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Music History Events: Births

April 13, 1972 Staind frontman Aaron Lewis is born in Rutland City, Vermont, raised in Massachusetts.

April 8, 1972 Bass player Paul Gray, a founding member of Slipknot, is born in Los Angeles but is raised in Des Moines, Iowa, where he forms the band. Gray is just 38 when he dies from a drug overdose in 2010.

April 4, 1972 Magnus Sveningsson (bass guitarist for The Cardigans) is born in Falkoping, Sweden.

April 4, 1972 Jill Scott is born in Philadelphia, where she makes the scene in the late '90s collaborating with The Roots. In 2000 she releases her debut solo album, Who Is Jill Scott?, with the single "A Long Walk." She later moves into acting, with roles on the TV series Girlfriends and the movie Why Did I Get Married?

March 17, 1972 Bass player Melissa Auf der Maur is born in Montreal, Quebec. She's in Courtney Love's group Hole from 1994-1999, and does a stint in Smashing Pumpkins from 1999-2000.

March 15, 1972 Mark Hoppus (bassist, co-lead vocalist of blink-182) is born in Ridgecrest, California.

March 13, 1972 Rapper Common is born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. in Chicago, Illinois.

March 10, 1972 Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley is born in Norfolk, Virginia. In the '90s, he makes a name for himself producing tracks for Aaliyah and Ginuwine; the next decade finds him crafting hits for Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, and many others.

December 25, 1971 Noel Hogan (guitarist for The Cranberries) is born in Moyross, Limerick, England. He writes most of the music for their songs, with Dolores O'Riordan adding the lyrics.

December 21, 1971 Fuel frontman Brett Scallions is born in Brownsville, Tennessee.

December 16, 1971 Michael McCary (original bass singer for Boyz II Men) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

December 10, 1971 Scot Alexander (bass guitarist for Dishwalla) is born in Santa Barbara, California.

December 9, 1971 Portishead instrumentalist Geoff Barrow is born in Somerset, England.

December 3, 1971 "This Is How We Do It" singer Montell Jordan is born in Los Angeles, California.

November 19, 1971 R&B singer-songwriter Tony Rich is born Antonio Jeffries Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. Known for the 1996 hit single "Nobody Knows."

November 5, 1971 Jonny Greenwood (lead guitarist, keyboardist of Radiohead) is born in Oxford, England.

November 4, 1971 Shawn Rivera (of the R&B group Az Yet) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

November 2, 1971 John Hampson (vocalist, guitarist for Nine Days) is born in the US.

October 21, 1971 Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Bianca have a daughter they name Jade. It's Mick's first child.

October 17, 1971 Chris Kirkpatrick is born in Clarion, Pennsylvania. He joins 'N Sync, and also makes cameo appearances in music videos for A Day to Remember's "2nd Sucks," and Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous."

October 11, 1971 Rapper MC Lyte is born Lana Michele Moorer in Brooklyn, New York.

October 3, 1971 Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys is born in Lexington, Kentucky.

October 2, 1971 Pop singer Tiffany is born Tiffany Darwish in Norwalk, California. She has two #1 hits: "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been."

September 28, 1971 A.J. Croce, son of Jim Croce, is born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; his birth inspires the song "Time In A Bottle." A.J. becomes a singer-songwriter like his dad, who dies in a plane crash in 1973.

September 24, 1971 Marty Cintron (of No Mercy) is born in the Bronx, New York City.

September 11, 1971 Richard Ashcroft (lead singer for The Verve) is born in Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England.

September 6, 1971 Dolores O'Riordan (lead singer for The Cranberries) is born in County Limerick, Ireland.

August 21, 1971 Electronic/rock musician Liam Howlett (of The Prodigy) is born in Braintree, Essex, England.

August 4, 1971 The rapper Yo-Yo (Yolanda Whitaker) is born in Los Angeles. Teaming with Ice Cube, she has a hit in 1991 with "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo."

July 30, 1971 Brad Hargreaves (drummer for Third Eye Blind) is born in Marin County, California.