Born To Rock...

Since this is the penultimate post of this feature, tonight you can have 3 celebrants and 2 videos...

First up, half of The Monkees were born today (in different years)...

Dec. 30th, 1942 - Robert Michael Nesmith (better known just as Michael Nesmith) and
Dec. 30th, 1945 - David Thomas Jones (Davy Jones) were born...

"I'm A Believer"... although I always think "Shrek" when I hear this song now...

And Dec. 30th, 1946 - Patricia Lee (or Patti) Smith, singer-songwriter and poet, was born...

A live, stripped-down, acoustic version of "Because The Night"...