Throwback: Happy 59th Birthday, Eddie Vedder!

December is a rather auspicious month in music history:

• The Doors‘ John Densmore celebrated his 79th birthday on December 1
• Ozzy Osbourne celebrated his 75th birthday on December 3
• Montell Jordan celebrated his 55th birthday on December 3
• Jay-Z celebrated his 54th birthday on December 4
• The 90th anniversary of Little Richard‘s birth was on December 5
• R.E.M co-founder and lead guitarist Peter Buck celebrated his 67th birthday on December 6
• The 80th anniversary of The Doors‘ Jim Morrison was on December 8
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner celebrated his 49th birthday on December 8
• The 57th anniversary of the fearlessly uncompromising Sinead O’Connor‘s birth was also on December 8 
• Yasiin Bey, one of the greatest living emcees celebrated his 50th — yes, 50th y’all! on December 11. 
• The incomparable, elegant and legendary Ms. Dionne Warwick celebrated her 83rd on December 12
• The Time’s Morris Day celebrated his 66th birthday on December 16
• ZZ Top frontman, guitarist and co-founder Billy Gibbons celebrated his 74th birthday on December 16
• R.E.M co-founder, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Mills celebrated his 65th — yes, 65th! — birthday on December 17
• The Rolling Stones‘ legendary guitarist Keith Richards celebrated his 80th — yes, 80th! — birthday on December 18
• DMX was born 53 years ago on December 18
• The 82nd anniversary of Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White birth was on December 19
• The Black Crowes‘ and Chris Robinson Brotherhood (CRB)‘s Chris Robinson celebrated his 57th birthday on December 20 
• The 83rd anniversary of the legendary Frank Zappa‘s brith was on December 21 
• The 74th anniversary of the birth of Bee Gee‘s Maurice Gibb was on December 22

Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder celebrates his 59th birthday today. When I was in junior high school and high school, Pearl Jam was one of my favorite bands, ever. Their first three albums are absolutely legendary — and I loved them immensely.

Happy birthday, Eddie! Thank you for music that got me through my teens. And may there be many, many more!