On May 19th: Happy Birthday to Grace Jones and...

On May 19th: Happy Birthday to Grace Jones and...

 

  • Beverly Grace Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, actress and model.
  • In 1999, Jones ranked 82nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and in 2008, she was honoured with a Q Idol Award. Jones influenced the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s and has been an inspiration for artists, including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Brazilian Girls, Nile Rodgers, Santigold, and Basement Jaxx. (@Wikipedia.com)
 
 
 
  • Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who. 
  • His career with The Who spans 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 1960s and 1970s
 
 
 
 
 
  • Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill (born May 19, 1949) is the bassist and co-vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top
  • ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units. 
  • ZZ Top also ranks 80th in U.S. album sales, with 25 million units. ZZ Top has sold over 50 million albums worldwide
 
 
 
 
  • Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis; 19 May 1954) is an Australian drummer, best known for his membership in Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to the present.
  • Upon the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became the only Australian-born member of the band.
  • In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of AC/DC.