One tends to feel a bit sorry for those who were born on 29th February. To only have a birthday only every four years must be very annoying. Needless to say, the very fact that a leap year only happens at intervals also means there aren't many famous names born on this date: Gioacchino Rossini, Jimmy Dorsey and Joss Ackland among them.
So, it is to yesterday's crop of birthdays we turn on this Tacky Music Monday for our pick-me-up; as we face the depressing prospect of another week in the office. Among a plethora of "names" that included Nijinsky, Zero Mostel, Vincente Minnelli, Stephen Spender, Harry H Corbett, Jeanne Mas, Stephanie Beacham, Tommy Tune and Cindy Wilson of the B52s, Miss Bernadette Peters celebrated her
68th yesterday! Gulp.
Here she is, in her very best
"boop-boop-i-doop" mode, and a marvellous rendition of
All That Jazz:
Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano's hot!
It's just a noisy hall
Where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz!
Indeed.
Have a good week, dearies...
Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara, 28th February 1948)
