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

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Westgrand, Lenny Welch had a cameo on the soap opera "General Hospital" years ago & while playing a scene [in the background] "Since I Fell For You" was playing in the background.

One of those nice little touches which resonate with all those 'in the know', Moe.....

And, I know you know, Moe....

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Brian Eno [Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno; rock, ambient, electronic and experimental musician, composer, record producer, visual artist and theorist; 'Here Come The Warm Jets'] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Lainie Kazan [Lainie Levine; actress and singer; Belle Carroca in 'My Favourite Year'; Maria Portokalos in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Jackie Shane [1940-2019; R&B and soul singer] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Jimmy McPartland [James Dugald McPartland; 1907-1991; Chicago jazz and dixieland cornetist] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

David Charvet [David Frank Charvet; singer, actor, model and television personality; Matt Brody on 'Baywatch'] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Nicholas Hammond [actor and writer; Friedrich von Trapp in 'The Sound Of Music'; Peter Parker/Spider Man in 'The Amazing Spider-Man'] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

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

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May 15th:

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Peter Shaffer [Peter Levin Shaffer; 1926-2016; playwright and screenwriter; 'Amadeus'; 'Equus'] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Doris Dowling [1923-2004; actress; Gloria in 'The Lost Weekend', 1945; Margaret Loring in 'The Crimson Key'; Francesca in 'Bitter Rice', 1949] -

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May 15th:

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Joseph Wiseman [1918-2009; actor; Julius No in 'Dr. No', 1962] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday; -

Tenzing Norgay [Namgyal Wangdi; aka Sherpa Tenzing; 1914-1986; mountaineer and explorer; with Edmund Hillary on Mount Everest, 1953] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Constance Cummings [Constance Cummings Halverstadt; 1910-2005; actress; Ruth Codomine in 'Blithe Spirit'] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

James Mason [James Neville Mason; actor; Norman Maine in 'A Star Is Born', 1954; Philip Vandamm in 'North By Northwest', 1959] -

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May 15th:

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Joseph Cotton [Joseph Cheshire Cotton, Jr; 1905-1994; actor; Jedediah Leland in 'Citizen Kane', 1941] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

L. Frank Baum [Lyman Frank Baum; 1856-1919; novelist; 'The Wonderful World Of Oz', and sequels] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to: -

Andy Murray [Andrew Barron Murray; professional tennis player] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

K.T. Oslin [Kay Toinette Oslin; 1942-2020; country singer-songwriter, actress and producer] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ian Amey [Ian Frederick Stephen Amey; pop rock lead guitarist; 'Tich' of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Bob Garner [Robert Anthony Garner; 1946-2016; freakbeat, psychedelic and garage rock bass guitarist and vocalist with The Creation] -

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May 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Gary Thain [Gary Mervin Thain; 1948-1975; rock bassist and vocalist, Uriah Heep; Keef Hartley Band] -

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May 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Andrew Eldritch [Andrew William Harvey Taylor; gothic rock and post-punk singer, songwriter and musician; co-founding member of Sisters of Mercy] -

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May 16th:

Quote for the Day:

"If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting to you.

But if you've got a heart at all, I'm going to get it."

- Betty Carter. -

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones; 1930-1998; jazz and post-bop vocalist] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Barbara Lee Jones [1947-1992; pop and soul singer; The Chiffons] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Janet Jackson [Janet Damita Jo Jackson; R&B, pop and dance singer, songwriter, dancer and actress; 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?'] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Billy Cobham [William Emanuel Cobham, Jr; jazz and jazz fusion drummer, composer a​nd bandleader] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

B. Slade [Anthony Charles Williams II; formerly known as Tonex; gospel singer, songwriter, actor and musician] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ralph Tresvant [Ralph Edward Tresvant; R&B and new jack swing singer, songwriter, actor and record producer; New Edition] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Isaac 'Redd' Holt [jazz and soul music drummer; Young-Holt Unlimited] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Kripp Johnson [Corinthian A. Johnson, Sr; 1933-1990; doo-wop singer; The Del-Vikings] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Robert Fripp [art rock and progressive rock guitarist, composer and record producer; King Crimson] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Hazel O'Connor [Hazel Thereasa O'Connor; new wave and alternative singer-songwriter and actress] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Boyd Tinsley [Boyd Calvin Tinsley; rock, classical and alternative rock violinist and mandolinist with Dave Matthews Band] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Pierce Brosnan [actor, film producer, activist and environmentalist; Remington Steele; James Bond] -

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May 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Debra Winger [ Debra Lynn Winger; actress; Paula Pokrifki in 'An Officer And A Gentleman', 1982; Emma Horton in 'Terms Of Endearment', 1983] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Darrell Sweet [Darrell Antony Sweet; 1947-1999; hard rock and heavy metal drummer; co-founder of Nazareth] -

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May 16th:

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Henry Fonda [Henry Jaynes Fonda; 1905-1982; actor; Davis Juror #8 in '12 Angry Men', 1957; Norman Thayer, Jr., in 'On Golden Pond', 1981] -

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May 16th:

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Woody Herman [Woodrow Charles Herman; 1913-1987; big band, swing and cool jazz musician; 1940s big bandleader; jazz clarinetist] -

[arr&bee]

West,my good fellow, the famous[weener bros.]have a script for our favorite [superstar] now in this little ditti she is a very mysterious detective who can only be contacted by internet,and her latest case is to locate and reunite- peanut with butter[they had a lover's qurrell]and also no one has seen jelly either,so she's gonna be busy..kinda cute!!

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May 16th:

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Liberace [Wladziu Valentino Liberace; 1919-1987; traditional pop and easy listening pianist, singer and actor; "I'll Be Seeing You"] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Yvonne Craig [Yvonne Joyce Craig; 1937-2015; ballet dancer and actress; Batgirl on 'Batman'] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

George Gaynes [George Jongejans; 1917-2016; actor and singer; Eric Lassard on 'Police Academy'; John Van Horn in 'Tootsie'] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Margaret Sullavan [ Margaret Brooke Sullavan; 1909-1960; actress; Klara Novak in 'The Shop Around The Corner'; Patricia Hollman in 'Three Comrades'] -

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May 16th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

David Hughes [David Edward Hughes; 1831-1900; practical experimenter, professor of music, and inventor of the microphone] -

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May 17th:

Quote for the Day:

"His [Pervis] first birth certificate says the 16th, but he always said the 17th, which gave him an excuse to celebrate two days."

- Claudreen Jackson, widow of Pervis Jackson, The Spinners, Soul Express interview, 2002-2003].

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Pervis Jackson [1938-2008; R&B, soul and pop singer; The Spinners] -

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May 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

George Johnson [funk and R&B singer; Brothers Johnson; 'I'll Be Good To You'; 'Strawberry Letter 23'; 'Stomp'] -

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May 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Homer O'Dell [R&B guitarist with Mint Edition; 'Breakin' My Heart [Pretty Brown Eyes]' -

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May 17th:

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Bobby Sheen [Robert Joseph Sheen; 1941-2000; R&B 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] -

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May 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Vernie Bennett [Vernett Bennett; R&B singer; founding member of Eternal] -

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May 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Deitrick Haddon [Deitrick Vaughn Haddon; gospel singer, songwriter, music producer] - and pastor] -