Celebrity Capricorn Birthday’s Part 2: And This Weeks Love Light Spot Light Friday Song

Happy Birthday Capricorns! Here's the part two of my list of  celebrity Capricorns between January 11th and the end of Capricorn on January 19th. Also included in today's Inspirational Love Note, with all you Capricorn's in mind, is my Love Light Spot Light Friday song artist for this week, honoring the memory of fellow Capricorn singer, Aaliyah. 

So check out the list of celebrity Caps below. Then enjoy the short featured article and video on Aaliyah with today's Inspirational Love Note message through song in honor of Aaliyah's memory and what would have been her 35 birthday's celebration. 

Celebrity List of Capricorns:

January 11^th

Singer - Mary J Blige, 43

Actress - Kim Cole, 52

Actor – Rockmond Dunbar, 41

Country Singer – Naomi Judd, 68

 January 12^th

Talk Show Host - Howard Stern, 60

Actress, Kirstie Alley, 63

Basketball Player, Dominique Wilkins, 54

January 13^th

Actor - Patrick Dempsey, 48

Screenwriter – Shonda Rhimes, 44

(Creator of Grey’s Anatomy, The Practice, and Scandal)  

January 14^th

Rapper - LL Cool J, 46

Rapper - Slick Rick, 49

January  15^th

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Actress - Regina King, 43

Actor/Director - Mario Van Peeples, 57

January 16^th

Singer - Sade, 55

Actress/Choreographer – Debbie Allen, 64

Boxer - Roy Jones Jr. 45

Actor - Richard T. Jones, 42

Today: January  17, 2014

Actress - Betty White, 92

Actor - Jim Carey, 52

NBA Basketball Player - Dwayne Wade, 32

Comedian/Actor/Radio & TV Show Host -Steve Harvey, 57

First Lady, Michelle Obama, 50

Rapper Lil Wayne, 43

Legendary Boxing Champion: Muhammad Ali, 72

Singer: Ray J, 33

Reggae Artist/Singer: Shabba Ranks, 48

Actor: James Earl Jones, 83

Talk Show Host: Maury Povich, 75

Later this week: Jan 19^th  (Last day of Capricorn)

Actor/Comedian - Shawn Wayans, 42

Actress – Denise Boutte, 31

(Tyler Perry’s, Why Did I Get Married and TV Show Meet the Browns as Tosha)

Country Singer/Actress – Dolly Parton, 67

And my Celebrity Capricorn pick in today's Love Light Spot Light, also representing the Friday song for this week, is R&B Singer, Aaliyah.

Born Aaliyah Dana Houghton (January 16, 1979- August 25, 2001), in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Detroit, Michigan, she was known best to the world through her singing career by just her first name, Aaliyah, which means, High, Sublime. And boy did she live up to the meaning of her name as such a beautiful, extremely talented young lady, with an equally beautiful and extraordinary singing voice. But Aaliyah was more than just a pretty face with angelic vocal ability. 

As proven evident in her music video's, she was also a gifted dancer with fluid-like movement of each choreographed dance step. She was also a model and up and coming actress just before her tragic death at the tender age of 22 years old, on August 25, 2001, when the plane, she and 11 other's were on and also killed, crashed in the Bahamas while working on her last music video, Rock the Boat.   

Although she left this life at an unfortunate young age, she also began her singing career at an even younger age. Instead of playing jump rope or hopscotch outside all day, like most 10  year old little girls, Aaliyah made her first appearance singing on the television talent show Star Search. She also performed with legendary superstar Gladys Knight in concert as age 11 as well. 

She went on to sign her first recording contract at age 12 with Jive Records and Blackbird Records, owned by her uncle Barry Hankerson. Her uncle Barry Hankerson is also responsible for introducing her to R&B singing sensation, R. Kelly, who became her mentor and lead songwriter and producer on her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, which was recorded in  when she was 14 and  sold three million copies in the U.S. and went double platinum. 

After the release of Age Ain't Nothing But a Number in 1994 there were rumors that she and R.Kelly were secretly married on August 31, 1994. This was a rumor that caused a great deal of controversy due to the age difference of the then 15 year old Aaliyah and 27 year old Kelly. It was later said that the marriage was annulled by Aaliyah's parents the following year in February 1995. 

However, since this featured article on Aaliyah is to honor her life and her talent that are both gone too soon, as well as this being a blog that promotes positive encouraging content about love not negative hearsay, I will end all commentary regarding that aspect of her personal life part with that being said. 

Now, let's shift the remaining focus of this article back to highlighting attributes about her life and career more worthy of discussion. Like the fact that she also recorded and released two more albums after her aforementioned debut album before her untimely death in 2001, which included, One in a Million in 1996 and a self-titled album Aaliyah in 2001.  And two additional albums released in the aftermath of her death entitled, I Care for You in 2002 and Ultimate Aaliyah in 2005.

She was also in the early stages of building her acting career with the leading lady role in the action drama film, Romeo Must Die opposite martial artist and actor Jet Li released in 2000. 

In closing, here are a few facts you  may not have known about our fallen angel Aaliyah:

1) She was dating Damon Dash at the time of her death, who is a entrepreneur, co-founder and co-creator (with Hip Hop Artist Jay-Z) of Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear Clothing  and former music executive. 

2) She attended and graduated from Detroit School of Arts High School, one of Detroit's finest magnet schools, with a 4.0 grade point average. Which means she was beautiful, talented and exceptionally smart as well.

3) She could also sing in other languages including Latin.

4) She was the niece of R&B legendary singer Gladys Knight through a former marriage to    Aaliyah's uncle, Barry Hankerson, who helped start her singing career.

5) She performed her song from the movie Anastasia when she was just 19 years old at the 1998 Oscar Awards, receiving a Oscar nomination as well the same year, making history as the youngest artist ever to perform at the Oscar Awards.

And now...without further ado, please enjoy this video in celebration of her life, honor of her memory and what would have been her 35th birthday celebration. Also, representing all the Capricorns celebrating birthday's this week as well, for your listening pleasure, here's Aaliyah delivering my special tribute Inspirational Love Note message as this weeks Friday song, with  I Miss You.

  
Until next time...I surround you in LOVE & light! So always keep your heart open and let your love light shine bright. 


A One Love Production
By Anna M. Hendricks 
Copyright 2014
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah,
http://globalgrind.com/2013/01/16/aaliyah-birthday-facts-you-didnt-know-photos-video/, http://www.youtube.com/

Happy Birthday Capricorns: Celebrity Capricorn's List with the Love Light Spot Light Friday Song by Celebrity Capricorn, Singer - Tyrese

Happy Birthday Capricorns! Here's  a list  I compiled of  famous people who have celebrated birthdays in the first half of Capricorn, between Dec. 22 and today, Jan. 10th. 

Actor- Jim Carey, Born Jan. 17, 1962

Actor – Mekhi Phifer, Born Dec. 29, 1974

Actor – Morris Chestnut, Born Jan. 1, 1969

Rapper – Grandmaster Flash, Born Jan. 1, 1958

Actress – Sophie  Okonedo, Born Jan. 1, 1968

(She played the role of May Boatwright opposite Queen Latifah in the 2008 film, The Secret Life of Bees.)

Singer –Tank, Born Jan. 1, 1978

Tameka Foster, Born Jan. 1, 1971 - (Former wife of  singer, Usher Raymond) 

Actor – Cuba Gooding Jr. , Born Jan. 2, 1968

Actor – Taye Diggs, Born Jan. 2, 1971

Actor – Mel Gibson, Born Jan. 3, 1956

Actor – Bradley Cooper, Born Jan. 5, 1975

Dancing with the Stars Judge – Carrie Ann Inaba, Born Jan. 5, 1968

American dancer and choreographer who served as a judge on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

  

Actor – Robert Duvall, Born Jan. 5, 1931

Director – John Singleton, Born Jan. 6, 1968

Actor – Nicholas Cage, Born Jan. 7, 1964

News Anchor/TV Show Host – Katie Couric, Born Jan. 7, 1957

Singer/Actor – Elvis Presley, Born Jan. 8, 1935

Singer – R. Kelly, Born Jan. 8, 1967

Duchess of Cambridge – Kate Middleton, born Jan. 9, 1982

Famous Caps born today Jan. 10^th :

Singer – Rod Stewart, 1945

Boxer – George Foreman, 1949

Boxer – Felix Trinidad, 1973

And my Celebrity Capricorn pick this week, in the Love Light Spot Light also representing the Friday song for this week, is Singer/Actor-Tyrese. Born Tyrese Darnell Gibson, Dec. 30, 1978 in the Watts district of Los Angeles, where he also grew up with his two brothers raised by his mom as a single parent after his father left, he is better known in the entertainment industry today as simply, Tyrese.

Holding several titles under his belt as, Singer, Song Writer, Actor, Model, Film and Television Producer, MTV VJ, and Father to his daughter, Shayla Somer Gibson. He has also added Author to his long list of titles with his bestselling books, How To Get Out of Your Own Way, and Manology: The Secrets To Your Man's Mind Revealed, co-authored with his friend and mentor Rev. Run of, the higly acclaimed 80's rap group, Run DMC.

He began his career after being discovered on a bus which led to his appearance in the 1994 Coca-Cola television commercial advertisement, when the world was first blessed to hear his gifted voice, which I distinctly remember and still get chills down my back and butterfly's in my stomach as I reminisce about it while writing this. I can still see him singing that famous one liner yet popular catch phrase, "Always Coca-Cola." From there his professional singing career skyrocketed into the long list of successes he holds to date, which is not surprising since Capricorns are known as the zodiac sign of hard workers and high achievers.

Since then he has repeatedly made the Billboard charts with sizzling hot songs that appeal to his heavy following of female fans. With sexy, sultry, singles from his 1998 self-titled debut album, Tyrese, like, Lately and Sweet Lady, which earned him a Grammy award, he quickly became famous in the world of romance. His creative bodies of work as a singer/songwriter went on to include a string of lustful songs oozing with passion and seduction from his five albums released between 2001 to present, including his most recent hit single, Stay, from his 2011 cd, Open Invitation, that's still in heavy rotation on urban radio today. More recently, he joined creative forces with singers Ginuwine and Tank to form TGT , a collaborative cd released in 2013. His next solo project he's working on entitled, Black Rose, is expected to be released sometime this year 2014.

But his success and fame doesn't stop there. This celebrity Capricorn is far more than just a soulful singing, 5ft 11in tall piece of chocolate eye candy. He's also a credible actor who's proven talent has justly earned him the respect he deserves in Hollywood. His most notable work as an actor include his movie debut role as Jody in, fellow Capricorn, John Singleton's 2001 movie, Baby Boy and his role as Roman Pierce in the street car racing action series, 2 Fast 2 Furious, as well as Fast and Furious 5, 6 and 7 among a long list of other hot Hollywood action films.  

Lastly, here's a couple of little factoids you may not have known about Mr. Tyrese Gibson. Did you know he started singing at the age of 14?  He also attended Florida A&M University and is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. There's no doubt this abundantly talented Capricorn really lives up to the positive traits of being a high achieving, goal oriented, ambitious, family man born under the zodiac earth sign represented by the goat.

For all these aforementioned reasons it's easy to see why he's the perfect celebrity to be my pick for this weeks Love Light Spot Light, not only to represent his zodiac sign but my Inspirational Love Note Friday song as well. With that said, here's the video to his single, also perfectly befitting for my Love Note topic today, Signs of Love Makin', from his 2002 cd, I Wanna Go There.

Warning: This video is of mature content. Rated Grown & Sexy. So you might want to get your favorite glass of wine and a fan, like he has in the video, to cool you off afterward cause it is H....O...T...HOT! (LOL)

Until next time...I surround you in Love & Light! So always keep your heart open and your Love light shining bright. 



A One Love Production
By Anna M. Hendricks
Copyright 2014
Reference: wikipedia.org, 2014, famousbirthdays.com, 2014, 
Ganeshaspeaks.com/capricorn/capricorn-traits.action, 2013