Birthsongs can get real ugly for us born in the first half of the 70's. I'm stuck with Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died." Had my parents realized, they'd probably just have thrown me in a ditch.

Chill out, and avoid writing Slog posts tomorrow.

Am I allowed to be so Bossy?

Sorry, I'm no competition. I get:

-Mary J. Blige
-Clarence Clemons
-Lee Ritenour
-Robert Earl Keen

And a bunch of other fascinating-sounding jazz and blues musicians. (Well, Naomi Judd, too. Can't win 'em all).

The #1 song on the day I was born was "Footprints in the Sand" by Pat Boone.

I win by losing!

'Physical' by ON-J was #1 when I jumped out, so we share that kind of connection.....

"For those about to rock we salute you" by AC/DC was released just before I was born.

In more depressing news I just found out I was born on EXACTLY THE SAME DAY as Jenna and Barbara Jr Bush.

Have You Ever Been Mellow is a great song. Don't be a hater.

Ha ha. My birthday rocks. David Bowie and Elvis. Most importantly, David Bowie. AND Elvis.

6: If hes so legendary, how come no one knows who he is?

(To be fair, that's also gonna be the title of my biography.)

Sly Stone makes up for all those other tossers. He's magnificent.

Number One in the US the day I was born was "Bird Dog" by the Everly Brothers, so I'm happy with that. In the UK, it was "When" by the Kalin Twins, who are I dunno either. In Australia, it was "A Pub With No Beer" by Slim Dusty, which sounds like the saddest song ever written (even sadder than "Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear by Tommy Duncan from around the same time).

The number one album was the cast album (Broadway, not movie) for "My Fair Lady" in the UK; in the US it was Van Cliburn's recording of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, the first classical album to ever go platinum.

On my birthday, I've got Kitty Carlisle, the great Hank Thompson ("Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette"), Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Al Jardine (a slightly better Beach Boy than Mike Love), Blues guitarist Freddie King, a hip hop singer named August Alsina, and Jonathan Segel from Camper van Beethoven. Oh, and Tomo Milicevic from 30 Seconds to Mars. It's OK, I'll take it. The only musical sort born on my exact birthday is apparently Radoslav Lorkovic, a "Croatian blues and folk musician known for his enthusiastic renditions of "The Jolly Banker" and other folk songs." So, uh, there you go. At least it's not Dr. Drew, who was born two days later.

My birthday #1 was Ballad of the Green Berets, by that military dude

Sharing my birthday is Shirley Jones (Mama Partridge), Lefty Frizzell, Herb Alpert, Angus Young from AC/DC and Christopher Walken from the best music video ever.

Wikipedia tells me I share a birthday with the drummer from the Allman Brothers Band named Butch Trucks. BUTCH TRUCKS.

Also, Irving Berlin.

Oh my god, my dad opened for Sly in 1973 in Ohio!

On the subject of Bret Michaels, the #1 song on my birthdate was "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison.

I like plenty of musicians who are also born on December 25th, like Dido, Shane MacGowan, Annie Lennox, and Noel Redding, but are they talented enough to overcome the musical crimes of fellow Christmas baby Jimmy Buffett? I also hate (most) Christmas songs, so it's overall a pretty awful day, music-wise.

Man, all you fuckers are crabs. Grow a pair. Who cares who you share your birthday with? Grow up!

@8 - My Omega to your alpha—Elvis died on my birthday.

How sad that there is so little that inspires you from the present time that you are constantly comparing yourself to the musical world of 40 years ago!

And why all the Dead hate? The Dead were just a reasonably talented blue grass/rock band who loved their work and gathered a lot of fans. No one was forced to go to any of their concerts and I don't think they had any airplay after the late 70s. Seems like the only thing they ever did where they actually tried to engage with the cutting edge was teaming up with some genius pioneers of live sound amplification and live recording in the late 60s and early 70s. I'm not sure why anyone should be offended by that.

Shared birthdays: Alice Cooper, Kansas drummer Phil Ehart, The Offspring's Noodles (same year), and Natalie Imbruglia. Yeah, not so impressive, I know, but Karen Carpenter died on my birthday. (And later, Liberace. Hm. Didn't know that one.)

Really? You are a dick. Please fuck off. Thanks for being an elitist douchebag.

Sincerely,
Everyone who wants to hear about what music writers like, not what they hate on.

@10: Overachiever.

For me, the good news: ?uestlove. The bad news: Paul Stanley.

@17: "I don't think (The Greatful Dead) had any airplay after the late 70s" ?????? If only that were true in Bellingham....

Yes, Jason, you were born on the worst day in music history.

I drew a lucky birthday straw, sharing it with John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Julio Iglesias, Bruce Springsteen and Ani DiFranco. Not bad!
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross was #1 when I was born.

Celebrate Bisexuality Day was celebrated for the first time on my birthday in 1999. Woot!

John Lennon was murdered on my 21st birthday, December 8, 1980. All my birthdays are now so bittersweet.

Hmmm, shared birthdays (musical): Wilbert Harrison ("Kansas City"), Phil Ramone (co-founder of A&R Records), Athol Guy, bass player for the Seekers ("Georgy Girl"), Chris Stein of Blondie, Phil Thornalley of The Cure and Johnny Hates Jazz, Iris DeMent, Grant Young of Soul Asylum, Kate Schellenbach, early drummer for the Beastie Boys and also Luscious Jackson, and Marilyn Manson. Probably the latter is the one I'd recognize in a photo. Aside from him, not a lot of star power.

The #1 song in the US was Melanie's "Brand New Key". The one before was "Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone; the next was "American Pie" by Don McLean.