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

[arr&bee]

As a matter of fact,west..you and ms.moe[superstar are invited down to da hood for the grand opening of...messy mel's meat mart..now word on the street says that this dude don't like grady so he's a competitor and whatever grady puts into his meals messy will put even more into his...this is his menu..pigs parts from parts unknown-cow meat from somewhere on the cow-chicken stuff from real chickens-potatoes cooked in extra lard-beans boiled in something wet with a slab of fatback peeled off of something fat-bird eggs from some kind of birds-and two different kinds of veggies almost fresh from the garden out back...hope you two can take it-opps err-ahem-hehe...can make it for this life threatening-opps-err-ahem-hehe...life threat!!

[westgrandboulevard]

April 6th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Randy Weston [[jazz pianist and composer) -
Warren Haynes [[guitarist; Allman Brothers Band) -
Tony Connor [[drummer and percussionist; Hot Chocolate) -
Zamfir [[pan flute virtuoso) -

Andre Previn [[pianist, conductor and composer) -

Billy Dee Williams [[actor, artist, singer and writer) -
Eliza Coupe [[actress) -
Marilu Henner [[actress) -
John Ratzenberger [[actor, voice actor and entrepreneur) -
Roy Thinnes [[actor) -

Barry Levinson [[film maker, screenwriter and actor) -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Don Wyrick [[1940-1993; saxophonist; Earth, Wind & Fire) -
Merle Haggard [[1937-2016; singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddler) -
Helmut Griem [[1932-2004; actor) -
Ivan Dixon [[1931-2008; actor) -

Joi Lansing [[1929-1972; actress) -
Charlie Rouse [[1924-1988; saxophonist and flautist; worked with Thelonious Monk) -
Walter Huston [[1884-1950; actor) -
Raphael [[1483-1520; painter and architect of the High Renaissance) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 6th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 7th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Louvain Demps [[singer; The Andantes) -
Janis Ian [[singer, songwriter, musician and author) -

John Oates [[guitarist, musician, songwriter and record producer; Hall & Oates) -
Bill Kreutzmann [[drummer, The Grateful Dead) -

Russell Crowe [[actor, film producer and musician) -

Jackie Chan [[martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman and singer) -

Francis Ford Coppola [[film director, producer and screenwriter) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Ron 'Have Mercy' Kersey [[1949-2005; keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger) -
David Frost [[1939-2013; journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and television host) -
Freddie Hubbard [[1938-2008; jazz trumpeter) -

Wayne Rogers [[1933-2015; actor) -
James Garner [[1928-2014; actor, producer and voice artist) -
Ravi Shankar [[1920-2012; musician, exponent of the sitar, and composer) -

Mongo Santamaria [[1917-2003; rumba quinto master and jazz percussionist) -
Anthony Caruso [[1916-2003; actor) -
Billie Holiday [[1915-1959; jazz musician and singer-songwriter) -

Percy Faith [[1908-1976; bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor) -
Queenie Leonard [[1905-2002; actress and singer) -
Walter Winchell [[1897-1972; newspaper and radio gossip commentator) -
William Wordsworth [[1770-1850; Romantic poet) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 7th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 8th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Leon Huff [[songwriter and record producer) -
Brenda Russell [[singer, songwriter and keyboardist) -
Biz Markie [[rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, actor and singer) -
Julian Lennon [[musician and photographer) -
Cheryl James [[singer; Salt, of Salt-N-Pepa) -

Patricia Arquette [[actress) -
Hywel Bennett [[actor) -
John Gavin [[actor) -
John Schneider [[actor and country music singer) -
Jack O'Halloran [[actor) -

Vivienne Westwood [[fashion designer and businesswoman) -

Kofi Annan [[diplomat; Secretary-General of the United Nations,1997-2006) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Michael Bennett [[1943-1987; musical theatre director, writer, choreographer and dancer) -
Jacques Brel [[1929-1978; singer, songwriter, actor and director) -
Fred Ebb [[1928-2004; musical theatre lyricist; Kander and Ebb) -
Carmen McRae [[1922-1994; jazz singer) -

Ilka Chase [[1900-1978; actress and novelist) -
Yip Harburg [[1896-1981; popular song lyricist) -
Mary Pickford [[1892-1979; actress) -
Walter Connolly [[1887-1940; actor) -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 8th.

[moe]

Westgrand, aren't we on the social committee for Pippa's wedding? I thought HM wanted us to be of assistance to her because, at 90+, she cannot physically perform like she used to

[arr&bee]

Umm,don't worry about that invite to messy mel's,grady bought him out,greasy don't like competition.

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe.....HM is unlikely to attend Pippa's wedding, so no meeting of the social committee required, at least yet. If she then feels she can't pull the 'protocol' card, you may well receive an urgent call for your valued assistance......

Arr&bee.....Greasy has only to regard someone as a competitor, and they are never seen again....

BTW.....HM has today opened a new Elephant Centre, here at Whipsnade, UK. Who knows....she may be able to assist whenever you are in need of a herd. Take good care of them and you could find yourself 'By Royal Appointment'!! Well, who would have thought it.....

[arr&bee]

Wow,wouldn't that be something,me and the elephants at da palace,hey west[hm]might bestow a knighthood of some kind!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Knighthood, dayhood......either way, it could go down really big for you in da 'hood!

Of course, that's always assuming that anyone in da 'hood knows who HM actually is....

[144man]

Knighthood, schmighthood! The only hood that arr&bee is likely to achieve is a "second childhood".

[westgrandboulevard]

April 9th : if this is your birthday, then you share it with :


Tom Lehrer [[singer-songwriter; satirist and mathematician) -
Steve Gadd [[drummer, percussionist and session musician) -
Jazmine Sullivan [[singer, songwriter) -

Reuben Wilson [[jazz organist) -
Gerard Way [[singer, songwriter, musician and comic book writer) -

Jean-Paul Belmondo [[actor) -
Michael Learned [[actress) -
Dennis Quaid [[actor) -
Jesse McCartney [[actor, singer and songwriter) -

Hugh Hefner [[men's lifestyle magazine publisher, businessman and playboy) -


Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Carl Perkins[[1932-1998; singer-songwriter) -
Brad Dexter [[1917-2002; actor) -
Elizabeth Allan [[1908-1990; actress) -

Ward Bond [[1903-1960; actor) -
Paul Robeson [[1898-1976; bass singer and actor) -
Victor Gollancz [[1893-1967; publisher) -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 9th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 10th: if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Babyface [[singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Kenny Lattimore [[singer) -
Bunny Wailer [[singer, songwriter and percussionist; The Wailers) -

Sophie Ellis-Bextor [[singer, songwriter and model) -
Q-Tip [[rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ) -

Mandy Moore [[actress, singer and songwriter) -
Charlie Hunnam [[actor) -

Peter Paige [[actor, director and screenwriter) -
Liz Sheridan [[actress) -
Max Von Sydow [[actor) -

Paul Theroux [[travel writer and novelist) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Bobby Smith [[1936-2013; co-lead singer and co-founder; The Spinners) -
Eddie Hazel [[1950-1992; guitarist; Parliament-Funkadelic) -
Omar Sharif [[1932-2015; actor) -
Barbara Lea [[1929-2011; actress and singer) -

Jane Kean [[1923-2013; actress and singer) -
Chuck Connors [[1921-1992; actor) -
Harry Morgan [[1915-2011; actor) -
George Arliss [[1868-1946; actor) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 10th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 11th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Joss Stone [[singer, songwriter and actress) -
Lisa Stansfield [[singer, songwriter and actress; 'All Around The World') -
Angie Sylvers [[singer; The Sylvers) -

Delroy Pearson [[singer, songwriter and musician; Five Star) -
Cerys Matthews [[singer, songwriter, author and broadcaster; Catatonia) -
Neville Staple [[vocalist; The Specials) -

Bob Harris [['Whispering Bob Harris'; music presenter; 'The Old Grey Whistle Test', co-founder of 'Time Out' magazine) -

Joel Grey [[actor; 'Cabaret') -
Jennifer Esposito [[actress, Ria in 'Crash') -
Tricia Helfer [[model and actress; Number Six on 'Battlestar Galactica') -

Louise Lasser [[actress; 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman') -
Bill Irwin [[actor, clown and comedian; Tony Award for Best Actor, 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?') -

John Milius [[screenwriter, film director and film producer; 'Conan The Barbarian') -

Thomas Harris [[novelist; creator of Hannibal Lecter) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Freddie Gorman [[1911-2006; singer, songwriter and record producer; The Originals) -
Richard Berry [[1935-1997; singer, songwriter and musician; The Flairs; The Robins) -
Jimmy Lewis [[1918-2000; double bass and bass guitarist) -

Johnny Sheffield [[1931-2010; actor; 'Boy' in the Tarzan films) -
Howard W. Koch [[1916-2001; film and television producer; 'The Manchurian Candidate') -
Paul Douglas [[1907-1959; actor; Aloysius X.' Guffy' McGovern in 'Angels In The Outfield') -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 11th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 12th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Lois Reeves [[singer; Martha Reeves and The Vandellas) -
Herbie Hancock [[pianist; keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor) -
J.D.Nicholas [[vocalist and keyboardist; The Commodores) -
Phil Hurtt [[songwriter, record producer and singer) -

Guy Berryman [[musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer; Coldplay) -
David Cassidy [[actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist; The Partridge Family) -
Will Sergeant [[guitarist; Echo and the Bunnymen) -
Vince Gill [[country music singer) -

Montserrat Caballe [[operatic soprano) -

Jane Withers [[actress, model and singer) -
Hardy Kruger [[actor; Heinrich Dorfmann in 'The Flight Of The Phoenix') -
Claire Danes [[actress; Angela Chase on 'My So-Called Life'; Carrie Mathison on 'Homeland') -

Shannen Doherty [[actress, producer, author and television director; Brenda Walsh on 'Beverly Hills 90210') -
Andy Garcia [[actor and director; 'Ocean's Eleven'; 'The Godfather : Part III') -
Saoirse Ronan [[actress; Briony Tallis in 'Atonement'; Ellis Lacey in 'Brooklyn') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Tiny Tim [[1932-1996, singer, ukulele player and musical archivist; 'Tiptoe Through The Tulips') -
Frank Bank [[1942-2013; actor; Lumpy on 'Leave It to Beaver') -
Ann Miller [[1923-2004; dancer, singer and actress) -
Helen Forrest [[1917-1999; singer; with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James) -
Lily Pons [[1898-1976; operatic soprano and actress) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 12th.

[arr&bee]

knighthood, schmighthood! The only hood that arr&bee is likely to achieve is a "second childhood".

for your edification smartypants...i'm already having my second childhood,nana,nana,nana!!!!!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

April 13th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Al Green [[singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Chris Bangs [[DJ, and record producer) -
Peabo Bryson [[singer-songwriter) -

Wayne Lewis [[keyboardist and vocalist; Atlantic Starr) -
Lou Bega [[singer, songwriter and mambo musician; 'Mambo No. 5') -
Jack Casady [[bass guitarist; Jefferson Airplane) -
Max Weinberg [[drummer with Bruce Springsteen, and Conan O'Brien) -

Bill Conti [[composer and conductor) -

Stanley Donen [[film director and choreographer; 'Singin In The Rain' and 'On The Town') -

Peter Davison [[actor; the fifth Dr. Who) -
Tony Dow [[film producer, director, sculptor and actor; Wally Cleaver on 'Leave It To Beaver') -

Edward Fox [[actor; The Jackal in 'The Day Of The Jackal'; King Edward III in 'Edward And Mrs Simpson') -
Rick Shroder [[actor and film director; 'The Champ'; 'Silver Spoons') -
Lyle Waggoner [[actor and former model; Steve Trevor on 'Wonder Woman', and 'The Carol Burnett Show') -


Remembering : those also born on this date but who have since passed away :


Louis Johnson [[1955-2015; musician and bass guitarist; The Brothers Johnson) -
Don Adams [[1923-2005; actor, comedian and director; Maxwell Smart on 'Get Smart') -
Jack Lambert [[1920-2002; actor; Steve 'The Claw' Michael in 'Dick Tracy's Dilemma') -

Howard Keel [[1919-2004; actor and singer; Clayton Farlow on 'Dallas') -
Christian Rub [[1886-1956; actor; the voice of Gepetto in Disney's 'Pinocchio') -
Butch Cassidy [[1866-c.1908; train and bank robber) -
Guy Fawkes [[1570-1606; soldier and co-planner of The Gunpowder Plot, 1605) -



Happy Birthday: to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 13th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 14th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Loretta Lynn [[country singer and songwriter) -
Ritchie Blackmore [[guitarist and songwriter; Deep Purple) -
Peter Capaldi [[actor, writer and director; the twelfth Dr. Who; Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick Of It') -

Robert Carlyle [[actor; 'The Full Monty'; Stargate Universe') -
Julie Christie [[actress; 'Darling'; 'McCabe And Mrs Miller') -
Bradford Dillman [[actor and author; Captain Briggs in 'Sudden Impact') -
Gloria Jean [[actress and singer) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Jerry Knight [[1952-1996; vocalist and bassist; co-founder of Raydio; later songwriter and record producer) -
Rod Steiger [[1925-2002; actor; Police Chief Bill Gillespie, 'In The Heat Of The Night') -
Shorty Rogers [[1924-1994; jazz musician) -

Valerie Hobson [[1917-1998; actress; 'Kind Hearts And Coronets') -
John Hodiak [[1914-1955; actor; John Kovac in 'Lifeboat') -
John Gielgud [[1904-2000; actor and theatre director; Hobson in 'Arthur') -

Anne Sullivan [[1866-1936; teacher; instructor and lifelong companion to Helen Keller) -
Linus Yale, Jr. [[1821-1868; mechanical engineer and manufacturer; inventor of cylinder locks) -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 14th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 15th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Ed O'Brien [[guitarist; Radiohead) -
Sy Johnson [[jazz arranger and pianist) -


Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Mighty Sam McClain [[1943-2015; blues singer and songwriter) -

Bessie Smith [[1894-1937; blues singer) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 15th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 16th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Bobby Vinton [[singer and songwriter) -
Jimmy Osmond [[singer, actor and businessman; The Osmonds) -
Akon [[singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor) -

Ellen Barkin [[actress and film producer) -
Peter Billingsley [[actor, director and producer) -
Jon Cryer [[actor, screenwriter, television director and film producer) -
Peter Mark Richman [[actor) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Ed Townsend [[1929-2003; singer, songwriter, producer and attorney) -
Dusty Springfield [[1939-1999; singer and record producer) -
Herbie Mann [[1930-2003; jazz musician and record label executive) -

Roy Hamilton [[1929-1969; singer)-
Edie Adams [[1927-2008; actress) -
Henry Mancini [[1924-1994; composer, conductor and arranger) -

Peter Ustinov [[1921-2004; actor, writer, dramatist and film maker) -
Merce Cunningham [[1919-2009; dancer and choreographer) -
Billy Benedict [[1917-1999; actor) -

Charles Chaplin [[1889-1977; comic actor, film maker and composer) -
Wilbur Wright [[1867-1912; aviation pioneer, co-founder of the aeroplane; The Wright Brothers) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 16th.

[arr&bee]

More great stuff west,i didn't know that the great[herbie mann]had passed,i love his work.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 17th : if this is your birth date, you share it with :



Redman [[rapper, DJ, record producer and actor) -
Michael Sembello [[musician and songwriter) -
Jan Hammer [[musician, composer and record producer) -
Chris Barber [[jazz musician, bandleader and trombonist) -

Sean Bean [[actor; Boromir in the 'Lord Of The Rings' series; Simon/Tracie on BBC 'Accused') -
David Bradley [[actor; Argus Filch in the 'Harry Potter' films) -
Teri Austin [[actress; Jill Bennett on 'Knots Landing') -
Olivia Hussey [[actress; Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet') -

Victoria Beckham [[businesswoman, fashion designer, model and singer; The Spice Girls) -


Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Valorie Jones [[1956-2001; singer; The Jones Girls) -
Chris Bartley [[1947-2009; singer) -
Billy Fury [[1940-1893; singer) -

Richard Marquand [[1938-1987; film director; 'Return Of The Jedi') -
Joan Lorring [[1926-2014; actress; Bessy Watty in 'The Corn Is Green') -
Lindsay Anderson [[1923-1994; film director; 'If...' ) -
William Holden [[1918-1981; actor; 'Stalag 17'; 'Sunset Boulevard'; 'Network') -

Anne Shirley [[1918-1993; actress; Laurel Dallas in 'Stella Dallas') -
Arthur Lake [[1905-1987; actor; Dagwood Bumstead in the 'Blondie' film series) -
Thornton Wilder [[1897-1975; novelist; 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey') -

Senor Wences [[1896-1999; ventriloquist; characters included 'Johnny' and 'Pedro') -
Irene Castle [[1893-1969; dancer; Vernon and Irene Castle) -
Karen Blixen [[1885-1962; novelist; 'Babette's Feast', and 'Out Of Africa') -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 17th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 18th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


James Drury [[actor; 'The Virginian) -
Melissa Joan Hart [[actress; 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch') -
David Hewlett [[actor, writer and director; Dr. Rodney McKay on 'Stargate : Atlantis') -

Robert Hooks [[actor; Mr. T. in 'Trouble Man') -
John James [[actor; Jeff Colby on 'Dynasty') -

Jane Leeves [[actress, model, producer, comedian, singer and dancer; Daphne Crane on 'Frasier') -

Hayley Mills [[actress; Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick in 'The Parent Trap') -

Rick Moranis [[actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, musician and songwriter; 'Second City Television'/SCTV; 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' ) -

David Tennant [[actor; the tenth Doctor Who) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown [[1924-2005; blues, also multi-styled singer and multi-instrumentalist) -
Lori Martin [[1947-2010; actress; Nancy Bowden in 'Cape Fear') -
Bob Hastings [[1925-2014; actor; Lt. Carpenter on 'McHale's Navy') -

Barbara Hale [[1921-2017; Della Street on 'Perry Mason') -
Virginia O'Brien [[1919-2001; actress; Kitty in 'The Big Store') -
Wendy Barrie [[1912-1978; actress; 'The Private Life Of Henry VIII') -
Leopold Stokowski [[1882-1977; conductor) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 18th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 19th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Mark Volman [[guitarist, vocalist and songwriter ; founding member of The Turtles) -

Alan Price [[musician, singer-songwriter and musical arranger; The Animals; The Alan Price Set; worked with Georgie Fame) -

Big Youth [[Jamaican DJ) -
Afrika Bambaataa [[hip hop DJ, record producer and activist) -

Hayden Christensen [[actor and producer; Sam Monroe in 'Life As A House'; Anakin Skywalker in 'Star Wars : Episodes II & III') -

Tim Curry [[actor and singer: Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show') -

Elinor Donahue [[actress; Betty Anderson on 'Father Knows Best') -
Kate Hudson [[actress; Penny Lane in 'Almost Famous') -

Ashley Judd [[actress; Rebecca Winstone in 'Missing') -
Tony Plana [[actor and director; Ignacio Suarez on 'Ugly Betty') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Bernie Worrell [[1944-2016; keyboardist and composer; Parliament-Funkadelic) -

Dudley Moore [[1935-2002; actor, comedian,musician and composer; 'Beyond The Fringe'; 'Not Only...But Also' with Peter Cook; 'Foul Play'; '10'; 'Arthur') -

Jayne Mansfield [[1933-1967; actress; Jerri Jordan in 'The Girl Can't Help It') -
Dick Sargent [[1930-1994; actor; replaced Dick York as Darrin Stephens on 'Bewitched') -
Alexis Korner [[1928-1984; blues musician and radio broadcaster) -

Frank Fontaine [[1920-1978; comedian and singer; Crazy Guggenheim on 'The Jackie Gleason Show')

George O'Brien [[1899-1985; actor; The Man, in 'Sunrise : A Song Of Two Humans') -
Madge Kennedy [[1891-1987; actress; Judge Anne B. Carroll in 'The Marrying Kind') -

The Sundance Kid [[Harry Longabaugh; 1867- c. 1908; train and bank robber; sidekick of Butch Cassidy) -
May Robson [[1858-1942; actress; Apple Annie in 'Lady For A Day') -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 19th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 20th : if this is your birth date, you share it with :


Stephen Marley [[reggae musician; 'Revelation Pt.1 - The Root Of Life) -
Johnny Tillotson [[singer-songwriter) -
Jimmy Winston [[musician and actor; keyboardist with Small Faces) -
Craig Frost [[keyboardist; Grand Funk Railroad) -

Michael Brandon [[actor; Jerry Dempsey on 'Dempsey and Makepeace') -
Jessica Lange [[actress; Julie Nichols in 'Tootsie'; Carly Marshall in 'Blue Sky') -
Ryan O'Neal [[actor and former boxer; Oliver Barrett IV in 'Love Story'; Moses 'Moze' Pray in 'Paper Moon') -

Andy Serkis [[actor, director and author; Gollum in 'The Lord Of The Rings' series) -
George Takei [[actor, director, author and activist; Hikaru Sulu on 'Star Trek') -
Gregory Itzin [[actor; President Logan on '24') -
Clint Howard [[actor; Johnson Ritter in the 'Austin Powers' films) -

Joey Lawrence [[actor; Joey Rosso on 'Blossom') -
Lara Jill Miller [[actress; Samantha 'Sam' Kanisky in 'Gimme A Break!') -
Elena Verdugo [[actress; office manager and nurse Consuelo Lopez on 'Marcus Welby, M.D.') -


Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Luther Vandross [[1951-2005; singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Lionel Hampton [[1908-2002; jazz vibraphonist and bandleader) -
James Gammon [[1940-2010; actor; Lou Brown in the 'Major League' films) -
Nina Foch [[1924-2008; actress; Erica Martin in 'Executive Suite') -

Tito Puente [[1923-2000; mambo and latin jazz musician, songwriter and record producer) -
June Storey [[1918-1991; actress; leading lady to Gene Autry in ten films) -
Bruce Cabot [[1904-1972; actor; Jack Driscoll in 'King Kong') -

Harold Lloyd [[1893-1971; actor, comedian, film director, film producer, screenwriter and stuntman; 'Safety Last'; 'The Freshman'; 'The Kid Brother') -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 20th.

[moe]

I was just watching a TV broadcast from 1957 of Lionel Hampton doing "Flying Home." Absolutely one of his best!!

[arr&bee]

So right moe,i'm glad to have it in my collection.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 21st : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Iggy Pop [[singer-songwriter, musician, producer and actor; The Stooges) -
Robert Smith [[singer, songwriter and musician; lead singer with The Cure) -

Patti LuPone [[actress and singer; 'Evita'; 'Gypsy') -

Charles Grodin [[actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host; Jonathan 'The Duke' Mardukas in 'Midnight Run'; George Newton in 'Beethoven'; 'The Tonight Show'; 'The Late Show' ) -

Andie MacDowell [[actress and fashion model; Ann Bishop Mullany in 'Sex, Lies And Videotape'; Bronte Parrish in 'Green Card'; Carrie in 'Four Weddings And A Funeral') -

James McAvoy [[actor; 'The Last King Of Scotland'; 'Atonement') -
Toby Stephens [[actor;' Die Another Day') -

Tony Danza [[actor; Anthony Mark 'Tony' Banta on 'Taxi'; Tony Micella on 'Who's The Boss?') -

Elaine May [[screenwriter, film director, actress and comedian; 'Heaven Can Wait'; 'Primary Colours'; Nichols And May) -


Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Clara Ward [[1924-1973; gospel singer; The Famous Ward Singers) -
Bobby McClure [[1942-1992; singer; 'Don't Mess Up A Good Thing') -
Paul Davis [[1948-2008; singer-songwriter; 'I Go Crazy') -
John Mortimer [[1923-2009; playwright; 'Rumpole Of The Bailey') -

Anthony Quinn [[1915-2001; actor, painter and writer; 'Zorba The Greek'; 'Viva Zapata'; 'Lust For Life') -

Billy Bitzer [[1872-1944; cinematographer; collaborated with D. W. Griffith) -
Charlotte Bronte [[1816-1855; novelist; 'Jane Eyre') -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 21st.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 22nd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Paul Carrack [[singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist; solo career and former session musician. Former member of Ace, 'How Long?'; Roxy Music; Squeeze, 'Tempted'; and Mike + The Mechanics, 'The Living Years' ) -

Vernon Sawyer [[R&B and soul singer; Blue Magic) -
Mel Carter [[singer and actor; 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,') -

Glen Campbell [[rock and country singer, musician, songwriter, television host and actor; 'Gentle On My Mind'; 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix'; 'Wichita Lineman') -

Arthur Baker [[record producer and DJ) -

Peter Frampton [[rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist; Humble Pie; The Herd) -

Joseph Bottoms [[actor; Robin Lee Graham in 'The Dove'; Rudi Weiss in 'Holocaust'; Lieutenant Charlie Pizer in 'The Black Hole') -

Barry Guy [[composer and double bass player) -
Simon Napier Bell [[music manager, author and journalist) -

Jack Nicholson [[actor and film maker; 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest; 'Terms Of Endearment'; 'As Good As It Gets') -

Byron Allen [[comedian, television producer; founder, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios) -

Charlotte Rae [[actress, comedian, singer and dancer; Edna Garrett in 'Diff'rent Strokes' and 'The Facts Of Life') -



Remembering : those also born on this date but who have since passed away :


Charles Mingus [[1922-1979; jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader) -
Bull Moose Jackson [[1919-1989; blues and R&B singer and saxophonist) -

Jason Miller [[1939-2001; actor and playwright; Father Damien Karras in 'The Exorcist') -

Aaron Spelling [[1923-2006; film and television producer; 'Charlie's Angels'; 'The Love Boat'; 'Dynasty' and 'Beverly Hills, 90210' ) -

Bettie Page [[1923-2008; model; 'Queen Of The Pinups') -

Yehudi Menuhin [[1916-1999; violinist and conductor) -

Eddie Albert [[1906-2005; actor and activist; Irving Radovich in 'Roman Holiday'; Mr Corcoran in 'The Heartbreak Kid'; Oliver Wendell Douglas in 'Green Acres') -

Ralph Byrd [[1909-1952; actor; Dick Tracy) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 22nd.

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April 23rd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Narada Michael Walden [[producer, drummer, singer and songwriter) -
Taio Cruz [[singer-songwriter; 'Break Your Heart') -
John Miles [[singer, songwriter; guitarist and keyboard player; 'Music') -


Lee Majors [[actor) -
Judy Davis [[actress) -

Dev Patel [[actor) -
John Hannah [[actor) -
Joyce DeWitt [[actress) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Roy Orbison [[1936-1988; singer, songwriter and musician) -
Sandra Dee [[1942-2005; actress) -
Shirley Temple Black [[1928-2014; singer, dancer, businesswoman and diplomat) -

Ronald Neame [[1911-2010; cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director) -
Simone Simon [[1910-2005; actress) -
Jimmie Noone [[1895-1944; jazz clarinetist and bandleader) -

Cow Cow Davenport [[1894-1955; boogie-woogie and piano blues player, organist, singer and vaudeville entertainer) -

William Shakespeare [[1564-1616; poet, playwright and actor) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 23rd.

[sophisticated_soul]

Judy Davis, as Hedda Hopper, is doing a fabulous job in the series "Fued: Bette & Joan" [[which concludes tonight). She is holding her own with Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. Davis previously starred as Judy Garland in "Me And My Shadows", in which she was totally fabulous!

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April 24th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Barbra Streisand [[singer, songwriter, actress and film maker) -
Porter Carroll [[singer, songwriter and drummer; Atlantic Starr) -
Robert Knight [[singer; 'Everlasting Love'; 'Love On A Mountain Top') -

John Williams [[classical guitarist, arranger and composer) -
Captain Sensible [[singer, songwriter, bassist and guitarist; co-founder of The Damned) -
Doug Clifford [[drummer; founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival) -

Kelly Clarkson [[singer and songwriter) -
Tony Visconti [[record producer, musician and singer) -

Dean Armstrong [[actor, producer and acting coach; Blake Wyzecki on 'Queer As Folk') -
Cedric The Entertainer [[actor, comedian, director and game show host) -
Aidan Gillen [[actor; Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish on 'Game Of Thrones'; Tommy Carcetti on 'The Wire') -

Shirley MacLaine [[actress, singer, dancer, activist and author; Aurora Greenway in 'Terms Of Endearment') -

Jean-Paul Gaultier [[haute couture and pret-a-porter fashion designer) -

Len Goodman [[professional ballroom dancer, dance judge and coach; 'Dancing With The Stars'; 'Strictly Come Dancing') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Ricky Owens [[1939-1996; singer; The Vibrations; The Temptations) -
Joe Henderson [[1937-2001; jazz tenor saxophonist) -

Jill Ireland [[1936-1990; Jackie Pruitt in 'Love And Bullets') -
Freddie Scott [[1933-2007; singer and songwriter; 'Hey Girl'; 'Are You Lonely For Me') -
Johnny Griffin [[1928-2008; jazz tenor saxophonist) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 24th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 25th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Jimmy Hughes [[R&B singer; 'Steal Away') -
Bobbi Humphrey [[jazz flutist and singer) -
Steve Ferrone [[drummer; Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; Average White Band) -

Linda Womack [[singer and songwriter) -
Stu Cook [[guitarist, musician, singer and producer; Creedence Clearwater Water) -
Bjorn Ulvaeus [[songwriter, producer and composer; ABBA) -
Andy Bell [[ singer; Erasure) -

Al Pacino [[actor, film maker and screenwriter) -
Talia Shire [[ actress; Connie Corleone in 'The Godfather' films; Adrian Pennino in the 'Rocky' films) -
Renee Zellweger [[actress and producer; the 'Bridget Jones' films; 'Cold Mountain') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Esther Gordy Edwards [[1920-2011; artist booking manager, vice president and chief executive officer for Motown; creator and director of The Motown Historical Museum, 'Hitsville USA') -

Ella Fitzgerald [[1917-1996; jazz singer) -
Albert King [[1923-1992; blues guitarist and singer) -
Jerry Leiber [[1933-2011; lyricist; Leiber and Stoller)-

Bob Russell [[1914-1970; songwriter, usually lyricist; 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother') -
Earl Bostic [[1913-1965; jazz alto saxophonist) -
Meadowlark Lemon [[1932-2015; basketball player, actor and Christian minister) -
Ed Murrow [[1908-1965; broadcast journalist) -



Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 25th.

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April 26th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


D. C. LaRue [[singer, songwriter and producer) -
Giorgio Moroder [[singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer) -
Maurice Williams [[singer; Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs; 'Stay') -

Francis Lai [[accordionist and film score composer; 'Love Story'; 'A Man And A Woman') -
Ms. Dynamite [[rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Duane Eddy [[guitarist; 'Rebel Rouser'; 'Because They're Young') -

Bobby Rydell [[singer; 'Wild One'; 'Volare'; 'Forget Him') -
Roger Taylor [[drummer, Duran Duran) -

Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins [[singer, songwriter, model, dancer, actress, author and executive producer; lead singer TLC) -

Carol Burnett [[actress, comedienne, singer and writer) -

Joan Chen [[actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer) -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Preston Love [[1921-2004; alto saxophonist, bandleader and songwriter) -
Cecilia Parker [[1914-1993; actress; Marian Hardy in the 'Andy Hardy' film series) -

Douglas Sirk [[1897-1987; film director; 'Magnificent Obsession'; 'All That Heaven Allows'; 'Imitation Of Life') -

Anita Loos [[1889-1981; screenwriter, playwright and author; 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes') -

Ma Rainey [[1886-1939; blues singer; 'Mother Of The Blues') -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 26th.

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April 27th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Cornelius Grant [[guitarist, composer and bandleader) -
Ann Peebles [[singer and songwriter) -
Herb Murrell [[singer; The Stylistics) -

Mica Paris [[singer, radio and television presenter and occasional actress) - -
Sheena Easton [[singer and actress) -
Ace Frehley [[musician and songwriter; lead guitarist and founding member of Kiss) -
Robin S. [[singer and songwriter) -

Maxine Brown [[country singer; The Browns) -
Anouk Aimee [[actress) -
Kevin McNally [[actor) -
Russell T. Davies [[screenwriter and television presenter) -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Cuba Gooding Sr. [[1944-2017; singer and actor; The Main Ingredient) -
Judy Carne [[1939-2015; actress) -
Sandy Dennis [[1937-1992; actress) -

Casey Kasem [[1932-2014; disc jockey, music historian, radio personality and actor) -
Robert Donner [[1931-2006; actor) -
Coretta Scott King [[1927-2006; author, activist and civil rights leader) -

Jack Klugmann [[1922-2012; actor) -

Samuel Morse [[1791-1872; painter, inventor of single-wire telegraph system, and co-developer of the Morse Code) -

Mary Wollstonecraft [[1759-1797; writer, philosopher and advocate of women's rights) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 27th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 28th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Too Short [[rapper, producer and actor) -
Steve Khan [[jazz guitarist) -
Willie Colon [[salsa musician and social activist) -

Kim Gordon [[musician, songwriter and visual artist) -
Leni Stern [[electric guitarist, singer and ngoni player) -
Scott Putesky [['Daisy Berkowitz'; musician; lead guitarist and co-founder of Marilyn Manson) -

Ann-Margret [[actress, singer and dancer) -
Penelope Cruz [[actress and model) -

Jay Leno [[comedian, actor, philanthropist and television host) -
Alistair MacLean [[novelist) -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Terry Pratchett [[1948-2015; novelist; Discworld series) -
Carolyn Jones [[1930-1983; actress) -

Harper Lee [[1926-2016; novelist; 'To Kill A Mockingbird') -
Blossom Dearie [[1924-2009; jazz singer and pianist) -

Ferruccio Lamborghini [[1916-1993; industrialist; creator of Lamborghini sports cars) -
Rose Murphy [[1913-1989; singer; 'Busy Line') -

Oskar Schindler [[1908-1974; industrialist, spy and member of Nazi Party; credited with saving the lives of over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust) -

Lionel Barrymore [[1878-1954; actor and director) -




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 28th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 29th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Big Jay McNeely [[R&B saxophonist) -
Erica Campbell [[gospel, Christian and contemporary R&B singer, musician and radio host) -
Javier Colon [[singer-songwriter and musician) -

Willie Nelson [[musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist) -
Tommy James [[musician, singer, songwriter and record producer; Tommy James and the Shondells) -
Carnie Wilson [[singer and television host; Wilson Phillips) -
Kian Egan [[singer, musician and songwriter; Westlife) -

Master P [[rapper, actor, businessman, investor, author, film maker, record producer, philanthropist, and former basketball player) -

Michelle Pfeiffer [[actress, singer and producer) -
Jerry Seinfeld [[comedian, actor, writer, producer and director) -
Uma Thurman [[actress and model) -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Tammi Terrell [[1945-1970; singer; Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) -
Carl Gardner, Sr. [[1928-2011; singer; The Robins; The Coasters) -
Donald Mills [[1915-1999; singer; The Mills Brothers) -

Ray Barretto [[1929-2006; jazz musician) -
Toots Thielemans [[1922-2016; jazz and blues harmonica player and musician, and composer) -
Duke Ellington [[1899-1974; composer, pianist, jazz band and orchestra leader) -

Rod McKuen [[1933-2015; singer-songwriter, musician and poet) -
Tom Ewell [[1909-1994; actor and producer; Richard Sherman in 'The Seven Year Itch') -
Celeste Holm [[1917-2012; actress; Anne Dettrey in 'Gentleman's Agreement') -

Lonnie Donegan [[1931-2002; skiffle singer, songwriter and musician) -
Russ Morgan [[1904-1969; trombonist, big band orchestra leader and arranger) -
Fred Zinnemann [[1907-1997; film director; 'From Here To Eternity', 1953) -


Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 29th.

[westgrandboulevard]

April 30th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


CeCe Rogers [[singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Tashan [[R&B singer) -
Wonder Mike [[rapper; Sugarhill Gang) -

Turbo B [[musician, rapper and beatboxer; Snap!; 'The Power'; 'Rhythm Is A Dancer') -
Lloyd Banks [[hip hop artist; G-Unit) -
Sheldon Harnick [[lyricist; worked with Jerry Bock; 'Fiddler On The Roof') -

Chloris Leachman [[actress; Ruth Popper in 'The Last Picture Show') -


- and -

...celebrating her 100th Birthday, today :

Bea Wain [[big band singer, worked with Artie Shaw, also as Bea and the Bachelors. Four Number One hits with Larry Clinton and his Orchestra : 'Cry, Baby, Cry'; 'Deep Purple'; 'Heart And Soul'; 'My Reverie') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Bobby Vee [[1943-2016; singer; 'Rubber Ball'; 'Take Good Care Of My Baby'; 'Run To Him'; 'The Night Has A Thousand Eyes') -

Eve Arden [[1908-1990; actress and comedian; Ida Corwin in 'Mildred Pierce'; Connie Brooks in 'Our Miss Brooks'; Principal Greta McGee in the 'Grease' films) -

Jill Clayburgh [[1944-2010; actress; Erica Benton in 'An Unmarried Woman', and Marilyn Holmberg in 'Starting Over') -

Al Lewis [[1923-2006; actor; Officer Leo Schnauser on 'Car 54, Where Are You?', and Vladimir 'Sam' Dracula, Count of Transylvania [[Grandpa) on 'The Munsters') -

Phil Brown [[1916-2006; actor; Owen Lars, in 'Star Wars') -

Bobby Marchan [[1930-1999; R&B singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC and female impersonator; 'There's Something On Your Mind') -

Alice B. Toklas [[1877-1967; homemaker, business and life partner of Gertrude Stein) -

Franz Lehar [[1870-1948; composer; 'The Merry Widow') -






Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on April 30th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 1st : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Ray Parker, Jr. [[musician-guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer and actor; session musician work including The Love Unlimited Orchestra; Raydio; Theme from 'Ghostbusters') -

Carlos Ward [[jazz alto saxophonist and flautist; B.T.Express) -

James Wise [[singer; Archie Bell & The Drells) -

Judy Collins [[singer and songwriter; 'Both Sides, Now'; 'Amazing Grace'; 'Send In The Clowns') -

Rita Coolidge [[singer and songwriter; '[[Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher'; 'We're All Alone') -

Tim McGraw [[singer, songwriter and actor; 'It's Your Love' [[with Faith Hill); 'Please Remember Me') -

Joanna Lumley [[actress, former model, author and activist; Purdey on 'The New Avengers'; Patsy Stone on 'Absolutely Fabulous') -



Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Big Maybelle [[1924-1972; R&B singer; 'Candy'; '96 Tears') -
Shirley Horn [[1934-2005; jazz singer and pianist; 'Here's To Life') -

Glenn Ford [[1916-2006; actor; Johnny Farrell/Narrator in 'Gilda'; Richard Dadier in 'Blackboard Jungle'; Dave 'The Dude' Conway in 'Pocketful Of Miracles') -

Louis Nye [[1913-2005; actor; Sonny Drysdale on 'The Beverly Hillbillies') -
Kate Smith [[1907-1986; singer; 'God Bless America') -

Ralph Freed - [[1907-1973; lyricist and television producer; co-writer with Burton Lane of 'How About You', from 'Babes On Broadway') -

Ada Brown [[1891-1950; blues singer; 'Ill Natural Blues'; 'Break o'Day Blues'; ' Evil Mama Blues') -

Calamity Jane [[1852-1903; frontiersman and professional scout; 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show') -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 1st.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 2nd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Angela Bofill [[singer and songwriter) -
Lou Gramm [[rock singer and songwriter; original lead singer of Foreigner) -
Lily Allen [[singer, songwriter, actress and television presenter) -
Engelbert Humperdinck [[singer; 'Release Me'; 'The Last Waltz') --

Christine Baranski [[actress; Maryanne Thorpe on 'Cybill') -
David Suchet [[actor; Hercule Poirot) -
Jo Ann Pflug [[actress; Lt. Maria 'Dish' Schneider on 'M*A*S*H') -

Donatella Versace [[fashion designer, Vice President and chief designer of the Versace Group)




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Lesley Gore [[1946-2015; singer, songwriter, actress and activist; 'It's My Party'; 'Maybe I Know'; 'You Don't Own Me') -

Randy Cain [[1945-2009; singer; Blue Magic; The Delfonics) -
Richard 'Groove' Holmes [[1931-1991; jazz organist) -

Theodore Bikel [[1924-2015; actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist; Sheriff Max Muller in 'The Defiant Ones') -

Roscoe Lee Browne [[1922-2007; actor and director) -

Doris Fisher [[1915-2003; singer and songwriter; 'You Always Hurt The One You Love'; 'That Old Devil Called Love'; 'Put The Blame On Mame') -

Benjamin Spock [[1903-1998; paediatrician ; 'Baby And Child Care') -

Brian Aherne [[1902-1986; Maximilian I of Mexico in 'Juarez'; Chief Prosecutor Willy Robertson in 'I Confess') -

John Frederick Coots [[1897-1985; composer; 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'; 'You Go To My Head'; 'For All We Know') -

Lorenz Hart [[1895-1943; lyricist; Rodgers and Hart) -

Vernon Castle [[1887-1918; ballroom dancer and dance teacher, on stage and in silent films ; Vernon and Irene Castle) -

Hedda Hopper [[1885-1966; actress and gossip columnist) -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 2nd.

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May 3rd : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Frankie Valli [[singer; The Four Seasons; 'My Eyes Adored You'; 'Grease') -

Farrah Franklin [[singer-songwriter and actress; Destiny's Child) -

Christopher Cross [[singer-songwriter; 'Arthur's Theme [[Best That You Can Do') -

Mary Hopkin [[singer, 'Those Were The Days') -

Napoleon XIV [[Jerry Samuels; singer, songwriter and record producer; 'They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!') -

Bruce Hall [[bass guitarist, REO Speedwagon) -
David Ball [[record producer and electronic musician; Soft Cell) -

Pete Staples [[bass guitarist; The Troggs) -
John Richardson [[drummer, The Rubettes) -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


James Brown [[1933-2006; singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleader) -

Sugar Ray Robinson [[1921-1989; professional boxer; welterweight and middleweight champion) -

Pete Seeger [[1919-2014; folk singer and social activist) -

Virginia Vincent [[1918-2013; actress; Peg in 'I Want To Live!') -

Betty Comden [[1917-2006; actress; librettist, lyricist and screenwriter; Comden and Green) -

Mary Astor [[1906-1987; Brigid O'Shaughnessy in 'The Maltese Falcon') -

Bing Crosby [[1903-1977; singer and actor; 'White Christmas') -

Walter Slezak [[1902-1983; Kapitan Willi in 'Lifeboat') -

Beulah Bondi [[1889-1981; actress; Rachel Jackson in 'The Gorgeous Hussy'; Mary Wilkins in 'Of Human Hearts') -





Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 3rd.

[TomatoTom123]

Frankie Valli, James Brown and Bing Crosby were all born on the same day. [[Different years of course )

How fascinating...

[westgrandboulevard]

May 4th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Oleta Adams [[singer and pianist; 'Get Here') -
Ron Carter [[jazz double bassist and cellist; composer and arranger) -

Jackie Jackson [[singer and musician; The Jackson 5) -
Katherine Jackson [[mother of The Jackson 5) -

Randy Travis [[country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor) -

Dick Dale [[surf rock guitarist, musician and vocalist) -

Peggy Santiglia [[singer and songwriter; The Delicates; Dusk; best known as lead vocalist with The Angels) -

Georg Wadenius [[guitarist, bassist, singer and composer; session player and touring musician; lead guitarist with Blood, Sweat & Tears) -

Mannie Jackson [[chairman, owner and former player; The Harlem Globetrotters) -

Mary Elizabeth McDonough [[actress; Erin Walton on 'The Waltons) -
Russi Taylor [[voice artist, the voice of Disney's Minnie Mouse) -
Pia Zadora [[actress and singer; Kady Tyler in 'Butterfly') -




Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :


Nickolas Ashford [[1941-2011; R&B singer and songwriter; Ashford & Simpson)-

Tyrone Davis [[1938-2005; blues and soul singer; 'Can I Change My Mind'; 'Turn Back The Hands Of Time'; 'Turning Point') -

Sharon Jones [[1956-2016; soul and funk singer; The Dap-Kings) -

Audrey Hepburn [[1929-1993; actress, model, dancer and humanitarian; 'Roman Holiday'; 'Sabrina'; 'The Nun's Story'; 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'; 'Wait Until Dark') -

Maynard Ferguson [[1928-2006; jazz trumpeter, musician and bandleader)

Howard Da Silva [[1909-1986; actor, director and musical performer; Nat the bartender, in 'The Lost Weekend')-




Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 4th.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 5th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :


Adele [[singer-songwriter; 'Rolling In The Deep'; 'Someone Like You'; 'Set Fire To The Rain'; 'Hello') -

Eddie Amoo [[singer and guitarist; The Real Thing; 'You To Me Are Everything') -

Chris Brown [[singer, songwriter and dancer;'Run It!' [[featuring Juelz Santana; 'Kiss Kiss' [[featuring T-Pain); 'Forever') -

Craig David [[singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer; 'Fill Me In'; '7 Days'; -

Raheem DeVaughn [[singer and songwriter;'Woman') -

Ian McCulloch [[singer, songwriter and musician; Echo & The Bunnymen) -

Bill Ward [[musician and visual artist; drummer with Black Sabbath) -

Pat Carroll [[actress and comedian; Ursula The Sea Witch, in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid') -

Richard E. Grant [[actor, screenwriter, director and perfumier; Withnail in 'Withnail And I'; John Seward in 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'; Izembaro on 'Game Of Thrones') -

Kyan Douglas [[television personality and stylist; grooming expert on 'Queer Eye') -

Darrin Henson [[choreographer, dancer, actor, director and producer; 'Darrin's Dance Grooves'; Lem Van Adams on 'Soul Food') -

Michael Palin [[comedian, actor, writer and television presenter; Monty Python) -

John Rhys-Davies [[actor; Gimli in 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy; Sallah in the 'Indiana Jones' films) -





Remembering : those also born on this date, but who have since passed away :



Barbara Randolph [[1942-2002; singer and actress; 'I Got A Feeling'; 'Can I Get A Witness') -

Johnnie Taylor [[1934-2000; singer; 'Who's Making Love'; 'Disco Lady') -

Jheryl Busby [[1949-2008; record company executive; former President and CEO of Motown Records) -

Andy Gibb [[1958-1988; singer and songwriter; 'I Just Want To Be Your Everything'; '[[Love Is) Thicker Than Water'; 'Shadow Dancing')

Tammy Wynette [[1942-1998; country music singer and songwriter; 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.'; 'Stand By Your Man') -

Bing Russell [[1926-2003; Deputy Clem Foster on 'Bonanza'; Robert in 'The Magnificent Seven') -

Alice Faye [[1915-1998; actress and singer; 'You'll Never Know') -

Tyrone Power [[1914-1958; actor; Don Diego Vega/Zorro in 'The Mask Of Zorro'; Leonard Vole in 'Witness For The Prosecution') -

Richard Schaal [[1928-2014; actor; 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'; 'The Bob Newhart Show'; 'Rhoda'; 'Phyllis'; 'The Dick Van Dyke Show') -

Freeman 'Gozzie' Gosden [[1899-1982; radio comedian; Amos of 'Amos 'n' Andy')-

Karl Marx [[1818-1883; philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist; 'The Communist Manifesto') -






Happy Birthday : to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 5th.

[TomatoTom123]

westgrand, is it just me or are all your posts now in small font?!

[westgrandboulevard]

No, its not you, Tom...it's just that all the other posts are coming up in larger font [[on Soulful Detroit only), and I first tried reducing their size.

So, I then altered mine....

I'll now try reverting mine to same size as the others.....

[TomatoTom123]

No, its not you, Tom...it's just that all the other posts are coming up in larger font [[on Soulful Detroit only), and I first tried reducing their size.

So, I then altered mine....

I'll now try reverting mine to same size as the others.....

Oh! That's good. I'm not going insane, and nor is my iPhone! And your posts have now returned to their original size

[westgrandboulevard]

They're still a tad too large for me.

I feel I need to lean right back, and type with my arms completely outstretched, but at least the posts are now all the same font size......

[arr&bee]

Hey west,last time i[leaned back]i woke up in detox,hehehehe!!!

[TomatoTom123]

They're still a tad too large for me.

I feel I need to lean right back, and type with my arms completely outstretched, but at least the posts are now all the same font size......

LOL

I wonder why that's happening to you, westgrand! You haven't changed the settings or something like that? [[I have no idea what I'm talking about... I don't even know if there are 'settings'... lol)

I couldn't insert videos into posts for a while, but I tried it on a different device [[laptop!) and it worked there

[moe]

Wonder what happened! I have a friend [[younger than me) who loves this font [[i.e. hates the small font). She's the only one who's complained to me about the small font. BUT........guess who emails everyone in the smallest font possible?!