August 12th Birthdays

Joe Jones, American R&B singer, was born on this day in 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here is his 1960 hit song, “You Talk Too Much.” Joe passed away on November 27, 2005 at the age of 79.

Also born on August 12th:

1939
George Hamilton, American actor
1941
Dana Ivey, American actress
1949
Mark Knopfler, British singer, musician
1950
Jim Beaver, American actor
1954
Sam J. Jones, American actor
1954
François Hollande, 24th President of France
Pat Metheny, American guitarist
1956
Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
1958
Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player, songwriter
1959
Amanda Redman, English actress
1961
Lawrence Hayward, English singer, guitarist
1963
Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper
1965
Peter Krause, American actor
1968
Andras Jones, American actor
1970
Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball coach
1970
Charles Mesure, British actor
1971
Michael Ian Black, American comedian
1971
Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress
1971
Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
1972
Del tha Funkee Homosapien, American hip hop artist
1974
Matt Clement, American baseball player
1975
Casey Affleck, American actor
1976
Antoine Walker, American basketball player
1976
Wednesday 13, American singer
1977
Plaxico Burress, American football player
1978
Chris Chambers, American football player
1979
D.J. Houlton, American baseball player
1980
Maggie Lawson, American actress
1980
Dominique Swain, American actress
1980
Matt Thiessen, Canadian singer, songwriter
1980
Jade Villalon, American singer, songwriter
1988
Justin Gaston, American actor, singer
1988
Leah Pipes, American actress
1992
Cara Delevingne, English model, actress
1993
Ewa Farna, Polish-Czech pop-rock singer
Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer, songwriter