They Say It's Your Birthday....

It's my birthday, too, yeah! So there! So let's see--what happened on my birthday in music through the years?

Across the pond:

1981, Appearing at The Hammersmith Palais, London, The Boomtown Rats, tickets £3.50.

1981, Wendy O'Williams of The Plasmatics was arrested on stage at Milwaukee and was charged with the offense of simulating sex with a sledgehammer.

1977, Appearing live at Sheffield City Hall, England, Hall and Oates, tickets £1.30p.

1975, Barry Manilow scored his first US No.1 single when 'Mandy', (originally titled 'Brandy') went to the top of the charts.

1974, Ex members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople, (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell), formed Bad Company.

1964, The Beatles made their US chart debut when 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' entered the chart at No.45. It went on to spend seven weeks at the No.1 position.

And in the US?

1999 - Flame-haired songstress Cyndi Lauper lends her voice and likeness to "The Simpsons."

1996 - In a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, N.Y., Pink Floyd are officially inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

1984 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Owner of a Lonely Heart," Yes.

1964 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "There! I've Said It Again," Bobby Vinton. This song can be considered the last No. 1 song before the British invasion. After four weeks at No. 1, Vinton turns over that spot to the Beatles and their first U.S. hit, "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

And who shares my birthday, besides A.A. Milne and Kevin Costner?

1956 - British pop star Paul Young is born in Bedfordshire, England. His biggest hit is "Everytime You Go Away" in 1985. The No. 1 song is written by Daryl Hall.

1948 - Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones is born.

1941, Bobby Goldsboro, US singer, (1968 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Honey').

1941, David Ruffin, vocals, The Temptations. Ruffin died of a drug overdose on 1st June 1991.

No. 1 in the UK the day I was born? "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da," a remake of the then-new White Album track, by a group called Marmalade

And in the US, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," by Marvin Gaye. Not too shabby at all!

Released on my birth date: "White Room" by Cream, and the brilliant album Dusty In Memphis by Miss Dusty Springfield.

The Beatles had just the day before released Yellow Submarine and were figuring out logistics for their rooftop concert at Apple in just two days. Laura Nyro was recording her dark masterpiece New York Tendaberry. Joni Mitchell was finishing up her second album, Clouds.

Written on my birthday: "With Me, Breathing," the first song I ever wrote, which is now 10 years old.