A short but deep list of birthdays today begins with Neal Doughty of REO Speedwagon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se3O2vHG1So

Geddy Lee of Rush (whose last song here should be the theme song of my old high school):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VcswhBy9tk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCASVFyQoE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Ycq64Gy4

John Sykes of Thin Lizzy:

And from today’s Ironic Death File: Today in 1974, Mama Cass Elliott died, not from drug use or alcoholism, but from choking on a ham sandwich:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFgBIuXbBs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXwtzP8KZwY