Go on then, Moe...who would you name?
And I suppose it can take a lifetime to become really good.....
Go on then, Moe...who would you name?
And I suppose it can take a lifetime to become really good.....
I'd really have to go back to the beginning. Let's start with one of my faves of all time [[because I just saw her on a Perry Mason episode). Believe it or not Bette Davis played a lawyer on Perry Mason. Raymond Burr supposedly was ill or had surgery & Davis was a huge fan of the show. So she guest starred in place of Burr.
I can imagine......Bette Davis had a really interrogative facial expression she would use, which began to resemble granite as the years passed!
But in her day, women would have needed to be focused, if not downright tough, to survive and get the best work they could - and deal with the competition....
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Ron Dunbar [Ronald Dunbar; 1939-2018; soul and R&B songwriter, A&R director and record producer] -
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Eddie Cooley [Edward James Cooley; 1933-2020; R&B singer and songwriter] -
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Al Jacobs [Adolf/Adolph Jacobs; 1939-2014; R&B and rock and roll guitar player; original member of The Coasters] -
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Clarence Satchell ['Satch'; 1940-1995; funk and soul songwriter, producer, saxophonist, trumpeter and flautist; The Ohio Players] -
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Mighty Sam McClain [Samuel McClain; 1943-2015; R&B, blues and soul singer and songwriter] -
April 15th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Bessie Smith [1894-1937; blues and jazz singer; 'The Empress of The Blues'] -
April 16th:
Quote for the Day:
"You have to love dancing to stick to it.
It gives you nothing back,
no manuscripts to store away,
no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums,
no poems to be printed and sold,
nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive."
Remembering, on his Birthday: -
Merce Cunningham [Mercier Philip Cunningham; 1919-2009; dancer and choreographer] -
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April 16th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Bobby Vinton [Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr; pop singer and songwriter] -
April 16th:
Remembering, on her Birthday: -
Dusty Springfield [Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien; 1939-1999; pop, R&B and blue-eyed soul singer and record producer] -
Westgrand, Bobby Vinton was born outside Pittsburgh [[Canonsburg) which is the same place another singer was born & was a barber .....& that was Perry Como.
Ironically, the father of Bobby Vinton played with Como in an Italian band.
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Ed Townsend [Edward Benjamin Townsend; 1929-2003; R&B and doo wop singer, songwriter, producer and attorney] -
Ed Townsend - A great voice- "For Your Love" . A few versions of this song remade.
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Herbie Mann [Herbert Jay Solomon; 1930-2003; jazz, bossa nova, disco and world music flautist, musician and record label executive] -
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Henry Mancini [Enrico Nicola Mancini; 1924-1994; film score, easy listening and jazz composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist] -
Another Pittsburgh person , Westgrand. Actually not born in Pittsburgh [[Cleveland) but family moved to Pittsburgh. Love [[among others) Days of Wine & Roses, & Moon River
Great people are from there
April 16th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Jimmy Osmond [James Arthur Osmond; pop singer, actor and businessman; The Osmonds] -
He's quite accomplished on his own, westgrand.
Including appearances as Captain Hook in 'Peter Pan', at the Hippodrome, Birmingham..
April 16th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Akon [Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam; R&B, hip hop and dancehall singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor] -
April 16th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Ellen Barkin [Ellen Rona Barkin; actress and film producer] -
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Gerry Rafferty [Gerald Rafferty; 1947-2011; rock singer-songwriter, musician and producer]
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Roy Hamilton [Rodothas Hamilton; 1929-1969; pop, show tune and swing singer] -
April 16th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Charlie Chaplin [Charles Spencer Chaplin; 1889-1977; 'The Tramp'; comic actor, film maker and composer] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on her Birthday:
Valorie Jones [1956-2001; R&B and soul singer; The Jones Girls] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Jerry Knight [Jerry Ernest Knight; 1952-1996; R&B vocalist, bass guitarist, songwriter and producer; co-founding member of Raydio] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Chris Bartley [Leroy Bartley; 1947-2009; R&B singer] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Redman [Reginald 'Reggie' Noble; hip hop rapper, DJ, record producer and actor] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Michael Sembello [Michael Andrew Sembello; HI-NRG and new wave singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Jan Hammer [jazz fusion and synthpop musician, composer and record producer] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Billy Fury [Ronald Wycherley; 1940-1983; rock and roll and pop singer, musician and actor] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
William Holden [William Franklin Beedle, Jr; 1918-1981; actor; 'Stalag 17'; 'Sunset Boulevard'; 'Network';] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Sean Bean [Shaun Mark Bean; actor; Boromir in 'The Lord Of The Rings' film series; Simon/Tracie on BBC television series 'Accused'] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Olivia Hussey [Olivia Osuna; actress, Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', 1968] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Thornton Wilder [Thornton Niven Wilder; 1897-1975; playwright and novelist; 'The Bridge Of San Luis Rey'] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on his Birthday:
Chris Barber [Donald Christopher Barber; 1930-2021; jazz musician, bandleader and trombonist] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
David Bradley [actor; Argus Filch in the 'Harry Potter' film series; Walter Frey in HBO fantasy series 'Game Of Thrones'] -
April 17th:
Remembering, on her Birthday:
Irene Castle [Irene Foote; 1893-1969; dancer; Vernon and Irene Castle] -
April 17th:
Happy Birthday, to:
Teri Austin [Teresa Austin; actress; Jill Bennett on 'Knots Landing'] -
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