about my birthday

i am a quarter today.  25 years old.

did you know that i share a birthday with some of the greatest artists of the 20th century?

-Billie Holiday - perhaps the greatest singer of jazz, perhaps the greatest emotive singer ever.  i think so.

-Ravi Shankar - perhaps the greatest sitar player ever.  perhaps the turning point in the Beatles' career, especially that of George Harrison.  perhaps.  wikipedia calls him "the leading Indian musician of the modern era."

-Bobby Bare - perhaps the best song of 1963 was his, "Detroit City," for which he won a grammy.  i just know that Johnny Cash liked him a lot.

-Francis Ford Coppola - perhaps the best director? i don't think he is, but he directed some films which can be considered among the greatest of all time: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now.

-Patricia Bennett - a member of perhaps the greatest of the girl groups, The Chiffons.

-John Oates - perhaps the greatest mustachioed blue eyed soul musician.

-Jackie Chan - perhaps the greatest martial artist star that does his own stunts.

-Tony Dorsett - perhaps the greatest running back.  Wikipedia says he's "the only player in the history of football with the following five career achievements: a national college championship, a Heisman Trophy, a place in the Collegiat Hall of Fame, a Super Bowl championship, and enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame."

-Bill Bellamy - perhaps ummm...the greatest cousin of Shaquille O'Neal?  the other day I was with some friends and someone said the phrase "poor man's Bill Bellamy" and I laughed because isn't Bill Bellamy the poor man's Bill Bellamy?

-Pitchfork.tv - it launched today, so it too shares a birthday with me.

Billie Holiday - Why Was I Born?

you can get this song legally in many places.  I got it off the CD The Essence of Billie Holiday.  I got it at Target for super cheap.  You can get it on amazon in the digital format HERE.  support the Billie Holiday estate!