Sunday, 25 March 2007

25 March 2007

Happy 60th Birthday Sir Elton John! Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947, he changed his name to Elton John in homage to fellow Bluesology musician saxophone player Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
Aretha Franklin soul singer is 65 today. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Detroit. Daniel Buren, a French artist born near Paris in 1938. This is from his exhibition at the Guggenheim in NYC.
Susan Faludi and Gloria Steinem, a feminist writer/activist, born in 1934 in Toledo, Ohio.
Arturo Toscanini born in Parma, Italy in 1867. Considered to have been the greatest conductor of his era, he also had a photographic memory which served him well as a conductor.

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