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
- Joy Division and New Order co-founder Peter Hook celebrated his 68th on February 13
- The legendary Maceo Parker celebrated his 81st birthday on February 14
- Duran Duran‘s John Taylor, celebrated his 63rd birthday on February 16th
- Ice T, celebrated his 66th birthday on February 16
- Dr. Dre, celebrated his 59th birthday on February 18
- Seal celebrated his 61st birthday on February 19
- Smokey Robinson celebrated his 84th birthday on February 19
- The 57th anniversary of Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain‘s birth was on February 20
- The 91st anniversary of Nina Simone‘s birth was on February 21
Jerry Harrison, the former guitarist and keyboardist of Talking Heads celebrates his 75th birthday today. I’ve loved Talking Heads for as long as I could possibly remember — and naturally the band and their music has been an instrumental part of my life as a fan and as a journalist.
Happy birthday, Jerry! May there be many, many more!
