Pick a Day

Born on October 24

1997 Raye is born Rachel Agatha Keen in London. She signs a record deal in 2014 when she's just 17, but her label stubbornly refuses to release her debut album, My 21st Century Blues, farming her out instead as a featured vocalist. She finally releases it independently in 2023 and becomes known for retro-soul confessionals like "Escapism" and "Where Is My Husband!"

1986 Aubrey Drake Graham is born in Toronto. After a stint on the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation, he becomes a superstar rapper under the name Drake.

1983 Adrienne Bailon (lead singer for 3LW) is born in New York City, New York.

1980 R&B singer Monica is born Monica Denise Arnold in Atlanta, Georgia.

1979 Ben Gillies (drummer for Silverchair) is born in New Castle, New South Wales, Australia.

1948 Dale "Buffin" Griffin (drummer for Mott The Hoople) is born Terence Dale Griffin in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

1948 Twin pop singers Paul and Barry Ryan are born with the surname Sapherson in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1947 Edgar Broughton (of The Edgar Broughton Band) is born Robert Edgar Broughton in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

1946 Jerry Edmonton (drummer for Steppenwolf) is born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

1944 Ted Templeman (guitarist/vocalist for Harper's Bizarre) is born in Santa Cruz, California.

1944 Soul singer Bettye Swann is born Betty Jean Champion in Shreveport, Louisiana. Known for the 1967 hit "Make Me Yours."

1937 Surf rocker Santo Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1936 Bill Wyman, the Rolling Stones bass player from 1962-1993, is born William George Perks in South London, England.

1930 J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is born Jiles Perry Richardson in Sabine Pass, Texas.

1911 Bluesman Sonny Terry is born Saunders Terrell in Greensboro, Georgia. Terry begins focusing on music when an injury to his eyes leaves him blind at age 16.