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1985 Colbie Caillat is born in Malibu, California.

1980 Pop singer Mark Feehily (of Westlife) is born in Sligo, Ireland.

1971 Duncan Zowie Haywood Bowie is born to David Bowie and his wife Angela. Duncan will go on to become the successful film director behind Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011).

1968 Kylie Minogue is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1961 Roland Gift (lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals) is born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

1949 Wendy O. Williams (lead singer of Plasmatics) is born in Webster, New York.

1948 Ray Laidlaw (drummer for Lindisfarne) is born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

1945 John Fogerty is born, but not on the bayou; the Creedence Clearwater Revival leader claims Berkeley, California as his birthplace.More

1944 Country musician Gary Stewart, known for '70s hits like "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," is born in Jenkins, Kentucky.

1944 Gladys Knight is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1944 Billy Vera (of Billy Vera & the Beaters) is born William Patrick McCord in Riverside, California.

1943 Tony Mansfield (drummer for Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas) is born Anthony Bookbinder in Salford, Lancashire, England.

1931 Sonny Burgess, rockabilly guitarist of the Pacers and later The Sun Rhythm Section, made up of former Sun Records' session musicians, is born Albert Austin Burgess of Newport, Arkansas.

1923 Gyorgy Ligeti, a contemporary classical music composer, is born in Transylvania, Romania.

1917 Papa John Creach (violinist of Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship) is born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

1910 T-Bone Walker, a pioneer of jump blues and electric blues, is born Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas.

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