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Music History Events: Births

December 20, 1966 Chris Robinson (lead singer for The Black Crowes) is born in Marietta, Georgia. His dad, Stanley "Stan" Robinson, had a 1959 hit with "Boom-A-Dip-Dip."

December 10, 1966 Timothy Christian Riley (drummer, keyboardist for Tony! Toni! Tone!) is born.

December 8, 1966 Rapper Bushwick Bill (of Geto Boys) is born Richard Stephen Shaw in Jamaica.

December 8, 1966 Sinead O'Connor is born in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland. At 23 she takes the Prince-written "Nothing Compares 2 U" to #1 around the world, but she struggles with fame and soon becomes known less for her music and more for courting controversy, especially after she tears up a photo of the Pope on Saturday Night Live in 1992.

November 25, 1966 R&B and gospel singer Stacy Lattisaw is born in Washington, D.C. She has a #1 hit in 1989 with the duet "Where Do We Go From Here" with Johnny Gill.

November 23, 1966 Ken Block (lead singer of Sister Hazel) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

November 23, 1966 Charlie Grover (second drummer for Sponge) is born.

November 1, 1966 Willie D (of Geto Boys) is born Willie James Dennis in Houston, Texas.

October 31, 1966 Adam Horovitz (aka Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys) is born in Manhattan, New York. He shouts out his own birthday in the song "The New Style."

October 23, 1966 Gospel singer David Thomas (of Take 6) is born.

October 11, 1966 Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is born in Portland, Oregon. Known for humorous story songs like "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues" and "Beer Run," he builds a following in the Pacific Northwest but is careful to stay out of the mainstream.

October 6, 1966 Tommy Stinson (bass guitarist for The Replacements) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

September 27, 1966 Stephan Jenkins (frontman for Third Eye Blind) is born in Indio, California.

September 20, 1966 Nuno Bettencourt (lead guitarist for Extreme) is born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. He would be raised in Hudson, Massachusetts.

September 18, 1966 Ian "Spike" Spice (drummer for Breathe) is born in England. Known for the 1988 hit "Hands to Heaven."

September 12, 1966 Singer/pianist Ben Folds is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

September 10, 1966 Miles Zuniga (guitarist/vocalist for Fastball) is born in Laredo, Texas.

September 10, 1966 Robin Goodridge (drummer for Bush) is born in Crawley, West Sussex, England.

September 5, 1966 R&B singer Terry Ellis (of En Vogue) is born in Houston, Texas.

August 26, 1966 Dan Vickrey (lead guitarist for Counting Crows) is born in Walnut Creek, California.

August 26, 1966 Shirley Manson is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she forms the band Angelfish. Their video for "Suffocate Me" gets the attention of the Americans Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, who convince her to join their new band, Garbage.

August 25, 1966 Public Enemy DJ Terminator X is born Norman Lee Rogers. In the late '90s, he joins the family business raising African black ostriches on a farm in North Carolina.

August 19, 1966 Country singer Lee Ann Womack is born in Jacksonville, Texas.

August 17, 1966 Vocalist/bassist Jill Cunniff (of Luscious Jackson) is born in New York City.

August 7, 1966 Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses is born in Atlanta, Georgia. After suffering a brain injury from a bike accident at 16, she starts hearing noises in her head and develops a split personality she calls Rat Girl, who emerges when she writers and performs.

August 3, 1966 Dean Sams (keyboardist for Lonestar) is born in Garland, Texas.

July 29, 1966 Country singer Martina McBride is born in Sharon, Kansas.

July 20, 1966 Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is born in Seattle, Washington. Along with Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, he's a founding and constant member of the band. Gossard also records as a solo artist and with the band Brad.

July 14, 1966 Ellen Reid (keyboardist/accordionist for Crash Test Dummies) is born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada.

July 14, 1966 Tanya Donelly is born in Newport, Rhode Island. She forms Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh when both are 14; Donelly later forms Belly and The Breeders.