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

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tony Hadley [Anthony Patrick Hadley; singer, songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter; former lead singers with Spandau Ballet] -

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Earl Young [Earl Donald Young; disco and soul drummer, founder and leader of The Trammps]

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Michael Steele [Susan Nancy Thomas; pop rock bassist, guitarist, songwriter and singer; The Bangles] -

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Stacey Keach [Walter Stacey Keach, Jr; actor; the 'Mike Hammer' television films and series]

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Liam Cunningham [actor; Davros Seaworth on 'Game Of Thrones'] -

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Joan Pringle [former actress; Vice Principal Sybil Buchanan on 'The White Shadow'] -

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Charles Haid [Charles Maurice Haid III; actor and director; Officer Andy Renko on 'Hill Street Blues'] -

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June 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jerry Mathers [Gerald Patrick Mathers; actor; Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver on 'Leave It To Beaver'] -

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June 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Marvin Hamlisch [Marvin Frederick Hamlisch; 1944-2012; composer and conductor] -

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June 2nd:

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Charles Miller [1939-1980; funk and rock saxophonist and flautist; War] -

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June 2nd:

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Carl Butler [Carl Robert Butler; 1927-1992; country singer and songwriter; Carl And Pearl Butler] -

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June 2nd:

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Milo O'Shea [Milo Donal O'Shea; 1926-2013; actor] -

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June 2nd:

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Gil Stratton [Gil Stratton, Jr; 1922-2008; actor and sportscaster] -

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June 2nd:

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Max Showalter [also Casey Adams; 1917-2000; actor, composer, pianist and singer] -

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June 2nd:

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Barbara Pym [Barbara Mary Crampton Pym; 1913-1980; novelist] -

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June 2nd:

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Johnny Weissmuller [ Janos Weissmuller; 1904-1984; competition swimmer and actor; 'Tarzan'] -

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June 2nd:

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Felix Weingartner [Paul Felix Weingartner; 1863-1942; conductor, composer and pianist] -

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Thomas Hardy [1840-1928; novelist, poet and short story writer; 'Far From The Madding Crowd'; 'The Mayor Of Casterbridge'; 'Tess Of The D'Urbervilles'] -

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June 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Howard Johnson [1887-1941; lyricist; 'I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream'] -

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June 2nd:

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Edward Elgar [Edward William Elgar; 1857-1934; composer; 'Enigma Variations'; 'Pomp And Circumstance Marches'] -

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June 2nd:

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Marquis de Sade [Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade; 1740-1814; aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer] -

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June 3rd:

Quote for the Day:

"We took our time and worked out what the three guitars were going to do, especially in the beginning.

I did quite a bit of ad lib, because I had more of a blues feel. and my head was full of everything.

Robert [White] was a good rhythm guy, and Joe [Messina] often went note-for-note with the bass. I would ad lib in and out, never covering up anybody.

We had to play according to the record, you know - you didn't want to jam it up with a bunch of crap."

- Eddie 'Chank' Willis; PopMatters interview with Zeth Lundy; July 2008.

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Eddie 'Chank' Willis [1936-2018; soul and R&B guitarist and musician; The Funk Brothers] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Deniece Williams [June Deniece Chandler; soul, R&B, disco and gospel singer, songwriter and record producer; 'Free'] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Eddie Holman [R&B, soul, gospel and pop singer; 'Hey There Lonely Girl'] -

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June 3rd:

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Curtis Mayfield [Curtis Lee Mayfield; 1942-1999; soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer; The Impressions; 'Superfly'] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Dakota Staton [aka Aliyah Rabia; 1930-2007; jazz, R&B, soul and blues singer; 'The Late, Late Show'] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Boots Randolph [Homer Louis Randolph III; 1927-2007; saxophonist, 'Yakety Sax'] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ian Hunter [Ian Hunter Patterson; rock singer, songwriter and musician; lead singer with Mott The Hopple] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Suzi Quatro [Susan Kay Quatro; rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress; 'Can The Can'] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Dan Hill [Daniel Grafton Hill IV; pop singer and songwriter; 'Sometimes When We Touch'] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Mike Freda [Mike Dennis; doo-wop singer and co-founder of The Dovells; also The Magistrates; 'Bristol Stomp'; 'You Can't Sit Down'] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

James Purefoy [James Brian Park Purefoy; actor; Mark Anthony on HBO series 'Rome'; Joe Carroll on 'The Following'; title role in 'Solomon Kane', 2009] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Penelope Wilton [Penelope Alice Wilton; actress; Isobel Crawley - later Grey - on 'Downton Abbey' television and film series] -

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June 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Irma P. Hall [Irma Dolores Player Hall; actress; Aunt T. in 'A Family Thing', 1996; Marva Munson in 'The Ladykillers', 2004; Josephine 'Big Mama Joe' Joseph on 'Soul Food' 1997 film and later television series] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

David Cole [David Byron Cole; 1962-1995; songwriter, dance and house record producer, remixer; C+C Music Factory] -

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June 3rd:

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Michael Clarke [Michael James Dick; 1946-1993; rock drummer; The Byrds] -

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June 3rd:

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Billy Powell [William Norris Powell; 1952-2009; rock keyboardist with Lynyrd Skynyrd] -

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June 3rd:

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Dave Alexander [David Michael Alexander; 1947-1975; protofunk bassist; The Stooges] -

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June 3rd:

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Mickey Finn [Michael Norman Finn; 1947-2003; psychedelic folk and glam rock percussionist; T. Rex] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Josephine Baker [Freda Josephine McDonald; 1906-1975; cabaret and music hall, French pop and jazz singer, dancer and actress] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy; 1910-1990; actress, film producer, dancer and model; 'Reap The Wild Wind'] -

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June 3rd:

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Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz; 1925-2010; actor; Joe/Josephine/Shell Oil Junior in 'Some Like It Hot', 1959] -

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June 3rd:

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Coleen Dewhurst [Coleen Rose Dewhurst; 1924-1991; actress; Avery Brown on CBS sitcom 'Murphy Brown'] -

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June 3rd:

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Ellen Corby [Ellen Hansen Corby; 1911-1999; actress; Aunt Trina in 'I Remember Mama', 1948; Esther 'Grandma' Walton on CBS 'The Waltons'] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Josephine Baker [Freda Josephine McDonald; 1906-1975; cabaret and music hall, French pop and jazz singer, dancer and actress] -

Honored by Google with a Doodle on her 111th birthday [June 3, 2017]

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Edward Winter [Edward Dean Winter; 1937-2001; actor; Colonel Samuel Flagg on 'M*A*S*H'; Ernst Ludvig in original Broadway production of 'Cabaret', and J.D. Sheldrake in original Broadway production of 'Promises, Promises'] -

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June 3rd:

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Maurice Evans [Maurice Herbert Evans; 1901-1989; actor; Dr. Zaius in 'Planet Of The Apes'; Maurice on 'Bewitched'] -

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June 3rd:

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Leo Gorcey [Leo Bernard Gorcey; 1917-1969; Skip Mahoney in 'The Bowery Boys' films] -

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June 3rd:

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Eddie Acuff [Edward DeKalb Acuff; 1903-1956; actor; Mr Beasley the postman, in the 'Blondie' films] -

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June 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth; 1904-1984; operatic tenor; New York Metropolitan Opera] -