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1998 Steve Lacy is born in Compton, California. The neo-soul singer begins his music career as a guitarist in the alternative R&B band the Internet before going solo with his debut EP, Steve Lacy's Demo, in 2017.More

1974 Jewel Kilcher is born in Payson, Utah. Raised in Homer, Alaska, she rises to fame using just the name Jewel.

1973 Neo-soul singer Maxwell is born Gerald Maxwell Rivera in Brooklyn, New York.

1967 Phil Selway (drummer for Radiohead) is born in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

1953 Rick Fenn (guitarist for 10cc) is born in England.

1952 Rock guitarist Jim Mankey (of Concrete Blonde) is born in Washington.

1947 Bill Hunt (keyboardist and horn player for Electric Light Orchestra) is born in Birmingham, England.

1946 Danny Klein (bassist for The J. Geils Band) is born in The Bronx, New York City.

1946 Ruth Komanoff, the future Ruth Underwood, is born. The percussionist becomes known for her work with Frank Zappa.

1945 Country singer Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York.

1944 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (drummer for Parliament, Funkadelic) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1941 "General" Norman Johnson (frontman for Chairmen of the Board) is born in Norfolk, Virginia.

1934 Dr. Robert Moog, engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer, is born in New York City.

1928 Rosemary Clooney is born in Maysville, Kentucky.

1910 Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw is born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City.

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