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1970 Glenn Medeiros is born in Kauai, Hawaii.

1967 Jeff Cease, The Black Crowes guitarist on their debut album, is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1961 Curt Smith (bass guitarist, vocalist for Tears for Fears) is born in Bath, Somerset, England.

1960 Siedah Garrett, co-writer of Michael Jackson's "Man In The Mirror" and his duet partner on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," is born in Los Angeles.

1959 Andy McCluskey (vocalist, bass guitarist for OMD) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.

1957 Terence "Astro" Wilson (percussionist, trumpet player for UB40) is born in Birmingham, England.

1949 John Illsley (bass guitarist for Dire Straits) is born in Leicester, England.

1948 Patrick Moraz (keyboardist for Yes, The Moody Blues) is born in Morges, Switzerland.

1947 Mick Fleetwood (drummer for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Redruth, Cornwall, England, though he'll grow up in locales around the world due to his father's career as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot.

1945 Colin Blunstone (lead singer of The Zombies) is born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.

1944 Rock guitarist Jeff Beck is born in Wallington, England. At 20, he replaces Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds, and later forms the Jeff Beck Group.

1944 Chris Wood (flautist/saxophonist/keyboardist for Traffic) is born in Quinton, Birmingham, England.

1942 Arthur Brown is born Arthur Wilton in Yorkshire, England. Making a name for himself in the world of performance art, he has a huge hit with "Fire."More

1939 Oz Bach (guitarist for Spanky and Our Gang) is born Paul Michael Bach in Paw Paw, West Virginia.

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