So I turn 42 tomorrow. Please hold your applause until I am dead. This isn’t a post about getting older. This is about disappointment, for I was born on the single worst day in music history.

Singer Don McLean was born on this day in history, October 2, 1945. The New York-born singer is best known for the iconic song "American Pie" and the album of the same name.

Jerry Garcia, celebrated musician, tireless live performer and master of American musical traditions, was born in San Francisco on this day in history, Aug. 1, 1942.. Garcia is best known as the ...

Happy birthday today to Bonnie Raitt. The legendary folksy blueswoman was born November 8, 1949 in Burback, Calif. Raitt busted onto the rock 'n roll scene with 1977's Sweet Forgiveness. In a ...

He was born on this day in history, June 8, 1891, in Indiana. (Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) While attending Yale, Porter composed music for several of the university’s plays and productions.

This Day in Music. 1999 - The late Notorious B.I.G.'s legacy lives on as the rapper's second posthumous album, "Born Again," sells more than 485,000 copies in its first week in stores to bump ...

The U.S. version of 'A Hard Day's Night' was released; the Byrds hit No. 1 with a Bob Dylan cover; Elvis Presley played his final stage show; and Mick Jones of the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite and Carbon ...

NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include opera singer George Shirley, who was born in 1934; music journalist Robert Christgau, who was born in 1942; Oscar-winning actress Hayley Mills, ...

Jazz vibraphonist Milton “Bags” Jackson was born on the first day of 1923. Jackson’s music would be defined by his swinging solos and fondness for the twelve-bar blues.