2025 is rushing by. It’s March. And March is a very busy month in music history.
- The Who frontman Roger Daltrey celebrated his 81st birthday on March 1
- Karen Carpenter was born 75 years ago today. As one-half of The Carpenters with her older brother Richard, Karen was behind some of the most beloved and gorgeous pop songs ever written and recorded.
- Lou Reed one of the most influential figures of the past 75 years or so, was born 83 years ago on March 2
- Tone Lōc celebrated his 59th birthday on March 3
- The legendary soul artist Bobby Womack was born on this day 81 years ago
- Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrated his 62nd birthday on March 4
- Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour celebrated his 79th birthday on March 6
As a child of the 80s, I grew up watching a lot of unsupervised music programming on TV. I have fond memories of watching The Monkees repeats on Nickelodeon, and around that time, they had a reunion/comeback album that was quite a big deal. (A couple of videos from the album were aired on MTV at some point or another.)
The Monkees was a bit of goofy, clearly Beatles-esque fun with some really great songs. I somehow didn’t know that Neil Diamond wrote “I’m A Believer,” but now that I think of it, I hear Neil Diamond in the song. He also wrote a handful of other Monkees songs. Go figure! The Monkees brought folks a lot of joy throughout their run together.
The Monkees’ Mickey Dolenz celebrated his 80th — yes, 80th! — birthday back on March 8. Happy belated birthday, Mickey!
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