Celebrity Birthdays

Moon here. I just adore Doris Day. She is 88 years old today and has had a terrific life. Sure, she's had her share of tragedies, but has persevered and advocated for many a helpless animal. Still active, too, with a new CD and DVD available at her website. Early in life she wanted to be a dancer. When a car accident injured her legs so much she had no chance to dance professionally she found she had another talent -- singing. Recuperating from the injuries and listening to the radio, she sang along with Ella Fitzgerald and found she could emulate the phrasing and rhythm. I think Doris Day has one of the best voices ever. This You Tube tribute not only shows her singing ability but also her beauty over the years.

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This morning on WBKR's Beeker's Dozen, I played THE SWEETEST THING by Juice Newton, who is celebrating birthday #60 today. Juice burst on the scene in 1975 as part of Juice Newton and the Silver Spur. She had a recording contract with RCA but not much happ

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In 1994 when Garth Brooks was 32 years old, WBKR was doing a Garth-a-thon to bring Garth Brooks in concert and it payed off big time! Garth scheduled 3 shows at Roberts Stadium February of 1994.

The three shows sold out in one hour and 22 minutes, I was lucky enough to see Garth in concert back then and to this day it's one of the best concerts I have ever seen!

Happy Birthday Garth!

102 years ago we lost a great man his name was Thomas Crapper, that was his real name to I'm not kidding!  I had to ask people myself if that was true. Anyway Crapper was an engineer who is credited with the invention of the flushing toilet and also adding the word crap to the English language

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Sometimes you just need to laugh. Thank God for Youtube. That's where I discovered The Annoying Orange. It's silly. But it cracks me up. (By the way, Chad does an expert impersonation of The Annoying Orange--he's gotta do it on the air.) Well, Roxianne the Receptionist showed me another ridi

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More from this morning's birthday party for Jimmy Parrott and for Chad as well. But, mostly Jimmy.

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If you tune into The WBKR Waking Crew, you know that Jimmy Parrot sometimes calls into the show and pretends to be 14 WFIE news anchor, Ann Komis!  So, when Jimmy's birthday party rolled around, it only made sense to get him a birthday cake with Ann Komis' face on it!  So, I called my friend Lisa Haynes with The Cup Cakery here in Owensboro and she agreed to make it happen!  This morning, during Jimmy's big celebration, Lisa came to the WBKR studio with Jimmy's Ann Komis cake!!  And Ann called in to join the fun . . .

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You've seen the photos of Kizzy crashing Jimmy Parrot's birthday party!  Now hear the audio as Kizzy goes through Jimmy's gift bag and explains . . . in full Kizzy detail . . . all the goodies she bought him for his big day.  This is HYSTERICAL!!!

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What would a birthday party be without a visit from Kizzy!

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Jimmy Parrott is celebrating his birthday and Chad's is tomorrow. Jimmy's sister Anna Dean and mom Ruth Parrott brought Jimmy into to PAAAHTTY!

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Happy Birthday to Brad Paisley (39) and Charlie Daniels (75). On this date, October 28th, 2001, Alan Jackson awakened at 4:00 a.m. A song was on his mind and he sat down to write it. He sang it live first at the C

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