Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Book Review: unSweetined

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How rude! Jodie Sweetin melted our hearts and made us laugh for eight years as cherub-faced, goody-two-shoes middle child Stephanie Tanner...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Happy Birthday, Vince Neil

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Happy fifty-second birthday today (February 8th) to American rock guitarist and singer Vince Neil Wharton. The Hollywood born native start...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Happy Birthday, Eddie Van Halen

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Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday. Today (January 26th) we celebrate the fifty-eighth birthday of Dutch-born songwriter, pr...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Happy Birthday, Thomas Dolby

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Today (October 14th) we celebrate the fifty-forth birthday of English musician and producer Thomas Dolby. Born in London, Thomas Morgan Ro...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Remembering Joe Strummer

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On this day (August 21st) in 1952, John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara, Turkey. His father was a British foreign service diplomat. The ...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Happy Birthday, Robert Plant

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Happy sixty-fourth birthday today (August 20th) to English singer and songwriter Robert Plant. From magazines like Hit Parader to Rolli...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Happy Birthday, Madonna

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Happy fifty-fourth birthday today (August 16th) to American singer, songwriter, and actress Madonna Louise Ciccone. The Michigan born wom...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Happy Birthday, Prince

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Happy fifty-fourth birthday today (June 7th) to the one and only Prince Rogers Nelson. Four years ago, I wrote a blog post all about how m...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Happy Birthday, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels

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Happy forty-eighth birthday today (May 31st) to American hip-hop pioneer Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels. McDaniels grew up in New Yor...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Remembering Robin Gibb

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This morning I was listening to the satellite radio in the car (Sirius/XM 70's on 7) and heard an audio clip from a past interview with...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Remembering Donna Summer

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Today we have a bit of sadness to mark this edition of Seventies Saturday. To paraphrase from the title of her 1979 song that featured the...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Destri

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Happy fifty-eighth birthday today (April 13th) to keyboardist and songwriter Jimmy Destri. Destri came from a musical background. His unc...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Happy Birthday, Cindy Wilson

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Today (February 28th) is the fifty-fifth birthday Cynthia Leigh Wilson, vocalist and founding member of the Athens, Georgia, party band the ...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Happy Birthday, John Travolta

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Today, February 18th, is the fifty-eighth birthday of American actor, dancer and singer John Travolta. Born and raised in Englewood, New J...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Happy Birthday, Holly Johnson

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Happy fifty-second birthday today (February 9th) to artist, writer and musician Holly Johnson. Born in Liverpool, England, Johnson started...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Happy Birthday, Jeff Lynne

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Happy sixty-fourth birthday today (December 30th) to English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jeff Lynne. ...
Friday, December 9, 2011

DVD: The Love We Make

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Just released on DVD is The Love We Make , a documentary film directed by Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan. This ninety-four minute narrat...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Birthday, Clem Burke

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Happy fifty-sixth birthday today (November 24th) to drummer Clem Burke. When Chris Stein and Debbie Harry were forming the band Blondie in...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Happy Birthday, Tina Weymouth

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Happy sixty-first birthday today (November 22nd) to musician Tina Weymouth. The California born Weymouth met up with future bandmates Davi...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Happy Birthday, Anni-Frid Lyngstad

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Today November 15th, sixty six years ago, Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad was born in Norway. She had been singing since age thirteen,...