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May is a very busy month in music history:
- The 67th anniversary of Sharon Jones was on May 4
- U2′s Bono celebrated his 63rd birthday on May 10
- The Afghan Whigs‘, The Gutter Twins‘ and The Twilight Singers‘ Greg Dullicelebrated his 58th birthday on May 11
- The 95th anniversary of Burt Bacharach‘s birth was on May 12
- Stevie Wonder celebrated his 73rd birthday on May 13
- Talking Heads frontman David Byrne celebrated his 71st birthday on May14
- Nine Inch Nails creative mastermind Trent Reznor celebrates his 58th birthday on May 17
- The legendary bluesman Taj Mahal celebrated his 81st birthday on May 17
- The Who‘s Pete Townshend celebrated his 78th birthday on May 19
- The Ramones‘ Joey Ramone was born 72 years ago on May 19
- Grace Jones celebrated her 75th birthday on May 19
- Biggie was born 51 years ago on May 21
As I often say around here, we need to give our legends their flowers while we have them. I didn’t realize this but yesterday was the legendary Ronald Isley’s 82nd birthday. The Isley Brothers are among the most sampled groups ever — with their work being sampled over 800 times by various artists.
Additionally, Ronald Isley is one of the most imitable, influential vocalists to have ever done it — and his influence on R&B, soul and pop has been towering. And understandably so!
Happy birthday, Mr. Big! May there be many, many, many more!