Thirty musical highlights of 2012, a year that produced too few musical highlights.
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Inspired by the March 6 birthdays of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Tyler the Creator, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Bubba Sparxxx, Betty Boo, Beanie Sigel, Lou Costello, Kiki Dee, Bowling For Soup’s Jaret Reddick and The Blasters’ Phil Alvin.
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Inspired by National Chocolate Day and the October 28 birthdays of Frank Ocean, Jamie xx, Brad Paisley, Charlie Daniels, Wayne Fontana, Curtis Lee, Ben Harper, Friend & Lover’s Jim Post and Bob & Marcia’s Bob Andy; and National Black Cat Day and the October 27 birthday of John Cleese.

Inspired by the July 13 birthdays of The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Girls’ Christopher Owens, Leon Bridges, Cheech Marin, Jayne County, Gerald Levert and Ida Maria.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 17 birthdays of Kendrick Lamar, Barry Manilow, Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra, Mike + the Mechanics’ Paul Young, and Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 15 birthdays of Harry Nilsson, Ice Cube, Slade’s Noddy Holder, Waylon Jennings, Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, Erroll Garner, Neil Patrick Harris, Kansas’ Steve Walsh, Meri Wilson, Ruby and the Romantics’ Ruby Nash, Alien Art Farm’s Dryden Mitchell and Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 14 birthdays of Culture Club’s Boy George, the xx’s Oliver Sim, The Zombies’ Rod Argent, Jr. Walker, Faithless’ Maxi Jazz, Linda Clifford, Deer Tick’s John J. McCauley, Gunna, and Broadway composer Cy Coleman.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 13 birthdays of Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Bobby Freeman, Bo Donaldson, David Gray, Malo’s Jorge Santana, and Paul Lynde.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, the passing of Bonnie Pointer, and the June 9 birthdays of Jackie Wilson, The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons, Muse’s Matt Bellamy, Les Paul, Johnny Ace and composer Cole Porter.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 8 birthdays of Kanye West, Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, Boz Scaggs, Nancy Sinatra, Bonnie Tyler, Joan Rivers, Robert Preston, Gang of Four’s Jon King, and James Darren.