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Music History Events: Births

March 27, 1975 Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) of Black Eyed Peas is born in Hacienda Heights, California.

March 25, 1975 Melanie Blatt (of All Saints) is born in Camden, London, England.

March 25, 1975 The rapper Juvenile is born Terius Gray in New Orleans, Louisiana. With his producer Mannie Fresh, he creates a "bounce" sound best heard on his 1998 tail shaker "Back That Azz Up."

March 17, 1975 Justin Hawkins, lead singer/guitarist for the glam-pop band The Darkness, is born in Chertsey, Surrey, England. His musical philosophy: "If something's worth doing, it's worth overdoing."

March 15, 1975 will.i.am (of Black Eyed Peas) is born William Adams in Los Angeles.

March 10, 1975 Jerry Horton (lead guitarist for Papa Roach) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.

February 20, 1975 Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys is born in Lexington, Kentucky. His cousin is bandmate Kevin Richardson.

February 4, 1975 Natalie Imbruglia is born in Sydney, Australia. Before embarking on a singing career, she stars on the soap opera Neighbours.

February 2, 1975 Billy Mohler, best known as a member of The Calling, is born in Laguna Beach, California.

February 2, 1975 Stevie Wonder's daughter Aisha (heard crying at the beginning of "Isn't She Lovely") is born. Aisha is Wonder's first child, born to Yolanda Simmons.

February 1, 1975 Big Boi (of the hip-hop duo OutKast) is born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia.

January 2, 1975 Hoobastank lead singer Doug Robb is born in Agoura Hills, California. His lyrics for their 2003 hit "The Reason" ("I'm not a perfect person...") resonate in the TikTok era, when the song finds a new audience.

December 10, 1974 Meg White (of The White Stripes) is born Megan Martha White in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

December 9, 1974 Rapper Canibus is born Germaine Williams in Kingston, Jamaica. He would spend his childhood moving to various cities, following his mother's career.

December 7, 1974 Nicole Appleton (of All Saints) is born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

November 28, 1974 Rapper Apl.de.Ap (of Black Eyed Peas) is born Allan Pineda Lindo in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. He relocates to the US at age 14, where he is adopted by lawyer Joe Ben Hudgens.

November 21, 1974 Kelsi Osborn (of SheDaisy) is born in Magna, Utah.

November 14, 1974 Singer-songwriter Adina Howard is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Known for her debut single, "Freak Like Me" (1995).

November 2, 1974 Nelly is born Cornell Haynes, Jr. in Austin, Texas, but grows up in St. Louis, where he becomes the first major rapper to emerge from the city.

October 18, 1974 Peter Svensson (main songwriter/guitarist for The Cardigans) is born in Huskvarna, Sweden.

October 14, 1974 Natalie Maines, lead singer for The Chicks, is born in Lubbock, Texas. Her group becomes one of the biggest acts in country music, but as a child, Maines is into pop stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna.

October 5, 1974 R&B/soul singer Heather Headley is born in Trinidad.

October 1, 1974 Keith Duffy of Boyzone is born in Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland.

September 6, 1974 Nina Persson (lead singer for The Cardigans) is born in Jönköping, Sweden.

August 30, 1974 Pop singer/songwriter Rich Cronin (of LFO) is born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

July 13, 1974 R&B singer Deborah Cox is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but grows up in Scarborough. She breaks into the music industry as a backup singer for Celine Dion in the early '90s.

June 25, 1974 Mario Calire (drummer for The Wallflowers) is born in Buffalo, New York.

June 7, 1974 Terry "T-Low" Brown (of Next) is born in Minnesota.

June 6, 1974 Uncle Kracker is born Matthew Shafer in Mount Clemens, Michigan.

June 5, 1974 Aaron "P-Nut" Wills (bassist for 311) is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.