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Born on May 8

2001 Clint Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black welcome their daughter Lily Pearl Black.

1977 Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa is born in New Hartford, New York, where he'll start playing the guitar at age 4.

1975 Enrique Iglesias is born in Madrid, Spain, to Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and journalist Isabel Preysler.

1972 Darren Hayes (frontman for Savage Garden) is born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1971 Candice Night, who forms Blackmore's Night with her husband, Ritchie Blackmore, is born Candice Lauren Isralow at Hauppage, New York.

1964 Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is born in Essex, Rowntree, England.

1963 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) is born in Versailles, France. The imaginative director is also known for his surreal music videos for artists like Bjork, The White Stripes, The Chemical Brothers, and others.More

1953 Billy Burnette (guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) is born Dorsey William Burnette III in Memphis, Tennessee.

1953 Drummer Alex Van Halen, who along with his younger brother Eddie forms Van Halen, is born in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

1951 Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey is born in Denver, Colorado. Outside of EW&F, he has a hit with Phil Collins in 1986 with "Easy Lover."

1951 Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz is born in the Army hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

1944 Glam rocker Gary Glitter is born Paul Francis Gadd in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

1943 Paul Samwell-Smith (bassist for The Yardbirds) is born in Richmond, Surrey, England.

1943 Danny Whitten, guitarist in Neil Young's band Crazy Horse, is born in Columbus, Georgia. The song "The Needle And The Damage Done" is about Whitten, who dies of a drug overdose at 29.

1942 Country musician Jack Blanchard is born in Buffalo, New York, raised in Ohio.

1941 Soul singer John Fred (of John Fred & His Playboy Band) is born John Fred Gourrier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1940 Rick Nelson is born Eric Hilliard Nelson in Teaneck, New Jersey. His parents are Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, and he appears with them on the TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet before becoming a recording star.

1940 Toni Tennille of Captain & Tennille is born Cathryn Antoinette Tennille in Montgomery, Alabama.

1911 Blues musician Robert Johnson is born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.