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1958 Paul Weller (singer, guitarist for The Jam, The Style Council) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.

1950 Robby Steinhardt (co-lead singer for Kansas) is born in Illinois, but will grow up in Lawrence, Kansas.

1948 Klaus Meine (lead singer of Scorpions) is born in Hanover, Germany.

1947 Doo-wop singer Mitch Margo (of The Tokens) is born.

1943 Country singer Jessi Colter is born Miriam Johnson in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for her collaborations with husband Waylon Jennings.

1942 Brian "Blinky" Davison (drummer for The Nice) is born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

1936 Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, who penned the smash hit "Harper Valley P.T.A.," is born in Olive Hill, Kentucky.

1927 Norman Petty, recording engineer for Buddy Holly, is born in Clovis, New Mexico. He'll also produce hits for Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings.

1921 Lyricist Hal David, frequent collaborator of Burt Bacharach, is born in New York City.

1921 Kitty Kallen is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for the hit 1954 single "Little Things Mean A Lot."

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