Happy Birthday Otis Redding
One of the most influential soul singers of the 1960s, Otis Redding exemplified to many listeners the power of Southern "deep soul" --...
Happy Birthday Benjamin Orr
Benjamin Orr was the bassist/singer of the Cars, who had such '80s-era Top Ten Pop hits as "Drive," "Shake It Up," "You Might Think," and...
Happy Birthday Chrissie Hynde
Separating Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders is an impossibility. From the start, Hynde was the undisputed leader of the band -- its...
Happy Birthday Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly is perhaps the most anomalous legend of '50s rock & roll -- he had his share of hits, and he achieved major rock & roll...
Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury
Combining theatrics and an outrageously flamboyant stage persona with his fine natural-born talent (he possessed one of the greatest...
Happy Birthday Kim Thayil
Merging the mammoth riffs of Black Sabbath with the straightforward attack of the Ramones, guitarist Kim Thayil created his own original...
Happy Birthday Eric Bell
Eric Bell may not have been present for Thin Lizzy's best-known and most successful era (the mid- to late '70s), but he was there for the...
Happy Birthday Van Morrison
Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music's true innovators, a restless seeker...
Happy Birthday Bob Welch
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bob Welch enjoyed a brief streak of mainstream success in the late '70s after a four-year,...
Happy Birthday Bob Welch
Bob Welch enjoyed a brief streak of mainstream success in the late '70s after a four-year, pre-phenomenon stint in Fleetwood Mac. In 197
