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Born on June 14

1971 "Kiss the Rain" singer Billie Myers is born in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

1963 Chris DeGarmo (lead guitarist for Queensrÿche) is born in Wenatchee, Washington.

1961 Culture Club lead singer Boy George is born George Alan O'Dowd in Eltham, London, England. He starts wearing makeup and women's clothes in secondary school, a look he adapts with Culture Club to provide a striking visual presence that gets lots of attention on MTV. The band has a run of hits in the early '80s that includes "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?," "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and "Karma Chameleon."

1958 Nick Van Eede (of Cutting Crew) is born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England.

1949 Yes drummer Alan White is born in Ferryhill, County Durham, England.

1949 Jim Lea (multi-instrumentalist of Slade) is born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

1947 Barry Melton (original lead guitarist for Country Joe & The Fish, Dinosaurs) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1945 Rod Argent (keyboardist for The Zombies, founder of Argent) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

1936 Renaldo "Obie" Benson (bass vocalist of The Four Tops) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1931 Sax player Junior Walker (of Junior Walker & the All-Stars) is born in Blytheville, Arkansas.

1909 Burl Ives is born in Jasper County, Illinois.

1905 Jazz banjoist Nappy Lamare is born Joseph Hilton Lamare in New Orleans, Louisiana.