While Doing Up A Bootlace...

A small scroll of Scribblin' Past has come into my possession. It was found lying in the hallway outside the Room Of No Fixed Address. It contained a list of some of the people who had the same birth date.

One-book-wonders, Bram Stoker [Dracula] and Margaret Mitchell [Gone With The Wind] were born 8th November.

Also born on that day were Minnie Riperton, Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones and Bonnie Bramlett. Not exactly one-hit-wonders, but to the best of my knowledge, each have only had one major hit.

Others in the music industry born on the same date,

Roy Buchanan, John Coltrane, Ray Charles and Bruce Springsteen, all born 23rd September

Jazz greats, Ray Brown, Pharoah Sanders and Art Tatum, born 13th October - along with Lacy J Dalton, Chris Farlowe, Sammy Hagar, Marie Osmond and Paul Simon

Keyboard players, Lloyd Glenn [T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, B B King and Big Joe Turner], Charlie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson [War], Eileen Joyce and Dr John, born 21st November - along with actors, Eleanor Powell, Goldie Hawn, Maria Casares, Marlo Thomas and Mariel Hemingway

Jim Morrison, Sammy Davis Jr and Sinead O'Connor, born 8th December - all have been controversial.

And how about this for a cute little Trinity -

Idi Amin, Barry Goldwater and J Edgar Hoover - all born 1st January
On the other side of the coin, also born 1st January - Paul Revere and Betsy Ross

Two more before I go,
Born 8th January - Elvis Presley, David Bowie and Shirley Bassey
Born 8th February - Lana Turner, Jack Lemmon and James Dean

This is just a very small taste of the information which I have gathered. A little something to think about. If your birth date is among those listed above, check out the autobiographies of those born on "your birthday" - you may just be surprised at what you discover.