Charlie Simms will celebrate being 99 years young on the 8th of this month. Gonna try and have him visit Buzzy’s to sing Happy 99 to him.
Other Buzzy October birthday recognitions commence today as my sister Lila Hofmeister and Connie Lepper start the month off celebrating theirs. Then tomorrow, Kim Wiley and Mike Garrett celebrate; Mark Dominiak’s day is also on the 8th; Doug Byrne the 9th; Robby Norris 12th; Chief Larry Eberhard and Janet Whitt 15th; Joey Porter 17th; Bev Hall 18th; Pam Koon 22nd; Puggie Pulliam 24th; Connie Lynch 25th; David Norris 28th; Winky and Billy Fitzgerald on the 29th; Ned Pratt and Bruce Price on the 31st.
Got a musical pop quiz for you today – name a song sung by Paul Carrack. Are you asking who? OK, I will even give you couple of clues, but they still probably won’t help you: think Ace, Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics. Paul sang lead on those group’s biggest hits respectively: How Long Has This Been Going On, Tempted and The Living Years. The following Mike and the Mechanics tune was also a big hit and featured Paul as lead vocalist. (The birthday theme at the video’s start prompted me to learn more about Paul.)
As stated above, M&TM’s biggest hit was the following tearjerker of a tune. (If it doesn’t move you to do so, for those of you whose old man is still tromping around, why not give the old boy a call today and say hello. You never know how much longer you will be able to do that.)
Not to leave you on too down a note however, this solo release from Paul was his biggest hit.
Still getting it done, Paul is currently touring in the UK (click here.)