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1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
1961 Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim McDonnell], American rock drummer (Stray Cats), born in Brooklyn, New York
1961 Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
1897 "Sweet" Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana ( d. 1983)
1934 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter-guitarist (Train Kept A-Rollin', You're Sixteen), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1964)
1936 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
1942 Aretha Franklin , American
singer -songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul" (Respect) and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 201
1966 Jeff Healey, Canadian blind pop guitarist (See the Light), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 200
1929 Maurice Simon, jazz musician
1936 Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
1948 Richard Tandy, rock bassist (ELO)
1948 Steven Tyler, American rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie's Got a Gun), born in NYC, New York
1949 Fran Sheehan, American rock bassist (Boston- "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1950 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American singer (Turn Off the Lights), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2010)
1868 Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (Happy Birthday to You), born in Anchorage, Kentucky (d. 1946)
1905 Leroy Carr, blues singer-songwriter, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1935)
1906 Pee Wee Russell, American jazz musician, born in Maplewood, Missouri (d. 1969)
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1924 Sarah Vaughan, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990)
