May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Robert Johnson [Robert Leroy Johnson; 1911-1938]; blues singer-songwriter and musician.....
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Robert Johnson [Robert Leroy Johnson; 1911-1938]; blues singer-songwriter and musician.....
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Rick Nelson [Ricky Nelson; Eric Hilliard Nelson; 1940-1985]; rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter and actor......
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Alex Van Halen; hard rock drummer and co-founder of Van Halen.....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Enrique Iglesias; Latin pop and dance singer, songwriter, actor and record producer....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Chris Frantz; musician and record producer; drummer with Talking Heads, and the Tom Tom Club....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Toni Tennille [Cathryn Antoinette Tennille]; pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist; Captain and Tennille.....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Keith Jarrett; jazz and classical music pianist.....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Dave Rowntree; Britpop and indie rock musician, politician, solicitor and animator; drummer with Blur...
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Martha Wainwright; folk rock singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Joe Bonamassa; blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Matt Willis; singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor; bassist and vocalist with Busted....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Paul Samwell-Smith; musician, singer and record producer; founding member and bassist with The Yardbirds....
May 8th:
Happy Birthday to Melissa Gilbert; actress, television director, producer, politician and former President of the Screen Actors Guild.........
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Peter Benchley; 1940-2006]; author and screenwriter; 'Jaws'....
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Don Rickles [1926-2017]; stand-up comedian, actor and author....
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Saul Bass [1920-1996]; graphic designer and film maker...
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering Red Nichols [1905-1965]; jazz cornet player, composer and jazz bandleader...
May 8th:
On his Birthday, remembering John Fred [John Fred Gourrier; 1941-2005]; blue-eyed soul, swamp pop, rock and roll and R&B musician, singer and songwriter; 'Judy In Disguise [With Glasses]......
May 9th:
Quote for the Day:
"I was once mistaken for Shirley MacLaine in a fish-and-chip shop off the Edgware Road."
On her Birthday, remembering Joan Sims [Irene Joan Marion Sims; 1930-2001]; actress; the 'Carry On' film series.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Dave Prater [David Prater, Jr; 1937-1988]; soul and R&B singer and musician; Sam & Dave.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering D.J. Rogers [DeWayne Julius Rogers; 1948-2020]; R&B, gospel, dance, soul, disco and funk singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Billy Joel [William Martin Joel]; rock and pop singer, songwriter and pianist....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Tania Maria; jazz and pop singer, composer, bandleader and piano player....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Tamia [Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill]; R&B, soul and pop singer, songwriter, producer and actress....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Dennis Chambers; jazz and funk drummer; Parliament-Funkadelic; Carlos Santana.....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Barb Jungr; cabaret, jazz and pop singer, songwriter and theatre writer....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Dave Gahan; synth-pop singer-songwriter; lead singer with Depeche Mode.....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan; musician; bassist with Oasis; 1991-1999....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Tom Petersson [Thomas John Peterson]; musician; bassist with Cheap Trick....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Richie Furay; singer, songwriter; Buffalo Springfield; Poco....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to 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'.....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Candice Bergen; actress and former fashion model; 'Murphy Brown'; Shirley Schmidt in 'Boston Legal'; Jessica Porter in 'Starting Over'; Margaret Bourke-White in 'Gandhi'.....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to James L. Brooks; director, producer and screenwriter; 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'; 'Lou Grant'; 'Terms Of Endearment'; 'Broadcast News'; 'The Simpsons'....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Alan Bennett; playwright, screenwriter, actor and author; 'Beyond The Fringe'; 'Forty Years On'; 'The Madness Of King George'; 'Talking Heads'; 'The History Boys'.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Hank Snow [1914-1999]; country singer, songwriter and musician.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Nokie Edwards [Nole Floyd Edwards; 1935-2018]; instrumental rock guitarist and musician; The Ventures....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Sonny Curtis; rock and roll, country and pop singer, songwriter and musician; The Crickets.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Albert Finney [1936-2019]; 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'....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Richard Adams [1920-2016]; novelist; 'Watership Down'; 'Shardik'; 'The Plague Dogs'.....
May 9th:
On her Birthday, remembering Geraldine McEwan [Geraldine McKeown; 1932-2015]; actress; 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit'; 'Mapp And Lucia'; Agatha Christie's 'Marple'.........
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering Harry Simeone [1910-2005]; music arranger, conductor and composer.....
May 9th:
On his Birthday, remembering J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie; novelist and playwright; 'Peter Pan'......
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Colin Allen [Colin Eric Allen]; blues and R&B drummer.....
May 9th:
Happy Birthday to Tommy Roe [Thomas David Roe]; retired rock and pop singer-songwriter....
May 10th:
Quote for the Day:
"Old age is like everything else.
To make a success of it, you've got to start young."
On his Birthday, remembering Fred Astaire [Frederick Austerlitz; 1899-1987]; dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter....
May 10th:
Happy Birthday to Henry Fambrough [Henry Lee Fambrough]; R&B singer; last surviving co-founder member of The Spinners.....
May 10th:
On his Birthday, remembering Ron Banks [1951-2010]; R&B and soul singer; co-founder of The Dramatics....
May 10th:
On his Birthday, remembering Arthur Alexander [1940-1993]; country songwriter and soul singer.....
May 10th:
On her Birthday, remembering Maureen Gray [Maureen S. Gray; 1948-2014]; songwriter and doo-wop singer, guitarist and keyboardist....
May 10th:
Happy Birthday to Bono [Paul David Hewson; singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman and philanthropist; lead vocalist and primary lyricist of U2.....
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