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

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Herb Cox [[singer, The Cleftones) -

N'Dea Davenport [[singer, songwriter and record producer; lead vocalist with Brand New Heavies) -

MC Serch [[hip hom MC; 3rd Bass) -

Robbie McIntosh [[session guitarist and sideman, The Pretenders, Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, Tom Jones; The Robbie McIntosh Band) -

Juliet Roberts [[singer and songwriter) -

Colin Earl [[pianist; Foghat; Mungo Jerry) -

Bob Seger [[singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist; solo work, also with The Decibels & The Town Criers; Doug Brown & The Omens;The Last Heard; The Bob Seger System; The Silver Bullet Band) -

Mary McGregor [[singer; 'Torn Between Two Lovers') -

George Clooney [[actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, activist and philanthropist; Bob Barnes in 'Syriana'; 'Michael Clayton';'Up In The Air'; 'The Descendants') -

Roma Downey [[actress and film producer; Monica on 'Touched By An Angel') -

Gabourey Sidibe [[actress; Claireece 'Precious' Jones' in 'Precious'; Andrea Jackson on 'The Big C'; Becky Williams on 'Empire') -

Tom Bergeron [[television personality, comedian and game show host; 'Hollywood Squares'; 'Who Wants To be A Millionaire'; 'Dancing With The Stars') -




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



Sandra Tilley [[1943-1981; singer; The Velvelettes; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) -

Sylvia Robinson [[1935-2011; singer, musician, record producer, record label executive; 'Love Is Strange' as Mickey & Sylvia; All Platinum Records; 'Pillow Talk') -

Larry Steinbachek [[1960-2016; keyboardist and percussionist with Bronski Beat) -

Sigmund Freud [[1856-1939; neurologist; the founder of psychoanalysis) -

Stewart Granger [[1913-1993; actor; Allan Quartermain in 'King Solomon's Mines') -

Ross Hunter [[1926-1996; film and television producer and actor; 'Pillow Talk'; 'Magnificent Obsession'; 'Imitation Of Life'; 'Throughly Modern Millie'; 'Airport') -

Frank Nelson [[1911-1986; actor; 'The Jack Benny Programme'; 'I Love Lucy'; 'The Real McCoys'; 'Sandford And Son') -

Rudolph Valentino [[1895-1926; actor; 'The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse'; 'The Sheik'; 'Blood And Sand'; 'The Eagle'; 'The Son Of The Sheik') -

Orson Welles [[1915-1985; actor, director, writer and producer; 'The War Of the Worlds'; 'The Magnificent Ambersons'; 'Citizen Kane') -

Raymond Bailey [[1904-1980; actor; Milburn Drysdale on 'The Beverly Hillbillies') -

Lucien Ballard [[1908-1988; cinematographer and director of photography; 'The Caretakers'; 'The Wild Bunch'; 'True Grit' ) -





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

[theboyfromxtown]

Happy birthday to Velvelette Sandy.

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Thelma Houston [[singer and actress; 'Sunshower' album; 'Don't Leave Me This Way') -

Ray Monette [[songwriter and musician; The Abstract Reality; Scorpion; guitarist and singer with Rare Earth) -

Bill Kreutzmann [[drummer; The Grateful Dead) -

Pete Wingfield [[record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and journalist; 'Eighteen With A Bullet') -

Carlos Alomar [[guitarist, composer and arranger; notable for collaboration with David Bowie) -

Val Bisoglio [[actor; Danny Tovo on 'Quincy, M.E.'; Frank Manero, Sr. in 'Saturday Night Fever') -

Peter Reckell [[actor; Bo Brady on 'Days Of Our Lives') -




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


Jimmy Ruffin [[1936-2014; singer; 'What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted') -

Saundra Edwards [[1942-2002; singer; lead vocalist with The Elgins; 'Heaven Must Have Sent You'; 'Darling Baby'; 'I Understand My Man'; 'Put Yourself In My Place') -

Thomas 'Beans' Bowles [[1926-2000; saxophonist, flautist and musician, tour manager and musical director) -

Jerry Nolan [[1946-1992; rock drummer; The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers) -

Teresa Brewer [[1931-2007; singer; 'Music!, Music! Music!') -

Anne Baxter [[1923-1985; actress, Sophie MacDonald in 'The Razor's Edge'; Eve Harrington in 'All About Eve') -

Eva Peron [[1919-1952; second wife of Argentine President Juan Peron; the First Lady of Argentina, 1946-1952) -

David Tomlinson [[1917-2000; actor and comedian; George Banks in 'Mary Poppins'; Professor Emelius Browne in 'Bedknobs And Broomsticks'; Peter Thorndyke in 'The Love Bug') -

Gary Cooper [[1901-1961; actor; Alvin York in 'Sergeant York'; Lou Gehrig in 'The Pride Of The Yankees'; Marshal Will Kane in 'High Noon') -

Ralph Truman [[1900-1977; actor; Tigellinus in 'Quo Vadis'; Mountjoy in 'Henry V'; Monks in 'Oliver Twist'; George Merry in 'Treasure Island' and the Police Inspector in 'The Man Who Knew Too Much') -

Gabby Hayes [[1885-1965; actor; sidekick in Western films, with William Boyd [[as Hopalong Cassidy), Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Wild Bill Elliott, Randolph Scott and John Wayne) -

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [[1840-1893; composer of the late-Romantic period; 'Romeo and Juliet'; 'The 1812 Overture'; 'The Nutcracker'; 'Swan Lake'; 'The Sleeping Beauty'; also concertos, symphonies and operas) -

Johannes Brahms [[1833-1897; composer and pianist of the Romantic period; 'Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15'; 'A German Requiem, Op. 45') -





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

[TomatoTom123]

Thelma Houston, Jimmy Ruffin and Saundra Edwards -- three Motown legends -- all born on the same day! How wonderful.

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, Tom.....not the exact same day, just the same date, and in different years.

But you probably already know that Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers were born on the same day, February 19th, 1940....and in the same hospital......

[TomatoTom123]

Haaa... yes... not the exact same day and year, now that would be a coincidence...

... but not as much of a coincidence as Smokey and Bobby... that really is a coincidence...

... check out my deliberate accidental overuse of the word coincidence in this post... haaaa

[westgrandboulevard]

Purely By Coincidence [[Sweet Sensation)......

[westgrandboulevard]

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





Philip Bailey [[singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor; original member and co-lead singer with Earth, Wind & Fire) -

Alex Van Halen [[drummer and co-founder of Van Halen) -

Enrique Iglesias [[singer, songwriter, actor and record producer) -

Chris Frantz [[musician and record producer; drummer with Talking Heads, and The Tom Tom Club) -

Tori Tennille [[singer-songwriter and keyboardist; Captain and Tennille) -

Keith Jarrett [[jazz and classical music pianist) -

Dave Rowntree [[musician; politician, solicitor, and animator; drummer with Blur) -

Martha Wainwright [[singer-songwriter) -

Joe Bonamassa [[blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter) -

Matt Willis [[singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor; bassist and vocalist with Busted) -

Paul Samwell-Smith [[musician, singer and record producer; founding member and bassist with The Yardbirds) -

Melissa Gilbert [[actress and television director) -

David Attenborough [[broadcaster and naturalist; BBC 'Life' series) -




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


Robert Johnson [[1911-1938; blues singer-songwriter and musician) -
Rick[[y) Nelson [[1940-1985; actor, musician, singer-songwriter) -
Peter Benchley [[1940-2006; author and screenwriter; 'Jaws') -

Don Rickles [[1926-2017; stand-up comedian, actor and author) -
Saul Bass [[1920-1996; graphic designer and film maker) -

Tom Of Finland [[Touko Valio Laaksonen; 1920-1991; beefcake homoerotic fetish artist) -

Lex Barker [[1919-1973; actor; tenth to play Tarzan) -

Sid James [[ 1913-1976; actor and comedian; the 'Carry On' film series) -

Red Nichols [[1905-1965; jazz cornet player, composer and jazz bandleader) -

Oscar Hammerstein I [[1846-1919; businessman, theatre impresario and composer) -




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

[arr&bee]

HI MOE,YOU HAVING A GOOD REST ARE YOU???GOOD CAUSE I GOT ANOTHER CLASSIC ROLE FOR YOU,NOW YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS ROLE CAUSE IT APPEALS TO THE KIDDIES,NOW THIS ONE IS A FANTASY...[stop that snickering 144]NOW IN THIS CLASSIC YOU ARE THE QUEEN OF EASTER IN CHARGE OF GETTING THE EASTER EGGS TO ALL THE KIDDIES,BUT SOME VILLAIN HAS STOLEN THE EGGS ON EASTER EVE AND YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY FIND A CHICKEN TO LAY SOME NEW EGGS BUT FIND SOMEONE TO BOIL AND COLOR THEM...OH AND YOU ONLY GOT ONE HOUR TO DO ALL THIS,GOOD LUCK QUEEN OF EASTER,WHICH IS ALSO THE WORKING TITLE OF THIS SOON TO BE HOLIDAY CLASSIC,I'VE FOUND THAT RETREAD-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..RETIRED CHARACTER ACTOR[AILE B.BACK]AS THE VILLAIN,WHY NO ONE HAS SEEN THIS SCREEN LEECH-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..LEGEND SINCE[1925]BUT HE'S STILL GOT IT..[somewhere] MOE THE KIDDIES WILL NOT FORGET YOU AFTER THIS ONE!!

[TomatoTom123]

David Attenborough [[broadcaster and naturalist; BBC 'Life' series)

Haaaaa... I had to do a double take then coz I thought that said 'naturist'..... LOL

[moe]

I don't think anyone will forget this one, R&B!
You must go through my super agent/barrister, Mr Westgrand, esq.
He'll deal with you!

[westgrandboulevard]

Well Moe, Easter is the time for eggs and chicks.

But Easter has gone, until next year.

Arr&bee's latest offer seems far more suited to Thanksgiving.....as the perfect time for utter Turkeys like that idea.....

[westgrandboulevard]

May 9th : if this is your birth date, then you share it with :



Billy Joel [[singer, songwriter and pianist) -

Tania Maria [[artist, singer, composer, bandleader and piano player) -

Tamia [[singer, songwriter) -

Dennis Chambers [[drummer; Parliament-Funkadelic; Carlos Santana) -

Dave Gahan [[singer-songwriter; lead singer with Depeche Mode) -

Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan [[musician; bassist with Oasis, 1991-1999)-

Tom Petersson [[musician; bassist with Cheap Trick) -

Richie Furay [[singer, songwriter; Buffalo Springfield; Poco) -

Candice Bergen [[actress and former fashion model; 'Murphy Brown'; Shirley Schmidt in 'Boston Legal'; Jessica Potter in 'Starting Over'; Margaret Bourke-White in 'Gandhi') -

Glenda Jackson [[actress and politician; Gudrun Brangwen in 'Women In Love'; Vickie Allessio in 'A Touch Of Class'; Alex Greville in 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'; Elizabeth I in 'Elizabeth R) -

Albert Finney [[actor; 'Tom Jones'; Hercule Poirot in 'Murder On The Orient Express'; Sir in 'The Dresser'; Geoffrey Firmin in 'Under The Volcano'; Edward L. Masry in 'Erin Brockovich') -

James L. Brooks [[director, producer and screenwriter; 'Mary Tyler Moore Show'; 'Lou Grant'; 'Taxi'; 'Terms Of Endearment'; 'Broadcast News'; 'The Simpsons') -

Alan Bennett [[playwright; screenwriter; actor and author; 'Beyond The Fringe'; 'Forty Years On'; 'The Madness Of King George III'; 'Talking Heads'; 'The History Boys'-



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



Dave Prater [[1939-1988; soul and R&B singer and musician; Sam & Dave) -

Hank Snow [[1914-1999; country singer, songwriter and musician) -

Richard Adams [[1920-2016; novelist; 'Watership Down', 'Shardik' and 'The Plague Dogs') -

Geraldine McEwan [[1932-2015; actress; 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit'; 'Agatha Christie's Marple') -

Joan Sims [[1930-2001; actress; the 'Carry On' films) -

Harry Simeone [[1911-2005; music arranger, conductor and composer) -

J.M. Barrie [[1860-1937; novelist and playwright; 'Peter Pan') -





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

[144man]

If only you could find a way to get those birds to lay chocolate Easter eggs, then I'd be interested.

[arr&bee]

Easter has pasted???opps...darned hooch!!!

[arr&bee]

Oh well,don't despair mow,i've got my top writers working on something big to keep you in the spotlight,i won't let you be forgotten!!!

[moe]

If only you could find a way to get those birds to lay chocolate Easter eggs, then I'd be interested.

If you throw in some peanut butter with that chocolate I'd be interested, too, 144man!!!

[moe]

R&B,
Let's just say my super agent [[Mr Westgrand, esq) won't be holding our breaths

[arr&bee]

You WON'T HAVE TO,i've located the dean of screen writing has beens-opps-err-ahem-hehe...umm what hasn't he been up to when it comes to writing classics for the polaroid screen...be prepared to be ambused-opps-err-ahem-hehe..amazed as i present[wonn line a.dayy]you will remember him from such classics as...get back here and finish...what's this mess...burn this crap,why he's as good as he was back in[1927]...i can only imagine the look of gratitude on your faces,moe you'll be bigger than ever and west may have to relocate after his name is mentioned in this fiasco-opps-err-ahem-hehe...in this filmography of fame!!!

[moe]

R&B,
If your "screenwriter" performed his duties in 1927 he must be well preserved..............embalming fluid or does he have the key to your shed/hooch?

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Henry Fambrough [[singer; The Spinners) -

Bono [[singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman and philanthropist; lead vocalist and primary lyricist of U2) -

Dave Mason [[singer-songwriter and guitarist; co-founder of Traffic) -

Donovan [[singer, songwriter and guitarist) -

Sly Dunbar [[drummer; Sly and Robbie) -

Young M.C. [[singer, rapper and actor) -

Judith Jamison [[dancer and choreographer; Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre) -




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


Ron Banks [[1951-2010; singer; co-founder of The Dramatics) -

Arthur Alexander [[1940-1993; country songwriter and soul singer) -

Bill Coday [[1942-2008; musician and singer) -

Larry Williams [[1935-1980;singer, songwriter, producer and pianist) -

Sid Vicious [[1957-1979; bassist and vocalist; The Sex Pistols) -

Jackie Lomax [[1944-2013; guitarist and singer-songwriter) -

Nancy Walker [[1922-1992; actress and comedian, film and television director) -

David O. Selznick [[1902-1965; film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. 'Gone With The Wind'; 'Rebecca') -

Fred Astaire [[1899-1987; dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter) -

Dimitri Tiomkin [[1894-1979; film composer and conductor) -

Max Steiner [[1888-1971; music composer for theatre and films; 'Gone With The Wind') -

Mae Murray [[1885-1965; actress, dancer, film producer and screenwriter) -




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

[westgrandboulevard]

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


R.Dean Taylor [[singer, songwriter and record producer) -
Wes Henderson [[bass guitar; Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers) -
Eric Burdon [[singer-songwriter; vocalist with The Animals, and War) -

Alyson Williams [[R&B singer, 'Sleep Talk') -
Tom Giuliano [[singer; The Happenings) -
Arnie Satin [[singer; The Dovells) -

Les Chadwick [[bass guitar; Gerry & The Pacemakers) -
Mort Sahl [[early influential stand-up comic)-
Valentino [[fashion dress designer) -



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


Natasha Richardson [[1963-2009; actress) -

David Gest [[1953-2016; entertainer, comedian, producer and television personality) -

Butch Trucks [[1947-2017; drummer; The Allman Brothers Band) -
Doug McClure [[1935-1995; actor; Trampas on 'The Virginian') -
Bernard Fox [[1927-2016; actor; Dr. Bombay on 'Bewitched') -

Denver Pyle [[1920-1997; actor; Jesse Duke on 'The Dukes Of Hazzard) -

Foster Brooks [[1912-2001; actor and comedian) -
Phil Silvers [[1911-1985; actor; 'The Phil Silvers Show') -

Doodles Weaver [[1911-1983; radio personality; Professor Feetlebaum) -

J.C.Higginbotham [[1906-1973; jazz trombonist) -
Salvador Dali [[1904-1989; surrealist painter) -

Martha Graham [[1894-1991; innovator of modern dance) -
Margaret Rutherford [[1892-1972; actress) -

Irving Berlin [[1888-1989; composer; 'White Christmas'; 'God Bless America') -

King Oliver [[1885-1938; jazz musician; King Oliver Creole Jazz Band) -




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

[arr&bee]

r&b,
if your "screenwriter" performed his duties in 1927 he must be well preserved..............embalming fluid or does he have the key to your shed/hooch?

he started out at a young age,child genius.

[westgrandboulevard]

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




Billie Jean Brown [[Motown tape librarian, songwriter, producer; head of Quality Control) -

Burt Bacharach [[composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist and singer) -

Jayotis Washington [[a cappella singer, The Persuasions) -

James Purify [[singer; James & Bobby Purify) -

Willie Parnell [[singer; Archie Bell & The Drells) -

Ronnie Foster [[funk and soul-jazz organist, and record producer) -

Greg Phillinganes [[keyboardist, singer, songwriter and music director) -

Steve Winwood [[singer, keyboardist and musician; Spencer Davis Group; Traffic; Blind Faith) -

Billy Swan [[country singer-songwriter; 'I Can Help') -

Billy Squier [[singer, songwriter and musician; 'The Stroke') -

David Walker [[guitarist and vocalist; Gary Lewis & The Playboys) -

Barbara Dane [[folk, blues and jazz singer) -

McKenzie Astin [[actor) -

Catherine Tate [[comedian, actress and writer) -

Stephen Baldwin [[actor, producer and author) -

Bruce Boxleitner [[actor and writer) -

Gabriel Byrne [[actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator) -

Lindsay Crouse [[actress) -

Susan Hampshire [[actress) -



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


Norman Whitfield [[1940-2008; early head of Motown Quality Control department, then songwriter, arranger and record producer) -

Henry 'Hank' Cosby [[1928-2002; jazz saxophonist, songwriter and record producer) -

Fats Waller [[1904-1943; jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer and comedic entertainer) -

Ian McLagan [[1945-2014; keyboardist and songwriter; Small Faces; Faces) -

Ian Dury [[1942-2000; singer-songwriter; bandleader, artist and actor; Ian Dury and the Blockheads) -

George Carlin [[1937-2008; comedian, actor, author and social critic) -

Katherine Hepburn [[1907-2003; actress)

Leslie Charteris [[1907-1993; author and screenwriter; 'The Saint') -

Wilfred Hyde-White [[1903-1991; actor)

Edward Lear [[1812-1888; artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet) -






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

[arr&bee]

HEY WEST,THE FOLKS IN DA HOOD WANT YOU TO BE MASTER OF CEREMONIES AT THE FIRST ANNUAL[MS.DA HOOD BEAUTY PAGEANT]WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE VACATE LOT BEHIND THE LIQUOR STORE AT A DATE TO BE FIGURED OUT LATER,NOW SOME OF THE EARLY CONTESTANTS ARE...LILBITS-MS CURLLERBURNS-DIMWITTED DILILA-SCATTERBRAINED SCARLETT-MADAME TEAPOT-MOLDEN MILLY-MADAME MISSY...NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUDGE THE BIKINI COMPETITION AND READ SOME POETRY,DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING-A SUITE WILL BE YOURS AT THE Y.M.C.A. WHICH ALSO HAS A POTLUCK SNACK BAR AND A POOL...[i think they sprayed for parasites]AND YOU'LL RIDE IN THE GRAND PARADE[or police raid]ON THE BACK OF MR.PALLBEARERS PRIVATE HEARST...[it's best to sit on the back so the fumes from the embalmer's fluid don't bother you]DA HOOD HONOR SOCIETY WILL SEND YOU A ONE WAY TICKET ON THE MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE NEW AIRBUS-HOPEYOUGETTHERE AIRLINES SPONSORED BY GRADY HIMSELF,SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE IT AS DA HOOD WILL BE HONORED TO HAVE YOU.

[westgrandboulevard]

I have a lifesize cardboard cutout of me that I can send.

The idea worked well enough for Diana Ross, singing 'Love Hangover'....

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Stevie Wonder [[musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist) -

Barney Ales [[former head of Motown sales; songwriter; executive Vice President, and President) -

Richard Brooks [[singer; The Impressions) -

Harold Winley [[singer; The Clovers) -

Creed Taylor [[record producer; CTI Records) -

Danny Kirwan [[guitarist, singer and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac) -

Paul Thompson [[drummer; Roxy Music) -

Richard 'Magic Dick' Salwitz [[musician; harmonica player with the J.Geils Band) -

Joe Brown [[singer and guitarist; Joe Brown and The Bruvvers) -

Johnny Logan [[singer and songwriter; 'What's Another Year') -

Harvey Keitel [[actor and producer) -

Senta Berger [[actress, producer and author) -

Buck Taylor [[actor; Newly O'Brien on 'Gunsmoke') -

Armistead Maupin [[author; 'Tales Of The City') -




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



Mary Wells [[1943-1992; singer and songwriter) -

Carolyn Franklin [[1944-1988; singer and songwriter) -

Teddy Randazzo [[1935-2003; songwriter, singer, arranger and producer) -

Ritchie Valens [[1941-1959; singer, songwriter and guitarist) -

Tim Pigott-Smith [[1946-2017; actor; Ronald Merrick in 'The Jewel In The Crown') -

Herbert Ross [[1927-2001; actor, choreographer; director and producer) -

Bea Arthur [[1922-2009; actress; comedian, singer and animal rights activist) -

Joe Louis [[1914-1981; 'The Brown Bomber'; professional boxer; world heavyweight champion) -

Gil Evans [[1912-1988; jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader) -

Maxine Sullivan [[1911-1987; jazz vocalist and performer) -

Daphne Du Maurier [[1907-1989; author and playwright; 'Rebecca'; 'Jamaica Inn'; 'The Birds'; 'Don't Look Now') -

Merie Earle [[1889-1984; actress; Maude Gormley in 'The Waltons') -



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

[TomatoTom123]

And the Prodigal Records thread coincides with Barney Ales' birthday! Love a good coincidence

[moe]

I have a lifesize cardboard cutout of me that I can send.

The idea worked well enough for Diana Ross, singing 'Love Hangover'....

Quite right, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

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



Shanice Wilson [[singer, songwriter and actress; 'I Love Your Smile') -

David Byrne [[singer, songwriter, guitarist and and founding member of Talking Heads) -

Raphael Saadiq [[singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and record producer with Tony! Toni! Tone!) -


Danny Wood [[singer songwriter, record producer and occasional actor; New Kids On The Block) -

Natalie Appleton [[singer, songwriter and actress; All Saints) -

Jay Beckenstein [[saxophonist, composer, producer and co-founder of Spyro Gyra) -


Cate Blanchett [[actress and theatre director; Galadriel in 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy) -

Francesca Annis [[actress; 'Wives And Daughters') -

Sian Phillips [[actress; 'I, Claudius') -

Tim Roth [[actor and director; 'Pulp Fiction') -

George Lucas [[film director and entrepreneur; creator of 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones') -




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


Bobby Darin [[1936-1973, singer; 'Mack The Knife'; 'Beyond The Sea') -

Jack Bruce [[1943-2014; musician, bass guitarist, singer and songwriter with Cream) -

Richard Deacon [[1921-1984; actor; Mel Cooley on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'; Fred Rutherford on 'Leave It To Beaver') -


Jack Watson [[1915-1999; actor; RSM Sandy Young in 'The Wild Geese') -

James B. Clark [[1908-2000; film director; 'Flipper') -

Billie Dove [[1903-1997; actress; Princess Isobel in 'The Black Pirate') -


Sidney Bechet [[1897-1959; jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophonist) -

Zutty Singleton [[1898-1975; jazz drummer and musician) -

Otto Klemperer [[1885-1973; conductor) -





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

[arr&bee]

UMM,WEST AFTER TALKING WITH SOME OF THE TOP CITIZENS IN DA HOOD,THEY ACTUALLY WANTED ..MS.MOE[SUPERSTAR]BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW PICKY SHE IS AND SHE REFERS ALL QUESTIONS TO YOU ANYHOW SO THEY FIGURED TO CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE OR DUCT TAPE[HEHE]SO IF SHE IS NOT TOO BUSY HOBNOBBING WITH[HM]MAYBE SHE CAN VISIT DA HOOD FOR THIS COOL CONTEST...umm it would be good for her damaged rep down here in da hood too,I can only do so much to keep her almost forgotten image alive down here so relay that to her and tell her to leave those big hats at the palace...folks in da hood feel intimidated by them...BESIDES MR.BENTBEEKS HOUSE OF HATS WANTS TO PRESENT HER WITH ONE OF HIS FAMOUS[VULTURE FEATHER]HATS,WE'LL AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE!!

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Lenny Welch [[singer; 'Since I Fell For You; 'Ebb Tide') -

Mike Oldfield [[composer and arranger; 'Tubular Bells') -

Trini Lopez [[singer, guitarist and actor; 'If I Had A Hammer') -

Brian Eno [[music producer: 'Here Come The Warm Jets') -

Lainie Kazan [[actress; Belle Carroca in 'My Favourite Year') -

David Charvet [[actor; Matt Brody on 'Baywatch') -

Nicholas Hammond [[actor; Friedrich von Trapp in 'The Sound Of Music'; Peter Parker/Spider-Man on 'The Amazing Spider-Man') -

Madeleine Albright [[diplomat; former US Secretary of State) -

Andy Murray [[professional tennis player) -




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




Freddie Perren [[1943-2004; songwriter, record producer, arranger and orchestra conductor; 'I Want You Back'; 'Love Machine'; 'Boogie Fever'; 'Reunited'; 'I Will Survive') -

Jimmy McPartland [[1907-1991; jazz musician; Chicago jazz cornetist) -

Eddy Arnold [[1918-2008; country music singer; 'Make The World Go Away') -

Peter Shaffer [[1926-2016; playwright and screenwriter; 'Amadeus'; 'Equus') -

Doris Dowling [[1923-2004; actress; Gloria in 'The Lost Weekend')-

Joseph Wiseman [[1918-2009; actor; Julius No in 'Dr. No') -

Tenzing Norgay [[1914-1986; mountaineer and explorer; with Edmund Hilary on Everest, 1953) -

Constance Cummings [[1910-2005; actress; Ruth Condomine in 'Blithe Spirit') -

James Mason [[1909-1984; actor; Phillip Vandamm in 'North By Northwest') -

Joseph Cotten [[1905-1994; actor; Jedediah Leland in 'Citizen Kane') -

L. Frank Baum [[1856-1919; novelist; 'The Wizard Of Oz') -




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

[westgrandboulevard]

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



Janet Jackson [[singer; 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?') -

Billy Cobham [[jazz drummer, composer and bandleader) -

B.Slade [[formerly known as Tonex; gospel singer, songwriter, actor and musician) -

Ralph Tresvant [[singer; New Edition) -

Isaac 'Redd' Holt [[Young-Holt Unlimited) -

Robert Fripp [[guitarist; King Crimson) -

Hazel O'Connor [[singer-songwriter, and actress) -

Boyd Tinsley [[violinist and mandolinist with Dave Matthews Band) -

Pierce Brosnan [[actor; Remington Steele; James Bond) -

Debra Winger [[actress; Paula Pokrifki in 'An Officer And A Gentleman') -




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



Barbara Lee Jones [[1947-1992; singer; The Chiffons) -

Betty Carter [[1929-1998; jazz vocalist) -

Kripp Johnson [[1936-1990; singer; The Del-Vikings) -

Henry Fonda [[1905-1982; actor; Davis in '12 Angry Men') -

Woody Herman [[1913-1987; jazz musician; 1940s big bandleader; jazz clarinetist) -

Liberace [[1919-1987; pianist, singer and actor; 'I'll Be Seeing You') -

Yvonne Craig [[1937-2015; actress; Batgirl on 'Batman') -

George Gaynes [[1917-2016; actor and singer; Eric Lassard on 'Police Academy'; John Van Horn in 'Tootsie') -

Margaret Sullavan [[1909-1960; actress; Klara Novak in 'The Shop Around The Corner'; Patricia Hollman in 'Three Comrades') -

Darrell Sweet [[1947-1999; drummer; Nazareth) -

David Hughes [[1831-1900; inventor of the microphone) -





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

[arr&bee]

HI MOE,YEP I GOT ANOTHER TOP ON THE LINE SCRIPT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,THIS ONE IS FROM THE FANTASY FILES..NOW IN THIS POLAROID CLASSIC YOU ARE AN ARBITRATOR[HOW BOUT THAT]NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RULE ON WHICH OF THE FOUR SEASONS IS THE BEST[NOT THE SINGING GROUP,HEHE]OH AND YOU CAN'T GO ON YOUR PERSONAL FAVORITE YOU GOTTA BE IMPARTIAL AS THE SEASONS EACH PRESENT A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR BEING THE ONE...NOW THIS IS WHERE IT GETS TRICKY[you knew this was coming]THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE CHOSEN AND THE OTHER THREE ARE GONNA MAKE THE OUTSIDE CONDITIONS VERY BAD FOR YOU IF THEY AREN'T CHOSEN,NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE SEASONS TO AGREE,NOW AS ALWAYS I FOUND LEGENDS TO CO-STAR WITH YOU-WINTER WILL BE PLAYED BY THAT HACK-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,HALL OF FAMER[WINN TERR SNOOSE]SUMMER BY THE LOONY-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,LOVELY[SAND N.MI HAIR]FALL POTRAYED BY THE FALLEN-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,FAMOUS[PHALL N.LEEVES]AND AS SPRING THE DEMENTED-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,THE DELIGHTFUL[WRAIN E.DAZE]MOE THIS IS LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE AND YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO DATE AND WITH THIS GROUP OF LEADHEADS-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..LEGENDS WE CAN'T MISS WITH THIS SUMMER BRICKBUSTER-OPP-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..BLOCKBUSTER,ISN'T THIS EXCITING??

[westgrandboulevard]

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



George Johnson [[singer; Brothers Johnson; 'I'll Be Good To You'; 'Strawberry Letter 23'; 'Stomp!') -

Homer O'Dell [[guitarist with Mint Condition; 'Breakin' My Heart [[Pretty Brown Eyes)' -

Vernie Bennet [[singer; founding member of Eternal) -

Deitrick Haddon [[gospel singer and pastor) -

Taj Mahal [[blues musician) -

Enya [[singer-songwriter) -

Keith [[singer; '98.6') -

Bill Bruford [[drummer; Yes, and King Crimson) -

Paul Di'Anno [[singer; Iron Maiden) -

Alan Rankine [[keyboardist/guitarist, musician and record producer; Associates) -

Jordan Knight [[New Kids On The Block) -

Andrea Corr [[singer; The Corrs) -




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



Pervis Jackson [[1938-2008; The Spinners) -

Bobby Sheen [[1941-2000; singer; Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans; 'Zip-A Dee-Doo-Dah', also The Robins; The Lovables; The Ding Dongs; The Alley Cats; The Coasters) -

Malcolm Hale [[1941-1968; lead guitarist; Spanky & Our Gang) -

Bob Merrill [[1921-1998; songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist and screenwriter; 'People'; 'Don't Rain On My Parade') -







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

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Jack Ashford [['Jashford'; percussion and tambourine player with The Funk Brothers) -

Rob Base [[hip hop artist; DJ E-Z Rock; 'It Takes Two') -

Feliciano 'Butch' Tavares [[R&B and soul singer; The Tavares) -

Rick Wakeman [[keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, and author; Yes) -

Toyah Willcox [[singer and actress; 'It's A Mystery'; 'Thunder In The Mountains'; 'I Want To Be Free') -

George Strait [[country music singer) -

Jack Johnson [[singer-songwriter and guitarist) -

Miriam Margolyes[[ actress; 'The Age of Innocence') -

Robert Morse [[actor; J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying'; Bertram Cooper in 'Mad Men') -

Allen Leech [[actor; Tom Branson on 'Downton Abbey') -



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


Big Joe Turner [[1911-1985; blues shouter; known as 'The Boss Of The Blues'; 'Shake, Rattle And Roll') -

Perry Como [[1912-2001; singer; 'Catch A Falling Star'; 'It's Impossible') -

Pernell Roberts [[1928-2010; actor; Adam Cartwright on 'Bonanza'; Dr. John McIntyre on 'Trapper John M.D.') -

Kai Winding [[1922-1983; arranger and trombonist; 'More [[Theme From Mondo Cane)' -

Fran Jeffries [[1937-2016; singer, dancer, actress and model) -

Margot Fonteyn [[1919-1991; ballerina) -

Patrick Denis [[1921-1976; novelist; 'Auntie Mame') -

Omar Khayyam [[1048-1131; mathematician; 'Rubaiyat') -





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

[westgrandboulevard]

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



Kyle Eastwood [[jazz bass musician) -

Grace Jones [[singer, songwriter, lyricist, supermodel, record producer and actress; 'Slave To The Rhythm'; 'Pull Up To The Bumper') -

Tom Scott [[jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader; L .A. Express) -

Sam Smith [[singer-songwriter; 'Stay With Me'; 'I'm Not The Only One') -

Pete Townshend [[guitarist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist; The Who) -

Dusty Hill [[bassist, keyboardist, and co-vocalist, Z.Z. Top) -

Phil Rudd [[drummer; AC/DC) -

James Fox [[actor) -

Nancy Kwan [[actress; 'The World Of Suzy Wong'; 'Flower Drum Song') -

Peter Mayhew [[actor; Chewbacca in 'Star Wars) -

David Hartman [[talk show host; 'Good Morning America') -



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


Nora Ephron [[1941-2012; author; 'When Harry Met Sally') -

Victoria Wood [[1953-2016; comedian, actress, singer and songwriter) -

Lorraine Hansberry [[1930-1965; playwright; 'A Raisin In The Sun') -

Joey Ramone [[1951-2001; singer; The Ramones) -

Alma Cogan [[1932-1966; singer; known as 'The Girl With A Giggle In Her Voice') -

Daniel Gelin [[1921-2002; actor; 'Rendezvous In July')

Nellie Melba [[1861-1931; operatic soprano) -

Michael Balcon [[1896-1977; film and television producer; Ealing Studios) -

Robert Wilcox [[1910-1955; actor; 'The Man They Could Not Hang') -

Bruce Bennett [[1906-2007; actor; 'Tarzan' in 1930s movie serials) -

Malcolm X [[1925-1965; Muslim minister and human rights activist) -

Nancy Astor [[1879-1964; politician; first woman in the House Of Commons) -






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

[westgrandboulevard]

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




Cher [[singer and actress; 'Bang Bang'; 'If I Could Turn Back Time'; 'Believe'; films include 'Silkwood'; 'Mask'; 'Moonstruck') -

Busta Rhymes [[hip hop recording artist, actor, record producer and record company executive; 'Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check') -

Jane Wiedlin [[musician, singer-songwriter guitarist and actress; rhythm guitarist and background vocalist with The Go-Go's; 'Rush Hour') -

Ted Allen [[author and television personality; food and wine connoisseur on 'Queer Eye') -

John Billingsley [[actor; Dr. Phlox on 'Star Trek : Enterprise') -

Dean Butler [[actor and producer; Almanzo Wilder on 'Little House On The Prairie') -

Jake Johnson [[actor, comedian and director; Nick Miller on 'New Girl') -

Matt McCoy [[actor; Michael Bartel in 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle') -




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



Shorty Long [[1940-1969; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; 'Function At The Junction'; 'Here Comes The Judge') -

Joe Cocker [[1944-2014; singer and musician; 'A Little Help From My Friends'; 'You Are So Beautiful'; and 'Up Where We Belong', with Jennifer Warnes) -

James Stewart [[[[1908-1999; actor; 'Mr Smith Goes To Washington'; 'The Philadelphia Story'; 'It's A Wonderful Life') -

Margery Allingham [[1904-1966; novelist; the Albert Campion detective novels) -

Stanley Fields [[1883-1941; actor; The Sheriff in 'Way Out West') -

Honore de Balzac [[1799-1850; novelist; 'Comedie Humaine') -






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

[arr&bee]

Hi Moe,I'm gonna actually write a real screenplay with a real plot with quality lines and real actors and it will make you and West proud,just one thing....WHAT FUN WOULD THAT BE,HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Blinky [[Sondra Williams; R&B and soul singer-songwriter; 'I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is') -

Ronald Isley [[R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actor; lead singer and original founding member of The Isley Brothers) -

Hilton Valentine [[guitarist with The Animals) -

Bill Champlin [[singer, songwriter, keyboard player, guitarist, arranger and producer with Chicago) -

Rachelle Ferrell [[R&B, pop and jazz singer, pianist) -

Leo Sayer [[singer, songwriter; 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing') -

Mr. T [[actor and retired professional wrestler; B.A. Baracus on 'The A-Team'; Clubber Lang in 'Rocky III') -

Fairuza Balk [[actress; Vicki Vallencourt in 'The Waterboy') -

Nick Cassavetes [[film maker and actor; Wayne-O in 'The Assault Of The Killer Bimbos') -

Judge Reinhold [[actor;Brad Hamilton in 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High') -




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



Fats Waller [[1904-1943; jazz pianist and singer; 'Ain't Misbehavin'; 'Honeysuckle Rose') -

The Notorious B.I.G. [[1972-1997; rapper; 'Hypnotised'; 'Mo Money Mo Problems [[featuring Mase and Puff Daddy')

Vincent Crane [[1943-1989; keyboardist with Atomic Rooster; and Arthur Brown) -

Raymond Burr [[1917-1993; actor; 'Perry Mason'; 'Ironside') -

David Groh [[1939-2008; actor; Joe Gerard on 'Rhoda') -

Anthony Steel [[1920-2001; actor; Bob Payton in 'Where No Vultures Fly') -

Peggy Cass [[1924-1999; actress; Agnes Gooch in 'Auntie Mame') -

Kay Kendall [[1926-1959; actress; Sybil Wren in 'Les Girls'; Rosalind Peters in 'Genevieve') -

Bill Williams [[1915-1992; actor; Christopher 'Kit' Carson on 'The Adventures Of Kit Carson') -

Robert Montgomery [[1904-1981; actor; David Smith in 'Mr and Mrs Smith') -

Harold Robbins [[1916-1997; novelist; 'The Carpetbaggers') -





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

[arr&bee]

And now my feinds-opps-err-ahem-hehe..my friends,it's time once again for poetry corner with that word smith[wordy smith]..to make a hat fit right will it take a bigger hair of head or a smaller brain or does the mind expand to it's fullest cranium polarity. Thank you!!

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Johnny Gill [[singer, songwriter and actor; New Edition; LSG; Heads Of State; 'Rub You Up The Wrong Way'; 'My, My, My') -

Morrissey [[singer, songwriter; frontman of The Smiths; 'Suedehead'; 'The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get'; 'Irish Blood, English Heart'; 'You Have Killed Me') -

Bernie Taupin [[song lyricist, poet and singer; long term collaboration with Elton John, including 'Rocket Man'; 'Crocodile Rock'; 'Candle In The Wind'; 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road') -

Charles Aznavour [[singer and songwriter; 'She'; 'Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way'; 'Yesterday When I Was Young') -

Vivian Green [[singer, songwriter and pianist; 'Emotional Rollercoaster') -

Donell Jones [[singer, songwriter and record producer;
'U Know What's Up' - featuring Lisa Lopes) -

Shirley Murdock [[singer, songwriter; 'As We Lay'; 'Computer Love' - with Zapp and Roger) -

Peter Nero [[pianist and pops conductor; The Philly Pops) -

Ian Underwood [[woodwind and keyboards player with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -

Barbara Parkins [[actress; 'Peyton Place'; 'Valley Of The Dolls') -



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


Sun Ra [[1914-1993; jazz musician, composer and bandleader) -

Harvey Milk [[1930-1978; politician, San Francisco City Supervisor and gay civil rights leader) -

Laurence Olivier [[1907-1989; actor) -

Michael Sarrazin [[1940-2011; actor; 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'; 'Harry In Your Pocket'; 'For Pete's Sake') -

Susan Strasberg [[1938-1999; actress; 'Picnic'; 'The Diary Of Anne Frank') -

Paul Winfield [[1941-2004; actor; 'Sounder'; 'King') -

Quinn Martin [[1922-1987; television producer; 'The Fugitive'; 'The Streets Of San Francisco'; 'Cannon'; 'Barnaby Jones') -

Kenny Ball [[1930-2013; jazz musician, singer, trumpeter and bandleader; 'Midnight In Moscow') -

M. Scott Peck [[1936-2005; psychiatrist and author; 'The Road Less Travelled') -

Judith Crist [[1922-2012; film critic and academic; 'Today' show; 'New York Herald Tribune'; 'New York' magazine; 'TV Guide') -




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

[arr&bee]

Hey west,i just read about[roger moore]passing,great actor who put a touch of humor in his roles -the saint-maverick-james bond..one of my all time favorites.

[westgrandboulevard]

Roger Moore [[1927-2017; "I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor")

[moe]

I had no idea he was 89! Wow!

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes Moe, practically all of Roger Moore was indeed 89.

The remaining bits were somewhat younger.....

[westgrandboulevard]

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



Our fellow Soulful Detroit member, TomatoTom123.

Happy Birthday, Tom. Hope you have had a wonderful day!


- and also -


Maxwell [[R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter ; 'Fortunate') -

Charlie Hunter [[jazz musician; 8 string jazz guitar virtuoso) -

Jewel [[singer, songwriter and actress; 'Who Will Save Your Soul'; 'You Were Meant For Me'; 'Foolish Games') -

Heidi Range [[singer and songwriter; Sugarbabes; Atomic Kitten) -

Phil Selway [[drummer; Motorhead) -

Ruth Underwood [[percussionist for Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -

Nat Adderley Jr. [[pop and R&B music arranger and pianist) -

Joan Collins [[actress, author and columnist; Alexis Carrington Colby on 'Dynasty'; Crystal Hennesey-Vaas on 'Benidorm') -




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



General Johnson [[1941-2010; singer and songwriter; record producer; Chairmen Of The Board) -

Scatman Crothers [[1910-1986; actor, singer, dancer and musician; Louie The Garbage Man on 'Chico And The Man'; Dick Hallorann in 'The Shining'; Big Ben in 'Lady Sings The Blues') -

Rosemary Clooney [[1928-2002; singer and actress; 'Come On-a My House'; 'Mambo Italiano'; 'This Old House') -

Artie Shaw [[1910-2004; clarinetist, composer, bandleader and actor) -

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. [[1883-1939; actor, screenwriter, director and producer) -

Betty Garrett [[1919-2011; actress; comedian, singer and dancer) -

Nigel Davenport [[1928-2013; actor) -

Helen O'Connell [[1920-1993; singer, actress and hostess) -

Humphrey Lyttleton [[1921-2008; jazz musician and broadcaster) -

John Payne [[1912-1989; actor) -

Libby Holman [[1904-1971; torch singer and stage actress) -

- and -

Jeralean Talley [[1899-2015; supercentenarian; before her death at 116 years and 25 days, she was the world's verified oldest living person) -





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

[moe]

Clever Westgrand!!!!

[sophisticated_soul]

Happy Birthday TomatoTom123! Hope you had a great day!

[sansradio]

Happy birthday, TomatoTom!