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Born on September 29

1968 Bassist Brad Smith (of Blind Melon) is born in West Point, Mississippi.

1963 Primus singer/bassist Les Claypool is born in Richmond, California.

1956 Bob Carlisle of "Butterfly Kisses" fame is born in Santa Ana, California.

1948 Guitarist Mike Pinera (of Iron Butterfly) is born in Tampa, Florida.

1948 Mark Farner (lead singer/guitarist for Grand Funk) is born in Flint, Michigan.

1944 Composer Mike Post is born Leland Michael Postil in Berkeley, California. Composed many TV theme songs, including Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues.

1944 Tommy Tate (vocalist/drummer for The Imperial Show Band) is born in Homestead, Florida.

1944 Folk singer Anne Briggs is born in Toton, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England.

1942 Virtuoso violinist/composer Jean-Luc Ponty is born in Avranches, France.

1939 Songwriter Tommy Boyce (Boyce & Hart) is born Sidney Thomas Boyce in Charlottesville, Virginia. Co-wrote the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville."

1935 Jerry Lee Lewis is born in Ferriday, Louisiana.