Every day is someone's birthday, but did you ever stop to think about the timeline of musical birthdays? Who was born before who else? In this series of quizzes, I give you the birthday and year, plus a hint - you tell me the person who was born on that day.

1. February 19, 1940: Leader of the Miracles
2. March 15, 1940: The Grateful Dead's bassist and oldest member
3. March 17, 1941: The E Street Band's sax player
4. May 24, 1941: Legendary nasal-voiced folk-rock singer and songwriter
5. March 25, 1942: The Queen of Soul
6. June 20, 1942: Carnie and Wendy's dad
7. August 1, 1942: Guitarist, banjoist, and one of the patron saints of this site
8. July 26, 1943: Still singing with the Rolling Stones 40+ years after "Satisfaction"
9. December 18, 1943: Still playing guitar with the Rolling Stones 40+ years after "Satisfaction"
10. March 15, 1944: Sylvester Stewart
11. October 13, 1944: Chicago's pianist and singer who was born in New York
12. May 19, 1945: Who guitarist and main composer of "Tommy"
13. July 1, 1946: She wasn't "Blondie"
14. March 25, 1947: Pianist known for glasses, wild stage costumes, and singing at Princess Diana's funeral
15. August 20, 1948: Percy
16. May 9, 1949: The Piano Man
17. August 12, 1949: Dire Straits' lead singer and guitarist

Bonus: Two sets of musical twin brothers were born in 1949: on September 20, in Chicago, and on December 22, on the Isle of Man. Who are they?