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1979 Chuck Comeau (drummer for Simple Plan) is born Charles-André Comeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1976 Pop singer Maile Misajon (of Eden's Crush) is born in Long Beach, California.

1970 Vin Rock (of Naughty by Nature) is born Vincent Brown in East Orange, New Jersey.

1968 Rapper Lord Jamar (of Brand Nubian) is born Lorenzo Dechalus in New Rochelle, New York.

1962 R&B/gospel singer BeBe Winans is born Benjamin Winans in Detroit, Michigan.

1950 Fee Waybill (lead singer/songwriter for The Tubes) is born John Waldo Waybill in Omaha, Nebraska.

1940 R&B singer LaMonte McLemore (of The 5th Dimension) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1929 Jazz saxophonist Sil Austin is born in Dunnellon, Florida. Known for his signature tune, "Danny Boy."

1926 Rock 'n Roller Bill Black is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He would later play slap bass in Elvis Presley's early trio, The Blue Moon Boys, before fronting his own Bill Black's Combo.

1926 Jazz organist/bandleader Brother Jack McDuff is born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois.

1923 Country musician Hank Williams is born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama.

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