Throwback: Happy 71st Birthday, Shuggie Otis!

November is here y’all! And of course, it means that the year has flown by before our eyes. 

Much like the ten months before it, November is full of birthdays. So let’s get to it, right? 

• Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Kiedis celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 1
• Nelly, one of the most commercially successful artists of the early 2000s celebrated his 50th birthday on November 2 
• Mobb Deep’s Prodigy  was born 50 years ago on November 2
• Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz celebrated his 51st birthday on November 3
• The Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley was born 76 years ago on November 5
• Bryan Adams celebrated his 65 — holy shit, 65th! — birthday on November 5
• Radiohead‘s and The Smile‘s Jonny Greenwood celebrated his 53rd birthday on November 5
• The Eagles‘ Glenn Frey was born on this day 76 years ago on November 6
• The incomparable and legendary Joni Mitchell celebrated her 81st birthday on November 7
• Eric B and Rakim‘s Eric B celebrates his 61st birthday today 
• Scarface celebrated his 54th birthday on November 9
• Warren G. celebrated his 54th birthday on November 10
• XTC co-founder and primary songwriter Andy Partridge celebrated his 71st birthday on November 11
• The legendary Neil Young (a.k.a. God) celebrated his 79th birthday on November 12
• Run DMC‘s Rev. Run celebrated his 60th — yes, 60th! — birthday on November 15
• Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ol’ Dirty Bastard was born 56 years ago today on November 15
• Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 18
• The legendary Dr. John was born 83 years ago on November 20
• The Beastie Boys’ Mike D celebrated his 59^th birthday on November 20
• Björk celebrated her 59th birthday on November 21The Talking Heads’ and Tom Tom Club’s Tina Weymouth celebrates her 74^th birthday today
• Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O celebrated her 46^th birthday on November 22
• Live’s Chad Taylor celebrated his 54^th birthday on November 24
• The great Mark Lanegan was born 60 years ago on November 25
• The legendary and incomparable Tina Turner was born 85 years ago on November 26
• Jimi Hendrix, one of the most original and most influential singer/songwriters, guitarists of the past 100 years was born 82 years ago on November 27, 2024
• Randy Brecker , one-half of the famous Brecker Brothers celebrated his 79^th birthday on November 27
• Soundgarden’s and Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron celebrated his 62^nd birthday on November 28

Perhaps best known for writing the 1977 smash-hit tune “Strawberry Letter 23,” which The Brothers Johnson covered, Los Angeles-born and-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis celebrates his 71^st birthday today. 

1974’s Inspiration Information has been cited as an influence on Lenny Kravtiz, Prince and others.

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