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2006 Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls has a daughter, Bluebell Madonna Halliwell. The father is her boyfriend Sacha Gervasi.

2004 Chris Martin of Coldplay and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, have a daughter they name Apple.

1976 Hunter Burgan (bass guitarist for AFI) is born in Grass Valley, California.

1973 R&B singer-songwriter Shanice is born Shanice Lorraine Wilson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1973 Pop singer Natalie Appleton (of All Saints) is born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

1971 Rapper Freaky Tah (of Lost Boyz) is born Raymond Rogers in Queens, New York.

1969 Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1966 Raphael Saadiq (of Tony! Toni! Toné!) is born Charles Ray Wiggins in Oakland, California.

1966 Mike Inez, bass player for Alice In Chains, is born in San Fernando, California.

1966 Fabrice Morvan is born in Paris, France. Along with Rob Pilatus, he is the face of Milli Vanilli, a duo that is busted for not actually singing on their recordings.

1962 Ian Astbury (lead vocalist for The Cult) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.

1962 C.C. DeVille (of Poison) is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in Brooklyn, New York.

1952 Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

1950 Arthur Grant (bassist for the Edgar Broughton Band) is born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.

1947 Al Ciner (guitarist for The American Breed) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1945 Gene Cornish (guitarist for The Rascals) is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

1943 Derek Leckenby (lead guitarist for Herman's Hermits) is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

1943 Jack Bruce (bassist, singer for Cream, Manfred Mann, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) is born in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

1939 One-hit-wonder Troy Shondell, known for his 1961 chart-topper "This Time," is born Gary Wayne Schelton in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1936 Rock and roll singer Charlie Gracie, known for the 1957 hit "Butterfly," is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1936 Bobby Darin is born Walden Robert Cassotto in East Harlem, New York City. Teenage Nina Cassotto became pregnant out of wedlock and, to avoid scandal, had her mother raise the baby as her own while Nina passed him off as her younger brother. Bobby finds out years later that the woman he knew as his beloved mother was actually his grandmother.

1932 Record producer Bob Johnston, known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Simon & Garfunkel, is born in Hillsboro, Texas.

1925 Big Band trumpeter Al Porcino is born in New York City.

1917 Norman Luboff, a film and TV composer who also recorded with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1916 Jazz saxophonist Skip Martin is born in Robinson, Illinois.

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