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Music History Events: Births

December 10, 1971 Scot Alexander (bass guitarist for Dishwalla) is born in Santa Barbara, California.

December 9, 1971 Portishead instrumentalist Geoff Barrow is born in Somerset, England.

December 3, 1971 "This Is How We Do It" singer Montell Jordan is born in Los Angeles, California.

November 19, 1971 R&B singer-songwriter Tony Rich is born Antonio Jeffries Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. Known for the 1996 hit single "Nobody Knows."

November 5, 1971 Jonny Greenwood (lead guitarist, keyboardist of Radiohead) is born in Oxford, England.

November 4, 1971 Shawn Rivera (of the R&B group Az Yet) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

November 2, 1971 John Hampson (vocalist, guitarist for Nine Days) is born in the US.

October 21, 1971 Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Bianca have a daughter they name Jade. It's Mick's first child.

October 17, 1971 Chris Kirkpatrick is born in Clarion, Pennsylvania. He joins 'N Sync, and also makes cameo appearances in music videos for A Day to Remember's "2nd Sucks," and Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous."

October 11, 1971 Rapper MC Lyte is born Lana Michele Moorer in Brooklyn, New York.

October 3, 1971 Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys is born in Lexington, Kentucky.

October 2, 1971 Pop singer Tiffany is born Tiffany Darwish in Norwalk, California. She has two #1 hits: "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been."

September 28, 1971 A.J. Croce, son of Jim Croce, is born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; his birth inspires the song "Time In A Bottle." A.J. becomes a singer-songwriter like his dad, who dies in a plane crash in 1973.

September 24, 1971 Marty Cintron (of No Mercy) is born in the Bronx, New York City.

September 11, 1971 Richard Ashcroft (lead singer for The Verve) is born in Billinge Higher End, Wigan, England.

September 6, 1971 Dolores O'Riordan (lead singer for The Cranberries) is born in County Limerick, Ireland.

August 21, 1971 Electronic/rock musician Liam Howlett (of The Prodigy) is born in Braintree, Essex, England.

August 4, 1971 The rapper Yo-Yo (Yolanda Whitaker) is born in Los Angeles. Teaming with Ice Cube, she has a hit in 1991 with "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo."

July 30, 1971 Brad Hargreaves (drummer for Third Eye Blind) is born in Marin County, California.

July 23, 1971 Chad Gracey (drummer for Live, The Gracious Few) is born in York, Pennsylvania.

July 23, 1971 Dalvin "Mr. Dalvin" DeGrate (rapper for the R&B quartet Jodeci) is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

July 17, 1971 Jarrett Cordes (aka DJ Minutemix of PM Dawn) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His stepfather is George Brown of Kool & the Gang.

July 16, 1971 Live lead singer Ed Kowalczyk is born in York, Pennsylvania.

July 4, 1971 Andrew Creeggan (original percussionist, keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies) is born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

June 20, 1971 Twiggy Ramirez (guitarist, bassist for Marilyn Manson) is born Jeordie White in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, but will be raised in Coral Springs, Florida.

June 18, 1971 Nathan Morris (of Boyz II Men) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

June 16, 1971 Tupac Shakur is born Lesane Parish Crooks in New York City.

June 14, 1971 "Kiss the Rain" singer Billie Myers is born in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

June 10, 1971 Joel "Jo-Jo" Hailey (of K-Ci & JoJo) is born in Monroe, North Carolina.

June 5, 1971 Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he's the youngest of nine children, including older brother Donnie (future member of New Kids on the Block).