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1994 K-pop singer and actress Sulli is born at Seongnam, South Korea.

1967 Blues Traveler frontman John Popper is born in Chardon, Ohio.

1959 Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is born Peretz Bernstein in Queens, New York City. His stage name is a play on the word "peripheral," in the sense that he's "on the edge." Farrell fronts the bands Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros, but is most famous for launching the Lollapalooza music festival.

1949 Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker (of The Brecker Brothers) is born in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.

1947 Bobby Kimball (frontman for Toto) is born in Orange, Texas.

1945 John "Speedy" Keen (of Thunderclap Newman) is born in Ealing, London, England.

1944 Terry Jacks ("Seasons In The Sun") is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1943 Chad Allan (original lead singer of The Guess Who) is born Allan Peter Stanley Kowbel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1943 The composer Vangelis (Evangelos Papathanassiou) is born in Greece. In 1982, his theme to the movie Chariots of Fire goes to #1 in America. He is also known for his collaborations with Jon Anderson of Yes - they record as Jon & Vangelis.

1940 Pop singer Eden Kane is born Richard Graham Sarstedt in New Delhi, India.

1918 Actress/singer Pearl Bailey is born in Virginia.

1902 Composer William Walton is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

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