70th Birthday Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

King of the Mountain: Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett Turns 70

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1988, 1990, 70th Birthday, Australia, Blue Sky Mining, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst

Revisiting a pair of archival interviews with the Australian rock legend

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Remembrance Rock

Hero Worship: Remembering Ricky Wilson of The B-52’s

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Athens, Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kate Pierson, Ricky Wilson, RIP, The B-52's

The guitarist would have turned 70 today

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New Wave Pop Rock

All Fired Up: Pat Benatar at 70

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 70th Birthday, All Fired Up, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Gravity's Rainbow, Heat of the Night, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Innamorata, Invincible, John Cougar, Long Island, Love Is A Battlefield, Mike Chapman, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar, Rick Derringer, Roger Capps, Shadows of the Night, The Rattling Sabres, Wide Awake in Dreamland, You Better Run

Looking back on the career of a rock ‘n’ roll feminist

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New Wave Pop Rock

Long May You Run: The Cars’ Greg Hawkes Turns 70

October 21, 2022November 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 9 Comments 70th Birthday, Benjamin Orr, Candy-O, Door to Door, Flowers in the Dirt, Greg Hawkes, Heartbeat City, Paul McCartney, Ric Ocasek, The Beatles, The Cars, The Everly Brothers

An exclusive interview with the legendary keyboardist

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New Wave Pop Rock

He Traveled the World and the Seven Seas: Dave Stewart at 70

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, David A. Stewart, Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), The Eurythmics

Looking back on the career of the legendary Eurythmics guitarist

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Give ‘Em Enough Hope: Joe Strummer at 70

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 70th Birthday, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, RIP, The Clash

Celebrating the life of the man called the “backbone” of punk

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Beatin’ For The Cretins: Marky Ramone at 70

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments ” Ramones, 70th Birthday, Blitzkrieg Bop, Dust, Marc Bell, Marky Ramone, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Ramones

Watch a video interview with the big engine behind The Ramones

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The Man From Utopia: David Byrne at 70

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Alex Timbers, American Utopia, Annie-B Parson, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Feelings, Janelle Monae, Jerry Harrison, Naked, Remain In Light, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the career of a Great American Eccentric

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The Starchild at 70

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Ace Frehley, birthday, Dynasty, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS Alive, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Revenge, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who

Paul Stanley of KISS: “I believe in Superman; I look in the mirror and I see him”

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Art Pop Folk New Wave Remembrance

And Then There Were Two: Remembering Maggie Roche

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Jim Sullivan 4 Comments 70th Birthday, Maggie Roche, RIP, Robert Fripp, Roches, Suzzy Roche, Terre Roche, The Roches

Suzzy and Terre of The Roches share stories and memories of their sister on her 70th birthday

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Superstar Without Portfolio: Bob Geldof at 70

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Atlantic Records, Bob Geldof, Brenda Spencer, British Empire, I Don't Like Mondays, Live Aid, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth II, The Boomtown Rats, The Vegetarians of Love

Jim Sullivan revisits his 1990 interview with the Irish rock great, New Wave pioneer and co-founder of Live Aid

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New Wave Punk Rock

‘Have A Nice Death’: Chrissie Hynde at 70

September 7, 2021September 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 70th Birthday, Boston, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, New Wave, Orpheum Theatre, Pete Farndon, Pretenders, Punk, Ray Davies, Stockholm, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Pretenders

Looking back on over 40 years of seeing the fiery Pretenders frontwoman on stage

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Folk Indie Rock Pop

Jonathan Richman Surrenders To 70

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Asa Brebner, Boston, David Robinson, Jerry Harrison, Roadrunner, The Modern Lovers. Jonathan Richman, The Velvet Underground

Celebrate this milestone birthday of the Boston bard by paying closer attention to his solo catalogue

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Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

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New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock

LISTEN: Peter Gabriel at 70–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 13, 2020February 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Genesis, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Scratch, So. Up, Us

Celebrating 7 decades of life and a half century of music with a stroll through the catalog of the Godfather of Global Pop

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