Daily BirthdaysPete Townshend
Pete Townshend, award-winning musician and composer, is one of the founding members of the seminal rock band The Who. While with The Who, Townshend collaborated on such groundbreaking albums as Tommy and Quadrophenia and on such classic anthems as My Generation, I Can See For Miles, Won't Get Fooled Again and Who Are You. Townshend began releasing solo albums in 1980 and, in 1983, became an editor for the venerable British publishing house of Faber & Faber. He wrote a collection of fiction entitled Horse's Neck and, in 1989, released an album of his musical adaptation of Hughes' The Iron Man (a staging of the musical occurred at London's Old Vic in 1993). The Who's ‘Tommy' opened on Broadway in that same year, garnering five Tony Awards, including Best Original Musical Score.
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Pete Townshend Facts
| Birth Name | Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend |
| Occupation | Musician, Producer |
| Birthday | May 19, 1945 (64) |
| Sign | Taurus |
| Birthplace | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Height | 6' (1m83) |