English rock singer/songwriter Graham Parker turns 62 today. Graham Parker was at his peak from the mid-1970’s until the early 1980’s in my opinion when he was the lead singer of Graham Parker and The Rumour. He was often compared with Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson. They all came along around the same time. My favourite Graham Parker album was “Squeezing Out Sparks” from 1979. Graham Parker has always been an album artist not a singles artist. He’s never had a hit single in the United States and in the UK early in his career he had a couple songs hit that charts but that is all. He is still releasing albums but its been a while since I’ve bought one of them. He has also written a few novels.