Not that my parents were paying attention, but the number one song two days into my life was:

Twenty-eight years later, the number one song was by a group that sang about aging nearly two decades earlier:

Birthdays start with Floyd Butler, who sang for the Fifth Dimension …

… and the Friends of Distinction:

For fans of the movie “Pulp Fiction,” Don Reid of the Statler Brothers has a birthday today:

Reid was born one year before the triumvirate of Fred Stone of Sly and the Family Stone:

… Fuzzy Fuscaldo of Captain Beefheart …

… and Michael Monarch of Steppenwolf:

And if you are from the ’80s, you know that Berlin (whose Teri Nunn has a birthday today) is not merely the home of the football team that Ripon beats like a drum: