Sharing the occasion with another random clutch of "names" such as the gorgeous Ryan O'Neal (who is 80 today!), Jessica Lange, Leslie Phillips (still with us, aged 97!), Nicholas Lyndhurst ["Rodney" in Only Fools and Horses] (60 today), Lionel Hampton, Edie Sedgwick, Luther Vandross, Andy Serkis, Paul Poiret, Elspeth Ballantyne ["Meg Jackson" in Prisoner Cell Block H], Louise Jameson ["Leela" in Doctor Who] (70 today), George Takei, Paul Usher ["Barry Grant" in Brookside] (also 60 today), Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Harold Lloyd, Joan Miró, Johnny Tillotson and - ahem - Adolf Hitler, it's the birthday today of the sadly-missed Tito Puente!
Any excuse really (especially in this continuing sunshine), to play some gorgeous music from the repertoire of "The King of the Timbales"...
Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente, Jr. (20th April 1923 – 1st June 2000)
Adolf Hitler!! At least he's no longer with us.
ReplyDeleteYep, perfect sunny music.
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Shame today is all grey and overcast... Jx
DeleteSunny and very warm here! So the music went down a treat.
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It was lovely and warm here yesterday - it's obviously too much to expect consistency with the British weather, of course. Jx
DeleteHis music is above and beyond fabulous but what was going on with that dreadful whistling !
ReplyDeleteRoger Whittaker wasn't available, obviously. Jx
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