May 14
Art-rock's most neurotic genius David Byrne celebrates his 74th birthday today, the Talking Heads frontman whose twitchy stage presence and African rhythms proved that intellectualism and danceable grooves could coexist while his restless creativity kept him relevant across five decades beyond the band… Blues lost its undisputed king on this day in 2015 when B.B. King died at 89, ending the career of the Mississippi guitarist whose Lucille and vibrato-heavy playing influenced every rock guitarist while his tireless touring made him blues' greatest ambassador across seven decades… The Voice fell silent today in 1998 when Frank Sinatra died at 82 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, ending the most influential singing career of the 20th century as the Chairman of the Board's phrasing and swagger defined American popular music for generations… We remember Cream's melodic bassist Jack Bruce on his birthday today in 1943, the Scottish musician who...
