Fool-pitying actor/celebrity Laurence Tureaud turns 60 today. Remember when he and Hulk Hogan teamed up for WrestleMania and it was, like, the biggest thing in the world? You do if you were 12 then. Oh my God, time goes by so fast.

Here are a few covers you can listen to to celebrate the 64th birthday of one Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste De La Salle Eno.

A very happy birthday to Richard Anthony Monsour, King of the Surf Guitar. The man better known as Dick Dale was born 75 years ago today.

Record executive Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is 50. Seriously. I know, I don't believe it either! Good lord.

Happy birthday to American legend Merle Ronald Haggard.

The amazing Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor turns 70 today. Put some headphones on and enjoy.

Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager turns 65 today, an event we note mainly to once again express our fervent belief that "Nobody Does It Better (Theme from The Spy Who Loved Me)" is one of the greatest songs of all time. Don't argue, you'll just look stupid.

The astounding blues guitarist—although one of my favorite performances has him playing piano—Henry Saint Clair Fredericks turns 70 years old today. For "She Caught The Katy" alone, this is a man worth celebrating.

David Byrne, 60 years old today. Yep.

Barbra Joan Streisand turns 70 today. Jean Paul Gaultier reaches 60. But the birthday I am most happy to celebrate is that of David John Haskins, erstwhile member of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Jazz Butcher and various and sundry other projects, including a solo career that produced this very enjoyable track. But, you know, happy birthday to everybody.

David Michael Letterman turns 65 today. So much has already been written about his legacy that to say anything more would seem superfluous, so let's just mark the milestone by enjoying his dramatic turn in the 1994 Best Picture winner Cabin Boy.

Social Distortion's Mike Ness turns 50 today, which I guess makes sense one way or another. Also, and unrelatedly, turning 50 today: Brenda Ann Spencer. You can either Google her or the Boomtown Rats; you will eventually wind up in the same place. Either way, happy birthday Mike Ness.

The amazing—and criminally obscure (at least in this country; his fellow Britons of a certain age are probably still unable to get "Stop the Cavalry" out of their heads)—Jona Lewie turns 65 today. Here's a good place to start. I'm partial to "I'll Get By In Pittsburgh," but, really, you can't go wrong.

I don't want to alarm anyone here, but I've just learned that Shaquille O'Neal turns 40 today. Which suggests, by the logic of contemporaneity, that those of us who recall his playing days—not even the 19 years in the league, but his time as a student at LSU—are probably not too far away from 40 ourselves, if we have not already reached it. That's one hell of a shock on a Tuesday morning. I would tell you to sit down, but judging by your advancing years you are probably seated already. Sorry.

So David Byrne's birthday was Monday. Brian Eno's birthday was yesterday. Today is the 66th birthday of guitar genius Robert Fripp. If anything were going to make me believe in astrology, the fact that these three were all born on roughly the same day might just—nah, even that's not gonna do it, astrology is junk. Still… WEIRD.

A very happy birthday to Paul Heaton of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South. Thank you for all of these songs!

The immensely talented pianist Murray Perahia (his Goldberg Variations comes in at number six on our list) turns 65 today. I would recommend starting with Songs Without Words if you're unfamiliar.

You may know him from Animal House, you may know him from "The Sopranos," but to me he will always be MacIntyre, from my favorite movie of all time. Happy birthday, MacIntyre.

Stanley Kirk Burrell turns 50 today. Where did the time go?

One week after his former bandmate Lou Reed turned 70, the great John Cale reaches that same pinnacle. As is the case with Reed, there is too much Cale to choose from. (And I'm certainly not going to go with his cover of "Hallelujah," because enough with anyone apart from Leonard Cohen singing that song.) Anyway, here's one from his collaboration with Brian Eno. And, as a bonus below, a track with Hector Zazou and Suzanne Vega that somehow always calms and happifies. Many happy returns.