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

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 05:19 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Don Ameche [1908-1993; actor and voice artist; Art Selwyn in 'Cocoon'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 05:20 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Walt Whitman [1819-1892; poet, essayist and journalist] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 05:26 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Johnny Paycheck [Donald Eugene Lytle; 1938-2003; country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 05:32 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Wayne Carson [Wayne Carson Head; aka Wayne Carson Thompson; 1943-2015; country musician, record producer and songwriter - 'The Letter' by the Box Tops; 'Always On My Mind' by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 05:59 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Bonham [John Henry Bonham; 1948-1980; rock musician and songwriter; drummer with Led Zeppelin] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:05 PM

May 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Mike Edwards [Michael Edwards, later Swami Deva Pramada; 1948-2010; cellist and music teacher; Electric Light Orchestra /ELO] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:10 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tommy Emmanuel [William Thomas Emmanuel; jazz, pop, rock and country guitarist;

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:13 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Chris Elliott [Christopher Nash Elliott; actor, comedian, writer, director and author] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:15 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jonathan Tucker [Jonathan Moss Tucker; actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:18 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Lea Thompson [Lea Katherine Thompson; actress, director and television producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:21 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Waka Flocka Flame [Juaquin James Malphurs; hip hop rapper and actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:24 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Azealia Banks [Azealia Amanda Banks; hip hop rapper, singer, songwriter and actress] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:26 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Eric Christian Olsen [actor and producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 05-31-2021, 06:31 PM

May 31st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Phillipa Soo [Phillipa Anne Soo; actress; Eliza Hamilton in Broadway musical 'Hamilton'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 02:06 PM

June 1st:

Quote for the Day:

"Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one."

- Marilyn Monroe. -

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jeane Mortenson; Norma Jeane Baker; 1926-1962; actress and model; Sugar 'Kane' Kowalczyk in 'Some Like It Hot', 1959] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 02:11 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Charlene [Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo; Charlene Duncan Oliver; easy listening and R&B singer, pianist, songwriter, record producer and author; 'I've Never Been To Me'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 03:43 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Linda Scott [Linda Joy Sampson; pop singer and actress; 'I've Told Every Little Star'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 03:53 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Morgan Freeman [actor, film director and narrator; Leo 'Fast Black' Smalls, Jr in 'Street Smart', 1987; Hoke Colburn in 'Driving Miss Daisy', 1989; Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in 'The Shawshank Redemption', 1994; Eddie 'Scrap Iron' Dupris in 'Million Dollar Baby', 2004; Nelson Mandela in 'Invictus', 2009] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 04:05 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Alanis Morissette [Alanis Nadine Morissette; alternative rock singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actress] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 04:12 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Pat Boone [Patrick Charles Eugene Boone; pop and country singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker and spokesman] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 04:19 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jim McCarty [James William McCarty; hard rock guitarist; Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 04:23 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ronnie Wood [Ronald David Wood; rock musician, singer, songwriter, artist and radio personality; The Rolling Stones] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 04:27 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jason Donovan [Jason Sean Donovan; actor and singer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:08 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tom Robinson [Thomas Giles Robinson; punk rock and new wave singer, songwriter, bassist, radio presenter and LGBT activist; 'Glad To Be Gay'; '2-4-6-8 Motorway'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:11 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

John Ellis [alternative rock guitarist and songwriter; founder member of The Vibrators] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:14 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ronnie Dunn [Ronald Gene Dunn; country singer, songwriter and record executive; Brooks & Dunn] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:17 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jesse Johnson [Jesse Woods Johnson; funk, rock and R&B guitarist; The Time] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:19 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Roger Sanchez [house music DJ, remixer and producer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:24 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Cleavon Little [Cleavon Jake Little; 1939-1992; actor; Sheriff Bart in 'Blazing Saddles', 1974]

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:29 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Nelson Riddle [Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr; 1921-1985; arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:31 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Johnny Bond [Cyrus Whitfield Bond; 1915-1978; country music entertainer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:34 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Pat Corley [Cleo Pat Corley; 1930-2006; actor; bar owner Phil on 'Murphy Brown'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:41 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Edward Woodward [Edward Albert Arthur Woodward; 1930-2009; actor; Robert McCall on 'The Equaliser'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:44 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Andy Griffith [Andy Samuel Griffith; 1926-2012; actor; television producer, gospel singer and writer; 'The Andy Griffith Show'; Ben Matlock on 'Matlock'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 05:59 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Joan Caulfield [Beatrice Joan Caulfield; 1922-1991; actress and former model; Matilda Frazier in 'The Unsuspected'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:01 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen; 1915-2004; actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:04 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Robert Newton [Robert Guy Newton; 1905-1956; actor; Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:08 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Frank Morgan [Francis Phillip Wuppermann; 1890-1949; actor; Professor Marvel / The Wizard in 'The Wizard Of Oz'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:10 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Clive Brook [Clifford Hardman Brook; 1887-1974; actor] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:12 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Masefield [John Edward Masefield; 1878-1967; poet and writer] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:17 PM

June 1st:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Barbara Martin [Barbara Diane Martin Richardson; 1943-2020; R&B and pop singer, The Primettes; co-founding member of The Supremes, 1961-1962] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-01-2021, 06:24 PM

June 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tom Holland [Thomas Stanley Holland; actor; Lucas Bennett in 'The Impossible', 2012] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 10:31 AM

June 2nd:

Quote for the Day:

"It was like a family.

We were so close, and still are.

Brian and Edward [Holland] and I, golly, we go out for lunch, as old as we are. We creep along. A few of us are still here.

It's unbelievable the way we still cling to each other."

- Janie Bradford; 'Money', Poetry and Philanthropy; Adam White, West Grand Blog; 29 March 2019.

Happy Birthday, to:

Janie Bradford [songwriter; co-writer of 'Money [That's What I Want]', with Berry Gordy, Jr; co-writer of 'Too Busy Thinking About My Baby', with Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 10:37 AM

June 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

William Guest [William Franklin Guest; 1941-2005; R&B and soul singer; The Pips] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 10:39 AM

June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Sammy Turner [Samuel Black; rock and roll and R&B singer; 'Lavender-Blue'; 'Always'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 02:32 PM

June 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Johnny Carter [John E. Carter; 1934-2009; doo-wop and R&B singer; founding member of The Flamingos; The Dells] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 03:23 PM

June 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Jimmy Jones [James Jones; 1937-2012; pop, rock and roll and singer; 'Handy Man'] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 03:39 PM

June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Chubby Tavares [Antone Lee Tavares; R&B, funk and soul singer; The Tavares] -

**westgrandboulevard** · 06-02-2021, 05:02 PM

June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Wayne Brady [Wayne Alphonso Brady; actor, singer, comedian and television personality; 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'] -