March is a busy month in music history:
- The Who‘s Roger Daltrey celebrated his 80th birthday on March 1
- Method Man celebrated his 53rd birthday on March 2
- Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour celebrated his 78th birthday on March 6.
- Roy Haynes celebrated his 99th birthday on March 14.
- Sly and the Family Stone frontman Sly Stone celebrated his 81st birthday on March 15
- Public Enemy‘s Flavor Flav celebrated his 65th birthday on March 16.
- The legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry was born 88 years ago on March 20.
- DJ Premier celebrated his 58th birthday on March 21
- Large Professor celebrated his 52nd birthday on March 21.
- Blur frontman and Gorillaz creative mastermind Damon Albarn celebrated his 56th birthday on March 23
- The legendary Chaka Khan celebrated her 71st birthday on March 23
- The 80th anniversary of The Cars founder, primary vocalist, songwriter and rhythm guitar player Ric Ocasek was on March 23
- De La Soul‘s Pacemaster Mase, a.k.a. Maseo, a.k.a. Vincent Mason celebrated his 54th birthday on March 24
- The legendary Aretha Franklin was born 82 years ago on March 25
- The legendary Elton John celebrated his 77th birthday on March 25
- The legendary Diana Ross celebrated her 80th birthday on March 26
- The late and specular Teddy Pendergrass was born 74 years ago on March 26
- Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler celebrated his 76th birthday on March 26
- Mariah Carey celebrates her 55th birthday on March 27
- My 45th birthday was on March 28
- The great Tracy Chapman celebrated her 60th — 60th! — birthday on March 30
We close out a very busy month by celebrating AC/DC’s co-founder and lead guitarist, Angus Young, who celebrates his 69th birthday today. Young is arguably one of the greatest guitarists ever — and he’s behind some of the greatest rock songs/metal songs ever recorded.
Play some AC/DC today — and play them as loudly as humanly possible.
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