Pick a Day

Born on March 8

1988 Producer Benny Blanco is born Benjamin Levin in Reston, Virginia. He works on some of the biggest hits for Kesha ("TiK ToK"), Maroon 5 ("Moves Like Jagger"), and Selena Gomez ("Same Old Love"), whom he marries in 2025.

1979 Tom Chaplin (lead singer of Keane) is born in Hastings, East Sussex, England.

1978 Kameelah Williams (lead singer of the R&B trio 702) is born in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1976 Gaz Coombes (lead vocalist, guitarist of Supergrass) is born in Oxford, England.

1968 Rob Dukes (of Exodus) is born in Florida.

1968 Shawn Mullins is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1964 Peter Gill (drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood) is born in Liverpool, England.

1958 Gary Numan is born in Hammersmith, London, England. He starts his music career as the lead singer of Tubeway Army.

1953 Gayla Peevey is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She becomes famous at 10 years old when she records the novelty tune "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas."

1949 Dave Lambert (guitarist of The Strawbs) is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.

1948 Mel Galley (of Whitesnake) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

1948 Little Peggy March is born Margaret Annemarie Battavio in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

1947 Michael Allsup (guitarist for Three Dog Night) is born in Oakdale, California.

1947 Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is born in Manhattan, New York City.

1946 Randy Meisner (bassist for Poco, Eagles) is born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

1945 Micky Dolenz (drummer, vocalist for The Monkees) is born George Michael Dolenz, Jr. in Los Angeles, California.

1943 Shel Macrae (of The Fortunes) is born Andrew Raeburn Semple in Burnbank, Scotland.

1942 Ralph Ellis (guitarist for The Swinging Blue Jeans) is born in Liverpool, England.

1927 Jazz pianist/composer Dick Hyman is born in New York City.