Mincing Up the Morning

Etienne Daho

2009-01-14T01:42:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Étienne Daho, born this day in 1956! Here's his 1984 video for "Week-end à Rome." (Yes, St. Etienne's "He's On the Phone" is inspired by it.)

This concludes the yearlong cycle of Mincing Up the Morning--366 days and nearly 900 music videos featuring performers whose birthday it was each day. It's been my pleasure to put it together for you; I hope you've enjoyed it.

LL Cool J

2009-01-14T01:41:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to LL Cool J, born this day in 1968! Here's his 1993 video for "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings."

Suggs

2009-01-13T01:40:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to Suggs, born this day in 1961! Here he is in Madness's 2007 video for "Shame & Scandal."

Wayne Coyne

2009-01-13T01:40:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Wayne Coyne, born this day in 1965! Here he is singing "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (sic) with the Flaming Lips in 2007.

Trevor Rabin

2009-01-13T01:39:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Trevor Rabin, born this day in 1954! Here he is performing "Leave It" with Yes in 1983.

Cynthia Robinson

2009-01-12T01:39:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Cynthia Robinson, born this day in 1946! Here she is playing a handful of songs (starting with "M'Lady" and "Thank You") with Sly & the Family Stone in the early '70s. Killer arrangements--!

Blixa Bargeld

2009-01-12T01:38:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Blixa Bargeld, born this day in 1959! Here he is playing "Sand" with Einstürzende Neubauten--perhaps circa 1986?

Vicki Peterson

2009-01-11T01:38:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Vicki Peterson, born this day in 1958! Here she is playing "I'm in Line" with the Bangles around 1983.

Luci Martin

2009-01-10T01:37:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to Luci Martin, born this day in 1955! Here she is singing "Le Freak" with Chic in 1979.

Pat Benatar

2009-01-10T01:37:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Pat Benatar, born this day in 1953! Here's her early-'80s video for "A Little Too Late."

Tim Hart

2009-01-09T01:36:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to Tim Hart, born this day in 1948! Here he is playing "The Lark in the Morning" with Steeleye Span in 1970. Yes, that's Martin Carthy on backup vocals.

Jimmy Page

2009-01-09T01:36:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Jimmy Page, born this day in 1944! Here he is playing "Shapes of Things" with the Yardbirds in 1967 or so.

Joan Baez

2009-01-09T01:34:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Joan Baez, born this day in 1941! Here she is singing "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder tour in 1975.

David Bowie

2009-01-08T01:34:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to David Bowie, born this day in 1947! Here he is singing "Starman" in 1972.

Elvis Presley

2009-01-08T01:34:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to the late Elvis Presley, born this day in 1935! Here he is singing "Crawfish" in 1958.

Mike McGear

2009-01-07T01:33:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to Mike McGear, born this day in 1944! Here he is singing "Lily the Pink" with the Scaffold in 1968.

Kathy Valentine

2009-01-07T01:33:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Kathy Valentine, born this day in 1959! Here she is playing (a fragment of) "Johnny Are You Queer?" with the Go-Go's in 1979.

Rory Storm

2009-01-07T01:32:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to the late Rory Storm, born this day in 1938! Here he is with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, playing "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" in, I'd guess, 1963.

Jazzie B

2009-01-06T01:32:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Jazzie B, born this day in 1963! Here he is in Soul II Soul's 1988 video for "Fairplay."

Wilbert Harrison

2009-01-06T01:31:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to the late Wilbert Harrison, born this day in 1929! Here he is singing "Stagger Lee" sometime in the '50s.

Kate Schellenbach

2009-01-05T01:31:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Kate Schellenbach, born this day in 1966! Here she is playing "Here" with Luscious Jackson in 1995.

Chris Stein

2009-01-05T01:30:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Chris Stein, born this day in 1950! Here he is playing "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear" with Blondie in 1978.

Bernard Sumner

2009-01-04T01:30:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Bernard Sumner, born this day in 1956! Here he is in Electronic's 1990-or-so video for "Getting Away With It," directed by Chris Marker.

Ann Magnuson

2009-01-04T01:29:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday to Ann Magnuson, born this day in 1956! Here she is in Bongwater's 1989 video for "The Drum."

Beth Gibbons

2009-01-04T01:29:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Beth Gibbons, born this day in 1965! Here she is singing "Threads" with Portishead in 2008.