January 14
Rock's most versatile survivor Dave Grohl celebrates his 57th birthday today, the drummer who kept the beat for Nirvana before transforming into the Foo Fighters' frontman, proving that sidemen could become leaders while maintaining punk credibility and arena success… Motown's most successful era ended tonight in 1970 when Diana Ross made her final appearance with The Supremes at Las Vegas's Frontier Hotel, the diva departing for solo stardom and leaving behind the most commercially successful female group in music history… Soul's most distinctive voice Clarence Carter celebrates his 90th birthday today, the blind Alabama singer whose gritty delivery on "Slip Away" and "Patches" brought raw emotion to Southern soul while influencing generations of R&B performers… We remember New Orleans' greatest musical architect Allen Toussaint on his birthday today in 1938, the songwriter-producer-pianist whose work defined the Cr...
