John Denver was born as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr on December 31st of 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico. His popularity peaked in the mid 1970s with his two #1 albums 1974′s Back Home Again & 1975′s Windsong. 1972′s Rocky Mountain High reached #4 and 1976′s Spirit reached #7. Those four albums were his only studio [...]

Jay Kay was born on December 30th of 1969 in England. He is most well known as the principle songwriter, musician, and singer for the band Jamiroquai. Jamiroquai’s most well known song in the US is 1996′s “Virtual Insanity” (from his 1996 album Travelling Without Moving.) In large part this is due to the memorable [...]

Rick Danko was born on December 29th of 1942 in Canada. Danko is best known as being the bass player and a vocalist for The Band. The Band were initially known to most people as Bob Dylan’s backing band. But they actually begun as a band called The Hawks. In 1967 they started to call [...]

Edgar Winter was born on December 28th of 1946 in Beaumont, Texas. He sings and plays the keyboard & saxophone (among other instruments.) He performed on two songs at the Woodstock Festival with his older brother Johnny Winter: “I Can’t Stand It” and “Tobacco Road.” He is most well known for his time with his [...]

Radio City Music Hall opened on December 27th of 1932. The midtown Manhattan entertainment venue is among the most famous in the world. It has been frequently used as the venue for the Grammy Awards and the MTV Music Awards among many other nationally televised events like these. It seats just shy of 6,000 people.

Lars Ulrich was born on December 26th of 1963 in Denmark. He is best known as the drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica and for the battle he waged against the file sharing service Napster in 2000. Ulrich founded Metallica in 1981 when he ran a newspaper ad as a drummer looking for other [...]

Shane MacGowan was born on December 25th of 1957 in England. December 25th is most well known as being CHRISTMAS. MacGowan is most well known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the Irish punk band The Pogues who were formed in 1982. They are known for mixing traditional Irish music with punk rock [...]

Vitology hit #1 on the US album charts on December 24th of 1994. It was Pearl Jam’s 3rd album (after Ten & Vs.) Vitology also reached #1 in Australia, New Zealand, & Norway. It reached #4 in the UK and #2 in Canada. It’s been certified 5 times Platinum in the US (over 5 million [...]

I’ve done this before with Radiohead & Pink Floyd. This time it’s The Beatles. Basically it works like this: I put The Beatles into the Last.FM player and I hear what it gives me. BTW, Last.FM is great. (Of course I’ve mentioned that a few times before.) John Lennon – “Jealous Guy” One of my [...]

Eddie Vedder was born as Edward Severson III on December 23rd of 1964 in Evanston, Illinois. Vedder is best known as the lead singer (and songwriter) for the rock band Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Mike McCready (lead guitar). They auditioned and selected [...]