Pick a Day

Born on October 11

2024 Brantley Gilbert stops his show in Tupelo, Mississippi when he gets word that his wife is in the tour bus and has gone into labor (assisted by a midwife). Gilbert witnesses the birth and returns to the stage to finish the set, telling the crowd, "We got a baby!"

1992 Amy Grant and her songwriter husband Gary Chapman have their third child: Sarah Cannon.

1971 Rapper MC Lyte is born Lana Michele Moorer in Brooklyn, New York.

1966 Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is born in Portland, Oregon. Known for humorous story songs like "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues" and "Beer Run," he builds a following in the Pacific Northwest but is careful to stay out of the mainstream.

1962 Scott Johnson (rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist for Gin Blossoms) is born.

1950 Andrew Woolfolk (saxophonist/flautist for Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in Texas.

1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.

1946 Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) is born Daryl Franklin Hohl in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

1943 Country singer Gene Watson is born in Palestine, Texas.

1932 Country singer/songwriter Dottie West is born Dorothy Marie Marsh near McMinnville, Tennessee.

1919 Jazz drummer/bandleader Art Blakey is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.