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Born on May 16

1978 Guitarist Zoltan Bathory is born in Szentendre, Hungary, where he grows up under communist rule. As an adult he moves to America, teaches himself English, and forms the metal band Five Finger Death Punch. "Growing up in a country that had no resources will make you resourceful," he says.

1968 Ralph Tresvant (lead singer of New Edition) is born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

1966 Janet Jackson is born Janet Damita Jo Jackson in Gary, Indiana, the youngest of nine kids in the Jackson family. She releases her first album in 1982 when she's 16 and breaks through with Control in 1986. Her next album, Rhythm Nation 1814, makes her one of the biggest pop stars on the planet.

1965 Krist Novoselic (bass guitarist for Nirvana) is born in Compton, California.

1955 New wave singer-songwriter Hazel O'Connor is born in Coventry, England.

1953 Richard Page (lead singer of Mr. Mister) is born in Keokuk, Iowa.

1951 Jonathan Richman (frontman for The Modern Lovers) is born in Natick, Massachusetts.

1949 Guitarist William "Sputnik" Spooner (of Grateful Dead, The Tubes) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.

1947 Darrell Sweet (drummer for Nazareth) is born in Bournemouth, England.

1947 '60s singer Barbara Lee (of The Chiffons) is born in The Bronx, New York.

1946 Roger Earl (drummer for Foghat, Savoy Brown) is born in Hampton Court Palace, London, England.

1946 Robert Fripp (guitarist for King Crimson) is born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.

1945 Nicky Chinn, who penned hits with songwriting partner Mike Chapman throughout the '60s and '70s, is born in London, England.

1944 Jazz drummer Billy Cobham is born in Panama.

1936 Doo wop singer Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (of The Dell-Vikings) is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1932 Drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt (Young-Holt Unlimited, The Ramsey Lewis Trio) is born in Rosedale, Mississippi.

1929 Jazz singer Betty Carter is born Lillie Mae Jones in Flint, Michigan.

1919 Liberace is born Władziu Valentino Liberace in West Allis, Wisconsin, along with a twin who dies at birth.

1913 Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.