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

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June 4th:

Quote for the Day:

"When it comes to sex, the most important six inches are the ones between the ears."

- Ruth Westheimer. -

Happy Birthday, to:

Ruth Westheimer [Karola Ruth Westheimer, formerly Siegel; aka 'Dr. Ruth'; sex therapist, media personality, actress, voice actress and author] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

El DeBarge [Eldra Patrick DeBarge; R&B, soul and pop singer, songwriter, producer and musician; DeBarge] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Sam Harris [Samuel Kent Harris; singer, musician and actor] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Al B. Sure! [Albert Joseph Brown III; R&B, new jack swing and urban singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former recording executive] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Roger Ball [funk and R&B saxophonist, keyboardist, songwriter and arranger; Average White Band] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Alain Clark [R&B and pop singer, songwriter and record producer] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Leroy Hutson [soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist; The Impressions] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Anthony Braxton [avant-garde and free jazz composer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Michelle Phillips [Holly Michelle Gilliam; rock and pop singer, songwriter, actress and producer; The Mamas And The Papas] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Stefan Lessard [Stefan Kahil Lessard; rock bassist; Steve Matthews Band] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Angelina Jolie [Angelina Jolie Voight, later Pitt; actress; film maker, philanthropist and humanitarian] -

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June 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Bruce Dern [Bruce MacLeish Dern; actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Morgana King [Maria Grazia Morgana Messina; 1930-2018; jazz singer and actress] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Dennis Weaver [William Dennis Weaver; 1924-2006; actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Gordon Waller [Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller; 1945-2009; pop singer, songwriter and guitarist; Peter & Gordon] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Rosalind Russell [Catherine Rosalind Russell; 1907-1976; actress, comedian, screenwriter and singer] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

David Haskell [David Michael Haskell; 1948-2000; actor and singer] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Drew Barrymore [John Blythe Barrymore, Jr; 1932-2004; actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Oliver Nelson [Oliver Edward Nelson; 1932-1975; bebop, hard bop, post-bop and jazz fusion saxophonist, clarinettist, arranger, composer and bandleader] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Freddy Fender [Baldemar Garza Huerta; 1937-2006; tejano, country and rock and roll musician] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Robert Merrill [Moishe Miller; 1917-2004; operatic baritone and musical theatre actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday: -

Clara Blandick [Clara Blanchard Dickey; 1880-1962; actress) -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Russell Hicks [Edward Russell Hicks; 1895-1957; actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Lane Chandler [Robert Chandler Oakes; 1899-1972; actor] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Raphael 'Raf' Ravenscourt [1954-2014; rock and jazz session musician, composer and author; saxophone solo on 'Baker Street' by Gerry Rafferty] -

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June 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Jimmy McCulloch [James McCulloch; 1953-1979; rock and hard rock musician and songwriter; lead guitar and bassist with Wings, 1974-1977] -

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June 5th:

Quote for the Day:

"Failure is not fatal; victory is not success."

- Tony Richardson. -


Remembering, on his Birthday:

Tony Richardson [Cecil Antonio Richardson; 1928-1991; theatre and film director, also writer; 'The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner', 1962; 'Tom Jones', 1963] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Martha Levert [Martha Lee Levert; 1945-2020; mother of Gerald [1966-2006] and Sean Levert [1968-2008]; former wife of Eddie Levert, of The O'Jays] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Brian McKnight [Brian Kelly McKnight; R&B and soul singer-songwriter, actor, arranger, producer and musician] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Floyd Butler [Floyd Lawrence Butler; 1941-1990; R&B and pop singer; co-founder of The Friends Of Distinction] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Ronnie Dyson [Ronald Dyson; 1950-1990; R&B and soul singer, and actor] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Kenny G [Kenneth Bruce Gorelick; jazz saxophonist] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Freddie Stone [Frederick Jerome Stewart; co-founder, guitarist and vocalist; Sly & The Family Stone] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Gary DeCarlo [Gary Richard DeCarlo; 1942-2017; pop singer, songwriter and percussionist; Steam] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Michael Davis [1943-2012; bass guitarist, rock singer, songwriter and record producer; MC5]

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Du Cann [John William Cann; 1946-2011; hard rock and heavy metal guitarist; Atomic Rooster] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Tom Evans [Thomas Evans; 1947-1983; rock and power pop singer, songwriter and guitarist; Badfinger] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Laurie Anderson [Laura Phillips Anderson; avant-pop, art pop and electronic musician, performance artist, composer and film director] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Barbara Gaskin [pop rock, folk and synthpop singer; Spirogyra, 1969-1974] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Nicko McBrain [Michael Henry McBrain; heavy metal, blues rock and hard rock drummer and songwriter; Iron Maiden] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Peter Erskine [jazz and jazz fusion drummer; Weather Report; Steps Ahead] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Peter Wentz [Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III; musician, singer, songwriter, A&R consultant and record executive; bassist with Fall Out Boy] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Chad Allen [Chad Allen Lazzari; psychologist and former actor; Matthew Cooper on 'Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman'] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Mark Wahlberg [Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg; actor, producer, businessman, model, rapper and songwriter; Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ron Livingston [Ronald Joseph Livingston; actor; Peter Gibbons in 'Office Space'; Capt. Lewis Nixon III in 'Band Of Brothers'] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

William Boyd [William Lawrence Boyd; 1895-1972; actor; 'Hopalong Cassidy'] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Spalding Gray [1941-2004; actor and writer; 'Swimming To Cambodia'] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Robert Lansing [Robert Howell Brown; 1928-1994; actor; Brig. Gen. Frank Savage in '12 O'Clock High'] -

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June 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

John Abbott [John Albert Chamberlain Kefford; 1905-1996; actor; Frederick Fairlie in 'The Woman In White', 1948] -

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June 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Nick Kroll [Nicholas Kroll; actor, comedian, writer and producer] -