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

[westgrandboulevard]

They've heard that chicken legs and thighs sell well in supermarkets.

But not to chickens....

[arr&bee]

West,there are now no[chickens]in da hood..rumor has it that grady is[shipping]in birds from out of state for his new recipe,but he's gonna call em-buzzard tarts!!

[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') -


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') -

Bea Wain [[1917-2017; 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') -

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.

[moe]

To say that turkeys are left in da hood is certainly believable, westgrand

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes Moe, though Thanksgiving in da hood is one time each year when those turkeys least feel like giving thanks for it....

[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) -

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 [[1890-1950; 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:


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 An 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 Maz 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; actor; 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.

[arr&bee]

yes moe, though thanksgiving in da hood is one time each year when those turkeys least feel like giving thanks for it....

only the jive turkeys west.

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Angela Bofill [[singer and songwriter) -
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.

[moe]

How do you know those turkeys are jive? Huh?

[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') -

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') -

Eddie Amoo [[1950-2018; singer and guitarist; The Real Thing; 'You To Me Are Everything') -

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]

Wow... Adele, Chris Brown, Craig David, Barbara Randolph, Johnnie Taylor, Jheryl Busby, Eddie Amoo, Andy Gibb, Michael Palin, Karl Marx.... and my Mum!!!!!

[arr&bee]

Hey tomato tom,god bless your mum and may she have many more birthdays.

[arr&bee]

how do you know those turkeys are jive? Huh?

because i told em they were,hehehehe!!

[moe]

Westgrand, do you think those turkeys would listen to someone who can't even get out of his own shed, let alone is as pickled as those Vlasic dills?

Happy Birthday to you mother, TT!!

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,moe you're a hoot,you're on your way-the next-moms mabley!!

[westgrandboulevard]

It's been nearly 45 years since the last Moms Mabley.....

[TomatoTom123]

Hey thanks guys! I think she had a good day

[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 hop MC; 3rd Bass) -

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) -

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

Robbie McIntosh [[1950-1974; drummer; The Average White Band) -

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'; 'Thoroughly 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.

[arr&bee]

HEY WEST,TELL YOUR ESTEEMED CLIENT THAT I HAVE ANOTHER WINNER COMING UP,NOW IN THIS THRILLER SHE'S A VERY VERY VERY RICH[she's rich]ECCENTRIC[did i mention that she's rich]HOW RICH?[SHE HAS HER OWN COUNTRY]SO WHAT'S THE CATCH?SHE HAS NEVER SMILED-EVER AND SHE WANTS TO BUT NOTHING OR NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HER SMILE,NOW A COMEDIAN FROM ANOTHER PLANET WANTS TO COME TO EARTH AND HE HAS GUARANTEED TO MAKE HER LAUGH BUT IF SO SHE HAS TO GIVE UP ALL HER WEALTH,NOW AS ALWAYS NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR OUR SUPERSTAR AND I'VE FOUND THE ONLY ACTOR TO PULL THIS OFF-[MITE T. FUNNI FENIGAN]NOW HE'S BEEN LOCKED UP-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,HE'S BEEN IN SECLUSION SINCE[1937]BUT HE'S READY TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE OF A LIFETIME,SO TELL MOE TO PRACTICE NOT SMILING[maybe reading this will get her started-hehe]THIS IS GONNA BE CLASSIC!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Asking Ms Moe [[Superstar) not to smile would be requesting the impossible.

Ms Moe has only to check her net worth each morning, before spending the rest of that day laughing uncontrollably........

[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 [[1885-1969; 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.

[arr&bee]

OK WEST,MAYBE SHE SHOULD GET HER CHUCKLES ON NOW[won't be none once the cameras start rolling]IT'S GOOD SHE HAS HER NET WORTH TOO..[of course this blockbuster could net upwards of-100.00]AND AFTER MY SMALL PERCENTAGE[97%]AIN'T MUCH LEFT-BUT THAT'S SHOWBIZ,MOE YOUR LEGEND WILL CEMENTED AFTER THIS CLASSIC.

[westgrandboulevard]

Just make sure Moe's legend is the only thing cemented after this classic.....

[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.

[moe]

R&B,
I'd be very afraid of cornerstones......
Just ask Jimmy Hoffa [[if you can find him)
Westgrand.....NEXT!!

[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; 'The 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 George III/The Madness Of King George'; '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 [[1910-2005; music arranger, conductor and composer)-
[[some sources state year of birth as 1911)

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


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

[arr&bee]

NOW MOE,I GOT SOMETHING ELSE COMING UP THAT'S GONNA BE BIG FOR YOUR CAREER[and add to your legend too]THE HOOD HYSTERICAL-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,HISTORICAL GANG..[we want to be called society,but no real society will let us in]BUT THAT'S A MINOR TECHNICALITY WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THE FIFTIETH ANNUAL CEMENT HANDS THING IS COMING UP,AND THE JUDGES WHO GET TO JUDGE WHO'S HANDS GO IN THE CEMENT VOTED YOU IN THIS YEAR..SEE A NEW WHISKEY JOINT-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,NEW LIQUIDS EMPORIUM IS BEING BUILD AND ONCE YOU STICK YOUR HANDS INTO THE CEMENT AND LET IT DRY ONE OF MY CRIM-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,ONE OF THE CURATORS OF THE CEMENT LAYING WILL CRACK THE CEMENT FROM YOUR HANDS AND THE IMPRINT WILL BE PUT ON THE TOP SHELF FOR ALL TO SEE AND ADMIRE,NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIT VERY,VERY,VERY [did i mention very?]STILL AND HE WILL IMMOBILIZE-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,IMMORTALIZE YOU FOR ALL TIME IN DA HOOD,NOW DON'T WORRY[much]THIS ARTIST HAS BEEN SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER SINCE HE WAS INCARCERATED-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,INCORPORATED IN[1942]AND HE SELDOM MISSES IF HE'S SOBER-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,IT'S SOBERING TO HAVE AN ARTIST OF HIS STATURE,SO MOE I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THIS HONOR AND I KNOW YOU'LL STAY UP WORRYING-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,WONDERING WHAT TO WEAR TO THIS GREAT PRESENTATION,NO NEED TO THANK ME,ANYTHING FOR OUR[SUPERSTAR]!

[westgrandboulevard]

Ms Moe [[Superstar) dresses only in the quality and style to which she has long been accustomed.

Having remained elegantly and resolutely vertical all her life, Moe's hands have never felt concrete.... and Manolo Blahnik would refuse to make her any concrete shoes....

[arr&bee]

I KNOW THAT SHE SETS THE TRENDS OF FASHION,I'M TALKING ABOUT LEGACY WITH HER HANDS IN CEMENT..[and maybe in a cast]HER NAME WILL BE GOLD..[not actually real gold but once that paint dries who cares]AND SHE CAN WRITE HER OWN TICKET..[she may have to]SHE'LL BE WELCOMED IN ANY SHOP IN DA HOOD..[and she can get credit for up to two dollars too]AND THIS JUST IN...THE INTERNATIONAL FINGER PAINTING LEGEND[FINGERS N.THUMBS]WANTS HER TO SIT FOR A PORTRAIT..[he'll even supply the crate for her to sit on,but she'll have to bring her own pillow]ALL THIS AWAITS OUR[SUPERSTAR]ISN'T THIS EXCITING?

[westgrandboulevard]

Legacy? With her hands??

You're going out on a limb there....

[arr&bee]

NO,HER HANDS ARE THE ONLY LIMBS NEEDED..[unless she wants to donate one]WEST,THOSE PHONIES IN HOLLYWOOD PUT FOLKS HANDS IN CEMENT ALL THE TIME,THIS IS DA HOOD VERSION WHICH IS A BIGGER HONOR...THINK OF THE LOOK ON HER FACE WHEN THAT SLEDGEHAMMER COMES DOWN,SHE WON'T GET THAT IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS PUT HER HANDS IN CEMENT ALREADY ON THE GROUND[boring]THIS HAS ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND DANGER OF ONE OF THE CLASSIC POLAROID MOVIES THAT SHE HAS GRACED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS,SHE'LL LOVE IT-GET BACK TO ME.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm getting back to you.

Ms Moe [[Superstar), she say, "let me see you do it first, Arr&bee"....

[westgrandboulevard]

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


Henry Fambrough [[singer; The Spinners - celebrating his 80th birthday today) -

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; film 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.

[arr&bee]

Now west,don't go soft on me now,this is a big honor for ms.moe you and me too,don't worry i got the new doctor in da hood[dr.stef a.scoop]and his live in nurse[nurse rap m.upp]and besides all my clients are fully covered[up to ten dollars]and for your information i'm having myself bronzed at some point in the future[how bout that??]see you there.

[westgrandboulevard]

Should she agree to attend, I confirm that my client, Ms Moe [[Superstar) will definitely be fully covered......

[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.

[moe]

Should she agree to attend, I confirm that my client, Ms Moe [[Superstar) will definitely be fully covered......

Without a doubt, westgrand!

[westgrandboulevard]

Just in case there is any doubt, 'fully covered' for you, Moe, means personal insurance worth millions, pantsuits by Altuzarra, and a crack unit of protection officers....

[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' Crosby [[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.

[moe]

Just in case there is any doubt, 'fully covered' for you, Moe, means personal insurance worth millions, pantsuits by Altuzarra, and a crack unit of protection officers....

I sure hope so, westgrand!!

[sophisticated_soul]

I don't think the protection officers should be on crack. Just sayin'.

[westgrandboulevard]

Absolutely agreed, although if you're talking about some of the protection officers Arr&bee knows who are working 'in da hood', you could be sayin' dead right...

[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 of Motown Records) -

Richard Brooks [[singer; The Impressions) -

Harold Winley [[singer; The Clovers; The Ink Spots) -

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'; 'Hold Me Now') -

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 on 'The Waltons') -



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

[arr&bee]

VERY FUNNY GUYS,I WASN'T GONNA MENTION IT BUT I HAVE LOCATED A LEGENDARY TEAM OF SECURITY FOR THIS EVENT[THE NITE STICKS]THESE IDIOTS-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,THESE IDOLS OF SECURITY WILL COME OUT RESTRAINMENT-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,RETIREMENT AS A FAVOR TO DA HOOD WHERE NOBODY HAS SEEN EM SINCE THEY WERE RUN OUT-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE,SINCE THEY RAN THE CROOKS OUT BACK IN[1935]AND THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME NIGHT STICKS TOO,AND THESE TOP COPS ARE STILL SHARP..[as long as they're awake]NO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY FOOLISHNESS WITH THESE GUYS AROUND,SEE YA THERE!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, we'll see you there....by using the JWST.

[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 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) -

Jack 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]

HEY WEST,I PUT MY HEAD TOGETHER WITH MY PROMOTIONAL STAFF AND HAVE COME UP WITH A NEW AWARD FOR THE MOVIE INDUSTRY[actually movies from da hood,hehe]BUT WHEN THOSE PHONIES IN HOLLYWOOD FIND OUT THERE'RE GONNA WANT IN,NOW THEY HAVE THEIR[OSCARS-EMMYS]AND THOSE STAGE FOLK HAVE[TONY'S]AND OF COURSE THE GREATEST TROPHIES IN MOVIELAND[THE GOLDEN TURKEYS]BUT THIS NEW ONE WILL BECOME LEGEND-NOW I WANT TO PRESENT...[drumroll]THE PLASTIC CHICKEN BEAK AWARDS[made from real chicken beaks]NOW THE FIRST RECIPIENT WILL OF COURSE BE OUR OWN SUPERSTAR[MS.MOE]TIME AND DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SO STAY TUNED,THESE BEAKS WILL BE DONATED BY OUR OWN[GRADY]...[it's the only part of the chicken that he doesn't cook]IT WILL BE MOUNTED ON A SLEEK[imitation]METAL THINGGY WITH REAL[second hand]PLASTIC,WEST THIS IS GONNA BE BIGGER THAN THE PET ROCK AND THE WHOLE HOOD IS EXCITED[as long as they don't have to eat at grady's]JUST IMAGINE THE LOOK ON MOE'S FACE WHEN SHE'S PRESENTED WITH THE VERY FIRST ONE[i'm tearing up over here]WELL I BETTER CHECK ON THOSE BEAKS,I GOT DUUFUS PICKING EM UP AND HE MIGHT THINK THAT THERE'RE PUMPKIN SEEDS WHICH MEANS THERE WON'T BE ANY LEFT..GOTTA GO-STAY TUNED!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I feel I can say, with absolute certainty, that Ms Moe [[Superstar) would feel she must decline the opportunity of being the first recipient of a Plastic Chicken Beak [[ah, such modesty!!) and would very much prefer to be presenting 'the very first one', to someone else.

Just about anyone, in fact....