May 23rd:
Quote for the Day:
"I don't know why they re-released it, [['It Will Stand', by The Showmen), but I'm glad, because if it hadn't been re-released, I never would have been with Holland-Dozier-Holland.
When it was re-released, it was number one in Detroit for about four or five weeks, and that's how they became familiar with my work and my voice.
When they decided to leave Motown, I was one of the first artists they got in touch with."
- General Johnson; Soul Express interview, 1993.
If this is your Birthday, you are sharing it with:
Our fellow Soulful Detroit member, TomatoTom123.
Happy Birthday, Tom. Hope you have a wonderful day!
- and also -
Maxwell [[Gerald Maxwell Rivera; R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter; 'Fortunate') -
Charlie Hunter [[jazz musician, 8 string jazz guitar virtuoso) -
Jewel [[Jewel Kilcher; singer, songwriter and actress; 'Who Will Save Your Soul'; 'You Were Meant For Me'; 'Foolish Games') -
Heidi Range [[Heidi India Partakis; singer and songwriter; Sugababes; Atomic Kitten) -
Phil Selway [[Philip James Selway; alternative and art rock drummer; Motorhead) -
Ruth Underwood [[Ruth Komanoff; percussionist for Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention) -
Nat Adderley, Jr; [[Nathaniel Adderley, Jr; pop and R&B music arranger and pianist) -
Joan Collins [[Joan Henrietta Collins; actress, author and columnist; Alexis Carrington Colby on 'Dynasty'; Crystal Hennesey-Vaas on 'Benidorm') -
Remembering: those also born on this date, but who have now passed away:
General Johnson [[General Norman Johnson; 1941-2010; soul singer and songwriter; record producer; frontman with Chairmen Of The Board) -
Scatman Crothers [[Benjamin Sherman Crothers; 1910-1986; actor, singer, dancer and musician; Louie The Garbage Man on 'Chico And The Man'; Dick Hallorann in 'The Shining'; Big Ben in 'Lady Sings The Blues') -
Rosemary Clooney [[1928-2002; singer and actress; 'Come On-a My House'; 'Mambo Italiano'; 'This Old House') -
Artie Shaw [[Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; 1910-2004; clarinettist, composer, bandleader and actor) -
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. [[Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; Douglas Elton Fairbanks; 1883-1939; actor, screenwriter, director and actor) -
Betty Garrett [[1919-2011; actress, comedian, singer and dancer; Irene Lorenzo on 'All In The Family'; Edna Babish on 'Laverne & Shirley') -
Nigel Davenport [[Arthur Nigel Davenport; 1928-2013; actor; Lord Birkenhead in 'Chariots Of Fire') -
Helen O'Connell [[1920-1993; singer with Jimmy Dorsey band, actress and hostess) -
Humphrey Lyttleton [[Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttleton; 'Humph'; 1921-2008; jazz musician and broadcaster) -
John Payne [[John Howard Payne; 1912-1989; actor; Fred Gailey in 'Miracle on 34th Street'; Vint Bonner on NBC 'The Restless Gun') -
Libby Holman [[Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman; 1904-1971; torch singer and stage actress) -
Happy Birthday: to everyone celebrating Birthdays on May 23rd.
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