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Music History Events: Births

July 20, 1976 Wolfmother lead singer Andrew Stockdale is born in Brisbane, Australia.

July 17, 1976 Luke Bryan is born Thomas Luther Bryan in Leesburg, Georgia. After attending Georgia Southern University and working on his family's peanut farm, he moves to Nashville in 2001 and releases his first album, I'll Stay Me, in 2007.

June 18, 1976 Blake Shelton is born in Ada, Oklahoma.

May 11, 1976 Record producer/musician Alexander Perls is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

January 13, 1976 Bic Runga is born Briolette Kah Bic Runga at Christchurch, New Zealand.

April 7, 1975 John Cooper, frontman for the Christian rock band Skillet, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

November 15, 1974 Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger is born in Alberta, Canada.

November 11, 1974 Stephen Garrett, a songwriter/producer known as Static Major, is born in Louisville, Kentucky. His hits include "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne and "Are You That Somebody?" by Aaliyah.

November 5, 1974 Ryan Adams is born David Ryan Adams in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He'll front the alt country band Whiskeytown before embarking on a solo career.

October 14, 1974 Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler) of Insane Clown Posse is born in Michigan.

September 12, 1974 Country singer Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland) is born in Douglas, Georgia.

July 4, 1974 Singer Inara George is born in Towson, Maryland, near where her dad, Lowell George, recorded the Feats Don't Fail Me Now album with his band Little Feat. Her middle name is "Maryland" in tribute.

April 3, 1974 Drew Shirley (guitarist for Switchfoot) is born in Key West, Florida.

March 24, 1974 Chad Butler (drummer for Switchfoot) is born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

February 15, 1974 Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, better known as Mr. Lordi, the lead vocalist of Lordi, is born in Rovaniemi, Finland.

February 11, 1974 Singer-songwriter D'Angelo is born Michael Eugene Archer in Richmond, Virginia. His first album, Brown Sugar, is released in 1995 when he's 21 and sets the template for neo-soul by using live instruments in hip-hop-style productions.

December 8, 1973 Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour, is born in Des Moines, Iowa. His traumatic childhood informs many of the lyrics he writes, which he delivers in a combination of screams, growls and clean melodic singing.

April 5, 1973 Singer/superproducer Pharrell Williams is born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As half of the hip-hop production duo The Neptunes, he's a prime architect of the popular music landscape of the 2000s. More

March 13, 1973 Ed Sloan (frontman for Crossfade) is born in South Carolina.

October 12, 1972 Joseph Kahn is born Ahn Jun-hee in Busan, South Korea, but will be raised in the Jersey Village suburb of Houston, Texas. Kahn grows up to be the go-to director for pop videos of the late-'90s into the new millennium, helming clips for everyone from Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Taylor Swift to Chris Brown and Eminem.More

October 3, 1972 Garrett Dutton - G. Love of G. Love & Special Sauce - is born in Philadelphia.

July 21, 1972 Korey Pingitore is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She becomes Korey Cooper when she marries Skillet frontman John Cooper in 1997 and joins the band as a keyboardist and guitarist.

June 21, 1972 Allison Moorer is born in Monroeville, Alabama.

May 4, 1972 Christian singer Chris Tomlin is born in Grand Saline, Texas.

April 28, 1972 Violent J (Joseph Bruce) of Insane Clown Posse is born in Michigan.

October 25, 1971 Clutch singer/guitarist Neil Fallon is born in Portsmouth, Virginia.

September 13, 1971 Paul McCartney and wife Linda welcome a daughter: Stella Nina McCartney. Stella, who will grow up to be a fashion designer, joins older sister Mary and half-sister Heather (Linda's daughter from a previous marriage).

August 18, 1971 Electronic musician Richard David James (best known as Aphex Twin) is born in Limerick, Ireland.

August 14, 1971 Diana Ross gives birth to a daughter, Rhonda, whose father is Motown head Berry Gordy. She is raised by Diana and her husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein, and is 12 when she learns the true identity of her father.

July 31, 1971 Guitarist John William Lowery is born in Grosse Point, Michigan. Better known by his stage name "John 5," he goes on to contribute to acts such as Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.