Throwback: Happy 75th Birthday, Stevie Nicks!

May is a very busy month in music history:

• The 67th anniversary of Sharon Jones was on May 4
• U2′s Bono celebrated his 63rd birthday on May 10
• The Afghan Whigs‘, The Gutter Twins‘ and The Twilight Singers‘ Greg Dullicelebrated his 58th birthday on May 11
• The 95th anniversary of Burt Bacharach‘s birth was on May 12
• Stevie Wonder celebrated his 73rd birthday on May 13
• Talking Heads frontman David Byrne celebrated his 71st birthday on May14
• Nine Inch Nails creative mastermind Trent Reznor celebrates his 58th birthday on May 17
• The legendary bluesman Taj Mahal celebrated his 81st birthday on May 17
• The Who‘s Pete Townshend celebrated his 78th birthday on May 19
• The Ramones‘ Joey Ramone was born 72 years ago on May 19
• Grace Jones celebrated her 75th birthday on May 19
• Biggie was born 51 years ago on May 21
• The Isley Brothers‘ Ronald Isley celebrated his 82nd birthday on May 21
• The 109th anniversary of Sun Ra‘s birth was on May 22
• The 56th anniversary of Heavy D‘s birth was on May 24
• Cameo’s frontman Larry Blackmon celebrated his 67th birthday on May 24
• Sun Ra Arkestra‘s Marshall Allen celebrated his 99th birthday on May 25

Today is a rather auspicious day in music history because two very important figures in my music fandom were born today: The incomparable Stevie Nicks, an absolute queen, celebrates her 75th birthday today.

I’ve been obsessed with Stevie since I was small boy. It was just always that way. But as I always say around here: we have to give our legends their flowers while they’re still with us. So happy birthday, Ms. Nicks! May there be many, many, many more!