Every year since August 12th 1949, this has person celebrated his birthday on this day.

That person is Mark Knopfler. You may have heard of him. He was the legendary lead singer with that group from the United Kingdom named the Dire Straits before they broke up in 1995. He was born as Mark Freuder Knopfler in Glasgow, Scotland, and today is his 66th birthday!

Mark is quite an accomplished guitarist, earning him on many lists as one of the best in the world. Mark has many albums credited to him and the Dire Straits, spawning several hits. At last count, Mark has been involved with 12 Dire Straits albums, 9 solo albums, 9 soundtracks, produced 5 albums and been a part of 4 collaborative albums. Wow, that's one busy person!

For this week's Classic Rock Pick, let's celebrate Mark Knopfler's 66th birthday with a performance of Industrial Disease at a 1986 show in Australia. Happy Birthday Mark!

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