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Born on this day in 1971: Singer, songwriter Richard Ashcroft, from English rock band The Verve, who had the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK Chart history. The album features the hit singles 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', 'The Drugs Don't Work' and 'Lucky Man' and spent over 100 weeks on the UK chart. Ashcroft had the 2000 solo UK No.3 single 'A Song For The Lovers', and the 2000 UK No.1 album Alone With Everybody.

Born on this day in 1957: Jon Moss, drums, Culture Club, (1983 UK No.1 & 1984 US No.1 single 'Karma Chameleon' plus seven other UK top 10 singles).

Born on this day in 1953: Tommy Shaw, guitar, Styx, (1979 US No.1 & 1980 UK No.6 single 'Babe').

Playing Congress on Sept 14 (Thursday) w Kid Congo and Golden Boots.

The site of the Paul’s Boutique album cover, at Ludlow and Rivington, was renamed "Beastie Boys Square" this weekend in honor of the trio.

João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, known professionally as João Bosco is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. In the 1970s he established his reputation in música popular Brasileira (Portuguese: "Brazilian pop music") with lyricist Aldir Blanc. Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where his songs were recorded by Elis Regina. In the introduction to his three-volume Songbook, Almir Chediak wrote, "Brilliant composer João Bosco's melodic and harmonic constructions are among the most auspicious in Brazilian music."

Born on this day in 1967: jazz singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. Bobby Colomby, the drummer for Blood, Sweat & Tears and a friend of director Rob Reiner, recommended Harry Connick Jr. for the soundtrack. When Reiner listened to the tape Colomby gave him, he was struck by how Connick sounded like a young Frank Sinatra.