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1974 Kelsi Osborn (of SheDaisy) is born in Magna, Utah.

1968 Blur bass player Alex James is born in Bournemouth, England.

1967 Margret Ornolfsdottir (keyboardist for The Sugarcubes) is born in Iceland.

1965 Björk Guðmundsdóttir is born in Reykjavík, Iceland. After gaining acclaim in her group The Sugarcubes, she will rise to fame as a solo artist, using only her first name.

1962 Stephen Curtis Chapman is born in Paducah, Kentucky.

1955 Peter Koppes (guitarist for The Church) is born in Canberra, Australia.

1952 Judy Garland gives birth to her second child, baby girl Lorna Luft. The father is Garland's third husband, Sid Luft.

1950 Singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a family that includes brother James Taylor. He will be raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

1950 Guitarist Gary Pihl (of Boston) is born in Chicago, Illinois, but would later move to San Mateo, California.

1949 Drummer Randy Zehringer, brother of The McCoys' guitarist Rick Derringer, is born in Celina, Ohio.

1948 John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboardist for Free) is born in Houston, Texas.

1948 Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan (percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist for War) is born in San Diego, California.

1941 Sax player Andrew Love (of The Memphis Horns) is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Contributed to the legendary horn sound on recordings by Stax Records performers like Otis Redding.

1941 David Porter, singer-songwriter and producer, is born in Memphis, Tennessee. A prolific songwriter, he's known for contributing to hits like Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin," Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover," and Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It."

1940 Blues musician Dr. John is born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1933 Country singer Jean Shepard is born Ollie Imogene Shepard in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Her biggest hit was 1953's "A Dear John Letter," a duet with Ferlin Husky, which topped the country chart and peaked at #4 on the pop chart.

1907 Songwriter, arranger Buck Ram is born Samuel Ram in Chicago, Illinois. Known for his work with The Platters, among other greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. (You can also spot him under the pseudonyms Ande Rand, Lynn Paul and Jean Miles.)

1904 Coleman Hawkins, jazz tenor saxophonist, is born in Saint Joseph, Missouri.

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