January 19 - Janis Joplin (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for January 19th are here: Dolly Parton; Janis Joplin (2020), Dolly Parton (2021), Hans Hotter (2022), Dolly Parton (2023), Dolly Parton; John Weldon (2024), and Dolly Parton (2025)

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Janis Joplin (19 January 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an extraordinarily intense rock and blues singer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Road Not Taken

In the spring of 1965 she changed her lifestyle. She avoided drugs and alcohol, adopted a beehive hairdo, and enrolled as an anthropology major at Lamar University. — adapted from Wikipedia

How different might her life have been,

   How different her chronology;

If she had finished studies in

   The field of anthropology.

 

 

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January 10 - Jim Croce (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for January 10th are here: Johann Zumsteeg (2020), Ray Bolger (2021), Frank Sinatra Jr. (2022), Jim Croce; Sherrill Milnes (2023), Arthur Johnston (2024), and Johann Zumsteeg (2025)

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Jim Croce (10 January 1943/42 – 20 September 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Cautionary Tale (with One Rhyme Sound)

On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album was released, Croce died in a plane crash.  – adapted from Wikipedia

Jim Croce must have had some fun

When "Leroy Brown," hit number one.

Success, it seemed, had now begun.

He reveled in the fame he'd won,

But Fate by whom our web is spun,

Declared his time on earth was done.

And he was mourned by everyone.

 

 

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December 21 - Frank Zappa; Edward Everett Rice (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 21st are here: András Schiff; Michael Tilson Thomas (2019), Michael Tilson Thomas (2020), Frank Zappa; Werner von Trapp (2021), Michael Tilson Thomas (2022), David Baker (2023), and Ludwig Schuncke (2024)

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Frank Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, singer, composer, songwriter and bandleader. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Either/Or

Frank Zappa set out to provoke

The hackles of regular folks;

And pundits who rate him

Will love him or hate him

As a musical god or a joke.

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The Rice Is Right

Rice composed the music for more than eighteen productions that appeared on Broadway. As a producer, Rice introduced popular performers Pauline Hall, Lillian Russell, and Fay Templeton. – adapted from Wikipedia

I thought today it would be nice

To honor Edward Everett Rice,

And celebrate his Broadway shows

That no one in our era knows.

He wrote some songs, and then produced them,

And found new stars who helped to boost them.

And that, I'm thinking, should suffice,

But if you think it's too concise.

Then you can research E.E. Rice

 

 

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December 15 - David W. Guion; Dave Clark (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 15th are here: David Guion (2019), Ludwig van Beethoven [sic] (2020), A. P. Carter; Christoph Demantius (2021), Michel Richard Delalande; Alan Freed (2022). Stan Kenton (2023), and David W. Guion (2024)

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David W. Guion (15 December 15, 1892 – 17 October 1981) was a composer whose music and arrangements contributed to the fad for singing cowboys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yippee-ki-Aloha-Oe

Since he was Texan, not Hawaiian,

Cowboy composer David Guion

Wrote his songs out on the range,

And would have found it rather strange

To shun his native Texan ways

For ukeleles, poi, and leis.

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David Clark (b. 15 December 1939) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. Clark was the leader, drummer and manager of the Dave Clark Five. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over and Out… (or Not)

A lifelong bachelor with no children and no known romantic liaisons…

– https://gaycultureland.blogspot.com

Just one remark

About Dave Clark:

His sexual history

Remains a mystery.

 

 

 

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