Throwback: Happy 78th Birthday, Marc Bolan!

September is a busy month in music history. 

• The Bee Gees‘ Barry Gibb celebrated his 78th birthday on September 1 
• Gloria Estefan celebrated her 67th birthday on September 1
• Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil celebrated his 64th birthday on September 4
• Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest vocalists and entertainers in rock history was born 79 years ago on September 5
• Pink Floyd‘s co-founder and creative force Roger Waters celebrated his 82nd birthday on September 6
• The legendary, King of Soul, Otis Redding was born 84 years ago on September 9
• Dave Stewart celebrated his 73rd birthday on September 9
• Big Daddy Kane, one of the most entertaining and talented emcees in hip-hop history celebrated his 57th birthday on September 10
• The legendary Roy Ayers was born 85 years ago on September 10 
• Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry celebrated his 75th birthday on September 10
• The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft celebrated his 53rd birthday on September 11
• Ludacris celebrated his 48th birthday on September 10
• The legendary Barry White, the Original King of Quiet Storm Soul was born 81 years ago on September 12
• Rush‘s Neal Peart, one the greatest rock drummers ever was born 73 years ago on September 12
• The Church frontman Steve Kilbey celebrated his 71st birthday on September 13
• Keith Murray, one of the most entertaining emcees I’ve ever seen live, celebrated his 51sh birthday on September 13
• The great and supremely talented Amy Winehouse was born 42 years ago on September 14
• Nas, one of the greatest living emcees to ever hold a mic celebrated his 52nd birthday on September 14
• The legendary B.B. King was born 100 years ago on September 15
• The Prodigy‘s Keith Flint was born 55 years ago on September 17
• The legendary and iconic Nile Rodgers celebrated his 73rd birthday on September 19
• Singer/songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, iconic Canadian and beloved Montealer, Leonard Cohen was born 91 years ago on September 21
• Joan Jett celebrated her 67th birthday on September 22
• John William Coltrane, one of the most influential, important and beloved musicians of the 20th century was born 99 years ago on September 23
• The legendary Ray Charles was born 95 years ago on September 23 
• The Verve‘s Peter Salisbury celebrated his 54th birthday on September 24
• Interpol’s Daniel Kessler celebrated his 51st birthday on September 25
• T.I., one of my favorite Dirty South rappers and one of the godfathers of trap, celebrated his 45th birthday on September 25
• Olivia Newton John was born 77 years ago on September 26
• Boyz II Men‘s Shawn Stockman celebrates his 53rd birthday today
• Roxy Music‘s legendarily dapper co-founder and frontman Bryan Ferry celebrated his 80th birthday on September 26
• The legendary and controversial Jerry Lee Lewis was born 90 years ago on September 29

Marc Bolan, T-Rex mastermind and pioneer of glam rock was born on this day 78 years ago. We tragically lost Bolan, a few weeks shy of his 30th birthday in 1977; but his work has remained as toweringly influential and as groovy as ever. 

Happy birthday, Marc! Happy birthday, wherever you are!

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