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...
Forensic report indicates that Dolores O'Riordan, singer of The Cranberries, died of drowning
Dolores O'Riordan, singer of the Irish band The Cranberries, died drowning in a bathtub as a result of alcohol poisoning, The Guardian...
Happy Birthday Roger Waters
Roger Waters is Pink Floyd's grand conceptualist, the driving force behind such albums as Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and...
Happy Birthday Al Stewart
Scottish singer/songwriter Al Stewart has been an amazingly prolific and successful musician across 50 years, working in a dizzying array...
Happy Birthday Arnel Pineda
Arnel Pineda (born September 5, 1967) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the Philippines during the 1980s and...
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...