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

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January 19th:

On her Birthday, remembering Janis Joplin [1943-1970]; psychedelic rock, soul and blues singer-songwriter....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Dolly Parton [Dolly Rebecca Parton]; country singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Robert Palmer [Robert Allen Palmer; 1949-2003]; rock, pop and blue-eyed soul singer and songwriter, musician and record producer....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Laurie London; gospel and novelty singer.....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Dewey Bunnell [Lee Merton Bunnell]; folk rock musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter; America.....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Mac Miller [Malcolm James McCormick; 1992-2018]; rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Phil Wilson [Phillips Elder Wilson, Jr.]; jazz trombonist, arranger and teacher......

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ray Pizzi [Raymond Michael Pizzi; 1943-2021]; jazz saxophonist, bassoonist and flautist....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Rod Evans [Roderic Evans]; psychedelic rock singer; Deep Purple....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Martha Davis [Martha Emily Davis]; rock and new wave singer-songwriter; The Motels......

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Simon Rattle [Simon Denis Rattle]; conductor...

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Mickey Virtue [Michael Virtue]; reggae and pop musician; former keyboardist with UB40......

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Joe Magnarelli [Joseph Anthony Magnarelli]; jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Sam Brown [Sam T. Brown; 1939-1977]; jazz guitarist....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Hod O'Brien [Walter Howard O'Brien; 1936-2016]; jazz pianist....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Horace Parlan [1931-2017]; bebop and avant-garde jazz pianist and composer....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering J.R. Monterose [Frank Anthony Peter Vincent Monterose, Jr; 1927-1993]; jazz saxophonist.....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Israel Crosby [1919-1962]; jazz double-bassist....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Ray Eberle [Raymond Eberle; 1919-1979]; big band vocalist; Glenn Miller Orchestra.....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Streamline Ewing [John Richard Ewing; 1917-2002]; jazz trombonist....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Michael Crawford [Michael Patrick Smith]; actor, singer and comedian....

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January 19th:

On her Birthday, remembering Jean Stapleton [Jeanne Murray; 1923-2013]; stage, television and film actress....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Shelley Fabares [Michele Ann Marie Fabares]; actress and singer....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Tippi Hedren [Nathalie Kay Hedren]; actress, animal activist and former fashion model....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Richard Lester [Dick Lester, formerly Richard Lester Liebman]; film director.....

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January 19th:

On her Birthday, remembering Patricia Highsmith [Mary Patricia Plangman; 1921-1995]; novelist and short story writer....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Edgar Allan Poe [Edgar Poe; 1809-1849]; writer, poet, editor and literary critic.....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Katey Sagal [Catherine Louise Sagal]; actress and singer....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Logan Lerman [Logan Wade Lerman]; actor....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Jodie Sweetin [Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin]; actress and television personality.....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Shawn Wayans [Shawn Mathis Wayans]; actor, comedian, writer and producer....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Luke Macfarlane [Thomas Luke Macfarlane]; actor and former singer....

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Drea de Matteo [Andrea Donna de Matteo]; actress......

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January 19th:

Happy Birthday to Marsha Thomason [Marsha Lisa Thomason Sykes]; actress....

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January 19th:

On his Birthday, remembering Nicholas Colasanto [1924-1985]; actor and television director....

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January 10th:

Quote for the Day:

"Well, what happened is when I went into the service, the most popular band, of course, was Glenn Miller.

So the logical thing for me to do was to use some of that styling of music, along with some of his arrangements and songs. That, overseas especially, reminded the kids out there more of home than anything else.

I remember one time we were playing on Okinawa, we'd play one song, they'd be cheering.

We'd go into a pretty ballad, and you'd see tears in their eyes.

It was the sound of the Glenn Miller band.

So when we came out of the service, we incorporated the sound of the Miller band and my trumpet and the trombones a la Dorsey.

And with the combination of all three, we had sort of formed a sound of our own.

- Big Band Library interview, 2004 -

On his 101st Birthday, celebrating Ray Anthony [Raymond Antonini]; the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra ; bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor....

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January 20th:

On her Birthday, remembering Connie Haines [Yvonne Marie Antoinette Ja Mais; 1921-2008]; singer and actress.....

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January 20th:

On his Birthday, remembering William 'Will' Powell, Jr; [1942-1977]; R&B singer; The O'Jays....

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January 20th:

On his Birthday, remembering Lead Belly [Huddie William Ledbetter; 1899-1949]; folk and blues singer, musician and songwriter....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Heather Small [Heather Margarita Small]; soul singer-songwriter, musician and actress; M People....

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January 20th:

On her Birthday, remembering Eva Jessye [Eva A. Jessye; 1895-1992]; choral conductor during the Harlem Renaissance....

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January 20th:

On his Birthday, remembering Jimmy Cobb [Wilbur James Cobb; 1929-2020]; jazz drummer.....

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January 20th:

On her Birthday, remembering Arleen Lanzotti [later Arleen Gonnella; 1944-2017]; pop singer, The Delicates....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Jose James; jazz and hip hop singer.....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Paul Stanley [Stanley Bert Eisen]; hard rock and heavy metal frontman, rhythm guitarist, co-lead vocalist and co-founder with Kiss.....

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January 20th:

On his Birthday, remembering Slim Whitman [Ottis Dewey Whitman; 1923-2013]; country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Gary Barlow; singer, songwriter and record producer; Take That....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Will Young; singer, songwriter and actor.....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Eric Stewart; singer and musician; The Mindbenders; 10cc.....

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January 20th:

Happy Birthday to Nicky Wire; songwriter, bassist and singer; Manic Street Preachers....