better left unsaid why such a thing might be wished for, eh? ;)

and now Ruth Rendell

....but there was a famous person born too..... Introducing Princess Cornelia Ursula Niacin D'Wales

Thank yours stars that no one suggested "Camilla"

....yet

Grace Lee Whitney, 85

http://cellar.org/2015/GraceLeeWhitney.jpg

As Janice Rand, Captain Kirk's Yeoman Purser and original lust interest. Not mine, I was too young even when watching the show in reruns.

In the future we will all be equal, except there will still be hot women, except they will be Starfleet officers.

Didn't care for her in that role, liked her in other things better. RIP

You may not know who Errol Brown was, but, you know his voice:



The Hot Chocolate singer, Errol Brown was 71.



Man, music has taken a real hit in the last few weeks...

B.B. King dead at 89.
https://www.yahoo.com/music/las-vega...008689321.html

Came here to post that very story.

There is a huge, HUGE hole in the world today.

I hate to bring this up, anyone remember the video of the mouse, to that song?

Not a good month for singers named King

I'm quite sure I don't know what you're talking about.


Maybe I have an idea...

Yep.

Heh...I had that song on a 45.

Important bassist Louis Johnson, one of the Brothers Johnson and session player for Quincy Jones, dead at 60. You have heard Mr. Johnson's work on half the hit records of the 70s and 80s. He was a monster.

This song showcases Mr Johnson's aggressive pop/slap technique in full. Just the first 15 seconds of it is enough to give you an idea:



You could find him everywhere:



Of course, the brilliant "Strawberry Letter 23", in which Mr Johnson's parts created a hidden rhythm that was one of the secrets to the single.



You've never heard most of his part because it was mixed so perfectly and became part of the song, but here is the isolated bass part, and believe me, it's just unbelievably genius: