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

**moe** · 05-11-2021, 07:09 PM

Yes, he played the second judge [[there were 2 cases in that episode).

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:02 AM

May 12th:

Quote for the Day:

"I'd like to be able to pass on some of my knowledge and experience to youngsters who want to learn.

I'd like to teach them how to evaluate a record - after all, Motown had me working in their Quality Control department for thirteen years, so I ought to know!"

- Norman Whitfield, Soulfulmusic.com interview, February 1977.

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Norman Whitfield [Norman Jesse Whitfield; 1940-2008; early head of Motown Quality Control department, then R&B, soul, pop, funk and disco songwriter, musician, arranger and record producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:27 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Billie Jean Brown [Motown tape librarian, songwriter, producer; head of Quality Control department] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:31 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Hank Cosby [Henry R. Cosby; 1928-2002; songwriter, arranger, producer and jazz saxophonist] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:45 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Burt Bacharach [Burt Freeman Bacharach; pop and easy listening composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, conductor and singer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:55 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jayotis Washington [Jay Otis Washington; gospel, soul, early rock and jazz a cappella singer; The Persuasions] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:59 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

James Purify [James Lee Purify; 1944-2021; R&B singer; James & Bobby Purify] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:07 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Willie Parnell [R&B and soul singer; Archie Bell & The Drells] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:09 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ronnie Foster [funk and soul-jazz organist, composer, arranger and record producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:32 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Greg Phillinganes [Gregory Arthur Phillinganes; pop and progressive rock and R&B keyboardist, singer, songwriter and music director] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:57 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Steve Winwood [Stephen Lawrence Winwood; rock, blue-eyed soul and R&B singer, songwriter, keyboardist and musician; Spencer Davis Group; Traffic; Blind Faith] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:59 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Billy Swan [William Lance Swan; country and rock and roll singer-songwriter and musician; 'I Can Help'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:04 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Ian McLagan [Ian Patrick McLagan; 1945-2014; rock and roll and R&B keyboardist and songwriter; Small Faces; Faces] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:06 AM

May 12th:

Remembering on his Birthday: -

Ian Dury [Ian Robins Dury; 1942-2000; new wave and punk rock singer-songwriter, bandleader, artist and actor; Ian Dury and the Blockheads] -

**moe** · 05-12-2021, 06:15 AM

Can you imagine going into a pub & the piano player is a kid? That's what Steve Winwood did, along with his brother.
I remember him at 14 singing with Spencer Davis & friends telling me he was 14!

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:28 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Billy Squier [William Haislip Squier; rock singer, songwriter and musician; The Stroke] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by moe

Can you imagine going into a pub & the piano player is a kid? That's what Steve Winwood did, along with his brother.
I remember him at 14 singing with Spencer Davis & friends telling me he was 14!

Yes, and he was 8 years old when he first started playing with a band....

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:48 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

David Walker [rock, pop and rock and roll rhythm guitarist and vocalist; Gary Lewis & The Playboys] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 06:52 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Barbara Dane [Barbara Jean Spillman; folk, blues and jazz singer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 07:38 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Katherine Hepburn [Katherine Houghton Hepburn; 1907-2003; actress] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 07:43 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Mackenzie Astin [Mackenzie Alexander Astin; actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 08:00 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Catherine Tate [Catherine Jane Ford; actress, comedian and writer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 08:26 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Stephen Baldwin [Stephen Andrew Baldwin; actor, producer, director and political activist] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 08:28 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Bruce Boxleitner [Bruce William Boxleitner; actor and writer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 08:31 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Gabriel Byrne [Gabriel James Byrne; actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 08:33 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Lindsay Crouse [Lindsay Ann Crouse; actress] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:08 AM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Susan Hampshire [actress] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:24 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

George Carlin [George Denis Patrick Carlin; 1937-2008; comedian, actor, author and social critic] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:28 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Leslie Charteris [Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 1907-1993; author and screenwriter; 'The Saint'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:32 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Wilfred Hyde-White [Wilfred Hyde White; 1903-1991; actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:38 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Edward Lear [1812-1888; artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 09:41 AM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Joe Maphis [Otis Wilson Maphis; 1921-1986; country music guitarist] -

**moe** · 05-12-2021, 10:21 AM

Loved Wilfred Hyde-White.....great actor, especially as Colonel Pickering in "My Fair Lady"

**moe** · 05-12-2021, 10:23 AM

I saw George Carlin in a one man show. Hilarious, especially for his "Seven Things You Never Say On Television."

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 10:34 AM

May 12:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Steve Knight [Stephen Sanders Knight; 1935-2013; rock and jazz keyboardist; Mountain] -

**moe** · 05-12-2021, 10:45 AM

And......Billy Swan was the opening act for Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge. It was at the time his song "I Can Help" hit Number1 [[1974). He was ok.
But I didn't know he wrote Clyde McPhatter's "Lover Please" until recently.

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 02:46 PM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Ivan Kral [1948-2020; rock, pop and jazz composer, film maker, record producer, bass guitarist and singer-songwriter] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:43 PM

May 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Ray Gillen [Raymond Arthur Gillen; 1959-1993; hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal singer-songwriter; Black Sabbath 1986-1987] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:48 PM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Billy Duffy [William Henry Duffy; rock guitarist and songwriter; The Cult] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 04:54 PM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Paul D'Amour [progressive metal and alternative rock musician; first bass guitarist with Tool]

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-12-2021, 05:34 PM

May 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Malin Akerman [actress, producer and model; 'The Heartbreak Kid', 2007] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 07:15 AM

May 13th:

Quote for the Day:

"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision."

- Stevie Wonder. -

Happy Birthday, to:

Stevie Wonder [Stevland Hardaway Morris, formerly Judkins; R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 07:20 AM

May 13th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Mary Wells [Mary Esther Wells; 1943-1992; R&B, pop, soul and disco singer and songwriter]

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 09:00 AM

May 13th:

Remembering, on his Birthday -

Barney Ales [Baldassare Ales; 1934-2020; former head of Motown sales; songwriter, former executive Vice-President, and former President of Motown Records] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 10:57 AM

May 13th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Carolyn Franklin [Carolyn Ann Franklin; 1944-1988; soul and R&B singer and songwriter] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 03:43 PM

May 13th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Richard Brooks [soul, R&B, gospel and doo wop singer; co-founder of The Impressions, 1958-1962] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 03:47 PM

May 13th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Harold Winley [R&B and doo-wop singer; The Clovers; The Ink Spots] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 03:53 PM

May 13th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Creed Taylor [jazz trumpeter, record producer and record label founder; CTI Records] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-13-2021, 05:06 PM

May 13th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Teddy Randazzo [Allesandro Carmelo Randazzo; 1935-2003; pop songwriter, singer, arranger and producer] -