Happy Birthday John Lennon
Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting -- and frustrating -- solo career. Lennon was capable of inspired, brutally...
Happy Birthday Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof formed the punk group Boomtown Rats in 1975. During the band's existence, it moved from the pure energy and aggression of hits...
Happy Birthday Brian Johnson
It's never easy to replace a founding member of a band who dies tragically, but AC/DC's Brian Johnson fit in with the Australian hard...
Happy Birthday Steve Miller
Steve Miller's career has encompassed two distinct stages: one of the top San Francisco blues-rockers during the late '60s and early...
Happy Birthday Don McLean
Famed for -- and ultimately defined by -- his perennial "American Pie," singer/songwriter Don McLean was born October 2, 1945, in New...
Happy Birthday Mike Rutherford
A founding member of the long-running art rock band Genesis, Mike Rutherford also made the occasional excursion into solo projects, most...
Happy Birthday Jerry Lee Lewis
Is there an early rock & roller who has a crazier reputation than the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis? His exploits as a piano-thumping,...
Happy Birthday Meat Loaf
Marvin Lee Aday is a singer and occasional actor who, for reasons never definitively answered, has recorded under the name Meat Loaf. In...
Happy Birthday Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John skillfully made the transition from popular country-pop singer to popular mainstream soft rock singer, becoming one of...
Happy Birthday David Coverdale
Depending who you ask, Whitesnake singer David Coverdale is either almost single-handedly responsible for keeping bluesy hard rock alive...
