March is a busy month in music history:
- The Who‘s Roger Daltrey celebrated his 80th birthday on March 1
- Method Man celebrated his 53rd birthday on March 2
- Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour celebrated his 78th birthday on March 6.
- Roy Haynes celebrated his 99th birthday on March 14.
- Sly and the Family Stone frontman Sly Stone celebrated his 81st birthday on March 15
- Public Enemy‘s Flavor Flav celebrated his 65th birthday on March 16.
- The legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry was born 88 years ago on March 20.
- DJ Premier celebrated his 58th birthday on March 21
- Large Professor celebrated his 52nd birthday on March 21.
- Blur frontman and Gorillaz creative mastermind Damon Albarn celebrated his 56th birthday on March 23
- The legendary Chaka Khan celebrated her 71st birthday on March 23
- The 80th anniversary of The Cars founder, primary vocalist, songwriter and rhythm guitar player Ric Ocasek was on March 23
- De La Soul‘s Pacemaster Mase, a.k.a. Maseo, a.k.a. Vincent Mason celebrated his 54th birthday on March 24
- The legendary Aretha Franklin was born 82 years ago on March 25
- The legendary Elton John celebrated his 77th birthday on March 25
- The legendary Diana Ross celebrated her 80th birthday on March 26
- The late and specular Teddy Pendergrass was born 74 years ago on March 26
- Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler celebrated his 76th birthday on March 26
- Mariah Carey celebrates her 55th birthday on March 27
- My 45th birthday was on March 28
- The great Tracy Chapman celebrated her 60th — 60th! — birthday on March 30
- AC/DC’s co-founder and lead guitarist, Angus Young, who celebrates his 69th birthday on March 31
There’s one birthday, I didn’t know about. MC Hammer celebrated his 62nd birthday yesterday. Besides being a consummate showman, the Oakland-based emcee was one of the most commercially successful artists of his day. You couldn’t have been alive in 1990 without hearing “U Can’t Touch This” and that was followed by a handful of smash hits throughout the early 90s.
