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1996 Raul Malo (lead singer of The Mavericks) and wife Betty welcome Victor Antonio Malo, their second son, on brother Dino's first birthday.

1971 R&B singer-songwriter Tony Rich is born Antonio Jeffries Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. Known for the 1996 hit single "Nobody Knows."

1969 Travis McNabb (drummer for Better Than Ezra) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1960 Matt Sorum (drummer for Guns N' Roses) is born in Orange County, California.

1954 Annette Guest (of the girl group First Choice) is born in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia trio First Choice was known for '70s disco hits like "Armed and Extremely Dangerous," "Smarty Pants," and "Love Thang," among others.

1946 Drummer Joe Correro Jr. (of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born in Greenwood, Mississippi.

1943 Fred Lipsius (original saxophonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in The Bronx, New York.

1939 Soul singer Warren "Pete" Moore (of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1938 Hank Medress (of The Tokens) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1937 Geoff Goddard (keyboardist on The Tornados' "Telstar") is born in Reading, Berkshire, England. Wrote John Leyton's hit UK single "Johnny Remember Me" (1961).

1936 Ray Collins (vocalist, percussionist for Mothers of Invention) is born in Pomona, California.

1927 Folk singer and, yes, actual postman The Singing Postman is born Allan Smethurst is born in Walshaw, Lancashire, England.

1905 Bandleader Tommy Dorsey is born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.

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