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1958: A Good Year for (Future) Music

This is especially true of ’80s music stars, but it’s just a very popular year for future musicians. Prince is born on June 7; Madonna is born on August 16; Michael Jackson is born on August 29.

And then there’s: Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, Simon Le Bon, Alan Jackson, Joan Jett, Nikki Sixx, Bruce Dickinson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Randy DeBarge, Andrea Bocelli, Belinda Carlisle, Anita Baker, Thomas Dolby, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Andy Gibb, Jools Holland, Thurston Moore, Gary Numan, Tanya Tucker, Jane Wiedlin and Kate Bush.