerry Vale is born Genaro Louis Vitaliano in the Bronx, New York City.

1914 Swing era bandleader Billy Eckstine is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known for his 1948 rendition of "I Apologize."

1908 Bandleader Louis Jordan, whose jazz and blues music leads to rock and roll, is born in Brinkley, Arkansas.

1900 Avant-garde composer George Antheil is born Georg Johann Carl Antheil in Trenton, New Jersey.