The first birthday today isn’t a rock music birthday, but fans of the trumpet have to recognize Louis Armstrong:

Elsbeary Hobbs of (the Ben E. King iteration of) the Drifters:

Who is Frank Guzzo? Frankie Ford, who invited you to go on …

Paul Leyton of the Seekers:

Robbin Crosby of Ratt:

The Paul Williams with a birthday today isn’t the short ’70s songwriter who played Little Enos in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies; he is the Paul Williams who played guitar for A Flock of Seagulls: