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Music History Events: Births

January 11, 1971 Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is born in Kingston upon Thames, England.

December 29, 1970 Toad The Wet Sprocket frontman Glen Phillips is born in Santa Barbara, California.

December 18, 1970 Rapper DMX is born Earl Simmons in Mount Vernon, New York. He takes his stage name from the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used as a teen.

December 6, 1970 Ulf Ekberg (of Ace Of Base) is born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

December 2, 1970 Treach (of the hip-hop trio Naughty by Nature) is born Anthony Criss in East Orange, New Jersey.

November 27, 1970 Skoob (of the hip-hop duo Das EFX) is born William Hines in Brooklyn, New York.

November 24, 1970 Guitarist Chad Taylor of Live is born in Baltimore, Maryland. By age 13, he moves to York, Pennsylvania, where he meets his future bandmates in middle school.

November 10, 1970 Warren G, a purveyor of G-Funk known for his 1994 hit "Regulate," is born Warren Griffin III in Long Beach, California.

November 10, 1970 Martha Reeves (of The Vandellas) gives birth to her first and only son, Eric.

November 9, 1970 Rapper Scarface is born Brad Terrence Jordan in Houston, Texas. Borrowing his stage name from the 1983 Al Pacino film Scarface, he joins the Geto Boys before going solo.

November 8, 1970 Reggae singer Diana King is born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica. She cameos on The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 song "Respect" before landing a recording contract with Sony Music.

November 5, 1970 Twin sisters Heather and Jennifer Kinley (of the country duo The Kinleys) are born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

October 31, 1970 Linn Berggren (of Ace of Base) is born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

October 29, 1970 Toby Smith (keyboardist for Jamiroquai) is born in London, England.

October 25, 1970 Ed Robertson (frontman for Barenaked Ladies) is born Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

October 15, 1970 R&B singer/rapper Ginuwine is born Elgin Baylor Lumpkin in Washington, D.C.

October 2, 1970 R&B singer Dion Allen (of Az Yet) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for the song "Last Night" and the Chicago cover "Hard to Say I'm Sorry."

September 27, 1970 Mark Calderon (of Color Me Badd) is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

September 23, 1970 Ani DiFranco is born Angela Maria DiFranco in Buffalo, New York.

September 17, 1970 Vin Rock (of Naughty by Nature) is born Vincent Brown in East Orange, New Jersey.

September 14, 1970 Craig Montoya (bassist for Everclear) is born in Spokane, Washington.

September 9, 1970 Rapper Dray (of Das EFX) is born Andre Weston in Teaneck, New Jersey. Featured on Ice Cube's 1993 hit, "Check Yo Self."

September 7, 1970 Chad Sexton (drummer/percussionist for 311) is born in Lexington, Kentucky.

August 31, 1970 Debbie Gibson is born in Brooklyn, New York. A music prodigy, she has two #1 hits while still in her teens: "Foolish Beat" in 1988 and "Lost In Your Eyes" a year later.

August 29, 1970 R&B singer Carl Martin (of Shai) is born in Lafayette, Louisiana. Known for the 1992 hit "If I Ever Fall in Love."

August 27, 1970 No Doubt bass player Tony Kanal is born in London to Indian parents. He and frontwoman Gwen Stefani date for about seven years, triggering the song "Don't Speak," but they manage to remain friends and bandmates after their split.

August 25, 1970 Country singer Jo Dee Messina is born in Holliston, Massachusetts.

August 20, 1970 Nu-metal pioneer Fred Durst (frontman for Limp Bizkit) is born in Gastonia, North Carolina.

August 14, 1970 Kevin Cadogan (guitarist for Third Eye Blind) is born in Oakland, California.

August 11, 1970 DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) is born in Brooklyn, New York.