Make This A Birthday To Remember.......

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May 5th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Chris Brown [[singer, songwriter; 'Run It!'; 'Kiss Kiss') -
Craig David [[English R&B singer-songwriter; 'Fill Me In'; '7 Days') -
Raheem DeVaughn [[R&B singer; 'Woman'; 'Customer') -

Adele [[English singer and songwriter; 'Chasing Pavements'; 'Rolling In The Deep'; 'Someone Like You'; 'Set Fire To The Rain'; 'Hello') -
Eddie Amoo [[English soul singer; The Real Thing; 'You To Me Are Everything') -
Bill Ward [[English drummer, Black Sabbath) -

Ian McCulloch [[English singer, songwriter; Echo & The Bunnymen) -
Julie Cafritz [[guitarist; Pussy Galore) -
Stuart Elliott [[English drummer with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush etc.,) -

Ace Cannon [[saxophonist; 'Tuff'; 'Blues [[Stay Away From Me') -
Barbara Taylor Bradford [[English-American novelist; 'A Woman Of Substance' and the Emma Harte saga) -
Richard E. Grant [[Swazi-born English actor; 'Withnail And I'; 'Bram Stoker's Dracula') -

Pat Carroll [[actress and comedian; 'Caesar's Hour', 'Make Room For Daddy', 'Laverne And Shirley', Ursula the Sea Witch, 'The Little Mermaid') -
Henry Cavill [[British actor; 'The Tudors'; 'Man Of Steel') -
Santiago Cabrera [[Chilean-British actor; 'Heroes'; 'Merlin'; 'The Musketeers') -

Lisa Eilbacher [[Saudi-Arabian born actress; 'An Officer And A Gentleman'; 'Beverly Hills Cop') -
Danielle Fishel [[actress; 'Boy Meets World'; 'Girl Meets World'; 'The Dish') -
Lance Henriksen [[actor; Bishop in 'Alien' franchise; Frank Black in 'Millennium'; Disney's 'Tarzan') -

Darrin Dewitt Henson [[choreographer, dancer, actor; 'Darrin's Dance Grooves'; Lem Van Adams on 'Soul Food' series) -
Will Hutchins [[actor; Tom Brewster on 'Sugarfoot' series, 1957-1961) -
Vincent Kartheiser [[actor; Pete Campbell in 'Mad Men', and Connor, in 'Angel') -

Michael Murphy [[actor; notable for appearances in films directed by Robert Altman, including title role in 'Tanner'88') -
John Rhys-Davies [[Welsh actor; Gimli in 'The Lord Of The Rings' films, and Sallah in the 'Indiana Jones' films) -
John Terry [[actor; Christian Shephard in 'Lost'; and Larry McCoy in 'Las Vegas')-

Michael Palin [[English comedian and actor; 'Monty Python'; 'Ripping Yarns'; 'A Fish Called Wanda') -
Tina Yothers [[actress and singer; Jennifer Keaton on 'Family Ties'; -

Clark Duke [[actor; 'Kick-Ass'; 'Sex Drive'; 'Greek'; 'The Office') -
Kurt Sutter [[screenwriter, director, producer and actor; 'The Shield'; 'Sons Of Anarchy') -
Kyan Douglas [[television personality and stylist; 'Queer Eye') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Barbara Randolph [[1942-2002; singer and actress; 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'; 'I Got A Feeling'; 'Can I Get A Witness') -
Jheryl Busby [[1949-2008; former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records) -
Johnnie Taylor [[1934-2000; R&B and soul singer; 'Who's Making Love'; 'I Believe In You [[You Believe In Me)'; 'Disco Lady') -

Blind Willie McTell [[1898-1959; Piedmont blues and ragtime singer; 'Statesboro Blues'; 'Lord, Send Me An Angel / Ticket Agent Blues') -
Sonny Parker [[1925-1957; blues and jazz singer, dancer and drummer; long time work with Lionel Hampton ) -

J.D.'Jay' Miller [[1922-1996; record producer, musician and songwriter; 'It Wasn't God Made Honky Tonk Angels' [[Kitty Wells); 'I'm A Lover Not A Fighter') -
Tammy Wynette [[1942-1998; country music singer-songwriter; 'I Don't Wanna Play House'; 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.'; 'Stand By Your Man') -
Andy Gibb [[1958-1988; singer; 'I Just Want To Be Your Everything'; '[[Love Is) Thicker Than Water'; 'Shadow Dancing') -

Sage Stallone [[1976-2012; actor; son of Sylvester Stallone; Robert Balboa Jr. in 'Rocky V') -
Tyrone Power [[1913-1958; actor; 'The Mark Of Zorro'; 'Witness For The Prosecution'; 'John Brown's Body'; and 'Mister Roberts' ) -
Alice Faye [[1915-1998; actress and singer; 'In Old Chicago'; 'You'll Never Know' [['Hello, Frisco, Hello'); 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' ) -

Freeman F. Gosden [[1899-1982; radio comedian; Amos of 'Amos 'n' Andy') -
Ilene Woods [[1929-2010; voice actress and singer; the voice of the original Disney 'Cinderella') -
Roger Rees [[1944-2015; Welsh actor; 'The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby'; 'Cheers'; 'The West Wing') -

Richard Schaal [[1928-2014; actor; 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'; 'The Bob Newhart Show'; 'Rhoda' and 'Phyllis') -
Ursula Jeans [[1906-1973; Indian born English actress; 'The Passing Of Mr Quin'; 'The Dam Busters' ) -
Ben Wright [[1915-1989; actor, 'My Fair Lady'; 'The Sound Of Music'; 'One Hundred And One Dalmatians; 'The Little Mermaid') -
June Lang [[1917-2005; actress; 'Bonnie Scotland'; 'The Road To Glory'; 'Wee Willie Winkie') -

Bing Russell [[1926-2003; actor; 'Bonanza'; 'The Magnificent Seven') -
Harry Woods [[1889-1968; screen villain in nearly 250 films) -
Delia Derbyshire [[1937-2001; English musician and composer of electronic music; 'Doctor Who' theme; BBC Radiophonic Workshop) -
Karl Marx [[1818-1883; philosopher, economist, revolutionary socialist; 'Das Kapital'; 'The Communist Manifesto') -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 5th.

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May 6th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Herb Cox -
Bob Seger -
Mary MacGregor -

MC Serch -
Narcizo -
N'Dea Davenport -

Juliet Roberts -
Laetitia Sadier -
Chris Shiflett -

Larry Steinbachel -
Colin Earl -
John Flansburgh -

George Clooney -
Roma Downey -
Gabourey Sidibe -

Lynn Whitfield -
Naomi Scott -
Richard Cox -

Christian Clavier -
Richard Eyer -
John Ennis -

Alan Dale -
Gregg Henry -
Dana Hill -

Leslie Hope -
Ben Masters -
Michael O'Hare -

Adrianne Palicki
Anne Parillaud -
Kavan Smith -

Freddie Boath -
Sadie Sandler -
Dominic Scott Kay -

Jaime Winstone -
Stacey Oristano -
Tom Bergeron -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Sandra Tilley [[1943-1981; R&B and soul singer; The Velvelettes; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) -

Sylvia Robinson [[1936-2011; singer, musician, record producer and CEO of Sugar Hill Records; 'Love Is Strange' with Mickey Baker;'Pillow Talk') -

Robbie McIntosh [[1950-1974; guitarist; The Pretenders, Paul McCartney; The Robbie McIntosh Band) -

Rudolph Valentino [[1895-1926; silent film actor; 'The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse'; 'The Sheik'; 'Blood And Sand'; 'The Eagle'; 'The Son Of The Sheik') -

Orson Welles [[1915-1985; actor, director, writer and producer; 'Caesar'; 'The War Of The Worlds'; 'Citizen Kane') -

Stewart Granger [[1913-1993; English film actor; 'Love Story'; 'Madonna Of The Seven Moons'; 'Caravan') -

Adriana Caselotti [[1916-1997; voice actress and singer; the voice of Snow White, in Disney's 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs') -

Martha Boswell [[1905-1958; close harmony singer; eldest of The Boswell Sisters) -

Dennis Cowan [[1947-1975; English musician; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) -

Denny Wright [[1924-1992; English jazz and skiffle guitarist) -

Ross Hunter [[1926-1996; film and television producer, and actor; 'Pillow Talk'; 'Magnificent Obsession'; 'Imitation Of Life' ) -

Frank Nelson [[1911-1986; comedic actor; 'Jack Benny Programe'; 'I Love Lucy') -

Bill Quinn [[1912-1994) -
Raymond Bailey [[1904-1980) -
Lucien Ballard [[1908-1988) -
Sigmund Freud [[1856-1939) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 6th.

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May 7th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Thelma Houston -
Pete Wingfield -
Carlos Alomar -
Val Bisoglio -

Eagle-Eye Cherry -
Anne Dudley -
Alexander Ludwig -
Breckin Meyer -

Peter Reckell -
Ivan Sergei -
Scooter Ward -
Brandon W. Jones -

Carrie Henn -
Mhairi Calvey -
Randall 'Tex' Cobb -
Mark O'Brien -
Kamal Ahmed -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Jimmy Ruffin [[1936-2014) -
Saundra Mallett Edwards [[1942-2002) -
Thomas 'Beans' Bowles [[1926-2000) -
Teresa Brewer [[1931-2007) -

Cornelius Cardew [[1936-1981) -
Gary Cooper [[1901-1961) -
Anne Baxter [[1923-1985) -
Gabby Hayes [[1885-1969) -

David Tomlinson [[1917-2000) -
Robert Hegyes [[1951-2102) -
Darren McGavin 1922-2006) -
Ralph Truman [[1900-1977) -

Evita Peron [[1919-1952) -
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [[1840-1893) -
Johannes Brahms[[1833-1897) -
Robert Browning [[1812-1889) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 7th.

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May 8th: if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Philip Bailey -
Chris Frantz -
Toni Tennille -
Enrique Iglesias -

Alex Van Halen -
Joe Bonamassa -
Matt Willis -
Martha Wainwright -

Dave Rowntree -
Ian Watkins -
Blag Dahlia -
Darren Hayes -

Keith Jarrett -
Don Rickles -
Melissa Gilbert -
Janet McTeer -

John Archer -
Matthew Davis -
Deborah Harmon -
Stephen Furst -

Salome Jens -
David Keith -
Phyllida Law -
James Mitchum -

Stephen Amell -
Elyes Gabel -
Martin Compston -
Aneurin Barnard -

Christian Cole -
Nora Arnezeder -
Josie Maran -
David Attenborough -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :

Robert Johnson [[1911-1938) -
Red Nichols [[1905-1965) -
Mary Lou Williams [[1910-1981) -
Ricky Nelson [[1940-1985) -

Sonny Liston [[1932-1970) -
Lex Barker [[1919-1973) -
Arturo de Cordova [[1907-1973) -
Fernandel [[1903-1971) -

Sid James [[1913-1976) -
Roberto Rossellini [[1906-1977) -
Oscar Hammerstein I [[1846-1919) -
Tom Of Finland [[1920-1991) -

Peter Benchley [[1940-2006) -
Harry S. Truman [[1884-1972) -
Henry Dunant [[1828-1910) -
Phillis Wheatley [[1753-1784) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 8th.

[moe]

Westgrand, where do you think R&B is? Is he hiding under a rock with Greasy Grady or just out in the shed making a new batch?????

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Moe, he'll be reading the new posts here [[and re-reading his posts on old threads from way back) but not signing in. Or maybe getting someone to check for him, in case he's missing something good here. [[He is!)

He's probably trying out other forums, too. Best of luck. Anything else is a step down.....

You'll know when he's around, because you'll hear the trumpeting sounds of approaching elephants. Very Barnum and Bailey!

Besides, Arr&bee has accepted that you're never going to let him make you a bigger star than 'Ms. Moe [[Superstar)' already is........so he'll be giving you the go-by, and hustling talent elsewhere.

Don't say you're not relieved, because I won't believe you....

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May 9th: if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Billy Joel -
Tania Maria -
Tamia -
Tommy Roe -

Nokie Edwards [[The Ventures) -
Sonny Curtis [[The Crickets) -
Richie Furay [[Buffalo Springfield) -
Steve Katz [[Blood, Sweat & Tears) -

John Edwards [[Status Quo) -
Pete Birrell [[Freddie & The Dreamers) -
Paul McGuigan [[Oasis) -
Dave Gahan [[Depeche Mode) -

Paul Heaton [[The Housemartins; Beautiful South) -
Bobby Lewis -
James Kirby -
Andrew W.K. -

Pierre Bouvier [[Simple Plan) -
Lindsay Kemp -
Candice Bergen -
Albert Finney -
Glenda Jackson -

Pedro Armendariz -
Rachel Boston -
John Corbett -
Wendy Crewson -

Gary Daniels -
Rosario Dawson -
Chris Diamantopoulos -
Daniel Franzese -

Lorena Gale -
Kevin Peter Hall -
Hudson Leick -
Alley Mills -

James L. Brooks -
Joe Carnahan -
Alan Bennett -
Richard Adams -






Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Dave Prater [[1937-1988) -
Danny Rapp [[1941-1983) -
Hank Snow [[1914-1999) -

Harry Simeone [[1911-2005) -
Geraldine McEwan [[1932-2015) -
Joan Sims [[1930-2001) -

Richard Barthelmess [[1895-1963) -
Arthur English [[1919-1995) -
Fuzzy Knight [[1901-1976) -
John Brougham [[1814-1880) -

J.M Barrie [[1860-1937) -
Emile Ardolino [[1943-1993) -
Pancho Gonzales [[1928-1995) -
Howard Carter [[1874-1939) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 9th.

[moe]

Indeed, westgrand!

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May 10th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Henry Fambrough [[The Spinners) -
Bono -
Sly Dunbar -
Young M.C. -

Donovan -
Carl Douglas -
Graham Gouldman -
Dave Mason -

Jay Ferguson -
Danny Carey [[drummer for Tool) -
Charice [[Filipina pop singer) -

Maureen Lipman -
Andrea Anders -
Jim Abrahams :
Darryl M. Bell -

Taurean Blacque -
David Clennon -
Teri Copley -
Linda Evangelista -

Meg Foster -
Judith Jamison -
Judson Mills -
Al Murray -

Erik Palladino -
Gina Philips -
Dallas Roberts -
Victoria Rowell -

Lindsey Shaw -
Odette Annable -
Halston Sage -
Paige O'Hara -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Ron Banks [[1951-2010) -
Arthur Alexander [[1940-1993) -
Bill Coday [[1942-2008) -
Larry Williams [[1935-1980) -


Fred Astaire [[1899-1987) -
David O. Selznick [[1902-1965) -
Max Steiner [[1888-1971) -
Dimitri Tiomkin [[1894-1979) -

Nancy Walker [[1922-1992) -
Clarence Brown [[1890-1987) -
Thurston Hall [[1882-1958) -
Mae Murray [[1889-1965) -

Anatole Litvak [[1902-1974) -
Bert Weedon [[1920-1012) -
Sid Vicious [[1957-1979) -
Jackie Lomax [[1944-2012) -

Margo [[1917-1985) -
Maybelle Carter [[1909-1978)
Charles McGraw [[1914-1980) -
Marie-France Pisier [[1944-2011) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 10th.

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May 11th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



R. Dean Taylor [[singer-songwriter; pianist; record producer) -
Wes Henderson [[bass guitarist; Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers) -
Alyson Williams [[R&B singer; 'Sleep Talk') -
Eric Burdon [[lead singer, The Animals) -

Prince Royce [[singer-songwriter; 'Corazon Sin Cara' ) -
Arnie Satin [[The Dovells) -
Les Chadwick [[Gerry & The Pacemakers) -
Tom Giuliano [[The Happenings) -

Butch Trucks [[The Allman Brothers Band) -
Valentino [[fashion dress designer) -
Mort Sahl [[early influential stand-up comic) -
Carla Bley [[pianist and composer) -

Andrew McKenzie [[musician, The Hafler Trio) -
Karen Kilgariff [[comic; 'Mr Show With Bob And David') -
Shohreh Aghdashloo [[actor; 'House Of Sand And Fog') -
Frances Fisher [[actress; 'House Of Sand And Fog') -

Coby Bell [[actor; Tyrone Davis on 'Third Watch') -
Jeffrey Donovan [[actor; Michael Westen on 'Burn Notice') -
Pam Ferris [['The Darling Buds Of May'; 'Rosemary & Thyme'; 'Call The Midwife') -
Bernard Fox [[actor; Dr. Bombay on 'Bewitched') -
Yvonne Furneaux [[actress; 'La Dolce Vita') -

Jonathan Jackson [[actor; Lucky Spencer on 'General Hospital') -
Nicky Katt [[actor; Harry Senate on 'Boston Public') -
Benoit Magimel [[actor; 'The Long Quiet River' ) -
Tim Blake Nelson [[actor; 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?') -
Holly Valance [[actress; 'Neighbours') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away:


Irving Berlin [[1888-1989 ; composer; 'White Christmas'; 'God Bless America') -
J.C.Higginbotham [[1906-1973; jazz trombonist) -
King Oliver [[1885-1938; jazz musician; King Oliver Creole Jazz Band) -
Beryl Bryden [[1920-1998; English jazz singer) -

Kit Lambert [[1935-1981; producer and manager of The Who) -
Cory Monteith [[1982-2013; actor; Finn Hudson on 'Glee')-
Margaret Rutherford [[1892-1972; actress; Miss Marple; 'The V.I.P.s') -
Phil Silvers [[1911-1985; actor; 'The Phil Silvers Show'; 'You're In The Army Now') -

Marino Marini [[innovative pop music bandleader) -
John Paddy Carstairs [[1910-1970; film director; 'The Saint In London') -
Salvador Dali [[1904-1989; surrealist painter) -
David Gest [[1953-2016; entertainer, comedian, producer and television personality) -

Martha Graham [[1894-1991; innovator of modern dance) -
Denver Pyle [[1920-1997; actor; Jesse Duke on 'The Dukes Of Hazzard') -
Natasha Richardson [[1963-2009; actress; 'Widows' Peak') -
Doug McClure [[1935-1995; actor; Trampas on 'The Virginian') -
Doodles Weaver [[1911-1983 ; radio personality; Professor Feetlebaum) -



Happy Birthday: to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 11th.

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May 12th : if this your birth date, then you share it with :


Billie Jean Brown [[Motown tape librarian, then head of Quality Control) -
Burt Bacharach -
Greg Phillinganes -
Ronnie Foster -

James Purify [[James & Bobby Purify) -
Jayotis Washington [[The Persuasions) -
Willie Parnell [[Archie Bell & The Drells) -
Steve Winwood -

Ian McLagan [[Small Faces; The Faces) -
Billy Swan -
David Walker [[Gary Lewis & The Playboys) -
Billy Squier -

Kix Brooks -
Billy Duffy [[The Cult) -
Bure Gurewitz -
Catherine Tate -

Vanessa Williams -
Malin Akerman -
Luana Anders -
Mackenzie Astin -

Stephen Baldwin -
Luke Benward -
Jason Biggs -
Bruce Boxleitner -

Gabriel Byrne -
Christian Campbell -
Lindsay Crouse -
Linda Dano -

Kenton Duty -
Emilio Estevez -
Kim Fields -
Susan Hampshire -

Rebecca Herbst -
Jennifer Hetrick -
Malcolm David Kelley -
Jamie Luner -

Rami Malek -
Samantha Mathis -
Bruce McCulloch -
Millie Perkins -
Ving Rhames -

Richard Riehle -
Scott Schwartz -
Deborah Kara Unger -
Emily VanCamp -
Helene Weigel -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Norman Whitfield [[1940-2008) -
Henry 'Hank' Cosby [[1928-2002) -
Katherine Hepburn [[1907-2003) -

Wilfred Hyde White [[1903-1991) -
Ian Dury [[1942-2000) -
Fritz Kortner [[1892-1970) -

Lennox Berkeley [[1903-1989) -
George Carlin [[1937-2008) -
Leslie Charteris [[1907-1993) -

Gabriel Faure [[1845-1924) -
Tony Hancock [[1924-1968) -
Edward Lear [[1812-1888) -

Jules Massenet [[1842-1912) -
Florence Nightingale [[1820-1910) -
Dante Gabriel Rossetti [[1828-1882) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 12th.

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May 13th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Stevie Wonder [[ singer-songwriter; 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours'; 'Superstition'; 'Sir Duke'; 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'; 'I Just Called To Say I Love You') -

Barney Ales [[former head of Motown sales, executive vice president, and president)-

Richard Brooks [[singer; The Impressions) -
Harold Winley [[The Clovers) -
Creed Taylor [[record producer; CTI Records) -
Darius Rucker [[Hootie & The Blowfish) -

Fred Hellerman [[The Weavers) -
Danny Kirwan [[Fleetwood Mac) -
Paul Thompson [[Roxy Music) -
Richard 'Magic Dick' Salwitz [[J. Geils Band) -

Joe Brown [[English singer; Joe Brown and The Bruvvers; 'A Picture Of You'; 'It Only Took A Minute'; 'That's What Love Will Do') -

Johnny Logan [[Australian born Irish singer and songwriter; 'What's Another Year'; 'Hold Me Now'; 'Why Me?') -

Pete 'Overend' Watts [[Mott The Hoople) -
Julian Brookhouse [[Curiosity Killed The Cat) -

Armistead Maupin [[writer; 'Tales Of The City') -

Lorraine McIntosh [[Deacon Blue) -

Alison Goldfrapp [[English musician and record producer; lead vocalist of 'Goldfrapp) -

Lari White [[country music artist and actress) -

Harvey Keitel [[actor; 'Taxi'; 'Thelma and Louise'; 'Mortal Thoughts'; 'Bugsy') -
Senta Berger [[actress; Austrian actress; 'Cast A Giant Shadow') -
Samantha Morton [[actress; 'Sweet And Lowdown')-
Tim Pigott-Smith [[actor; 'The Jewel In The Crown') -

Buck Taylor [[actor; Newly O'Brien on 'Gunsmoke') -
Zoe Wanamaker [[actress; Susan Harper on 'My Family') -
Frances Barber [[actress; 'King Lear'; 'The Royal'; 'Doctor Who') -
Sam Anderson [[actor; 'Perfect Strangers'; 'Lost'; 'Angel') -

Candice Accola [[actress; Caroline Forbes on 'The Vampire Diaries') -
Lena Dunham [[actress; 'Tiny Furniture') -
Zohra Lampert [[actress; 'Let's Scare Jessica To Death') -

Hunter Parrish [[actor; Silas Botwin in 'Weeds') -
Robert Pattinson [[actor; Edward Cullen in 'Twilight') -
Debby Ryan [[actress; Bailey Pickett on 'The Suite Life') -
Tom Verica [[actor; Jack Pryor on 'American Dreams' -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Mary Wells [[1943-1992; singer; 'The One Who Really Loves You'; 'You Beat Me To The Punch'; 'Two Lovers'; 'My Guy') -

Carolyn Franklin [[1944-1988; singer, also songwriter, including sister Aretha's 'Ain't No Way' and 'Angel') -

Teddy Randazzo [[1935-2003; songwriter, singer, arranger and producer; 'Goin' Out Of My Head'; 'It's Gonna Take A Miracle'; 'Pretty Blue Eyes'; 'Hurt So Bad')-

Ritchie Valens [[1941-1959; singer, songwriter and guitarist; 'La Bamba') -

Maxine Sullivan [[1911-1987; jazz vocalist and performer) -

Gil Evans [[1912-1988; Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader) -

Chuck Schuldiner [[1967-2001; death metal band 'Death') -

Johnnie Wright [[1914-2011; country music singer-songwriter; Johnnie & Jack)-
Terry Fell [[1921-2007; country musician) -

Bea Arthur [[1922-2009; 'Mame'; 'All In The Family'; 'Maude'; 'The Golden Girls') -
Merie Earle [[1889-1984; Maude Gormley in 'The Waltons') -
Herbert Ross [[1927-2001; actor; choreographer; director and producer) -
Arthur Sullivan [[1842-2000; English composer, with W.S.Gilbert) -

Joe Louis [[1914-1981; 'The Brown Bomber'; professional boxer; world heavyweight champion -

Daphne Du Maurier [[1907-1989; English author and playwright; 'Rebecca'; 'Jamaica Inn'; 'The Birds'; 'Don't Look Now') -

Samuel Beckett [[1906-1989; Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director and poet; 'Waiting For Godot') -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 13th.

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May 14th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Shanice Wilson [[singer; 'I Love Your Smile') -
Jay Beckenstein [[Spyro Gyra) -
David Byrne [[Talking Heads) -
Raphael Saadiq [[Tony! Toni! Tone!) -

Jack Bruce [[bass guitarist and vocalist for Cream) -
Natalie Appleton [[All Saints) -
Danny Wood [[New Kids On The Block) -
Tom Cochrane [[musician; 'Life Is A Highway') -

C. C. DeVille [[guitarist for Poison)
Cate Blanchett [[ actress; Galadriel in 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy) -
Francesca Annis [[actress; 'Wives And Daughters') -
Sian Phillips [[actress; 'I, Claudius') -

Tim Roth [[actor; 'Pulp Fiction') -
Patrick Bruel [[French actor and singer; 'Force Majeure') -
Miranda Cosgrove [[actress; Megan Parker on 'Drake & Josh') -
Marianne Denicourt [[actress; 'La Belle Noiseuse') -

Danny Huston [[actor; 'Silver City') -
Gabriel Mann [[actor; 'Dying To Live') -
Amber Tamblyn [[actress; 'Joan Of Arcadia) -
Indira Varma [[actress; 'Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love') -
George Lucas [[film director; creator of 'Star Wars')



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Bobby Darin [[1936-1973; singer; 'Mack The Knife') -
Otto Klemperer [[1885-1973; prominent German conductor) -
Zutty Singleton [[1898-1975; jazz musician; New Orleans jazz drummer) -

Oona Chaplin [[1925-1991; wife of Charlie Chaplin) -
Jack Watson [[1915-1999; actor; 'The Wild Geese') -
Sidney Bechet [[1897-1959; jazz saxophonist) -

Billie Dove [[1903-1997; actress; 'The Black Pirate') -
June Duprez [[1918-1984; actress; 'The Thief Of Baghdad') -
Richard Rober [[1910-1952; actor; 'Jet Pilot') -

Richard Deacon [[1921-1984; actor; 'The Dick Van Dyke Show') -
Eric Morecambe [[1926-1984; comic; Morecambe and Wise) -
James B. Clark [[1908-2000: film director; 'Flipper') -
Thomas Gainsborough [[1727-1788: portrait and landscape painter) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 14th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 15th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Lenny Welch [[singer; 'Since I Fell For You'; 'Ebb Tide') -
Mike Oldfield [[English composer and arranger; 'Tubular Bells') -
Trini Lopez [[singer, guitarist and actor; 'If I Had A Hammer') -

Jonathan Richman [[singer, songwriter and guitarist; Modern Lovers) -
Marcus Collins [[singer; 'Seven Nation Army') -
Andrew Eldritch [[The Sisters Of Mercy) -

K.T. Oslin [[country music singer and songwriter) -
Pete Wiggs [[songwriter and producer; Saint Etienne) -
Ahmet Zappa [[writer, producer and publisher) -
Brian Eno [[English music producer; 'Here Come The Warm Jets') -

Peter Shaffer [[English playwright and screenwriter; 'Amadeus'; 'Equus') -

Anna Maria Alberghetti [[actress; 'Carnival!') -
Brenda Bakke [[actress; Devil's concubine on 'American Gothic') -

David Charvet [[actor; Matt Brody on 'Baywatch') -
Mireille Darc [[actress; 'Week End') -
Cleavant Derricks [[actor; Rembrandt Brown on 'Sliders') -
Caroline Dhavernas [[actress; Jaye Tyler on 'Wonderfalls') -

Madhuri Dixit [[actress; 'Devdas') -
Nicholas Hammond [[actor; Friedrich von Trapp, in 'The Sound Of Music'; 'The Amazing Spider-Man')
Grant Heslov [[actor; 'Congo') -
Lee Horsley [[actor; 'Matt Houston') -

Gunilla Hutton [[actress; Miss Nurse Goodbody in 'Hee Haw') -
Lainie Kazan [[actress; 'My Favourite Year') -
David Krumholtz [[actor; Charlie Eppes on 'Numb3rs') -
Chazz Palminteri [[actor; 'Bullets Over Broadway') -

Brad Rowe [[actor; 'Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss') -
Jamie-Lynn Sigler [[actress; Meadow, in 'The Sopranos') -
Sam Trammell [[actor; Sam Merlotte on 'True Blood')-
Greg Wise [[actor; 'Sense And Sensibility') -

Madeleine Albright [[diplomat; former Secretary of State) -

Andy Murray [[Scottish professional tennis player) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :

Freddie Perren [[1943-2004; songwriter, record producer, arranger and orchestra conductor; 'I Want You Back'; 'Love Machine'; 'Boogie Fever;''Reunited'; 'I Will Survive') -

Jimmy McPartland [[1907-1991; jazz musician; Chicago jazz cornetist) -

Eddy Arnold [[1918-2008; country music singer; 'Make The World Go Away') -


Joseph Cotten [[1905-1994; actor; Jedidiah Leland in 'Citizen Kane') -
James Mason [[1909-1984; actor; 'North By Northwest') -
Constance Cummings [[1910-2005; actress; 'Blithe Spirit') -
Doris Dowling [[1923-2004; actress; 'The Lost Weekend') -

Arletty [[1898-1992; actress; 'Les Enfants Du Paradis') -
Katrin Cartlidge [[1961-2002; actress; 'Claire Dolan') -
Howard Morton [[1925-1997; actor; Officer Simpson on 'Gimme A Break!') -
Joseph Wiseman [[1918-2009; actor; 'Dr. No') -

Tenzing Norgay [[1914-1986; mountaineer and explorer; with Edmund Hillary on Everest, 1953) -
L. Frank Baum [[1856-1919; novelist; 'The Wizard Of Oz') -
Pierre Curie [[1859-1906; physicist; early investigator of radiation) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 15th.

[moe]

Where's R&B, westgrand? On hiatus? Underground? In the shed? Out to lunch? What?

[westgrandboulevard]

Well Moe, it's been a week since you asked the same question.

If Arr&bee is underground, I trust that doesn't mean he's no longer with us.

No. I expect he's being himself somewhere, fully alive, and just out to lunch.

Definitely out to lunch!

And 144man's visits these days have become shorter than weather forecasts - and just as variable.

Everyone's gone on part time!

Maybe we should start a 'Missing Members' thread....

[sophisticated_soul]

Yes, a missing members thread, 'cause I hate it when my member's missing.

[westgrandboulevard]

LOL....You're being very naughty, S_S.

But I quite understand. You must have grown quite attached to it......after all these years.

And it's not as though you have another, as a spare....

[sophisticated_soul]

I never leave home without it!

[westgrandboulevard]

And a clean handkerchief.

You should always keep up appearances, while out there walking around.

Even if I know you are, under your clothes, totally naked.......

[sophisticated_soul]

I really get off on being naked under my clothes, and I can also generally figure out who is naked under their clothes as well. It's a gift.

[westgrandboulevard]

The dazzling display of talent around here never ceases to amaze me!

[westgrandboulevard]

May 16th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Janet Jackson [[singer; 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?') -
Billy Cobham [[Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader) -
B-Slade [[formerly known as Tonex; gospel singer, songwriter, actor and musician) -

Ralph Tresvant [[singer; New Edition) -
Isaac 'Red' Holt [[Young-Holt Unlimited) -
Robert Fripp [[guitarist; King Crimson) -

Krist Novoselic [[bass player for Nirvana) -
Hazel O'Connor [[English singer-songwriter, and actress) -
Boyd Tinsley [[Dave Matthews Band)

Fabrice Morvan [[dancer; one half of Milli Vanilli) -
Nancy Ajram [[Lebanese pop singer) -
Andrew Litton [[orchestral conductor, music director of New York City Ballet) -

Pierce Brosnan [[actor, Remington Steele; James Bond) -
Debra Winger [[actress; 'An Officer And A Gentleman') -
Jason 'Wee Man' Acuna [[actor; 'Jackass' dwarf) -

Yannick Bisson [[actor; Det. Murdoch on 'Murdoch Mysteries') -
David Boreanaz [[actor; 'Bones') -
Lynn Collins [[actress; 'X-Men Origins : Wolverine') -

Megan Fox [[actress; Sydney Shanowski on 'Hope And Faith') -
Tracey Gold [[actress; 'Growing Pains') -
Roy Hudd [[actor; 'The News Huddlines') -S

Stanislav Ianevski [[actor; Viktor Krum in 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire') -
Melanie Lynskey [[actress; 'Heavenly Creatures') -
Kevin McDonald [[actor; 'The Kids In The Hall') -

Thomas Sangster [[actor; Ferb on 'Phineas and Ferb') -
Bill Smitrovich [[actor; Andrew Thatcher on 'Life Goes On') -
Tori Spelling [[actress; Donna in 'Beverly Hills 90210') -

Jim Sturgess [[actor; 'Across The Universe') -
Danny Trejo [[actor; Machete in 'Spy Kids') -
Mare Winningham [[actress; 'Georgia') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Barbara Lee Jones [[1947-1992; singer; The Chiffons) -
Betty Carter [[1929-1998; jazz vocalist) -
Kripp Johnson [[1936-1990; singer; The Del-Vikings) -

Henry Fonda [[1905-1982; actor; '12 Angry Men') -
Woody Herman [[1913-1987; jazz musician; 1940s big bandleader; jazz clarinetist) -
Liberace [[1919-1987; pianist, singer and actor; 'I'll Be Seeing You' )

Harry Carey Jr. [[1921-2012; actor, often in Western films and television series) -
Barry Atwater [[1918-1978; actor; 'The Night Stalker') -
Martine Carol [[1920-1967; actress; 'Lola Montes') -

Yvonne Craig [[1937-2015; actress; Batgirl on 'Batman') -
Jack Dodson [[1931-1994; actor; Howard Sprague on 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Mayberry R.F.D.')

George Gaynes [[1917-2016; actor and singer; Eric Lassard on 'Police Academy'; 'Tootsie';
Henry Warnimont on 'Punky Brewster') -

Taylor Holmes [[1878-1959; actor; 'Nightmare Alley') -
Osgood Perkins [[1892-1937; stage and radio actor; father of actor Anthony Perkins) -
Margaret Sullavan [[1909-1960; actress; 'The Shop Around The Corner'; 'Three Comrades')

Darrell Sweet [[1947-1999: drummer; Nazareth) -

H.E.Bates [[1905-1974; English novelist; 'My Uncle Silas'; 'The Jacaranda Tree'; 'Love For Lydia'; 'The Darling Buds Of May) -

David Hughes [[1831-1900; inventor of the microphone) -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 16th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 17th : if this is your birth date then you share it with :


George Johnson [[singer; Brothers Johnson; 'I'll Be Good To You'; 'Strawberry Letter 23'; 'Stomp!') -

Homer O'Dell [[guitarist with Mint Condition; 'Breakin' My Heart [[Pretty Brown Eyes) -

Vernie Bennett [[English singer; founding member of Eternal) -
Deitrick Haddon [[Detroit born gospel singer and pastor) -
Taj Mahal [[blues musician) -

Enya [[Irish singer-songwriter) -
Keith [[singer; '98.6') -
Bill Bruford [[retired English drummer; Yes and King Crimson) -

Paul Di'Anno [[Iron Maiden) -
Alan Rankine [[The Association) -
Jordan Knight [[New Kids On The Block) -
Andrea Corr [[ The Corrs) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Pervis Jackson [[1938-2008; singer; The Spinners) -

Bobby Sheen [[1941-2000; singer; Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans; 'Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah', also The Robins; The Lovables; The Ding Dongs; The Alley Cats; The Coasters) -

Malcolm Hale [[1941-1968; lead guitarist, Spanky & Our Gang) -

Arthur Lee 'Red' Smiley [[1925-1972; bluegrass and country musician; Reno & Smiley) -

Jesse Winchester [[1944-2014; American-Canadian singer and songwriter; 'Yankee Lady' and 'Say What')





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 17th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 18th: if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Jack Ashford [['Jashford'; percussion and tambourine player with The Funk Brothers) -

Rob Base [[hip hop artist; DJ E-Z Rock; 'It Takes Two') -

Feliciano 'Butch' Tavares [[R&B and soul singer; The Tavares) -

Rick Wakeman [[pianist; 'Yes') -

Toyah Willcox [[English singer and actress; 'It's A Mystery'; 'Thunder In The Mountains'; 'I Want To Be Free') -

George Strait [[country music singer) -

Jack Johnson [[singer-songwriter and guitarist) -

Miriam Margolyes [[English actress; 'The Age Of Innocence') -

Robert Morse [[actor, 'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying'; Bertram Cooper in 'Mad Men') -

Allen Leech [[actor; Tom Branson on 'Downton Abbey') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Big Joe Turner [[1911-1985; blues shouter; known as 'The Boss Of The Blues'; 'Shake, Rattle And Roll') -

Perry Como [[1912-2001; singer; 'Catch A Falling Star'; 'It's Impossible') -

Pernell Roberts [[1928-2010; actor; Adam Cartwright on 'Bonanza'; Dr. John McIntyre on 'Trapper John M.D.') -

Margot Fonteyn [[1919-1991; English ballerina) -

Patrick Denis [[1921-1976; novelist; 'Auntie Mame') -

Omar Khayyam [[1048-1131; mathematician; 'Rubaiyat')-




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 18th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 19th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Kyle Eastwood [[1968; jazz bass musician) -

Grace Jones [[1952; Jamaican singer-songwriter; 'Slave To The Rhythm; 'Pull Up To The Bumper') -

Tom Scott [[1948; jazz saxophonist; L.A.Express) -

Sam Smith [[1992; English singer-songwriter; 'Stay With Me'; 'I'm Not The Only One') -

Pete Townshend [[guitarist, The Who) -
Dusty Hill [[bassist, Z. Z. Top) -
Phil Rudd [[drummer, AC/DC) -

Iain Harvie [[Scottish guitarist; Del Amitri)
Jenny Berggren [[Swedish vocalist; Ace Of Base) -
David Helfgott [[musician; subject of 'Shine') -

James Fox [[English television and film actor)-
Nancy Kwan [[Hong Kong born actress; 'The World Of Suzie Wong'; 'Flower Drum Song') -
Rachel Appleton [[actress; played young 'Lara Croft in 'Lara Croft : Tomb Raider') -
Drew Fuller [[actor; Chris Halliwell on 'Charmed') -

David Hartman [[talk show host; 'Good Morning America') -
Eric Lloyd [[actor; 'The Santa Clause 2') -
Peter Mayhew [[actor; Chewbacca in 'Star Wars') -
Stephen Young [[actor; Ben Caldwell on 'Judd For The Defence') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :

Nora Ephron [[1941-2012; author; 'When Harry Met Sally) -

Victoria Wood [[1953-2016; English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter) -

Lorraine Hansberry [[1930-1965; playwright; 'A Raisin In The Sun') -

Joey Ramone [[1951-2001; singer; The Ramones)

Alma Cogan [[1932-1966; known as 'The Girl With A Giggle In Her Voice'; )

Renee Asherson [[1915-2014; English stage, television and film actress) -

Daniel Gelin [[1921-2002; actor; 'Rendezvous In July') -

Nellie Melba [[1861-1931; operatic soprano) -

Michael Balcon [[1896-1977; film and television producer; Ealing Studios) -

Robert Wilcox [[1910-1955; actorl 'The Man They Could Not Hang') -

Bruce Bennett [[1906-2007; actor, 'Tarzan' in 1930s movie serials) -

Malcolm X [[1925-1965) -

Nancy Astor [[1879-1964; politician; first woman in the House Of Commons) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 19th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 20th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Cher [[singer and actress; 'Bang Bang'; 'If I Could Turn Back Time'; 'Believe'; films include 'Silkwood'; 'Mask'; 'Moonstruck') -

Busta Rhymes [[hip hop recording artist; 'Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check') -

Jane Wiedlin [[guitarist and vocalist with The Go-Go's; 'Rush Hour') -

Ted Allen [[TV personality; Food & Wine, 'Queer Eye') -

John Billingsley [[actor; Dr. Phlox on 'Star Trek : Enterprise') -

Dean Butler [[actor; 'Little House On The Prairie') -

Jake Johnson [[ actor; Nick on 'New Girl') -

Matt McCoy [[actor; 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Shorty Long [[1940-1969; soul singer, songwriter and musician; 'Function At The Junction' ; 'Here Comes The Judge') -

Joe Cocker [[1944-2014; English singer and musician; 'A Little Help From My Friends'; 'You Are So Beautiful'; and 'Up Where We Belong', with Jennifer Warnes) -

James Stewart [[1908-1997: actor; 'Mr Smith Goes To Washington'; 'The Philadelphia Story'; 'It's A Wonderful Life'; )

Margery Allingham [[1904-1966; novelist; the Albert Campion detective novels) -

Stanley Fields [[1883-1941; actor; 'Way Out West') -

Honore de Balzac [[1799-1850; novelist; 'Comedie Humaine') -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 20th.

[sophisticated_soul]

Happy 70th Birthday, Cher!

[westgrandboulevard]

Indeed it was Cher's 70th. I wonder if she celebrated the day as just another birthday, or to mark reaching 70 years of age.

Mind you, much of her is considerably less than 70....

[moe]

According to her plastic surgeon, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

...and that plastic surgeon also gets younger by the year, Moe!

Must be the only person who has dropped from being over 60 to being under 40, and in very easy stages. If he were a car, it would be known as rapid deceleration.

The wax figure of Cher in Madame Tussauds must now look more lifelike than the real thing.

Mind you, Madame Tussaud herself has been dead since 1850, but still looks FABULOUS!!!

[moe]

Well preserved!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Like Joan Collins.....whose Birthday comes around once more, on Monday.

She's 38 again, going on 83.....

[moe]

For someone 38 or 83 Dame Joan Collins looks pretty good!

[westgrandboulevard]

I think Joan C. in some ways does look 83, and conducts herself with the experience of a 83 year old...but is just very well preserved [[and has good genes), and also has good style...and that has taken a lot of hard work.

And a few husbands....

[westgrandboulevard]

May 21st : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Blinky [[Sondra Williams; R&B and soul singer-songwriter; 'I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is') -

Ronald Isley [[R&B and soul singer-songwriter; lead singer and original founding member of The Isley Brothers) -

Hilton Valentine [[guitarist with The Animals) -

Bill Champlin [[singer,songwriter, keyboard player and guitarist with Chicago) -

Rachelle Ferrell [[R&B, pop and jazz singer, pianist) -

Leo Sayer [[English singer, songwriter; 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing') -

Mr. T [[actor and retired professional wrestler; 'The A-Team'; 'Rocky III') -

Fairuza Balk [[actress ; 'The Waterboy') -

Nick Cassavetes [[actor; 'The Assault Of The Killer Bimbos') -

Judge Reinhold [[actor; 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Fats Waller [[1904-1943; jazz pianist and singer; 'Ain't Misbehavin'; 'Honeysuckle Rose') -

The Notorious B.I.G. [[1972-1997; rapper; 'Hypnotised'; 'Mo Money Mo Problems' [[featuring Mase and Puff Daddy) -

Vincent Crane [[1943-1989; keyboardist with Atomic Rooster, and Arthur Brown) -

Raymond Burr [[1917-1993; actor; 'Perry Mason'; 'Ironside') -

David Groh [[1939-2008; actor; Joe Gerard on 'Rhoda') -

Anthony Steel [[1920-2001; actor; 'Where No Vultures Fly') -

Peggy Cass [[1924-1999; actress ; 'Auntie Mame') -

Kay Kendall [[1926-1959; actress; 'Les Girls'; 'Genevieve') -

Bill Williams [[1915-1992; actor; 'The Adventures Of Kit Carson') -

Robert Montgomery [[1904-1981; actor; 'Mr And Mrs Smith' ) -

Harold Robbins [[1916-1997; novelist; 'The Carpetbaggers') -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 21st.

[moe]

Joan C was the bitchiest on "Dynasty", especially the fight scenes with Linda Evans.

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, Moe. There's a very strong sense of self-worth there, with Joan.

Here in the UK, she's known just for being 'Joan Collins' than for any work of merit as an actress [[similar to Zsa Zsa Gabor?), and has a rather quaint image now. Never really an actress, more of 'a personality'. When she removes any hat she's wearing, I guess the hair always comes off with it....

But, Joan has used her name to raise a lot of money for charity, hence becoming Dame Joan Collins last year. The fact that her initials [[like those of her late sister Jackie) are J.C. is, of course, purely coincidental.

Apparently, Joan and Jackie fell out. Jackie [[who I liked more, because I felt she was the more giving, more the real deal, and rather less superficially self-regarding than Joan) did not like at least one of Joan's husbands - and plainly told her.

Both very shrewd cookies, both with pleasant, glamorous public personas.

Back in their younger days, there were many a 'Joan Henrietta' and 'Jacqueline Jill' among the young ladies here in the UK.

Quite a number worked at Woolworths on weekends, or were taking tickets on buses for a living, dreaming of something better.

Joan and Jackie knew what the public wanted, and they have worked to give it to them.....

[moe]

At least Zsa Zsa Gabor was in "Queen of Outer Space."

[westgrandboulevard]

Sadly, that seems to be where she is today....

[144man]

I really get off on being naked under my clothes, and I can also generally figure out who is naked under their clothes as well. It's a gift.

It's so appropriate to wear your birthday suit on a birthday thread.

[144man]

Apparently, Joan and Jackie fell out. Jackie [[who I liked more, because I felt she was the more giving, more the real deal, and rather less superficially self-regarding than Joan) did not like at least one of Joan's husbands - and plainly told her.

Both very shrewd cookies, both with pleasant, glamorous public personas.

Back in their younger days, there were many a 'Joan Henrietta' and 'Jacqueline Jill' among the young ladies here in the UK.

Quite a number worked at Woolworths on weekends, or were taking tickets on buses for a living, dreaming of something better.

Joan and Jackie knew what the public wanted, and they have worked to give it to them.....

Maybe Jackie wasn't too happy about Joan writing her book.

[moe]

144man!! Where have you been?

[westgrandboulevard]

May 22nd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Johnny Gill [[R&B singer; New Edition; LSG; Heads Of State; 'Rub You The Right Way'; 'My, My, My') -

Vivian Green [[R&B singer-songwriter; 'Emotional Rollercoaster') -

Donell Jones [[R&B singer, songwriter and record producer; 'U Know What's Up' - featuring Lisa Lopes) -

Shirley Murdock [[R&B singer-songwriter; 'As We Lay'; and 'Computer Love' - with Zapp and Roger) -

AverySunshine [[singer and pianist) -

Barbara Parkins [[Canadian television and film actress; 'Peyton Place'; 'Valley Of The Dolls') -

Ginnifer Goodwin [[actress; Margene Heffman on 'Big Love'; Snow White on 'Once Upon A Time') -

Ann Cusack [[actress; Karen Foxworthy on 'The Jeff Foxworthy Show') -

Alison Eastwood [[actress; Amanda Block in 'Tightrope') -

Anna Belknap [[actress; Det. Lindsay Monroe Messer on CSI : NY) -

A.J. Langer [[ actress; Rayanne Graff on 'My So-Called Life') -

Brooke Smith [[actress; Dr. Erica Hahn on 'Grey's Anatomy'; and Catherine Martin in 'The Silence Of The Lambs') -

Michael Kelly [[actor; Det. Bobby Crocker on 'Kojak' [[2005); Doug Stamper on 'House Of Cards') -

Richard Benjamin [[actor and film director; 'Goodbye, Columbus'; 'Catch-22'; 'Westworld'; 'The Sunshine Boys') -

Michael Constantine [[actor; 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'; 'Room 222'; 'Sirota's Court') -

Linda Emond [[actress; 'Life [[x) 3'; ' Death Of a Salesman'; 'Cabaret') -

Sean Gunn [[actor; Kirk Gleason on 'Gilmore Girls') -

Maggie Q [[actress; 'Nikita'; 'Mission : Impossible III'; 'Live Free Or Die Hard') -

Gary Sweet [[Australian television and film actor; 'The Sullivans'; 'Police Rescue'; 'Stingers') -
Morrissey [[English singer-songwriter; frontman of The Smiths; 'Suedehead'; 'The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get'; 'Irish Blood, English Heart'; 'You Have Killed Me') -

Bernie Taupin [[English song lyricist, poet and singer; long-term collaboration with Elton John, including 'Rocket Man'; 'Crocodile Rock'; 'Candle In The Wind'; 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road') -

Charles Aznavour [[French and Armenian singer and songwriter; 'She'; 'Dance In The Old-fashioned Way'; 'Yesterday When I Was Young'; actor in 'Shoot The Piano Player') -

Peter Nero [[pianist and pops conductor; The Philly Pops) -

Ian Underwood [[woodwind and keyboards player with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Sun Ra [[1914-1993; jazz musician, composer and bandleader) -

Harvey Milk [[1930-1978; politician, San Francisco City Supervisor and gay civil rights leader) -

Laurence Olivier [[1907-1989; English stage, television and film actor) -

Michael Sarrazin [[1940-2011; Canadian television and film actor; 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'; 'Harry In Your Pocket'; 'For Pete's Sake' ) -

Susan Strasberg [[1938-1999; stage, television and film actress; 'Picnic'; 'The Diary Of Anne Frank') -

Paul Winfield [[1941-2004; actor; 'Sounder'; 'King') -

Merry Anders [[1932-2012; actress; Dorothy Miller on 'Dragnet' [[1967-1968); 'Young Fury'; '77 Sunset Strip'; 'Perry Mason') -

Arthur Conan Doyle [[1859-1930; English novelist; creator of Sherlock Holmes) -

Quinn Martin [[1922-1987; television producer; 'The Fugitive'; 'The Streets Of San Francisco'; 'Cannon'; 'Barnaby Jones') -

Kenny Ball [[1930-2013; English jazz musician, singer, trumpeter and bandleader; 'Midnight In Moscow') -

M. Scott Peck [[1936-2005; psychiatrist and author; 'The Road Less Travelled' ) -

Judith Crist [[1922-2012; film critic and academic; 'Today' show; 'New York Herald Tribune'; 'New York' magazine'; 'TV Guide') -

Richard Wagner [[1813-1883; German composer; 'Tristan and Isolde'; 'Ring Cycle') -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 22nd.

[144man]

Nothing too serious. Just a lot of things to do all happening at the same time. Seeing family and friends. Catching up with emails and reading some books I got for Christmas. Catching up with TIVO. Playing CDs. Spring cleaning. That sort of thing. I don't know how I ever found time to go to work! I should have more spare time now.

How are you, Moe?

[arr&bee]

well moe, it's been a week since you asked the same question.

If arr&bee is underground, i trust that doesn't mean he's no longer with us.

No. I expect he's being himself somewhere, fully alive, and just out to lunch.

definitely out to lunch!

and 144man's visits these days have become shorter than weather forecasts - and just as variable.

Everyone's gone on part time!

Maybe we should start a 'missing members' thread....

yaaaaaaaaawn wow what a nap,i guess i'll peep in to see what's happenin....what a missing persons thread,wow i've been sleep that long??????

[westgrandboulevard]

Greetings, Rip Van Winkle-Arr&bee.

Ms. Moe [[Superstar) has been wondering where you were.

I must ask her to cancel the Medium she booked for next weekend. [[when the clairvoyant we originally contacted found out who we wanted to contact, she said she had to cry off, due to unforeseen circumstances)

[westgrandboulevard]

May 23rd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Maxwell [[R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter; 'Fortunate') -

Charlie Hunter [[jazz musician; 8 string jazz guitar virtuoso) -

Jewel [[singer-songwriter and actress ; 'Who Will Save Your Soul'; 'You Were Meant For Me'; 'Foolish Games') -

Heidi Range [[English singer and songwriter; Sugarbabes; Atomic Kitten) -

Phil Selway [[English drummer, Motorhead) -

Ruth Underwood [[percussionist for Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -

Shelly West [[country musician; 'Jose Cuervo'; 'You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma' - duet with David Frizzell) -

Nat Adderley Jr. [[pop and R&B music arranger and pianist) -

Joan Collins [[English actress, author and columnist; Alexis Carrington Colby in 'Dynasty') -

Drew Carey [[comic; 'The Drew Carey Show') -

Deborah Adair [[actress; 'The Young And The Restless') -

Linden Ashby [[actor and martial artist; Dr. Brett Cooper on 'Melrose Place') -

Barbara Barrie [[actress; Julie in 'One Potato, Two Potato'; Evelyn Stoller in 'Breaking Away'; Sarah in 'Company'; Elizabeth Miller in 'Barney Miller') -

H. Jon Benjamin -

Lauren Chapin -

Karen Duffy -

Lane Garrison -

Alex Henteloff -

Laurel Holloman -

O-Lan Jones -

Charles Kimbrough -

Melissa McBride -

Ken Michelman -

Kelly Monaco -

Linda Thompson -

Guinevere Turner -



Remembering : those also born on this date. but who have since passed away :


General Johnson [[1941-2010) -
Scatman Crothers [[1910-1986) -
Rosemary Clooney [[1928-2002) -
Artie Shaw [[1910-2004) -

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. [[1883-1939) -
Betty Garrett [[1919-2011) -
Nigel Davenport [[1928-2013) -
James Gleason [[1882-1959) -

Robert Moog [[1934-2005) -
Laura Devon [[1931-2007) -
Edna Skinner [[1921-2003) -
Helen O'Connell [[1920-1993) -
Humphrey Lyttleton [[1921-2008) -

John Payne [[1912-1989) -
Marius Goring [[1912-1998) -
Libby Holman [[1904-1971) -
Frank McHugh [[1898-1981) -
Herbert Marshall [[1890 -1966) -

and -

Jeralean Talley [[1899-2015) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 23rd.

[moe]

Asleep in that shed?

[westgrandboulevard]

Arr&bee's shed is permanently locked up.....which he should be.

The sign on the front door says "No admittance! Go round the back!".

The back door sign says : "Don't Knock. Go round again!".......