Pick a Day

Born on June 11

1969 Dan Lavery (bass guitarist for Tonic) is born.

1961 Robert Birch (vocalist for Stereo MC's) is born in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England.

1958 Pop/rock musician Barry Adamson (bass guitarist of Magazine) is born in Moss Side, Manchester, England.

1952 Donnie Van Zant (guitarist, vocalist for .38 Special, Van Zant) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1950 Graham Russell (singer, guitarist of Air Supply) is born Cyril Graham Russell in Nottingham, England.

1949 ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is born in Frankston, Texas.

1948 Rock drummer Skip Alan (of The Pretty Things, Them) is born in England.

1947 Glenn Leonard of The Temptations is born in Washington, DC.

1947 Richard Palmer-James (vocalist, guitarist for Supertramp, songwriter for King Crimson) is born in Bournemouth, England.

1940 Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, New Jersey.

1939 Country singer Wilma Burgess, known for hit singles like "Misty Blue" throughout the '60s and '70s, is born in Orlando, Florida.

1936 Jud Strunk, comedian and songwriter known for the 1973 ballad "Daisy A Day," is born in Jamestown, New York.

1934 R&B singer James "Pookie" Hudson (of The Spaniels) is born in Des Moines, Iowa.

1864 Composer Richard Strauss is born in Munich, Germany.