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1980 Paul Thomas (bassist for Good Charlotte) is born in Waldorf, Maryland.

1974 R&B/soul singer Heather Headley is born in Trinidad.

1951 Sir Bob Geldof (lead singer for The Boomtown Rats) is born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.

1949 Country pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas.

1948 Lucius "Tawl" Ross (rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic) is born in Wagram, North Carolina.

1947 Brian Johnson (lead singer for AC/DC) is born in Dunston, Gateshead, England.

1945 Brian Connolly (lead singer for Sweet) is born in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland.

1943 Steve Miller is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is raised in Texas.

1942 R&B/soul singer Richard Street (of The Temptations) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1939 Musician/dancer Abi Ofarim is born Abraham Reichstadt in Safed, British Mandate of Palestine. Known for the 1967 Barry Gibb-penned song "Morning of My Life," later recorded by the Bee Gees.

1938 Doo-wop/rock singer Carlo Mastrangelo (of Dion & The Belmonts and Pulse) is born in the Bronx, New York.

1938 Country singer Johnny Duncan is born in Dublin, Texas. Known for the '70s hits "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" and "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better," among others.

1935 Country singer Margie Singleton is born Margaret Louis Ebey in Coushatta, Louisiana. Known for her 1964 duet with Faron Young, "Keeping Up With The Joneses."

1924 Ed Sullivan Show alum Bill Dana is born William Szathmary in Quincy, Massachusetts.

1907 Pop cover singer Mrs. Miller is born Elva Ruby Connes in Joplin, Missouri. Known for her version of Petula Clark's "Downtown," one of many off-key song renditions Miller was both celebrated and criticized for.

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