The weekend looms ever closer...
...and it's time for a celebration! Another notable "birthday girl" this week was the very lovely disco queen Miss Melba Moore, who was 80 on Wednesday.
Facts about Miss Moore:
- Her mother was a singer, her birth father was a bandleader and her step-father was a jazz pianist, so it was inevitable that music would be her chosen career.
- She started out as a backing vocalist for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin.
- She succeeded Diane Keaton in the lead role in Hair on Broadway in 1969.
- In her long career, she won a Tony for her role in the musical Purlie, three Grammy nominations for her music, and in 2023 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Not exactly a "household name" here in the UK, admittedly - she only ever had two Top 20 hits - but this one is the one for which she will be eternally remembered. Thank Disco It's Friday!
Many happy returns, Melba Moore (born Beatrice Melba Smith, 29th October 1945)!
Meanwhile...
Today is Samhain, Calan Gaeaf, Dziady, Allantide, Hop-tu-Naa, The Season of the Witch - it's Hallowe'en!
Even the Pet Shop Boys have got into the spirit...
...however, it is this clip that is my unending tradtion at this time of year, knowing full well that is scares my dear sister witless, every time:
Careful who you bite, dear reader - and a have a fab, spooky weekend!
