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Born in London in 1945, he's undoubtedly one of the last living legends of English rock. He celebrates his 81st birthday today…

The whimsical lead singer of the turbulent band founded in New York (of course) in the early 70s, David Johansen has just closed the final chapter of a legendary band that owed as much to glam rock as it did to punk.

He was born in Heston, Middlesex, England, in 1944 and he's celebrating his 82d birthday today.

David Robert Jones was born in London in 1948. From an early age, the young boy was interested in music, joining his school choir and learning the flute, piano and dance.

She was born in Austin, Texas, in 1959, and raised by a single English mother.

Paolo Conte is born in the heart of Piedmont's vineyards, in Asti in northern Italy. He was three years old when the Second World War broke out.

Michael Stipe of REM was born in Georgia in 1960. The son of a soldier, he followed his family’s nomadic life that exposed him to other cultures, notably musical.

His real name is Bernard Dicken, and he was born in 1956 in Salford, a suburb of Manchester in north-west England.

Now 81, this native of Dallas, Texas, has been a pioneer of American folk rock since the 60s.

This artistic pillar of the African continent was born in 1959 in Dimbokro (Ivory Coast), 240 kilometers north of the capital Abidjan.

Andy Summers, a former bandmate of Sting's in England's most popular trio The Police, was born in Blackpool in 1942.

Patricia Lee Smith was born in New Jersey in 1946 to an Irish family.