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1994 Justin Bieber is born in London, Ontario, Canada. Discovered on YouTube, he moves to Atlanta and is mentored by Usher. By the time he's 18 he has two #1 albums and a phalanx of female fans known as Beliebers.

1987 Kesha Sebert is born in Los Angeles. Using the stage name "Ke$ha" (she drops the $ in 2014), she becomes a pop superstar when her first album Animal tops the US chart in 2010.

1958 Nik Kershaw ("The Riddle") is born in Bristol, England.

1950 Pioneering music journalist Dave Marsh is born in Detroit.

1946 Tony Ashton of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke is born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.

1944 Roger Daltrey of The Who is born in London.

1944 Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann is born in Surrey, England.

1930 Trombone player Benny Powell is born in New Orleans.

1927 Harry Belafonte is born in Harlem, New York, but at age 8 moves to Jamaica (his mother's birthplace) with his family. The Belafontes move back to New York in the early stages of World War II; in the '50s, Harry becomes a top entertainer, his career buoyed by the calypso craze.

1904 Glenn Miller is born in Clarinda, Iowa.

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