Throwback: Happy 67th Birthday, Peter Murphy!

July is a very busy month in music history:

• The iconic Debbie Harry celebrated her 79th birthday on July 1
• The B-52s Fred Schneider celebrated his 73rd birthday on July 1
• Missy Elliott, one of the most forward thinking artists of her generation — and perhaps of any generation, really — celebrated her 53rd birthday on July 1
• Evelyn “Champagne” King celebrated her 64th birthday on July 1
• Depeche Mode‘s Yaz’s/Yazoo’s and Erasure‘s Vince Clarke celebrated his 63rd birthday on July 3
• The great jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith was born 82 years ago on July 3
• Bill Withers was born 86 years ago on July 4 
• Huey Lewis and The News‘ frontman Huey Lewis celebrated his 74th birthday on July 5
• 50 Cent celebrated his 49th birthday on July 6
• The Beatles‘ Ringo Starr celebrated his 84th birthday on July 7
• Depeche Mode co-founder  
• Andy “Fletch” Fletcher was born 63 years ago on July 8
• Beck celebrated his 54th birthday on July 8
• AC/DC‘s first frontman, Bon Scott was born 78 years ago on July 9
• The legendary and incomparable Mavis Staples celebrated her 85th birthday on July 10
• Pet Shop Boys‘ frontman Neil Tennant celebrated his 70th — yes, 70th! — birthday on July 10

Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy celebrates his 67th birthday today. With Bauhaus, Murphy was instrumental in pioneering what we now know as goth. He has since gone on to push boundaries in his work as a solo artist, but by far, I’m a fan of his work with Bauhaus.

Happy birthday, sir! May there be many, many, many more!