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

[moe]

What else can one do in lockdown? I hope it was good coffee!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes Moe, what I had of the coffee did taste good.

As for the rest, well, high caffeine levels can make the hands somewhat shaky...

[westgrandboulevard]

May 4th:


Quote for the Day:

"I have never stopped performing live.

I've been blessed with the talent to sing and play the piano, so I can fit into a lot of different configurations and venues.

I play public and private performances, and it has served me well.

And I've been fortunate to work in Europe and Asia, as well as the US.

So, for those who have not attended my shows, it doesn't mean I'm not performing."


- Oleta Adams.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


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

Jackie Jackson [[pop, R&B and soul singer and musician; The Jackson 5) -
Katherine Jackson [[mother of The Jackson 5) -

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

Peggy Santiglia [[singer and songwriter; The Delicates; Dusk; best known as lead singer with The Angels; 'My Boyfriend's Back') -

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') -

Pia Zadora [[actress and singer; Kady Tyler in 'Butterfly') -



Remembering: those also born on this date, but who have now 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'; 'Turn Around') -

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

Dick Dale [[1937-2019; surf rock guitarist, musician and vocalist) -

Russi Taylor [[1944-2019; voice artist; the voice of Disney's 'Minnie Mouse', 1986-2019) -

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:


Quote for the Day:

"The music that truly moves my soul is Etta, and Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan, and stuff like that..."

- Adele; NPR interview; 2015.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing 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 DeVaughan [[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 'Games 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, Giml in 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy; Sallah in the 'Indiana Jones' films) -



Remembering: those also born on this date, but who have now 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; country music 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; soul 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.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 6th:


Quote for the Day:

"They weren't great, but they weren't supposed to be.

I gave the public what they wanted...a chance to dream, to live vicariously, to see beautiful women, jewels, gorgeous clothes, melodrama."

- Ross Hunter, speaking about the films he had produced.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:



N'dea Davenport [[singer, songwriter and record producer; lead vocalist with Brand New Heavies) -
[[some sources state September 22nd as date of birth)

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

Juliet Roberts [[jazz, rock, soul and house music 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 MGregor [[folk, country and soft rock 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 now passed away:


Sandra Tilley [[1946-1981; singer; The Velvelettes; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) -
[[some sources state 1945 as year of birth)

Herb Cox [[1938-2019; doo wop singer; The Cleftones) -

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 [[1920-1996; 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 and photography; 'The Caretaker'; 'The Wild Bunch'; 'True Grit') -


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

[westgrandboulevard]

May 7th:


Quote for the Day:

"It's great, the number of people that I'm reaching through the internet - I've done some wonderful interviews - but I miss touching the bodies.

I miss shaking hands, looking into people's faces, saying, "Hello, how are you doing? Thank you for playing my music."


- Thelma Houston.




If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:



Thelma Houston [[R&B, soul and disco 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; 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 now passed away:


Jimmy Ruffin [[1936-2014; soul and R&B singer; 'What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted') -

Saundra Edwards [[Saundra Mallet; 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; Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers) -

Teresa Brewer [[1932-2007; 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 Emerius 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 Ilyrich 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.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 8th:


Quote for the Day:

" I just wish the world was twice as big, and half of it was still unexplored."

- David Attenborough.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Philip Bailey [[R&B, soul, gospel and funk 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) -

Toni 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 [[folk rock 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 now 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]

MOE I HAVE A SURE FIRE WINNER FOR YOU,AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR LIVING ROOM,NOW IN THIS HEARTWARMER YOU PLAY A ONCE GREAT ACTRESS WHO'S NOW CONTENT SIMPLY SITTING IN HER STATELY MANSION WATCHING HER OLD MOVIES..YES CLIP FROM ALL YOUR POLAROID CLASSICS WILL BE SHOWN..[WHAT A THREAT-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..A TREAT]AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I'M SHOOTING IN BLACK AND WHITE..[do you know how much colour film cost these days?]AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MOVIE HISTORY IT'S BEING FILMED IN 6mm...[my 16mm was kinda sorta reposessed,just because I was a mere five years behind in payments]BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE MOVIE HISTORY ONCE AGAIN,AND THIS PANDEMIC WON'T STOP THIS CLASSIC FROM BEING SHOWN EITHER AS I'VE CONTRACTED FOR A ONE TIME ONLY SHOWING IN DA HOOD ON CHANNEL-0.1%..[it's a new cable channel]ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO UP ON THE ROOF AND HOLD A RUSTED WIRE CLOTHES HANGER AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE FACING SOUTH BY NORTHEAST...[you can hire someone to hold the rusted hanger]ISN'T THIS EXCITING?

[westgrandboulevard]

Arr&bee, does this 'once great actress' happen to be named Norma, by any chance?

Am just wondering who needs to be shot dead, before you can make your movie....

[arr&bee]

You mean as in[norma desmond]never heard of her,and the only [shot]will be the shooting of moe's closeups,now of course for realism we will have to add some aging makeup but as always i've found the best in da hood..the seldom seen legendary...madame mold,yes the very same lady who invented-madame mold's mold and wrinkle remover back in[1927]why nobody has seen this legend since she went crazy-opps-err-ahem-hehe,since she retired because her mold remover accidentally took off more than mold,only because the user didn't read the directions,but as long as she's on her meds she's perfect..west we're back and bigger than ever!!!

[moe]

Madame Mold must be well preserved, R&B........in fact she's got to be well over 100!
Gotta wonder if that "mold remover" was bleach, westgrand.

[westgrandboulevard]

She's so loud Moe, it became a bleach of the peace.

Madame Mold is now that well known, she's become a household name...right up there with such greats as Fabuloso...and Kaboom Scrub Free!....

[arr&bee]

As a matter of fact madame mold does use a special blend of bleach,but not that weak stuff like[clorox]the[fda]has been trying for years to learn her secret but the madame is too smart for em..she's waiting for you moe!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I hope she's patient....

[westgrandboulevard]

May 9th:


Quote for the Day:

"I was once mistaken for Shirley MacLaine in a fish-and-chip shop of the Edgware Road."

- Joan Sims.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Billy Joel [[rock and pop singer, songwriter and pianist) -
Tania Maria [[jazz and pop singer, composer, bandleader and piano player) -
Tamia [[R&B, soul and pop 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 Porter 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') -

James L. Brooks [[director, producer and screenwriter; 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'; 'Lou Grant'; '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 now passed away:


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

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

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') -

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 1911 as year of birth)

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


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

[sophisticated_soul]

I hope she's patient....

Or a hospital patient

[westgrandboulevard]

May 10th:


Quote for the Day:

"Old age is like everything else.

To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

- Fred Astaire.




If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Henry Fambrough [[R&B singer; last surviving original member of 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 & 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 now passed away:


Ron Banks [[1951-2010; R&B and soul 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; R&B, rock and roll 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.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 11th:


Quote for the Day:

"I was living in a fleabag hotel, and one night I heard these sirens and someone was breaking in a store below.

I looked out and police had surrounded the store, and I turned my tape-recorder on.

I saw 'Bonnie and Clyde' a couple of times, and with those two things that's how I came to write 'Indiana'."

- R. Dean Taylor; Melody Maker interview; July 1974.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


R. Dean Taylor [[pop, rockabilly and soul 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 [[Arnie Silver; singer; The Dovells) -

Mort Sahl [[early influential stand-up comic) -

Valentino [[Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani; fashion dress designer) -


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


Natasha Richardson [[1963-2009; actress) -

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

Les Chadwick [[1943-2019; bass guitar; Gerry & The Pacemakers) -

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 . 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') -

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



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

[arr&bee]

or a hospital patient

those records are sealed,hehehe!

[westgrandboulevard]

May 12th:


Quote for the Day:


"...I'd like to be able to pass on some of my knowledge and experience to youngsters who want to learn.

I'd like to teach them how to evaluate a record - after all, Motown had me working in their Quality Control department for thirteen years, so I ought to know!"

- Norman Whitfield; SoulMusic.com interview, February 1977.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing 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 now 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) -

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.

[sophisticated_soul]

those records are sealed,hehehe!

Well if anything from Grady's was used to seal them, they're more like entombed.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 13th:


Quote for the Day:

"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision."

- Stevie Wonder.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Stevie Wonder [[Stevland Hardaway Morris; musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist) -

Richard Brooks [[singer; The Impressions) -
Harold Winley [[singer; The Clovers; The Ink Spots) -
Creed Taylor [[record producer; CTI Records) -

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 now passed away:


Barney Ales [[Baldassare Ales; 1934-2020; former head of Motown sales; songwriter, former executive Vice-President, and former President of Motown Records) -

Mary Wells [[1943-1992; singer and songwriter) -
Carolyn Franklin [[1944-1988; singer and songwriter) -
Teddy Randazzo [[1935-2003; songwriter, singer, arranger and producer) -

Danny Kirwan [[1950-2018; guitarist, singer and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac) -
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.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 14th:


Quote for the Day:


"It isn't true that you only live once.

You only die once.

You live lots of times, if you know how."


- Bobby Darin.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing 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 [[Charles Ray Wiggins; 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 now passed away:


Bobby Darin [[1936-1973; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor; '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.

[moe]

Well if anything from Grady's was used to seal them, they're more like entombed.

Gone forever SS........maybe in 100 yrs they'll find them????
Nah......................

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..you got that right moe..what most folks don't know is that sometime around[1940]there was a warning about entering grady's without-facemask and gloves..history repeating itself?

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh, so Trump has got it all wrong, and it didn't start in China, then....?

[sophisticated_soul]

No, now Obama did it and Michelle helped. Even the girls were in on it. Sad.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 15th:


Quote for the Day:

"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent."

- Madeleine Albright.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Lenny Welch [[singer; 'Since I Fell For You'; 'Ebb Tide') -
[[some sources state May 31st as date of birth)

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 and singer; Belle Carroca in 'My Favourite Year'; Maria Portokalos in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding') -

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 now 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 Hillary on Mount Everest, 1953) -

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

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

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

L. Frank Baum [[1856-1919; novelist; 'The Wonderful World Of Oz', and sequels) -


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

[arr&bee]

no, now obama did it and michelle helped. Even the girls were in on it. Sad.

relax ss,grady sold the ingredients to a asian guy passing through many years ago.

[sophisticated_soul]

Ah yes, Woo Han John.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 16th:


Quote for the Day:

"If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting to you.

But if you've got a heart at all, I'm going to get it."

- Betty Carter.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Janet Jackson [[R&B, pop and dance 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 [[R&B singer, songwriter, actor and record producer; New Edition) -
Isaac 'Redd' Holt [[jazz and soul music drummer; Young-Holt Unlimited) -
Robert Fripp [[guitarist, composer and record producer; King Crimson) -

Hazel O'Connor [[singer-songwriter and actress) -
Boyd Tinsley [[violinist and mandolinist with Dave Matthews Band) -

Pierce Brosnan [[actor, film producer, activist and environmentalist; 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 now passed away:


Betty Carter [[1930-1998; jazz vocalist) -
Barbara Lee Jones [[1947-1992; singer; The Chiffons) -
Kripp Johnson [[1936-1990; R&B/soul singer; The Del-Vikings) -
Darrell Sweet [[1947-1999; drummer; co-founder of Nazareth) -

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

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

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

Yvonne Craig [[1937-2015; ballet dancer and 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') -

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


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

[westgrandboulevard]

May 17th:


Quote for the Day:

"His [[Pervis) first birth certificate says the 16th, but he always said the 17th, which gave him an excuse to celebrate for two days."

- Claudreen Jackson, widow of Pervis Jackson, The Spinners; Soul Express interview, 2002-2003).


If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


George Johnson [[funk and R&B singer; Brothers Johnson; 'I'll Be Good To You'; 'Strawberry Letter 23'; 'Stomp') -

Homer O'Dell [[R&B guitarist with Mint Edition; 'Breakin My Heart [[Pretty Brown Eyes)' -

Vernie Bennett [[Vernett Bennett; R&B singer; founding member of Eternal) -

Deitrick Haddon [[gospel singer, songwriter, music producer and pastor) -
Taj Mahal [[Henry Saint Clair Fredericks; blues musician, singer-songwriter and film composer)
Enya [[Enya Patricia Brennan; singer-songwriter, record producer and musician) -

Keith [[James Barry Keefer; Bazza Keefer; pop singer; '98.6') -
Bill Bruford [[William Scott Bruford; progressive rock drummer; Yes, and King Crimson)

Paul Di'Anno [[Paul Andrews; heavy metal singer; Iron Maiden) -

Alan Rankine [[post-punk and new wave keyboardist/guitarist, musician and record producer; The Associates) -

Jordan Knight [[dance-pop singer-songwriter and actor; New Kids On The Block) -

Andrea Corr [[Celtic folk rock and pop rock singer, musician, songwriter and actress; The Corrs)

Cameron Bancroft [[actor) -
Leven Rambin [[actress) -


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


Pervis Jackson [[1938-2008; R&B singer; The Spinners) -

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

Malcolm Hale [[1941-1968; pop musician and singer; lead guitarist with Spanky & Our Gang) -

Bill Paxton [[1955-2017; actor and director) -

Howard Ashman [[1950-1991; playwright and lyricist; Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'; 'Beauty And The Beast'; 'Aladdin') -

Dennis Hopper [[1936-2010; actor, film maker, photographer and artist) -

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

Maureen O'Sullivan [[1911-1998; actress) -
Horace McMahon [[1906-1971; actor) -


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

[westgrandboulevard]

May 18th:


Quote for the Day:

"Be happy for this moment.

This moment is your life."

- Omar Khayyam.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Jack Ashford [['Jashford'; percussion and tambourine player with The Funk Brothers) -
Rob Base [[Robert Ginyard; hip hop artist; DJ E-Z Rock; 'It Takes Two') -
Feliciano 'Butch' Tavares [[R&B, funk and soul singer; The Tavares) -

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

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

George Strait [[country music singer, songwriter, actor and record producer) -

Jack Johnson [[folk and soft rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist) -

Miriam Margolyes [[actress; 'The Age Of Innocence'; The 'Harry Potter' film series) -

Robert Morse [[actor; J. Pierrepoint 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 now passed away:


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

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

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

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

Fran Jefferies [[Frances Ann Makris; 1937-2016; singer, dancer, actress and model) -

Margot Fonteyn [[Margaret Evelyn Hookham; 1919-1991; dancer and prima ballerina) -

Patrick Denis [[Edward Everett Tanner III; 1921-1976; novelist; 'Auntie Mame') -

Omar Khayyam [[1048-1131; mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet; 'Rubaiyat') -


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

[arr&bee]

WEST,MY GOD MAN,PLEASE INFORM YOUR CLIENT THAT I'M PRODUCING A CABLE TV SPECIAL AND SH'E THE ONLY STAR THAT WILL BE IN IT,SHE WILL READ CLASSIC LINES FROM THE ESTRANGED-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..ESTEEMED POET FROM RIGHT HERE IN DA HOOD NONE OTHER THAN-PROF.VERN NONE VERSE,WHO WORK HAS BEEN TRASHED-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..TRESURED THE WORLD OVER-JUST READ SOME OF THESE RESPONSES...WASHINGTON POST[UTTER MISMASH]..THE N.Y.TIMES[WHO WROTE THIS CRAP]...THE L.A.TIMES[WHO GAVE THIS NUT A PEN]..THE BALTIMORE SUN[FEED THIS CRAP TO THE CRABS]..NOW FOR THESE WORLD CLASS PAPERS TO WASTE TIME-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..TO TAKE TIME FOR THESE RARE WRITINGS IS COOL,AND HE WANTS OUR VERY OWN MOE TO READ HIS WORDS TO THE HOOD...[the cable only reaches up to one mile]THIS IS THE HORROR-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..HONOR OF A LIFETIME AND SO MUCH NEEDED IN THESE TRYING TIMES..[where everyone in da hood will be trying to find this station]A DIFFERENT KIND OF SHOW FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY...[if any of em tune in]I'M TEARING UP OVER HERE AND SO WILL DA HOOD WHEN THIS WOEFUL-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..WONDERFUL SHOW AIRS..MOE CAN JUST SIT IN HER STATELY MANSION BY HER FIREPLACE AND CHARM ALL WITH THESE READINGS,I AM SENDING THEM OVER BY CARRIER BUZZARDS,AND THEY SAY THAT GOOD TELEVISION IS DEAD!

[westgrandboulevard]

May 19th:


Quote for the Day:

"If you are lonely when you are alone, you're in bad company."

- Grace Jones; 'I'll Never Write My Memoirs' memoir, 2015.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Kyle Eastwood [[jazz bass musician and actor) -

Grace Jones [[Grace Beverly Jones; R&B, disco and new wave 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; The Blues Brothers) -

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

Pete Townshend [[rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; The Who) -
Dusty Hill [[Joseph Michael Hill; rock bassist, keyboardist and co-vocalist; Z.Z. Top) -

Phil Rudd [[Philip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis ; hard rock and blues rock drummer; AC/DC) -
James Fox [[William Fox; actor) -
Nancy Kwan [[actress; 'The World Of Suzy Wong'; 'Flower Drum Song') -

David Hartman [[journalist, media host and former actor; 'Good Morning America') -


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


Nora Ephron [[1941-2012; journalist, writer and film maker; 'Silkwood'; 'When Harry Met Sally'; 'Sleepless In Seattle') -

Peter Mayhew [[1944-2019; actor; Chewbacca in 'Star Wars' film series) -

Victoria Wood [[1953-2016; comedy writer and stand-up comedian, actress, singer, songwriter, producer and director) -

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

Joey Ramone [[Jeffrey Ross Hyman; 1951-2001; punk rock musician, singer and songwriter; The Ramones) -

Alma Cogan [[Alma Angela Cohen; 1932-1966; pop singer, known as 'The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice') -

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

Nellie Melba [[Helen Porter Mitchell; 1861-1931; operatic soprano) -

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

Robert Wilcox [[1910-1955; actor; 'The Man They Couldn't Hang') -

Malcolm X [[Malcolm Little; El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz; 1925-1965; Muslim minister and human rights activist) -

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


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

[westgrandboulevard]

May 20th:


Quote for the Day:

"In the end, I don't think you can find soul.

Soul finds you."

- Joe Cocker.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Cher [[Cherilyn Sarkisian; pop, dance and disco singer and actress; 'Bang Bang'; 'If I Could Turn Back Time'; 'Believe'; films include 'Silkwood'; 'Mask' and 'Moonstruck') -

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

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

Ted Allen [[Edward 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') -

Matt McCoy [[actor; Michael Bartel in 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle'; Sgt. Nick Lassard in 'Police Academy' 5 & 6, and Lloyd Braun on 'Seinfeld') -


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


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

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

James Stewart [[James Maitland Stewart; 1908-1997; actor; 'Mr Smith Goes To Washington'; 'The Philadelphia Story'; 'It's A Wonderful Life') -

Margery Allingham [[Margery Louise Allingham; 1904-1966; mystery and crime fiction novelist; The Albert Campion detective novels) -

Stanley Fields [[Walter L. Agnew; 1883-1941; actor; Sam Vettori in 'Little Caesar'; Muspratt in 'Mutiny On The Bounty'; The Sheriff in 'Way Out West') -

Honore de Balzac [[Honore Balzac; 1799-1850; novelist and playwright; 'La Comedie humaine')


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

[moe]

R&B,
Your "carrier buzzards" aren't welcome my house. I've been told by Dr Sis..Boom..Ba
that they don't socially distance & they don't wear masks.
Westgrand, I'll see you at the appropriate time for virtual tea!

[arr&bee]

Moe,i know that you have high gates and attack dogs,the buzzards aren't coming over for tea,they fly over drop off the material and are out..watch the sky!!

[westgrandboulevard]

If she has any sense, she will take cover in the cellar....

[sophisticated_soul]

She can't, the cellar is full of Motown.

[westgrandboulevard]

May 21st:


Quote for the Day:

"We did a lot of records there [[Motown), and a lot of people were jealous of our success and complained to Berry Gordy that we were getting all the better songs.

He took the records off us, and gave them to other people.

I first did the record 'Grapevine' that Marvin did. He took it off me, and gave it to Smokey, and he didn't do it that well.

Then Gladys Knight came along, and she did a different version of it.

Later on, Marvin did the same version that I had done.

The same thing happened with the Four Tops. One of the records they were doing was 'Reach Out'. We had it first. That was one of the reasons we were angry enough to say "hey man, we don't want to be doing this any more. We want to be doing our own thing."

Then we came out with 'This Old Heart Of Mine', and that hit right away."

- Ron Isley, Blues & Soul interview, 2013.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


Blinky [[Sondra Williams; R&B and soul singer-songwriter; 'I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is'; Theme from 'Good Times'; with Jim Gilstrap) -

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 [[rock and blues-rock guitarist with The Animals) -

Bill Champlin [[rock, blues and R&B singer, songwriter; keyboard player, guitarist, arranger and producer; with Chicago 1981-2009) -

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

Leo Sayer [[Gerard Hugh Sayer; soft rock and disco singer, songwriter; 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing') -

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

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

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

Judge Reinhold [[Edward Ernest Reinhold, Jr.; actor; Brad Hamilton in 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High') -


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kay Kendall [[Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy; 1927-1959; actress; Sybil Wren in 'Les Girls''; Rosalind Peters in 'Genevieve') -

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

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


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

[arr&bee]

WEST,PLEASE INFORM YOUR ESTEEMED CLIENT THAT A NEW SCRIPT JUST PASSED MY DESK...[I had to chase it down]NOW IN THIS SUMMER HEARTWARMER ADVENTURE CLASSIC,OUR SUPERSTAR IS SHIPPED WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND ALL BY HERSELF UNTIL A SEAGULL WHO'S BROKENHEARTED FLIES BY AND THEY FORM A BOND,WHY IS HE SAD BECAUSE HIS..[SEAGAL-A FEMALE SEAGULL]DUMPED HIM FOR A SPARROW,NOW FOR THE PART OF THE SEAGULL I'VE LOCATED THAT WOEFUL-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..WONDERFUL ACTING GULL-[SEAFLAPPS]NOW THIS COOL BIRD HASN'T FLOPPED-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..HASN'T FLAPPED HIS WINGS ON CAMERA SINCE[1940]WHEN HE WAS A BABY BIRD,THIS IS ALSO A MUSICAL AS HE AND MOE DO A COUPLE OF DANCE NUMBERS..[as soon as I find some numbers who dance]AND FORTUNATELY THIS TALENTED GULL CAN ALSO SING AND WILL SQWALK-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..SWOON THE LADIES IN THE AUDIENCE WITH SONG,ONCE MOE DISCOVERS THAT OL SEAFLAPPS CAN TALK IT'S JUST LADY AND THE GULL[WORKING TITLE]NOW IN PREPARING FOR HIS COMEBACK ROLL I'M HAVING HIM WORK WITH THE BEST BIRD COACH IN DA HOOD-[PROF.BECKSPEAK]WHY NOBODY HAS SEEN THIS BIRDBRAIN-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..BIRDTRAINER SINCE-[1935]BUT HE'S STILL GOT IT WHEN HE 'S OFF THE BOTTLE-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..WHEN HE GET'S THINGS UNBOTTLED,MOE WILL ENJOY THIS ROLE WHICH IS BEING FILMED ON AN ACTUAL ISLAND..[it was until recently a floating dump]BUT YOU KNOW THAT NOTHING GETS IN THE WAY OF A GOOD PICTURE..[most of the dumpings are gone]AS WERE ALL OF THE LIVING THINGS EXCEPT OUR LITTLE GULL STAR,THIS EXHAUSTING-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..EXOTIC LOCATION WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ADVENTURE..FINALLY A GOOD SUMMER FILM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY,I CAN JUST SEE THE LOOK ON MOE'S FACE WHEN SHE SEE'S THE REVIEWS..A NEW CHALLENGE FOR OUR FAVORITE SUPERSTAR!

[moe]

She can't, the cellar is full of Motown.

SS........THAT......is the BEST response!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

May 22nd:


Quote for the Day:

"I'd rather produce art, than become art."

- Morrissey.



If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:


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

Morrissey [[Steven Patrick Morrissey; alternative rock and indie pop 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 [[Bernard John Taupin; rock, pop and country song lyricist, poet and singer, long time collaboration with Elton John, including 'Rocket Man'; 'Crocodile Rock'; 'Candle In The Wind'; 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road') -

Vivian Green [[Vivian Sakiyyah Green; R&B, soul and neo soul singer, songwriter and record producer; 'U Know What's Up' - featuring Lisa Lopes) -

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

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

Ian Underwood [[Ian Robertson Underwood; jazz and avant garde woodwind and keyboard player with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -

Barbara Parkins [[former actress, singer and dancer; 'Peyton Place'; 'Valley Of The Dolls') -

Rustie Lee [[television chef and personality, cookery writer, actress and singer) -


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


Sun Ra [[Herman Poole Blount; Le Sony'r Ra; 1914-1993; jazz musician, composer and bandleader) -

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

Laurence Olivier [[Laurence Kerr Olivier; 1907-1989; actor) -

Charles Aznavour [[Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian; 1924-2018; singer and songwriter; 'She'; 'Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way'; 'Yesterday When I Was Young') -

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

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

Paul Winfield [[Paul Edward Winfield; 1939-2004; actor; 'Sounder'; 'King') -

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

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

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

Judith Crist [[Judith Klein; 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.

[moe]

R&B,
No challenges please, right now. I'm social distancing......especially from Greasy Grady,
Madame Mold, & the Buzzards!

[sophisticated_soul]

SS........THAT......is the BEST response!!!!

. .

[arr&bee]

. .

umm ss,that mouse is not wearing a mask!

[sophisticated_soul]

It's okay meeces don't eat at Gradys. Although some who have entered there have never been seen again. Just sayin'.

[westgrandboulevard]

In that neighbourhood, Gradys is known as Karma.

There's no menu, you just get what you deserve.

[sophisticated_soul]

And you also get your just deserts.