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Happy Birthday Greetings James (Jimmy) Edward Heath 2 min read

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Happy Birthday Greetings James (Jimmy) Edward Heath

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

🍾James (Jimmy) Edward Heath was born on October 25, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader was the brother of bassist Percy... Read More

Happy Birthday Greetings Aubrey Drake Graham 1 min read

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Happy Birthday Greetings Aubrey Drake Graham

Ellen Levitt 4 years ago

🍾🍾Aubrey Drake Graham, born October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur — a prominent figure in music today.... Read More

Happy Birthday Precious Dianne Reeves 1 min read

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Happy Birthday Precious Dianne Reeves

Ron Scott 4 years ago

🎂The jazz vocal stylist Dianne Reeves was born October 23, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Denver, Colorado by her mother after the... Read More

Happy Birthday Michael Eric Dyson 1 min read

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Happy Birthday Michael Eric Dyson

Ellen Levitt 4 years ago

🍾Michael Eric Dyson, born October 23, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, is an academic, author, minister, and radio host who was a professor of sociology at... Read More

Poet Peter-Charles Rainmaker Seaton’s uncle Sam 3 min read

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Poet Peter-Charles Rainmaker Seaton’s uncle Sam

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

“uncle Sam” is a satirical look at the United States of America and how it’s run — it’s a poem about how people historically have been feeding... Read More

Today Celebrate Bebop Dizzy’s Birthday 1 min read

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Today Celebrate Bebop Dizzy’s Birthday

Ron Scott 4 years ago

🍾 Dizzy Gillespie (Aka John Birks Gillespie) born October 21, 1917, was an innovative jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, educator, and singer who was iconized by his uniquely... Read More

Today’s Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Birthday 1 min read

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Today’s Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Birthday

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

🍾Snoop Doggy Dogg, (Aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California, is generally known as a gangsta rapper, but that’s just a smidgen... Read More

In the Name of Love — Birthday Greetings Sharon Redd 1 min read

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In the Name of Love — Birthday Greetings Sharon Redd

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

🎂Sharon Redd, born October 19, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, was a Disco/R&B singer, actress and member of Bette Midler‘s backup group Harlettes and sang backup... Read More