June 11th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Edgar 'Gemini' Porter [Edgar E. Porter; 1968-2021; R&B and new jack swing singer; Men At Large] -
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June 11th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Edgar 'Gemini' Porter [Edgar E. Porter; 1968-2021; R&B and new jack swing singer; Men At Large] -
June 11th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Pedro Bell [1950-2019; 'Sir Lleb'; artist, illustrator, album cover designs and liner notes; including for Funkadelic and George Clinton] -
June 11th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Glenn Leonard [Glenn Carl Leonard; R&B and soul singer; The Temptations] -
June 11th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Joey Dee [Joseph DiNicola; pop singer; 'Peppermint Twist' , with The Starliters] -
June 11th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie [Bernard Lee Purdie; jazz funk, R&B, funk and soul drummer; 'The Purdie Shuffle'] -
June 11th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Frank Beard [Frank Lee Beard; hard rock and blues rock drummer and songwriter; Z Z. Top]
June 11th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Shelly Manne [Sheldon Manne; 1920-1984; West Coast jazz, Dixieland, swing and bebop drummer] -
Howlin' Wolf was held in very high regard by many in the UK, Moe, especially those in the music business....
June 12th:
Quote for the Day:
"Nightmares are the best source of entertainment." -
- Irwin Allen -
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Irwin Allen [1916-1991; film and television director and producer, also screenwriter; 'The Poseidon Adventure', 1972; 'The Towering Inferno', 1974] -
June 12th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Bertha Barbee-McNeal [R&B and soul singer; co-founding member of The Velvelettes] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Len Barry [Leonard Warren Borisoff; 1942-2020; pop and R&B singer, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author and poet; The Dovells; '1-2-3'; 'Like A Baby'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Geri Allen [Geri Antoinette Allen; 1957-2017; jazz pianist, composer and educator] -
June 12th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Little Louie Vega [Luis Ferdinand Vega, Jr; disc jockey, producer and remixer; Masters At Work] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Chick Corea [Armando Anthony Corea; 1941-2021; jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader and occasional percussionist] -
June 12th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Richard M. Sherman [Richard Morton Sherman; songwriter, with brother Robert B. Sherman; 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Lynn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins; 1948-2005; soul singer; 'Think [About It]' -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
John Wetton [John Kenneth Wetton; 1949-2017; rock singer, bassist and songwriter; Asia; King Crimson] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Brad Delp [Bradley Edward Delp; 1951-2007; rock singer and songwriter; lead singer of Boston and RTZ] -
June 12th:
Remembering on her Birthday: -
Anne Frank [Annelies Marie Frank; 1929-1945; diarist] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Vic Damone [Vito Rocco Farinola; 1928-2018; ballad singer, songwriter, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Brigid Brophy [Brigid Antonia Brophy; 1929-1995; novelist, critic and campaigner for social reforms; 'Black Ship To Hell'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Bernie Hamilton [Bernard Hamilton; 1928-2008; actor; Capt. Dobey on 'Starsky & Hutch'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Uta Hagen [Uta Thyra Hagen; 1919-2004; actress and drama teacher] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Priscilla Lane [Priscilla Mullican; 1915-1995; actress; 'Saboteur'; 'The Lane Sisters'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
William Lundigan [1914-1975; actor; 'Men Into Space'] -
June 12th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Evelyn Varden [Mae Evelyn Hall; 1893-1958; actress; 'The Bad Seed'] -
June 13th:
Quote for the Day:
"I love playing good comedy with a heart, comedy which touches the audience."
- Mary Wickes -
Remembering, on her Birthday:
Mary Wickes [Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; 1910-1995; actress; Sister Mary Lazarus in 'Sister Act' and 'Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit'] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Marv Tarplin [Marvin Tarplin; 1941-2011; guitarist and songwriter; best known as guitarist with Smokey Robinson & The Miracles] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Uriel Jones [1934-2009; drummer with The Funk Brothers] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
James Carr [James Edward Carr; 1942-2001; R&B and soul singer; 'You've Got My Mind Messed Up'; 'The Dark End Of The Street'] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Bobby Freeman [Robert Thomas Freeman; 1940-2017; rock, soul and R&B singer, songwriter, keyboardist and producer; 'Do You Want To Dance'; 'C'mon And Swim'] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Slim Dusty [David Gordon Kirkpatrick; country singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer] -
June 13th:
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Arlester 'Dyke' Christian [1943-1971; R&B, soul and funk musician; Dyke & The Blazers; 'Funky Broadway'; 'We Got More Soul'; 'Let A Woman Be A Woman'] -
June 13th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Dennis Locorriere [Dennis Michael Locorriere; soft rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, musician and actor; lead vocalist with Dr. Hook, formerly Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show] -
June 13th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Howard Leese [Howard M. Leese; rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer and musical director; solo career, also guitarist and keyboardist with Heart, Paul Rodgers Band, and Bad Company] -
June 13th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Rivers Cuomo [aka Peter Kitts; alternative rock and power pop musician, singer, songwriter and producer; lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter with Weezer] -
June 13th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Chris Evans [Christopher Robert Evans; actor; Captain America in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' series of films] -
June 13th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson [Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson, formerly Johnson; actor; Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass in 'Kick-Ass', 2010; 'Kick-Ass 2', 2013] -