Pick a Day

Born on June 6

1974 Uncle Kracker is born Matthew Shafer in Mount Clemens, Michigan.

1970 James Shaffer (guitarist for KoRn) is born in Bakersfield, California.

1960 Steve Vai is born in Carle Place, a town located in Long Island, New York.

1951 Dwight Twilley, known for the hits "I'm On Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984), is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1944 Peter Albin (bassist for Big Brother & the Holding Company) is born in San Francisco, California.

1944 Electronic musician Edgar Froese (founder of Tangerine Dream) is born in Tilsit, East Prussia. After World War II, he would settle in West Berlin with his mother and surviving family members (his father and other relatives having been killed by Nazis).

1944 Jazz pianist Monty Alexander is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

1943 Country singer Joe Stampley, known for the '70s chart-toppers "Roll On Big Mama" and "All These Things," is born in Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

1939 Gary U.S. Bonds is born Gary Anderson in Jacksonville, Florida. His stage name, originally just "U.S. Bonds," comes from posters advertising United States savings bonds. His big hit comes in 1961 with the #1 "Quarter To Three."

1936 Levi Stubbs (lead vocalist for The Four Tops) is born in Detroit, Michigan.