Aries season is a rather busy season in music history:
- Large Professor celebrated his 51st birthday on March 21
- DJ Premier, one of hip-hop’s greatest and most beloved producers celebrated his 57th lam robirthday on March 22
- Blur frontman and Gorillaz creative mastermind Damon Albarn celebrates his 55th birthday on March 23
- Chaka Khan celebrated her 70th — 70th! — birthday on March 23
- De La Soul‘s Pacemaster Mase, a.k.a. Maseo, a.k.a. Vincent Mason celebrated his 53rd birthday on March 25
- The 81st anniversary of the legendary Aretha Franklin‘s birth was on March 25
- Elton John celebrated his 76th birthday on March 25
- The legendary Diana Ross celebrated her 79th on March 26
- Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler celebrated his 75th birthday on March 26
- I celebrated my 44th birthday on March 28
- AC/DC’s co-founder and lead guitarist, Angus Young celebrated his 68th birthday on March 31
The legendary Marvin Gaye was born 84 years ago today. Gaye was arguably one of the most celebrated and influential artists in soul and R&B — and for a reason. My mom considers his duets with Tammi Terrell as some of the greatest duets ever recorded. But by far, What’s Going On is the greatest soul albums ever.
Happy birthday, brother. Happy birthday, wherever you are.
