Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page turns 66 years old today, having been born on January 9th 2010, 1944. If you didn’t get to see Jimmy in the fantastic documentary film It Might Get Loud when it was playing in theaters, you can now rent it from the Netflix or buy it on Amazon. Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
Emerson With One of His ‘70s-era Moog Synthesizers
Keith Emerson, keyboardist for prog-rock legends, Emerson, Lake & Palmer was born on this day, November 2nd in 1944! Brain Salad Surgery is still one of my favorite albums of all time! Happy Birthday Keith!
John “The Ox” Entwistle, bassist for The Who and astounding musical genius, was born on this today, October 9th, in 1944. Of course, Entwistle is not the only massively-famous-but-dead rock star posthumously celebrating a birthday today. John Lennon (born in 1940) would have celebrated a birthday on today’s date had he not been assassinated by the psychotic Mark David Chapman in 1980. John Lennon’s son Sean also turns another year older today (Born 1975), and Al Jorgensen of Ministry (Born 1958) and a zillion other projects has lived for another year as today. Happy Birthday, guys!
Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck was born on this day, June 24th in 1944! Fave Jeff Beck Song: “Beck’s Bolero.”
Best. Song. Ever.
On This Day, May 26th, in 1972: Mott the Hoople, on the verge of splitting up, was offered two new songs by David Bowie, “Suffragette City” and “All the Young Dudes.” They would record “All the Young Dudes,” which became their commercial breakthrough. This awesome song is at the top of the list of my very favorite songs ever in the Universe of all time, as follows:
“All The Young Dudes”
“Shake Some Action” by The Flamin’ Groovies
“I’m Not In Love” by 10 CC
“Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo” by Rick Derringer
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” by Alice Cooper (original band)
As a side note, today May 26th, is also the birthday of Verden Allen, keyboardist for Mott the Hoople, who was born in 1944. Happy Birthday, Verden!
