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Births


 * 1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian composer (d. 1961)
 * 1908 – Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1975)
 * 1914 – Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993)
 * 1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005)
 * 1932 – Jerry Vale, American singer
 * 1935 – Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer
 * 1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * 1957 – Carlos Cavazo, American musician (Quiet Riot)
 * 1961 – Toby Keith, American singer
 * 1961 – Andrew Fletcher, English musician (Depeche Mode)
 * 1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
 * 1969 – Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer
 * 1970 – Beck, American singer
 * 1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
 * 1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
 * 1985 – Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
 * 1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist