Every day is someone's birthday, but did you ever stop to think about the timeline of musical birthdays? Who was born before who else? In this series of quizzes, I give you the birthday and year, plus a hint - you tell me the person who was born on that day.

1. March 18, 1970: Rapper, singer, and actress born Dana Owens
2. August 31, 1970: "Foolish Beat" singer
3. January 17, 1971: Rapper who sang "Picture" with Sheryl Crow
4. June 16, 1971: Makaveli
5. July 23, 1971: Bluegrass singer who recorded a duet album with Robert Plant
6. February 17, 1972: Green Day's lead singer
7. April 17, 1974: Her husband is the world's most famous soccer player
8. June 1, 1974: "Jagged Little Pill" was her third album, not her first
9. May 27, 1975: He recorded the "The Love Below" half of OutKast's double cd
10. July 6, 1975: Curtis James Jackson III
11. July 21, 1976: Baby Spice
12. February 2, 1977: Colombian-born "Hips Don't Lie" singer
13. October 14, 1978: "Confessions" singer
14. November 30, 1978: The most famous American Idol runner-up?
15. January 16, 1979: "Try Again" singer killed in a 2001 plane crash
16. March 30, 1979: "Don't Know Why" singer and Ravi Shankar's daughter
17. September 8, 1979: Alecia Moore

Bonus: Two future stars were born on October 17, 1972: one a white rapper from Detroit, the other a Haitian-American singer who was once part of the Fugees. Who are they?