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2006 Nick Valensi of The Strokes and his wife, photographer/actress Amanda de Cadenet, welcome fraternal twins, Silvan and Ella.

1972 Pras Michel (of Fugees) is born in Brooklyn, New York, but will be raised in Irvington, New Jersey.

1968 Comedian/country singer (and sometimes both) Rodney Carrington is born.

1960 Jennifer Holliday is born in Houston, Texas.

1957 Karl Wallinger (frontman of World Party) is born in Prestatyn, Wales.

1955 Nino DeFranco (of The DeFranco Family) is born in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.

1948 Patrick Simmons (of The Doobie Brothers) is born in Aberdeen, Washington.

1947 Wilbert Hart (of The Delfonics) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1946 Keith Reid (Procol Harum songwriter) is born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.

1945 Jeannie C. Riley is born in Stamford, Texas.

1945 Harris Glenn Milstead, who performs as the drag queen Divine, is born in a suburb of Baltimore. Most famous as an actor (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray), he also records dance music, including the UK hit "You Think You're a Man."

1944 Reggae musician Peter Tosh is born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Grange Hill, Jamaica.

1944 Disco singer George McCrae is born in West Palm Beach, Florida.

1940 Larry Chance (lead singer of The Earls) is born Larry Figueiredo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1937 Country/rockabilly singer Jerry Jaye is born in Manila, Arkansas. Known for a hit '60s cover of Fats Domino's "My Girl Josephine."

1934 Dave Guard (of The Kingston Trio) is born Donald David Guard in San Francisco, California.

1911 George Cates, known as the music director for the long-running Lawrence Welk Show, is born in New York City.

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