Pick a Day

Born on November 1

1981 LaTavia Roberson, an original member of Destiny's Child, is born in Houston, Texas.

1966 Willie D (of Geto Boys) is born Willie James Dennis in Houston, Texas.

1964 Sophie B. Hawkins ("Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover") is born in New York City.

1963 Rick Allen (drummer for Def Leppard) is born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England.

1962 Anthony Kiedis (lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

1962 a-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen is born in Oslo, Norway.

1957 Country singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett is born in Houston, Texas, and is raised in nearby Klein.

1954 Chris Morris (guitarist for Paper Lace) is born in Nottingham, England.

1951 Ronald Bell (tenor saxophonist for Kool & the Gang) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.

1950 Dan Peek (of America) is born in Panama City, Florida.

1946 Rick Grec, bass player for Blind Faith and Traffic, is born in Bordeaux, France.

1940 Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler is born in Carlsbad, New Mexico. His stage name refers to his service as a Green Beret combat medic during the Vietnam War.

1938 Jazz saxophonist Mike Burney (of Wizzard) is born in Great Barr, Birmingham, England.

1937 "Whispering" Bill Anderson is born in Columbia, South Carolina, but is raised in Georgia. The soft-spoken country singer is known for chart-topping hits of the '60s and '70s such as "I Get the Fever," "For Loving You," and "Sometimes."

1936 R&B singer Zephire "Andre" Williams is born in Bessemer, Alabama. Known for the 1957 hit "Bacon Fat," he also co-wrote "Shake A Tailfeather" by The Five Du-Tones.

1926 Jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson is born in Badin, North Carolina.