Thursday, July 4, 2019

July Birthdays

Since it's July, time to say Happy Birthday!!

Lauren Harris
-DOB: 7/6/1984
-Where: Essex, England
-This is an obvious fact, but she is a hard rock vocalist. She's also a classically trained actor and most obviously, the oldest daughter of Iron Maiden bassist/founding member Steve Harris
Geezer Butler
-Birth name: Terence Michael Butler
-DOB: 7/17/1949
-Where: Aston, Birmingham, England
-He has written almost 90% of the lyrics used in songs by Black Sabbath
Sylvester Stallone
-Birth name: Sylvester Enzio Stallone
-DOB: 7/6/1946
-Where: New York City, New York
-When he was born, doctors had used forceps on him to pull him out. This severed a nerve in his cheek, resulting in partial facial paralysis on the lower left side of his face and slightly slurred speech
Ringo Starr
-Birth name: Richard Starkey
-DOB: 7/7/1940
-Where: Merseyside, Liverpool, England
-Got his nickname "Ringo" from his habit of wearing rings
Ronnie James Dio
-Birth name: Ronald James Padavona
-DOB: 7/10/1942
-Where: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
-DOD: 5/16/2010
-Where: Los Angeles, California (stomach cancer)
-Had issues with at least one person in almost each band he was in. He had issues with Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow. He had issues with Terence "Geezer" Butler and Tony Iommi in Black Sabbath and Vivian Campbell in DIO
Mick Jagger
-Birth name: Michael Phillip Jagger
-DOB: 7/26/1943
-Where: Dartford, Kent, England
-He has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine 20 times. First in 1968 and most recently in 2005
Eric Carr
-Birth name: Paul Charles Caravello
-DOB: 7/12/1950
-Where: Brooklyn, New York
-DOD: 11/24/1991
-Where: New York City, New York
-Died on the same day as Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury
Daniel Radcliffe
-Birth name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
-DOB: 7/23/1989
-Where: Fulham, London, England
-Even though he doesn't enjoy playing football (soccer to everyone else), he does support the hometown team of Fulham FC
Geddy Lee
-Birth name: Gary Lee Weinrib
-DOB: 7/29/1953
-Where: Toronto, Canada
-Earned his nickname "Geddy" from his Hungarian grandmother's heavily accented pronunciation of "Gary"
Helen Mirren
-Birth name: Helen Lydia Mironoff
-DOB: 7/26/1945
-Where: Hammersmith, London, England
-Her paternal grandparents were Russian
Brian May
-Birth name: Brian Harold May
-DOB: 7/19/1947
-Where: Hampton, Middlesex, England
-He was studying at Imperial College in London for a Bachelor of Science for physics and math and had even started working on a doctorate in astronomy, but had dropped out to join Queen. He later went back and received his doctorate in astrophysics
Roger Taylor
-Birth name: Roger Meddows Taylor
-DOB: 7/26/1949
-Where: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
-A strange coincidence. He played in his band Queen at Live Aid just as another band called Duran Duran played there as well. They also have a drummer named Roger Taylor

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