Happy 74th Birthday to Motown, Soul and Disco Singer, Songwriter, Actress and Record Producer, Diana Ross who was born on this day in Detroit in 1944...
Lead Guitarist of Alternative Rock band The Killers, Dave Keuning is 42 today, having been born in Pella, Iowa on this day in 1976...
Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Actor and Multi-Instrumentalist, Steve Tyler of Hard Rock band, Aerosmith turns 70 today, having been born in Manhattan on this day in 1948...
The inspiration for Lenny Henry's sex god character, Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, Lead Singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass was born on this day in Philadelphia in 1950. He later had a long Solo career...
Happy 68th Birthday to Prog Rock band Genesis Founder and permanent member, Keyboardist, Guitarist, Vocalist and Songwriter, Tony Banks who was born on this day in East Sussex in 1950... This is some of his finest work IMO, if you don't know the song wait until the final five minutes, Banks comes into his own then...
Singer/Songwriter, Rapper and Actress, Fergie of Dance Pop/Hip Hop band, The Black Eyed Peas and Solo work turns 43 today having been born Stacy Ann Ferguson in Whittier, California in 1975...
R&B, Pop and Soul Singer/Songwriter, Actress and Record Producer, Mariah Carey is 48 today having been born in Huntington, New York in 1970. She is a great Vocalist, but I wish that she would sing in this straight Soul/Gospel style more often rather than her usual tricky vocal gymnastic style...
Frontman and Songwriter of Scottish Post Punk band The Associates, Billy MacKenzie was born on this day in Dundee in 1957... He died of on overdose in January 1997 aged 39.
That says all I need to know of prog rock. To me, great songs don't have a first 5 minutes, let alone a final 5!