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

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 05:31 PM

January 22nd:

On his Birthday, remembering Seymour Cassel [1935-2019]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 05:39 PM

January 22nd:

On her Birthday, remembering Diana Douglas [Diana Love Webster, formerly Dill; 1923-2015]; actress....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 05:44 PM

January 22nd:

On his Birthday, remembering D.W. Griffith [David Llewelyn Wark Griffith; 1875-1948]; film director....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 05:52 PM

January 22nd:

On his Birthday, remembering Conrad Veidt [Hans Walter Conrad Veidt; 1893-1943]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 06:08 PM

January 23rd:

Quote for the Day:

"There have been so many crazy incidences like that.

Industry people had a big party for us at a huge country mansion.

The only other black people at the party were the cook and the servers.

So the Pointer Sisters showed up, and the door people assumed we were servers too, and sent us to the back door. Our manager had a fit about that.

I guess with any job or career, a black person could be confronted with racism and prejudice. It's always shocking and disturbing. But what can we do?

I don't know if America will ever get it right before I'm gone.

Maybe in another lifetime, people will understand that we are all people, and we should love everybody."

- interview with Collectors Weekly, 2015 -

On her Birthday, remembering Anita Pointer [Anita Marie Pointer; 1948-2022]; R&B, soul and multi-genre singer-songwriter; founding member of The Pointer Sisters....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 06:43 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Jerry Lawson [Jerome Eugene Lawson; 1944-2019]; a cappella, pop and soul singer; producer and musical arranger; founding member and original lead singer with The Persuasions....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 06:50 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Marc Nelson; R&B, soul, jazz and new jack swing singer-songwriter, pianist and musician......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-23-2023, 06:51 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Reggie Calloway; R&B musician, producer and writer for Midnight Star; Calloway.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:41 AM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Bill Cunningham [[William Cunningham): rock bass guitarist, keyboardist and background vocalist; The Box Tops....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:52 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Cyril Davies [1932-1964]; blues harmonica player and singer; Alexis Korner; Blues Incorporated....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:59 AM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Mark Curry aka Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.; rapper.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:14 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering XXXTentacion [Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy; 1998-2018]; rapper and singer-songwriter.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:37 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Marty Paich [Martin Louis Paich; 1925-1995]; jazz, pop and rock pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and conductor.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:43 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Django Reinhardt [Jean Reinhardt; 1910-1953]; jazz guitarist and composer.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:48 AM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Gary Burton; jazz vibraphonist, composer and educator....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:53 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Farris Lanier [Farris Lanier, Jr; 1949-2019]; R&B, soul and funk singer; founding member and lead vocalist with Lanier & Co.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 11:56 AM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Danny Federici [Daniel Paul Federici; 1950-2008]; rock and jazz organ, glockenspiel and accordion player; founding member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 12:00 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Earl Falconer [Earl Acton Falconer]; reggae and pop bass player and singer; UB40.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 12:05 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Edward Ka-Spel [Edward Francis Sharp]; psychedelic singer, songwriter and musician; co-founder of the Legendary Pink Dots....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 12:08 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Robin Zander; singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist; Cheap Trick......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 04:42 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Gianni Coscia; jazz accordionist.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 04:53 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Franco De Vita [Franco Atilio De Vita De Vito]; Latin pop and rock singer-songwriter.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 04:57 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Raymond Droz [1955-2000]; jazz trombonist, arranger and bandleader....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:00 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering David Stahl [1949-2010]; conductor...

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:06 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Harold Ousley [Harold Lomax Ousley; 1929-2015]; jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:09 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Dave Black [1928-2006]; jazz drummer....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:17 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Curtis Counce [1926-1963]; hard bop and West Coast jazz bass player....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:28 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Chita Rivera [Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson]; actress, dancer and singer....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:41 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Rutger Hauer [Rutger Oelsen Hauer; 1944-2019]; actor...

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:43 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Richard Dean Anderson; retired actor and producer...

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 05:45 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Ewen Bremner; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:09 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Arlene Golonka; actress....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:10 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Mariska Hargitay; actress, director and philanthropist...

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:12 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to David Patrick Kelly; actor, musician and lyricist.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:13 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Gail O'Grady; actress and producer....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:14 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Tiffani Thiessen; actress......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:15 PM

January 23rd:

Happy Birthday to Natalie West; actress....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:16 PM

January 23rd:

On her Birthday, remembering Florence Halop [1923-1986]; actress......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:17 PM

January 23rd:

On her Birthday, remembering Frances Bay [1919-2011]; actress......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:19 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Dan Duryea [1907-1968]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:21 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Bob Steele [Robert Adrian Bradbury; 1907-1988]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:25 PM

January 23rd:

On her Birthday, remembering Anya Seton [Ann Seton; 1904-1990]; author.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:26 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Randolph Scott [1898-1987]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:27 PM

January 23rd:

On his Birthday, remembering Franklin Pangborn [1889-1958]; actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:36 PM

January 24th:

Quote for the Day:

"It was a thing of the record companies here in New Orleans, running people through a lot of changes.

The companies weren't really paying us the way they should have been. Most of the artists in New Orleans were recording because they loved to sing, but really didn't make much money.

For example, 'Tell It Like It Is' was a national hit, but I never got anything but a session payment on that."

- interview with OffBeat Magazine, March 1990 -

Happy Birthday to Aaron Neville [Aaron Joseph Neville]; retired R&B and soul singer-songwriter and musician.....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:44 PM

January 24th:

On his Birthday, remembering Zeke Carey [Ezekiel Carey; 1933-1999]; doo-wop and R&B singer; The Flamingos......

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:45 PM

January 24th:

Happy Birthday to Neil Diamond [Neil Leslie Diamond]; singer-songwriter and actor....

**westgrandboulevard** · 01-24-2023, 06:49 PM

January 24th:

Happy Birthday to Jools Holland [Julian 'Jools' Miles Holland]; boogie-woogie, jazz, blues and R&B pianist, bandleader, radio and television presenter; former keyboardist with Squeeze....