Saturday Night Spin: “Every Picture Tells a Story” by Rod Stewart, 5/28/71. This album is a perfected formulation of hard rock, folk, and blues. It has an authentic raw feel, and is a masterclass in roots rock. Rod’s charismatic unpolished vocals are central to the album's incredible success.

Happy heavenly birthday to the legendary Randy Rhoads💔 #randyrhoads #ozzy #legend #quietriot

Happy 69th birthday to Peter Buck 🥳🎈🎉 #peterbuck #rem

In memory of the legendary Roy Orbison 4/23/36~12/6/88 #royorbison #thecarusoofrock #thebigo

In memory of Lead Belly 1/20/1888-12/6/1949 #leadbelly #legend

In memory of Dobie Gray 7/26/40~12/6/11 #dobiegray

All these years later, you are still loved and appreciated just as much as always, and sorely missed… Happy heavenly birthday Dad❤️❤️❤️

In memory of Dave Brubeck 12/6/20~12/5/12 #davebrubeck

In memory of Denny Laine 10/29/44~12/5/23 #dennylaine #moodyblues #wings

Happy heavenly birthday to the legendary Little Richard #littlerichard #legend

Happy 78th birthday to Jim Messina🥳🎈🎉 #jimmessina #logginsandmessina #buffalospringfield #poco

Happy 60th birthday to John Rzeznik 🥳🎈🎉 #johnrzeznik #googoodolls

Happy 81st birthday to Chris Hillman🥳🎈🎉 #chrishillman #bassist #thebyrds #gramparsons #theflyingburritobrothers

Happy heavenly birthday to Dennis Wilson #denniswilson #beachboys

Happy heavenly birthday to Gary Rossington #garyrossington #rossingtoncollinsband #lynyrdskynyrd

Happy heavenly birthday to Jim Hall #jimhall

In memory of Tommy Bolin 8/1/51~12/4/76 #tommybolin #thejamesgang #deeppurple #zephyr

In memory of Frank Zappa 12/21/40~12/4/93 #frankzappa #mothersofinvention

Happy heavenly birthday to the legendary Ozzy Osbourne♥️ #ozzy #ozzyosbourne #princeofdarkness #blacksabbath

Happy 76th birthday to Mickey Thomas🥳🎈🎉 #mickeythomas #jeffersonstarship #elvinbishop

Happy 73rd birthday to Don Barnes 🥳🎈🎉 #donbarnes #38special

In memory of Myles Goodwyn 6/23/48~12/3/23 #mylesgoodwyn #aprilwine

In memory of Ian McLagan 5/12/45~12/3/14 #ianmclagan #thefaces #smallfaces #rollingstones

In memory of Scott Weiland💔 10/27/67~12/3/15 #scottweiland #stonetemplepilots #velvetrevolver

Happy 65th birthday to Rick Savage 🥳🎈🎉 #ricksavage #defleppard

Happy 57th birthday to Nate Mendel🥳🎈🎉 #natemendel #foofighters #theholyshits #thedeegees

Happy 39th birthday to Tal Wilkenfeld🥳🎈🎉 #talwilkenfeld #prince #jeffbeck #ericclapton #mickjagger

In memory of vocalist, pianist, and co-creator of the Alan Parson’s Project Eric Woolfson 3/18/45~12/2/09 #ericwoolfson #alanparsonsproject

In memory of the fabulous Bobby Keys 12/18/44~12/2/14 #bobbykeys #georgeharrison #johnlennon #JoeCocker #ericclapton #rollingstone #lynyrdskynyrd #harrynilsson #sessionmusician

Happy 81st birthday to John Densmore 🥳🎈🎉 #johndensmore #thedoors

Happy 81st birthday to Eric Bloom 🥳🎈🎉 #ericbloom #blueoystercult

Happy 79th birthday to Gilbert O’Sullivan 🥳🎈🎉 #gilbertosullivan

Happy heavenly birthday to Jaco Pastorius #jacopastorius #legend #weatherreport

Happy heavenly birthday to Lou Rawls #lourawls

In memory of Ray Gillen 5/12/59~12/1/93 #raygillen #blacksabbath #badlands #bluemurder

Sunday Morning Spin: “The Cars" by The Cars, released 6/6/78. The success of this album had a great deal to do with their appeal to a wide audience, crossing genres of new wave and classic rock. With this debut album, The Cars truly made a name for themselves that would endure the test of time.

Happy 80th birthday to Roger Glover 🥳🎈🎉 #rogerglover #deeppurple #rainbow

Happy 82nd birthday to Leo Lyons🥳🎈🎉 #leolyons #bassist #tenyearsafter #alvinlee

Happy 70th birthday to Billy Idol🥳🎈🎉 #billyidol

Happy 66th birthday to Cherie Currie🥳🎈🎉 #cheriecurrie #therunaways

Happy heavenly birthday to Rob Grill #robgrill #grassroots

In memory of the beautiful Christine McVie❤️ 7/12/43~11/30/22 #christinemcvie #fleetwoodmac

In memory of the legendary George Harrison❤️ 2/25/43~11/29/01 #georgeharrison #beatles

Happy heavenly birthday to John Mayall #johnmayall #thebluesbreakers

Happy heavenly birthday to Chuck Mangione #chuckmangione

Happy heavenly birthday to Ronnie Montrose #ronniemontrose #montrose #gamma

Happy heavenly birthday to Ronny Jordan #ronnyjordan

Happy 78th birthday to Clare Torry🥳🎈🎉 Clare was a session singer for Alan Parsons, Meat Loaf, and most famously, Pink Floyd. #claretorry #greatgiginthesky #pinkfloyd #darksideofthemoon #alanparsons #procolharum #meatloaf

Happy 68th birthday to Jennifer Batten🥳🎈🎉 #jenniferbatten #sessionmusician #michaeljackson #jeffbeck

Happy 83rd birthday to one of favorite vocalists… Felix Cavaliere 🥳🎈🎉 #therascals #youngrascals #felixcavaliere