User talk:Derek R Bullamore

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WELCOME!! Hello, Derek R Bullamore! I want to personally welcome you on behalf of the Wikipedia community. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you haven't already, you can put yourself in the new user log and the list of users so you can be properly introduced to everyone. Don't forget to be bold, and don't be afraid of hungry Wikipedians...there's a rule about not biting newcomers. Some other good links are the tutorial, how to edit a page, or if you're really stuck, see the help pages. Wikipedia is held up by Five Pillars...I recommend reading about them if you haven't already. Finally, it would be really helpful if you would sign your name on talk pages, so people can get back to you quickly. It's easy to do this by clicking the button (next to the one with the "W" crossed out) one from the end on the left. If that's confusing, or if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a ♪ at my talk page (by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the tab at the top that says "edit this page")...and again, welcome!--ViolinGirl^♪ 00:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

No original research (!)

Following the fascinating (and news-breaking) Tom Springfield saga, we now have the possibly equally involving Inez and Charlie Fox(x) saga. Inez's death at (allegedly) 79 or (in fact) 84 has not (yet) been widely reported. If you're interested in any way, I'd be interested to know what's said about their birth years and names in the "reliable" sources that you can find... Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:48, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Yes I watched the 'Springfield saga' from afar, but you were clearly much closer to that action than I. Funnily enough, I spent an hour or two yesterday looking at conflicting dates for David Whitfield's year of birth (1925 is correct), duly muddied by a statue of him erected outside the Hull New Theatre a decade or so ago, which cites 1926. For my money, both the statue and the accompanying text are rather naff and unprofessional.

Anyhoo, The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Concise Edition - Colin Larkin - ISBN 1-85227-745-9; 1997, page 486, cites Inez Foxx born 9 September 1942, Greensboro, North Carolina and Charlie Foxx born 23 October 1939, Greensboro, North Carolina. The Book of Golden Discs - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6; 1978, page 159, also states 9 September 1942 for Inez Foxx, but rather curiously lists her as the 'artist', with Charlie (no birth detail) as 'co-writer and her manager'. You will be aware that AllMusic has 1939 and 1998 for Charlie and 1942 for Inez. The curse of the showbiz age factor, I presume. Otherwise their 'one hit wonder' status, not quite, but you know what I mean, precludes their presence in any of the other copious tomes I possess. To be truthful, my current health status rather restricts my searching more thoroughly, although I did peruse, British Hit Singles & Albums - 19th Edition - ISBN 1-904994-10-5, were no birth information is listed.

The, not uncharted, dilemma of 'reliable sources' being anything but !

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

I've now confirmed Charlie as 1933, per this. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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