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Happy 85 To The Legendary Voice And Songsmith NEIL DIAMOND

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24 January 2026

Neil Leslie Diamond was born in New York on 24th January 1941. Happy 85 to one
of the greatest pop songwriters ever. With his warm, passionate, and awe-inspiring
voice he charmed/charms millions of devoted fans.

He released 34th studio albums, multiple live LPs, compilations, and music for
movies since he debuted back in 1962. He sold over more than 100 million records.

In January 2018, Diamond told the world that he retired from
touring due to having been diagnosed with Parkinson‘s disease.

He wrote a series of timeless hits (37 top 40 hits). To celebrate the living
legend’s 85th birthday Turn Up The Volume picked these 3 masterstrokes.

– I AM I SAID –

– SWEET CAROLINE –

– CRACKLIN’ ROSIE –

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Happy 80 To Country Shero DOLLY PARTON!

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19 January 2026

World-famous country shero DOLLY PARTON was born
in Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. on 19 January 1946.

Happy 80 to one of the greatest voices ever,
to a tremendously flamboyant artist, and
utterly cool personality.

She’s in the music business since she was only 10-years old.
She wrote most of her songs herself. She has released no less
than 49 LPs and multiple collaborative albums (so far).

One of her biggest and best known hits.
More tha 880 million streams on Spotify.

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Happy 80 To JOHN PAUL JONES

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3 January 2026


Promo photo

Bassist and keyboardist JOHN PAUL JONES who formed legendary rock band
Led Zeppelin back in 1968, along with guitarist Jimmy Page, was born named
John Richard Baldwin on 3 January 1946 in Kent, Engeland.

Happy 80 to a musical architect, whose contributions
to Led Zep‘s work and success was instrumental.

When the band called it a day in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham started to work with countless other artists such as Queens Of The Stone Age‘s frontman Josh Homme, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Lenny Kravitz, Cinderella, The Mission,
La Fura dels Baus, the Harp Consort, Brian Eno, Seasick Steve, and the Butthole Surfers.

Happy 85 FRANK ZAPPA

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Phenomenal multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter FRANK ZAPPA
was born on 21 December 1940 in Baltimore. He would have celebrated his
85th birthday today.

Zappa Magazines.

CIRCUS Magazine – 1967

ROLLING STONE – 1968

CREEM – 1974

CASHBOX – 1982

KEYBOARD Magazine – 1987

Zappa passed away on 4 December 1993 due to cancer. R.I.P.

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HAPPY 70 To THE CLASH Bass Hero PAUL SIMONON

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15 December 2025


The iconic photo taken by Pennie Smith in New York, 1979

Paul Gustave Simonon was born on 15 December 1955.

Happy 70 to the cool-as-hell bass casanova of the last
band in town, The Clash.

To celebrate, here’s the first song Simonon, who grew
up in Brixton, wrote for the band. His pumping reggae
bass money-maker Guns Of Brixton, from the classic
double LP ‘London Calling‘.

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you’ll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton

On top: the iconic photo taken by Pennie Smith in New York, 1979.

Happy 60 To BJÖRK

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21 November 2025


Front cover debut album

BJÖRK was born named Björk Guðmundsdóttir
in Reykjavík, Iceland on 21 November 1965.

Happy 60 to a unique artist who started her career with
alt pop-rock band The Sugarcubes (1986-1992 / 3 albums).

In 1993 her first solo LP Debut came out. So far she made/released
10 longlayers with Fossora from 2022 as her most recent one.

She has sold more than 40 million albums. Over the years, she focused on connecting
her music with remarkable visual performances on stage and for her records’ artwork.
She also played in a couple of movies.

THE SUGARCUBES

SOLO

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Happy 75 To GRAHAM PARKER – One Of The Greatest Rock & Soul Voices Ever

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18 November 2025

British prolific songsmith and terrific voice
GRAHAM PARKER was born in Hackney,
London on 18 November 1970.

Happy 75 to one of the greatest rock
and soul voices ever (to my ears).

He played in a couple of pub bands before forming his group
The Rumour with whom he recorded/released 6 albums with their
5-star masterpiece Squeezing Out Sparks that came out in 1978.

Later on Parker played solo, released records with different
backing bands and reunited the Rumour from 1992 to 1995.
His most recent longplayer is Last Chance To Do The Twist,
released in 2023.

Let’s do his 1977 classic
THE NEW YORK SHUFFLE
to start the birthday party.

And do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle,
Going to stay awake all night
Do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle,
Get yourself uptight, get uptight

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HAPPY 80 To NEIL YOUNG, The Rock Icon Who Keeps On Rockin’ In The Free World

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12 November 2025

Living rock legend NEIL YOUNG was born on 12 November 1945 in Toronto, Canada.

Happy 80 to the imperishable, iconic singer-songwriter. He has released about
a thousand albums since 1963. He worked solo, regularly recorded with his pals
Crazy Horse, and played with three other memorable voices: Crosby, Stills, & Nash and Buffalo Springfield, a long time ago.

On his newest album, Talkin’ To The Trees, released last
June, he’s assisted by his new band The Chrome Hearts


.
In between, he keeps on coming up with old stuff from his
inexhaustible Archives, which seem to be inexhaustible.
And he still performs live.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Neil.

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