George Harrison was born on February 25th of 1943 in Liverpool, England. He is best known as the lead guitarist (and also a singer/songwriter) for The Beatles, for his solo career, and for his work with the Traveling Wilburys. While Harrison was overshadowed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (and even by Ringo Starr sometimes) [...]

Jim Croce was born on January 10th of 1943 in Philadelphia. Croce self-released an album in 1966 called Facets which only had 500 copies pressed. In 2004 that album was rel-released by Shout! Factory. It was his 1972 album You Don’t Mess Around with Jim that made him a famous singer-songwriter of the early 1970s. [...]

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 [...]

Keith Richards was born on December 18th of 1943 in England. He is best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter (with Mick Jagger) of The Rolling Stones. Richards also occasionally sings lead vocals on Rolling Stones songs; He sang the first verse of “Salt of the Earth” from Beggars Banquet (1968), he sang “You [...]

Dickey Betts was born as Forrest Betts on December 12th of 1943 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was (until 2000) a lead guitarist (along with Duane Allman until Duane’s death in 1971), songwriter, and singer for the group. Among the songs [...]

Steve Miller was born on October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Miller is most well known as a singer, songwriter, & guitarist for the Steve Miller Band which he formed in 1967. From 1973 through 1982, the Steve Miller Band had seven top 20 hits on the US singles charts including 1973′s “The Joker,” 1976′s [...]

Mick Jagger was born in Kent, England on July 26, 1943. Jagger is lead singer for The Rolling Stones. He is one half of the Jagger/Richards (Keith Richards, lead guitarist) songwriting team that has written most of The Rolling Stones songs. The band has released 22 studio albums. Their most recent being A Bigger Bang [...]

Joni Mitchell turns 64 years old today. She is one of the most well respected female singer songwriters in the history of popular music.