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Born on June 3

1974 Kelly Jones (lead singer of Stereophonics) is born in Cwmaman, Wales.

1971 Twin brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez (of the pop band No Mercy) are born in Cuba.

1968 Saffron (lead singer of Republica) is born Samantha Marie Sprackling is born in Lagos, Nigeria.

1965 Mike Gordon (bass guitarist for Phish) is born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

1964 Slayer guitarist Kerry King is born in Los Angeles, California.

1962 David Cole (of C and C Music Factory) is born in Johnson City, Tennessee.

1956 Danny Wilde (of The Rembrandts) is born Daniel Thomas in Houlton, Maine.

1954 Dan Hill, known for the 1977 ballad "Sometimes When We Touch," is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1952 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1950 Florian Pilkington-Miksa (original drummer for Curved Air) is born in Roehampton, South West London, England.

1950 Soul singer Deniece Williams is born June Deniece Chandler in Gary, Indiana.

1950 Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit. She makes her musical mark in England, where she moves in 1971 after Mickie Most signs her to his label. In America, she's best known for her role as Leather Tuscadero on the TV series Happy Days.

1947 T. Rex drummer Mickey Finn is born Michael Norman Finn outside of London, England.

1947 Dave Alexander (original bassist for The Stooges) is born in Whitmore Lake, Michigan, and will be raised in nearby Ann Arbor.

1946 Eddie Holman, known for his 1970 hit "Hey There Lonely Girl," is born in Norfolk, Virginia.

1946 Michael Clarke (original drummer for The Byrds) is born Michael James Dick is born in Spokane, Washington.

1942 Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago, Illinois. With his group The Impressions, he writes, produces and sings on '60s classics like "People Get Ready" and "Keep On Pushing." He makes his mark in the '70s as a solo artist with songs like "Superfly" and "Move On Up."

1939 Ian Hunter (lead singer of Mott the Hoople) is born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire, England, to a Scottish father.

1930 Jazz singer Dakota Staton is born in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known for the 1957 hit "The Late, Late Show."

1927 Boots Randolph, popular saxophonist and pioneer of the Nashville Sound, is born Homer Louis Randolph III in Paducah, Kentucky.

1906 Josephine Baker is born in in St. Louis, Missouri, but makes her mark in France, where she becomes a renowned singer, dancer and actress.