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Born on May 7

1970 Cold lead singer Scooter Ward is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1968 Eagle-Eye Cherry (yes, that's his real name) is born in Skane, Sweden. Known for his hit "Save Tonight," he's the son of trumpet player Don Cherry and half-brother of Neneh Cherry.

1961 Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell is born in Pontypridd, Wales.

1958 Rock guitarist Marty Willson-Piper (of The Church) is born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

1956 Anne Dudley (of The Art of Noise) is born in Beckenham, Kent, England.

1955 Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle is born in Manchester, England. Starting with their groundbreaking indie EP Spiral Scratch, he's in every lineup of the pop-punk trailblazers, taking over on vocals after frontman Pete Shelley dies in 2018.

1950 Drummer Prairie Prince (of The Tubes, Journey, New Cars) is born Charles Lempriere Prince in Charlotte, North Carolina.

1946 Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (of Starland Vocal Band) is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1946 Jerry Nolan (drummer for New York Dolls, Heartbreakers) is born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.

1946 Rock guitarist Ray Monette (of Rare Earth, Funkadelic) is born.

1946 Bill Kreutzmann, drummer for the Grateful Dead, is born in Palo Alto, California.

1943 Rick West (lead guitarist for The Tremeloes) is born Richard Westwood in Dagenham, Essex, England.

1939 Johnny Maestro (original lead singer for The Crests, Brooklyn Bridge) is born John Mastrangelo in New York City.

1936 Soul singer Jimmy Ruffin is born in Collinsville, Mississippi, to a family that will later include younger brother David Ruffin (of The Temptations).

1931 '50s pop/jazz singer Teresa Brewer is born in Toledo, Ohio.

1927 '50s pop singer-songwriter Jim Lowe is born in Springfield, Missouri.

1840 The composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky is born in Votkinsk, Russia.

1833 Composer Johannes Brahms is born in Hamburg, Germany.