John Cale was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK on March 9th of 1942. He’s a musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who was among the founding members of the legendary 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground. He left the band after their first two albums: 1967′s The Velvet Underground and Nico and 1968′s White Light/White [...]

Brian Jones was born on February 28th of 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was a founding member of The Rolling Stones and is credited for coming up with their name by Keith Richards. Jones was known as a great musician (multi-instrumentalist) and he played a big part in Stones albums such as 1966′s Aftermath [...]

Graham Nash was born on February 2nd of 1942 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. He is most well known as a member of the pop group The Hollies and the folk rock group Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& sometimes Young.) Nash was a member of The Hollies from 1962 through 1968 during which time the group [...]

Joseph Allen McDonald was born on January 1st of 1942 in Washington, DC. He is best known as Country Joe McDonald. He’s known for his protest songs, in particular the anti-Vietnam war song “The Fish Cheer / I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag.” If you don’t know the song by it’s name then [...]

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 [...]

Dave Clark was born on December 15th of 1942 in London. He is most well known as the drummer (and leader) of the 1960s British pop band The Dave Clark Five. The lead singer of the band was Mike Smith (who also played keyboards.) The Dave Clark Five are one of the bands most closely [...]

2 days after fellow ’60s bass playing songwriting genius Paul McCartney turned 66, Brian Wilson does as well. Wilson was born on June 20, 1942. He wrote almost all of The Beach Boys songs, and certainly all of their greatest songs. (And no, 1988′s #1 hit “Kokomo” is not among their greatest songs.) Incredibly enough, [...]

Paul McCartney was born 66 years ago today on June 18, 1942. McCartney was one half of the most successful songwriting team in popular music history (Lennon/McCartney) and when combining his Beatles songs with his solo (and Wings) output he is considered to be the biggest selling songwriter of all time (according to Guinness.) His [...]