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Happy birthday to Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott! The British singer turns 51 today!

While the band is on a bit of a break, Joe has been busy with his side project, the Down N Outz [listen to their music here]. The band consists of Joe from Def Leppard, Ronnie Garrity from Raw Glory, and Paul Guerin, Guy Griffin, and Keith Weir from The Quireboys.

On a personal note, Joe and his wife Kristine welcomed a son Finlay in December 2009.

Happy birthday Joe! What’s your favorite Def Leppard song???

Mariah Carey just celebrated her 40th birthday with a super expensive gift from her husband Nick Cannon: a pink Porsche.

She turned 40 on Saturday and took to her official Twitter account to tell her fans how happy she was with her gifts.

She tweeted, “Thank u everyone for the anniversary wishes! Today is a ‘smash hit wonder’ I’m having SO much fun & you guys make everything even better…All the videos and messages I got for my anniversary were incredible. You never cease to amaze me and make me happy and grateful….Again, thank you so much to all who gave so much time & love…NC shocked me with a custom PINK porshe!!! And a huge trampoline! Yes, pink.”

It must be nice!

South African singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews turns 43-years-old today. Happy birthday Dave!

We’ll celebrate his birthday today with my favorite Dave Matthews Band song, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Sir Mix Alot turns 45 today.

Happy Birthday Sir Mix Alot!

[Photo Credit: Amazon]

While I don’t usually cover country music, I wanted to give a quick shout out to Willie Nelson.

He’s 76 today.

Happy Birthday Willie!

The hotness that is Rob Thomas turns 36 today! Happy Birthday Rob!

Phil over at one of my favorite blogs, ContestBlogger just had his 30th birthday! His blog is about blog contests, so head on over there for more info!

Happy Birthday Phil!

And, just for you(since this is a music blog):

A happy birthday from Earsucker goes out to Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie & The Banshees. Siouxsie was born on May 27, 1957 as Susan Janet Ballion. Here is her best performance, ever, “Peek a boo” as performed on Top of the Pops:

The queen of punk rock turns 50 today, can you believe it?

A special happy birthday goes out to the vocal talent behind Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor. Michael Trent Reznor was born May 17, 1965.

Happy Birthday to you!

1952 – David Byrne of the Talking Heads
1969 – Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block (remember them?)
1978 – Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys

Punk rocker and proclaimed “Godfather of punk”, Iggy Pop, real name Jim Osterberg, celebrated his birthday by doing a stage dive into fans. While performing with The Stooges, he also invited them to get on the stage with him and sing.

According to the article:

He muttered a few thanks before resuming his usual routine: manic singing and dancing, scampering on to the speakers and throwing his microphone stand around.

During the Stooges classic No Fun, he invited fans in the mosh pit to jump on to the stage, and sing along with him.