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Music on Mondays — #6: You say it’s your birthday; it’s my birthday, too!
#6
You say it’s your birthday;
it’s my birthday, too!
Yesterday was my birthday.
They (and I have no idea who “they” are) say that if you put 30 people in a room, the odds are extraordinarly high that two of them will have the same birthday. It wasn’t until I went off to college at Texas A&M University that I started meeting people who had the same birthday as me, or close.
Today’s post is dedicated to the people I know who have birthdays within a week of mine:
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Joe Kenny, March 6
Real estate agent with Coldwell Banker in Hinsdale, Illinois -
James Busby, March 7
Alpha Phi Omega fraternity brother at Texas A&M University -
Suesan Jenifer Therriault, March 8
Home inspector with JTHIS-Professional Home Inspection Team in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania -
Mark Sippel, March 9
Alpha Phi Omega fraternity brother at Texas A&M University -
Judy Klem, March 9
Home stager and owner of Transition Stage in Huntington, Connecticut -
Andy Udden, March 10
Alpha Phi Omega fraternity brother at Texas A&M University -
Bonnie Alverson, March 11
wife of Ray Alverson, Alpha Phi Omega fraternity brother at Texas Tech University. -
Donna Foerster, March 12
real estate agent with Rocky Mountain Real Estate Advisors in Parker, Colorado -
Gary Mitrovich, March 14
Author and owner of Maxwell’s House of Books in La Mesa, California -
Neal T. Scott (Jr.), March 15
Alpha Phi Omega fraternity brother from Sam Houston State University.
To celebrate our birthdays, I give you my favorite birthday song, which happens to be by my all-time favorite group of singers: The Beatles
“Birthday” was the first song on the first side of the second vinyl record on the album “The Beatles,” more popularly known as “The White Album.” It was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney and recorded on September 18, 1968. Lennon, in an interview in Playboy in 1980, said of the song: “It was a piece of garbage.” In 1980, however, I don’t think Lennon liked anything by The Beatles. It was that kind of acrimonious breakup ten years earlier.
McCartney released a live version of “Birthday” in 1990 which made it to #29 on the British singles charts.
Musicians:
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Paul McCartney – vocal, lead guitar, piano, handclaps
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John Lennon – vocal, backing vocal, lead guitar, handclaps
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George Harrison – six-string bass, handclaps
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Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, handclaps
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Pattie Harrison – backing vocal, handclaps
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Yoko Ono – backing vocal, handclaps
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Mal Evans – handclaps
SNIPPETS #1: If you like to eat free….
Today I introduce SNIPPETS,
short posts about anything and everything.
Each SNIPPETS will also have a picture.
Can’t have a Russel Ray Photos post without a picture.
Uh, der.
If you like to eat free, meaning at all those restaurants you pass by all the time, check to see if they are online. If they are, then check to see if they have an email club or a birthday club. Then join!
Several years ago I joined every email club and birthday club I could think of and, with my birthday being this coming Sunday, March 11, the birthday discounts are arriving by the dozens.
Yesterday evening I had a free entreé at El Torito. Today I’m eating a free lunch at Souplantation. Tonight I think I’m going to Taco Tuesday at On The Border and have a free bowl of their delicious queso.
The only problem with doing this is that your birthday discounts will expire, some just a week after your birthday and the rest 30 days after your birthday. So save some money during the year so you can have a drink with your meal, or maybe take someone with you. After all, you don’t want to eat alone!
