May 21st:
Quote for the Day:
"We did a lot of records there [[Motown), and a lot of people were jealous of our success and complained to Berry Gordy that we were getting all the better songs.
He took the records off us, and gave them to other people.
I first did the record 'Grapevine' that Marvin did. He took it off me, and gave it to Smokey, and he didn't do it that well.
Then Gladys Knight came along, and she did a different version of it.
Later on, Marvin did the same version that I had done.
The same thing happened with the Four Tops. One of the records they were doing was 'Reach Out'. We had it first. That was one of the reasons we were angry enough to say "hey man, we don't want to be doing this any more. We want to be doing our own thing."
Then we came out with 'This Old Heart Of Mine', and that hit right away."
- Ron Isley, Blues & Soul interview, 2013.
If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:
Blinky [[Sondra Williams; R&B and soul singer-songwriter; 'I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is'; Theme from 'Good Times'; with Jim Gilstrap) -
Ronald Isley [[R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actor; lead singer and original founding member of The Isley Brothers) -
Hilton Valentine [[rock and blues-rock guitarist with The Animals) -
Bill Champlin [[rock, blues and R&B singer, songwriter; keyboard player, guitarist, arranger and producer; with Chicago 1981-2009) -
Rachelle Ferrell [[R&B, pop and jazz singer; pianist) -
Leo Sayer [[Gerard Hugh Sayer; soft rock and disco singer, songwriter; 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing') -
Mr. T [[Lawrence Tureaud; actor and retired professional wrestler, B.A. Baracus on 'The A-Team'; Clubber Lang in 'Rocky III') -
Fairuza Balk [[Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse; actress; Vicki Vallencourt in 'The Waterboy') -
Nick Cassavetes [[film maker and actor; Wayne-O in 'The Assault Of The Killer Bimbos') -
Judge Reinhold [[Edward Ernest Reinhold, Jr.; actor; Brad Hamilton in 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High') -
Remembering: those also born on this date, but who have now passed away:
Fats Waller [[Thomas Wright Waller; 1904-1943; jazz pianist and singer; 'Ain't Misbehavin'; 'Honeysuckle Rose') -
The Notorious B.I.G. [[Christopher George Latore Wallace; 1972-1997; rapper; 'Hypnotised'; 'Mo Money Mo Problems [[featuring Mase and Puff Daddy) -
Vincent Crane [[Vincent Rodney Cheesman; 1943-1989; keyboardist with Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown) -
Raymond Burr [[Raymond William Stacy Burr; 1917-1993; actor; 'Perry Mason'; 'Ironside') -
David Groh [[David Lawrence Groh; 1939-2008; actor; Joe Gerard on 'Rhoda') -
Anthony Steel [[Anthony Maitland Steel; 1920-2001; actor and singer; Bob Payton in 'Where No Vultures Fly') -
Peggy Cass [[Mary Margaret Cass; 1924-1999; actress; Agnes Gooch in 'Auntie Mame') -
Kay Kendall [[Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy; 1927-1959; actress; Sybil Wren in 'Les Girls''; Rosalind Peters in 'Genevieve') -
Robert Montgomery [[Henry Montgomery, Jr.; 1904-1981; actor; David Smith in 'Mr and Mrs Smith') -
Harold Robbins [[Harold Rubin; 1916-1997; novelist; 'The Carpetbaggers') -
Happy Birthday: to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 21st.:)