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Music History Events: Births

November 12, 1976 R&B singer and actor Tevin Campbell is born in Waxahachie, Texas. Known for '90s hits like "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do," "Can We Talk," and "I'm Ready."

September 17, 1976 Pop singer Maile Misajon (of Eden's Crush) is born in Long Beach, California.

September 15, 1976 Pop singer Ivette Sosa (of Eden's Crush) is born in Edison, New Jersey. Known for the 2001 hit "Get Over Yourself."

August 8, 1976 Drew Lachey (of 98 Degrees) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

August 8, 1976 JC Chasez (of 'N Sync) is born Joshua Scott Chasez in Washington, D.C.

August 1, 1976 Gladys Knight gives birth to her third child, Shanga-Ali.

July 12, 1976 R&B singer-songwriter Tracie Spencer is born in Waterloo, Iowa. Shortly after signing to Capitol Records in 1988, at age 12, she releases the hit singles "Hide and Seek" and "Symptoms of True Love."

July 3, 1976 Shane Lynch (of Boyzone) is born in Donaghmede, North-east Dublin, Ireland.

June 27, 1976 Leigh Nash (lead vocalist for Sixpence None the Richer) is born in New Braunfels, Texas.

June 21, 1976 Mike Einziger (guitarist for Incubus) is born in Los Angeles, California.

June 15, 1976 Dryden Mitchell (frontman for Alien Ant Farm) is born in Redondo Beach, California.

June 4, 1976 Country singer Kasey Chambers is born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia.

June 2, 1976 Tim Rice-Oxley (keyboardist for Keane) is born in Oxford, England.

May 29, 1976 Dave Buckner (original drummer for Papa Roach) is born in Los Angeles, California.

May 17, 1976 R&B singer-songwriter Kandi Burruss (of Xscape) is born in College Park, Georgia.

May 14, 1976 Hunter Burgan (bass guitarist for AFI) is born in Grass Valley, California.

April 26, 1976 Jose Pasillas (drummer for Incubus) is born in Calabasas, California.

March 26, 1976 David Keuning (lead guitarist for The Killers) is born in Pella, Iowa.

March 20, 1976 Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington is born in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for writing songs about inner turmoil and singing them with blistering ferocity, he helps the band build a huge and fiercely loyal fanbase. Bennington, though, struggles with depression and substance abuse and dies by suicide in 2017 at 41.

March 17, 1976 Stephen Gately (of Boyzone) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

March 8, 1976 Gaz Coombes (lead vocalist, guitarist of Supergrass) is born in Oxford, England.

February 29, 1976 Ja Rule is born Jeffrey Atkins in Queens, New York.

February 15, 1976 Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd is born in Van Nuys, California.

February 4, 1976 Rapper Cam'ron is born Cameron Ezike Giles in Harlem, New York.

January 28, 1976 R&B singer Raphael "Tweet" Brown (of Next) is born in Minnesota.

January 21, 1976 Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice" of Spice Girls) is born in Finchley, North London.

January 8, 1976 Jenny Lewis is born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She's a child actress (Troop Beverly Hills, The Wizard) before launching her music career as frontwoman for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley in 1998. She's also a solo artist and is involved in lots of collaborations, notably with The Postal Service - she sings on their 2003 debut album and also tours with the band.

December 18, 1975 Sia is born Sia Furler in Adelaide, Australia. She co-writes and sings on David Guetta's "Titanium" and Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" before releasing her breakthrough album, 1000 Forms Of Fear, in 2014, which includes the hits "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart."

December 14, 1975 R&B singer Brian Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is born in Wheatley Heights, New York.

December 13, 1975 Tom DeLonge (guitarist, co-lead vocalist for Blink-182) is born in Poway, California. Two pivotal moments in his youth shape DeLonge's future: In junior high, he picks up his first electric six-string guitar in a room filled with punk-rock records and he discovers a book about the Loch Ness Monster in the school library. The former primes him to be a rock star, while the latter inspires a lifelong fascination with mysterious phenomena.