Happy Birthday to "8 Simple Rules" actor Martin Spanjers (1987), Columbian booty-shaker Shakira (1977), singer Eva Cassidy (1963; d. 1996), former supermodel Christie Brinkley (1954),

Late singer Eva Cassidy has scored a gold record in the U.K. and sold more than 3.5 million albums - 12 years after her death. The star's latest LP, Somewhere, has shifted 100,000 copies in Britain,

Happy Birthday to "8 Simple Rules" actor Martin Spanjers (1987), Columbian booty-shaker Shakira (1977), singer Eva Cassidy (1963; d. 1996), former supermodel Christie Brinkley (1954),

Blix Street Records, best known for the catalog of recordings by the late Eva Cassidy, has signed dynamic young blues-rock trio Back Door Slam and will release the band's debut recording, Roll Away, in early summer, with distribution in the U.S. through Ryko.

Happy Birthday to "8 Simple Rules" actor Martin Spanjers (1987), Columbian booty-shaker Shakira (1977), singer Eva Cassidy (1963; d. 1996), former supermodel Christie Brinkley (1954), "Star Trek TNG" actor Brent Spiner (1949), "Charlie's Angel" Farrah Fawcett (1947), British singer/songwriter Graham Nash (1942), Smothers Brother Tom Smothers (1937), Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz (1927; d. 1991), "The Lucy Show" actor Gale Gordon (1906; d. 1995), "Atlas Shrugged" author Ayn Rand (1905; d. 1982), and Irish writer James Joyce (1882; d. 1941).