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Born on September 14

2005 Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, Sean Federline.

1988 Muni Long (pronounced "money long") is born Priscilla Renea Hamilton in Gifford, Florida. She writes hits for Fifth Harmony ("Worth It") and Rihanna ("California King Bed") before breaking through as an artist with the song "Hrs And Hrs" in 2022.

1983 Amy Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England.

1973 Rapper Nas is born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York.

1970 Craig Montoya (bassist for Everclear) is born in Spokane, Washington.

1959 Morten Harket, lead singer of the synthpop group a-ha, is born in Kongsberg, Norway.

1955 Keyboardist/saxophonist Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1954 Barry Cowsill (drummer, then bassist for The Cowsills) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.

1950 Rock guitarist Paul Kossoff (of Free) is born in Hampstead, London, England.

1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist/songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Seneca, Missouri, but would be raised in Miami, Oklahoma.

1949 MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith is born in West Virgina, raised in Detroit. In 1980, he marries fellow punk pioneer Patti Smith.

1947 Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (of Sha Na Na) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1946 Pete Agnew (bassist for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1944 Singer/actress Joey Heatherton is born Davenie Johanna Heatherton in Rockville Centre, New York. Known for the 1972 hits "Gone" and "I'm Sorry."

1918 Double bassist/composer Cachao is born Israel López Valdés in Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba. Pioneered the modern mambo with the 1938 song "Mambo."

1914 Music producer/songwriter Mae Axton is born in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Known as "The Queen Mother of Nashville," Axton co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel."