80th birthday Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Voodoo Chile: Jimi Hendrix at 80

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 80th birthday, Band of Gypsys, Both Sides of the Sky, Crash Landing, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, Jimi, Jimi Hendrix, Loose Ends, Midnight Lightning, Nine to the Universe, People Hell and Angels, Rainbow Bridge, South Saturn Delta, The Cry of Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Valleys of Neptune, Voodoo Soup, War Heroes

Why the guitar icon’s enduring legacy still resonates in 2022

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Isaac Hayes: The Soul Man at 80

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 80th birthday, Burt Bacharach, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave, Soul, South Park, Stax, Stax Records, The Beatles, The Carpenters

Celebrating the life of the late, great Stax Records maestro

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Dead Remembrance Rock

Captain Trips at 80

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Empire State Building, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, New York Yankees, Robbie Robertson, Robyn Hitchcock, The Grateful Dead

Robbie Robertson, The Yankees, the Empire State Building and more celebrate the heavenly milestone birthday of Jerry Garcia

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Beatle Pop Rock

Paul Is 80!

June 17, 2022June 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 80th birthday, Fab Four, Got Back Tour, Linda McCartney, Macca, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Beatles, Wings

McCartney’s lifelong pop journey knows no age limit

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LISTEN: Curtis Mayfield at 80

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Curtis Mayfield, Playlist, Spotify, Superfly

Honoring a soul giant with a day trip through his catalog

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Classical Experimental Pop Post-Punk

John Cale: 80 and Ageless

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Brian Eno, Fear, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Nico, Paris 1919, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Now in his eighth decade on Earth, the Velvet Underground viola master remains an explorer ever on the lookout for challenge

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Remembrance Rock

Grown Up In Public: Lou Reed at 80

March 2, 2022March 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Andy Warhol, Boston, Heroin, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, RIP, Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the man Lester Bangs once called a “pathetic death dwarf” but we hail as a forever hero

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Pop Remembrance Rock

Get What You Pay For: Peter Tork at 80

February 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brubeck, Davy Jones, Jimmy Miller, Justus, Little Feat, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, The Monkees

Remembering the funniest Monkee on his heavenly birthday

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The Art of Garfunkel

November 5, 2021November 9, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 80th birthday, Art Garfunkel, folk, New York City, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, The Sounds of Silence

The taller half of the iconic NYC folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel at 80

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A Queens Boy Under African Skies: Paul Simon Is 80

October 13, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1986, 80th birthday, Ali Farka Toure, Dollar Brand, Fela Kuti, Graceland, Johnny Clegg & Savuka, King Sunny Ade, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Orchestra Baobab, Paul Simon, Warner Bros.

How Graceland helped guide me to a lifelong love for global music

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Hard Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

The Hawk Is Still Howling: Dave Brock at 80

August 20, 2021August 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brock, ELO, ELP, Hawkwind, King Crimson, Lemmy, Motörhead, Pink Floyd, Status Quo, Yes

Even as a geezer, the enigmatic Hawkwind frontman is still fearlessly in search of rock’s final frontier

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Together Through Life: Bob Dylan at 80

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, John Wesley Harding, Oh Mercy, Theme Time Radio Hour, Together Through Life

Our editor looks back at a lifetime of listening to Robert Zimmerman

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LISTEN: Zappa at 80

December 21, 2020December 22, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 80th birthday, Alex Winter, Frank Zappa, Hot Rats, Zappa

Celebrating Frank through his greatest instrumentals

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Beatle Remembrance

Lennon at 80

October 9, 2020December 8, 2021 Trevor Seigler 1 Comment 1980, 80th birthday, Imagine, John Lennon, Joy Division, Paul McCartney, Sean Ono Lennon, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

A personal reflection on John from a writer who shares a birthday with the late, great Beatle

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Whole Lotta Lennon

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 80th birthday, Anthology, Apple Records, Box sets, Capitol Records, GIMME SOME TRUTH, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Shaved Fish, The Beatles, Ultimate Mixes, Yoko Ono

Celebrating both John Lennon’s 80th birthday and the release of an ultimate new collection by day tripping through his history of compiled work

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