Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today June 14
1961
Boy George is born, the face that defied every label in pop
On June 14, 1961, George O'Dowd — the future Boy George — was born in Kent. With Culture Club and hits like 'Karma Chameleon' he brought gender ambiguity to eighties prime time, with a smile and a hat impossible to ignore. His elegant androgyny opened mainstream space for identities pop had kept at the margins.
Boy George
Culture Club
1945
Rod Argent is born, the exquisite keyboard behind The Zombies
On June 14, 1945, Rod Argent was born in England — keyboardist and songwriter of The Zombies. His jazzy organ on 'She's Not There' and the psychedelic jewel 'Odessey and Oracle', ignored at the time and now an absolute cult album, place him among the finest musicians of the British Invasion. 'Time of the Season' still sounds half a century ahead.
Rod Argent
The Zombies
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