Birth

Winnie Lightner is born in Greenport, new York State, USA. She will find success as a singer and actress, nicknamed The Song-A-Minute Girl, appearing often in screen musicals.

Melville J. Stitzel is born in Germany, Europe. He will achieve success as jazz pianist and songwriter Mel Stitzel with The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton, The Bucktown Five, The Stomp Six and others, after moving to the USA.

Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard is born in Cumuto, Trinidad, Caribbean, West Indies. He will find success as calypso singer Sir Lancelot.

James Bracken is born in Kansas City, Missouri. As Jimmy Bracken, he will found Vee-Jay Records in Chicago in 1953. With acts like The Spaniels, Jimmy Reed, The Impressions and Gene Chandler, his company will become a major competitor with Chess Records. In the early 60s, Vee-Jay was the first label to issue The Beatles material in America.

Oscar Aleman is born in Resistencia, Chaco Province, Northern Argentina. He will become popular as a leading jazz guitarist and recording artist in Paris, France.

Oliver E. Alcorn is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will become a respected blues clarinettist, also playing the alto and tenor saxophone. He will record with Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra, Little Brother Montgomery and others.

Country singer and yodeller Leon Huff, nicknamed The Texas Songbird, is born in Whitesboro, Texas, USA. During his career Leon will sing with The Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills' Texas Playboys and Johnnie Lee Wills And His Boys.

Jack Fascinato is born in Bevier, Missouri, USA. He will find success as a musical arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist.

Louis 'Moondog' Hardin is born in Marysville, Kansas, USA. Hardin will begin his musical career as a percussionist in his high school band, losing his sight in 1929 when a dynamite cap explodes in his hands. Following the accident, Hardin attends the Iowa School For The Blind and the Missouri School For The Blind, where he studies stringed instruments, organ and harmony. He also learns to compose in braille. In later years, using the name Moondog, he will become an innovative jazz/avant-garde composer, instrument maker and recording artist, familiar and much-loved on the streets of New York City, where he performed dressed in bizarre Viking garb.

Clent Holmes, who will play guitar with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA.

Country music singer and recording artist Esco Hankins is born.

Tenor sax player Gene 'Jug' Ammons, son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Roselea Arbana Maddox is born near Boaz, Alabama, USA. She will find fame as country singer Rose Maddox.

William James Eyden is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, UK. He will find success as jazz and r'n'b drummer Bill Eyden, a stalwart of Georgie Fame's Blue Flames and other bands. Eyden will also be the session man chosen to play drums on A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, who will find fame as Nina Simone, is born in Tryon, North Carolina, USA.

Walter Williams is born in Osceola, Arkansas, USA. He will find a measure of success as Chicago-based blues guitarist and singer Lefty Dizz.

Russell Steagall is born in Gainesville, Texas, USA. He will find success as musician, songwriter and recording artist Red Steagall. He will be named The Official Cowboy Poet of Texas in 1991.

Gloria Jones is born in Longview, Texas, USA. As a 60s soul vocalist she will record Tainted Love which will go on to become a Northern Soul classic during the 70s in the UK and will provide cover version hits for Soft Cell in 1981 and Marilyn Manson in 2002.

Popular Italian singer Iva Zanicchi is born in Ligonchio, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Europe.

Singer and recording artist Lena Martell is born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

George Francis Morton is born in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He will find success in the 1960s as idiosyncratic record producer Shadow Morton, best-known for the hits he produced for girl-group The Shangri-Las and psychedelic pioneers Vanilla Fudge.

Chris Hillman of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furay and Desert Rose, is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After is born in Nottingham, UK.

John Lees, guitarist and founder of Barclay James Harvest is born in Oldham, Lancashire, UK.

Carlos Santana is born in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico.

Multi-instrumentalist Terry Woods of The Pogues is born in Dublin, Ireland.

John Michael Osbourne is born in Aston, Birmingham, UK. He will find fame as Ozzy Osbourne.

Robert Eugene Steinhardt is born in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He will find success as Robby Steinhardt, singer and violinist of Kansas.

Singer, lyricist, composer and arranger Karen Young is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Elvy Sukaesih is born, and will become one of the most popular singers in Java, Indonesia, Asia.

Doulas Glenn Colvin is born in Fort Lee, Virginia, USA. He will find success as Dee Dee Ramone, bassist and songwriter for The Ramones.

Outspoken, staunchly leftwing folk singer, songwriter and recording artist Alistair Hulett is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

Les Dudek is born at the Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA. He will find success as a blues-rock guitarist.

Enrico de Jesus Puno is born in Manila, Philippines, Asia. He will find success as pop singer Rico J. Puno.

Phil Kennemore, is born in Oakland, California, USA. He will find success as bassist of hard rock band Y&T.

Garrick Roberts is born in Dublin, Ireland. He will find success as Garry Roberts, guitarist of The Boomtown Rats.

Paul Handyside, singer/guitarist of late-80s UK indie band Hurrah!, is born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.

Jimmy Schulman, bassist of New Jersey based 80s thrash metal band Hades, is born.

Gladys Knight gives birth to her second child, a girl, Kenya Maria Newman.

John Norum, guitarist with Europe, is born in Vardo, Norway, Europe.

Blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland is born in Harlem, New York City, USA.

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant is born in New York City, USA. She will find fame as Lana Del Rey.

Michael Robert Henrion Posner is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He will find international success as singer-songwriter Mike Posner. As well as composing his own hits, Posner will co-write Sugar by Maroon 5, Boyfriend by Justin Bieber, Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth, plus songs for Talib Kweli, Pharrell Williams, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Nelly, TI, Snoop Dogg, Nick Jonas, Avicii, Austin Mahone, and more.

Carlo Walbel is born in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe. He will find success as rapper, singer, producer and designer Cro.

Kim Him Chan is born in Seoul, South Korea, Asia. he will find success under the mononym Himchan, as a member of the boyband B.A.P.