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
There a couple of February birthdays that I didn’t get a chance to mention because I’ve been extremely busy. So the first of those birthdays was: Duran Duran‘s John Taylor, who celebrated his 63rd birthday on February 16th.
As a child of the 80s, I adored Duran Duran and their sound. Their iconic videos etched in my memory forever. And as an occasion DJ, I’ve made sure to include some of their tunes in sets. Simply put, those songs don’t work without Taylor’s amazing bass playing.
Happy birthday, John!
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