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February is a busy month. Not only is it Black History Month — but there are a batch of birthdays this month that include:
- Rick James, who was born 76 years ago on February 1
- OutKast‘s Big Boi, who celebrated his 49th birthday on February 1
- The Temptations‘ second and longest tenured lead vocalist Dennis Edwards, who was born 81 years ago on February 4
- Bobby Brown, who celebrated his 55th birthday on February 5
- Bob Marley, who was born 79 years ago on February 6
- J. Dilla, who was born 50 years ago on February 7
- French touch pioneer and one-half of acclaimed electronic outfit Daft Punk, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, celebrated his 50th birthday on February 8
- Motley Crüe‘s Vince Neil celebrated his 63rd birthday on February 8
- The 84th anniversary of The Doors‘ Ray Manzarek was on February 12
- Bad Brains‘ H.R. celebrated his 68th birthday on February 12
- The Monkees‘ Peter Tork was born 82 years ago today
Peter Gabriel celebrates his 74th birthday today. I’ve loved Gabriel’s solo work since I was a small boy. So his work has been a part of my life and its soundtrack in some way or another for a very long time.
Happy birthday, Peter! May there be many, many, many more!