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Music History Events: Births

July 26, 1967 Timothy Barnwell - "Headliner" of Arrested Development - is born in New Jersey.

July 22, 1967 Pat Badger (bassist for Extreme) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

June 24, 1967 Jeff Cease, The Black Crowes guitarist on their debut album, is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

June 20, 1967 Murphy Karges (bassist for Sugar Ray) is born in Orange County, California.

June 9, 1967 Dean Felber (bass guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish) is born in Bethesda, Maryland.

June 9, 1967 Dean Dinning (bass guitarist for Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born in Santa Barbara, California.

June 7, 1967 Guitarist Dave Navarro, who does time in Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers and several other bands, is born in Santa Monica, California.

June 1, 1967 Roger Sanchez is born in Queens, New York. The DJ/music producer will gain notoriety with his dance remixes, including his Grammy Award-winning spin on No Doubt's "Hella Good."

May 29, 1967 Noel Gallagher is born in Burnage, Manchester, England. He and his younger brother Liam form Oasis.

May 26, 1967 Kristen Pfaff (bassist for Hole) is born in Buffalo, New York.

May 24, 1967 Rapper Heavy D is born Dwight Errington Myers in Mandeville, Middlesex, Jamaica.

May 23, 1967 Phil Selway (drummer for Radiohead) is born in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

May 22, 1967 Dan Roberts (bass guitarist for Crash Test Dummies) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

May 13, 1967 Pop singer Melanie Thornton (of La Bouche) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.

May 10, 1967 Rapper Young MC is born Marvin Young in South Wimbledon, London, England.

May 6, 1967 Mark Bryan (lead guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish) is born in Silver Spring, Maryland.

April 30, 1967 Rapper Turbo B (frontman for Snap!) is born Durron Maurice Butler in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

April 30, 1967 Dishwalla leader J.R. Richards is born in Santa Barbara, California.

April 28, 1967 "Mama" Cass Elliot of The Mamas & The Papas becomes a real mama, giving birth to her only child, a daughter named Owen Vanessa. Elliot doesn't name the father, but Owen later learns that it's a bass player named Chuck Day.

April 24, 1967 Patty Schemel (drummer for Hole) is born in Seattle, Washington.

April 2, 1967 Guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp (of Smash Mouth) is born in West Covina, California.

March 29, 1967 Blues Traveler frontman John Popper is born in Chardon, Ohio.

March 21, 1967 Jonas Berggren (of Ace Of Base) is born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

March 21, 1967 Keith "Maxim" Palmer (of The Prodigy) is born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

March 17, 1967 Billy Corgan is born in Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago. He forms Smashing Pumpkins in 1988, taking the reins as their lead singer, guitarist and songwriter. They carve out a sound in the '90s distinguished by waves of sound and Corgan's emotional intensity. Popular tracks include "1979" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings."

March 7, 1967 Randy Guss (drummer for Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born.

March 4, 1967 Evan Dando (frontman for The Lemonheads) is born in Essex, Massachusetts.

January 15, 1967 Lisa Velez (of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam) is born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.

January 9, 1967 Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell is born in Santa Clara, California.

December 26, 1966 J. Yuenger (guitarist for White Zombie) is born Jay Noel Yuenger in Chicago, Illinois.