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1992 Nick Jonas of Jonas Brothers is born in Dallas, Texas.

1979 Flo Rida is born Tramar Lacel Dillard in, you guessed it, Florida (Carol City, to be exact).

1969 Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann is born in London. With the hit single "Connection," hers is one of the few female voices heard during the Britpop movement.

1968 Salsa artist Marc Anthony is born Marco Antonio Muñiz in New York City.

1963 Richard Marx is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1959 Vicki Blue (Victory Tischler-Blue) is born in Newport Beach, California. In 1977 she joins The Runaways after bassist Jackie Fox leaves, and plays on their fourth album. After the breakup of the band, Blue goes on to forge a career as an actress: playing Cindy in the 1984 mockumentary movie This is Spinal Tap.

1954 Frank Reed (lead singer for The Chi-Lites) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.

1950 Country singer David Bellamy (of The Bellamy Brothers) is born in Darby, Florida.

1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.

1948 Ron Blair (original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in San Diego, California.

1944 R&B singer Betty Kelly (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Attalla, Alabama.

1942 Bernard Calvert (bass guitarist/keyboardist for The Hollies) is born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.

1941 Joe Butler (drummer/vocalist for The Lovin' Spoonful) is born on Long Island, New York.

1925 Guitarist Charlie Byrd is born in Suffolk, Virginia. He helps bring bossa nova to America with his 1962 album, Jazz Samba, a collaboration with Stan Getz.

1925 Bluesman B.B. King is born Riley B. King near Berclair, Mississippi.

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