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Born on October 14

2010 Alicia Keys gives birth to a baby boy named Egypt, and is inspired to write the song "Speechless." The father is her producer husband Swizz Beatz.

1996 Madonna gives birth to her first child, a daughter named Lourdes. The father is her personal trainer, Carlos Leon.

1978 Usher is born Usher Raymond IV in Dallas, Texas. He relocates to Atlanta and puts out his first album when he's 15. He rules the charts in the '00s with seven #1 hits, including the club banger "Yeah!"

1975 R&B singer Shaznay Lewis (of All Saints) is born in Islington, London, England.

1974 Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler) of Insane Clown Posse is born in Michigan.

1974 Natalie Maines, lead singer for The Chicks, is born in Lubbock, Texas. Her group becomes one of the biggest acts in country music, but as a child, Maines is into pop stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna.

1965 R&B singer Karyn White is born in Los Angeles, California.

1959 A.J. Pero (drummer for Twisted Sister) is born Anthony Jude Pero in Staten Island, New York.

1958 New wave/synthpop singer Thomas Dolby is born Thomas Morgan Robertson in London, England.

1948 R&B singer Marcia Barrett (of Boney M.) is born in St Catherine, Jamaica.

1947 Al Atkins - the first frontman for Judas Priest - is born at West Bromwich, England.

1946 Dan McCafferty (lead singer for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1946 Justin Hayward (guitarist for The Moody Blues) is born Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1945 Colin Hodgkinson (bassist for Whitesnake) is born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

1945 Barbara "Sandi" Robison is born in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1942 Billy Harrison (guitarist/vocalist for Them) is born in Belfast, Ireland.

1940 Pop singer Cliff Richard is born Harold Rodger Webb in Imperial India.

1938 Country singer Melba Montgomery is born Iron City, Tennessee, but would be raised in Florence, Alabama. Known for her duets with George Jones and her 1974 solo hit, "No Charge."

1930 R&B singer Robert Parker is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for the 1966 hit "Barefootin'."

1926 Bill Justis, known for his 1957 hit "Raunchy," is born in Birmingham, Alabama, raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

1907 Singer/actor Allan Jones, the father of pop singer Jack Jones, is born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.