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

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Mark Goodson [1915-1992]; film and television producer....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Harold Russell [1914-2002]; actor.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Joseph Losey [1909-1984]; film director.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Russ Columbo [1908-1934]; singer....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering William Bendix [1906-1964]; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On her Birthday, remembering Bebe Daniels [Phyllis Virginia Daniels; 1901-1971]; actress.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Wilfred Lawson [1900-1966]; actor.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

On his Birthday, remembering Hal Roach [1892-1992]; film and television producer...

[westgrandboulevard]

January 14th:

Happy Birthday to Caleb Followill; alternative rock singer, guitarist and founding member; Kings Of Leon.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Quote for the Day:

"Bananarama...'Love In The First Degree'....for a Motown fan like me, I think that's the closest anyone has ever got to making a Supremes record that wasn't The Supremes.

Berry Gordy was on Radio 1 just after the song came out...and he said 'Love In The First Degree' was the best song he'd never made.

It was what we always set out to do, and I felt like we'd achieved our goal."

- Official Charts interview; 2017 -


Happy Birthday to Pete Waterman; record producer, songwriter, DJ and television presenter....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday; remembering Dave Hamilton [David Lewis Hamilton; 1920-1994]; R&B and jazz guitarist and vibraphone player working with The Funk Brothers on early Motown sessions; then record producer and record label owner.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On her Birthday, remembering Joan Marie Johnson [1944-2016]; R&B and pop singer; founding member of The Dixie Cups.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Fonce Mizell [Alphonso Mizell; 1943-2011]; record producer and songwriter....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Sonny Bivins [Edward Jesse Bivins; 1936-2014]; R&B singer; The Manhattans.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. [Michael King, Jr; 1929-1968]; pacifist civil rights activist and minister.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On her Birthday, remembering Gloria Jones [Gloria Y. Washington Jones; 1945-2019]; rock singer; Jerry Garcia Band....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Earl Hooker [Earl Zebedee Hooker; 1929-1970]; blues guitarist....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Howie Day; songwriter.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Young Dro; rapper.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Adam Jones; guitarist; Tool.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Lisa Lisa; singer and actress; Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Pitbull; rapper.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Skrillex; electronic musician.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Margaret O'Brien; actress.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Margherita Buy; actress....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Eddie Cahill; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Regina King; actress....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On her Birthday, remembering Joanne Linville [Beverly Joan Linville; 1928-2021]; actress.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Chad Lowe; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to James Nesbitt; actor.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Michael Seater; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Mario Van Peebles; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

Happy Birthday to Claudia Winkleman; television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ronnie Van Zant [1948-1977]; lead vocalist; Lynyrd Skynyrd.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ron Davies [1946-2013]; singer-songwriter.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Bobby Bloom [1946-1974]; singer-songwriter.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Captain Beefheart [1941-2010]; singer, songwriter and musician; Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On her Birthday, remembering Patricia Blair [1933-2013]; actress......

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On her Birthday, remembering Maria Schell [1926-2005]; actress....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Frank Thornton [1921-2013]; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Lloyd Bridges [1913-1998]; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Gene Krupa [1909-1973]; drummer.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Torin Thatcher [1905-1981]; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ivor Novello [1893-1951]; composer....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ernest Thesiger [1879-1961]; actor....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 15th:

On his Birthday, remembering Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]; 1622-1673]; playwright....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 16th:

Quote for the Day:

"Show business was very good to me.

It gave me a lot of things and I was able to travel places I never would've been able to travel to.

I was able to meet hundreds of thousands of people who I never would've met, but then there's a time when you have to say to yourself that it's all over now.

To leave it like I did was probably the best thing for me because I wouldn't have been able to stand up under that kind of pressure in trying to keep the group together.

It wasn't worth it to me because it could have cost me my sanity."

- 'The Original Marvelettes - Motown's Mystery Girl Group', Marc Taylor, 2004 -

Happy Birthday to Katherine Anderson Schaffner; rock and roll, R&B, soul and pop singer; The Marvelettes......

[westgrandboulevard]

January 16th:

Happy Birthday to Barbara Lynn [Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby]; R&B and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 16th:

Happy Birthday to Sade [Helen Folosade Adu]; soul, sophisti-pop and smooth jazz singer, songwriter and actress; Sade.....

[westgrandboulevard]

January 16th:

On her Birthday, remembering Aaliyah [Aaliyah Dana Haughton; 1979-2001]; R&B, pop and hip hop singer, actress, dancer and model....