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1983 Grace Potter is born in Waitsfield, Vermont. While attending St. Lawrence University in New York in 2002, she meets drummer Matt Burr during a campus open-mic in and they form a rock band that evolves into Grace Potter And The Nocturnals.

1971 Twiggy Ramirez (guitarist, bassist for Marilyn Manson) is born Jeordie White in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, but will be raised in Coral Springs, Florida.

1967 Murphy Karges (bassist for Sugar Ray) is born in Orange County, California.

1967 Jerome Earl Fontamillas (keyboards, backing vocals for Switchfoot) is born in Pasay City, Philippines.

1960 John Taylor (bassist for Duran Duran) is born Nigel John Taylor in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. As well as co-founding Duran Duran he later achieves a second round of success in rock supergroup The Power Station.

1954 Van Halen bass player Michael Anthony is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1950 Guitarist Alan Shacklock is born in London.

1949 Lionel Richie is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. He becomes a member of the Commodores before finding fame as a solo artist.More

1948 Alan Longmuir (bass guitarist for The Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1945 Anne Murray is born Morna Anne Murray in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1942 Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) is born in Inglewood, California.

1937 Jerry Keller, known for the 1957 pop hit "Here Comes Summer," is born in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

1924 Chet Atkins, country musician and one of the architects behind the Nashville Sound, is born in Luttrell, Tennessee.

1819 Jacques Offenbach, composer and cellist of the Romantic period, is born in Cologne, Germany.

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