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Revision as of 11:48, 30 October 2012

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I am a 57 year old married man, live in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and have a life long interest and passion for popular music.

Over the past decade, I compiled my own 'Pop Star Birthday File' database. It currently has almost 3,900 entries, which has been researched through more media than I care to remember. Subterfuge over actual birth details is a popular occupation by show business managers, promoters, etc. Consequently I learned to check, double check, and triple check every piece of information that I uncovered regarding date of birth, place of birth, real full name and so on, of every artist. I have not kept a note of exactly where each minutiae was uncovered, but I have a copious library of reference work (see below), and at one time spent an inordinate amount of time trying to be as accurate as possible. To be frank, I do not know why. Rather like collecting stamps or noting railway engine numbers, you seemingly have got to do something.

For a considerable time, I was a hospital radio presenter in East Yorkshire, where part of my then weekly programme made use of the forthcoming week's entries in that 'Pop Star Birthday File'. I can not pretend I am always correct - indeed I welcome alternative evidence to confound my so-called 'facts'.

In recent years, my input to Wikipedia has concentrated on creating, enhancing, expanding and referencing many music related articles.

Just drop me a line, either via Wikipedia, or through e-mail at - derekrbullamore@yahoo.co.uk.

November 2011

Reference books

  • British Hit Singles - 8th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-941-2
  • British Hit Singles - 14th Edition - ISBN 0-85156-156-X
  • British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 085112-190-X
  • British Hit Singles & Albums - 19th Edition - ISBN 1-904994-10-5
  • The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 3rd Edition - ISBN 0-85112-888-2
  • The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
  • Guinness Rockopedia - ISBN 0-85112-072-5
  • The Book of Golden Discs - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6
  • The Great Rock Discography - 5th Edition - ISBN 1-84195-017-3
  • The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray - ISBN 1-85868-255-X
  • The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits - ISBN 0-85112-250-7
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music - ISBN 1-904041-96-5
  • NME Rock 'N' Roll Years - CN 5585

Stars and stripes

A Barnstar!
The Barnstar of Diligence
Derek R Bullamore, I award you the Barnstar of Diligence for your months of outstanding hard work furnishing Wikipedia with the facts of musical life, and in particular for your sharing of new information in a true community spirit. It warms my heart. Vinoir 19:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Rdbrewster has awarded you The Original Barnstar for your excellent contribution to Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers! Thanks, Derek! My original gave hardly any detail (because I didn't know that much about them). Now, thanks to you, it is a great article! Rdbrewster♪♫♪ 17:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your impressive work on Joe Jackson. Garion96 (talk) 23:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
The Music Barnstar
An overdue Music Award, in particular my appreciation for your efforts keeping an eye on Shirley Bassey. (I can't take my eye off her, either.) Nyctc7 (talk) 04:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
Here is a token of my appreciation for the efforts you placed into rescuing all these articles, in what is undoubtedly a stressful time for you. Having every of your contributions scrutinized is not a comfortable place to be. Don't think even for a moment that your efforts aren't valued. MLauba (talk) 22:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For the time and effort you put in to improving the project. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:38, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
The Content Creativity Barnstar
For the creation of Max Morath. Great work. Yworo (talk) 20:07, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
The Biography Barnstar
To commemorate the achievement of writing 250 new articles - mostly but not all biographical, I suspect... It's how they would have wanted to be remembered! Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:19, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
Thanks for starting Hattie Hart. good job. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:34, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar
On behalf of WikiProject Eurovision I would like to award you with this barnstar as a sign of appreciation for all the reflink repair work you have done across so many Eurovision Song Contest articles. It truly is appreciated. Wesley Mouse 11:34, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
I appreciate your all previous and present works, especially fixing the references per linkrot that is hard work.Thanks. Justice007 (talk) 11:12, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
Thanks for all the reference-filling you've been doing! :) Ironholds (talk) 19:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For your diligence in the use of Reflinks to fill in bare urls. Almost as soon as I tag an article for using bar urls, you are there and remedy the situation. Thank you. NtheP (talk) 15:53, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
An appreciation Barnstar
An appreciation barnstar in recognition of your all past and present works on Wikipedia. Justice007 (talk) 13:13, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
For all the hard work you do in repairing bare urls. Exceptional work ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 20:59, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations on twenty-five DYK articles! Moonraker2 (talk) 00:00, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations are in order! You have created or expanded 50 articles that appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page; articles primarily about blues musicians. Thank you for expanding the wealth of human knowledge in this well-deserving area. Great work! Binksternet (talk) 13:42, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

How many / how long / who cares ?

67,000+This user has made more than 67,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 8 months and 20 days.
This user is one of the 1000 most active English Wikipedians of all time.




Articles created

307 new Wikipedia articles:

         

Did you know(s)

55 Did you knows:

Updated DYK query On 4 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milk and Alcohol, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On October 29, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Olympic Runners, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On November 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Big Joe Duskin, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On November 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lonesome Sundown, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On December 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sugar Blue, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On December 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Whistlin' Alex Moore, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On December 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Harman, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On December 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Otis Grand, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On January 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddie Mapp, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On January 29, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Willie Love, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 2, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Son Bonds, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maggie Jones (blues musician), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 8, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Buster Pickens, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ramblin' Thomas, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shakey Jake Harris, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 18, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alec Seward, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 19, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Titus Turner, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Washboard Willie, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Baby Tate, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On March 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Little Sonny, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On March 12, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddie "Guitar" Burns, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On March 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mike Morgan (musician), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On March 20, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jimmy Burns, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On March 20, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johnnie Bassett, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Reds or blues

This is a provisional, 'work in progress' list, relating primarily to 'obscure' blues musicians. However, several of those listed may well fall into the R&B, country and/or jazz genres. It is likely that some of those currently listed will fail the current Wikipedia notability criteria. If that is clearly the case, then I will remove those names. Otherwise, and allowing for the usual verifiable sources being available, then the quest is to change a fair number of the 'red links' into 'blues' (pun intended).

As this list is now public property, I have absolutely no objection to anyone with an interest seeking to assist. It would be helpful, to avoid potential duplication of effort, if anyone contributing makes their interest known. Thank you.

 

Clarence Hollimon [1] [2]

T. D. Bell [3] [4] [5]

Clifford Hayes [6] [7] [8]

Tom McFarland [9] [10] [11]

Jimmie Gordon [12] [13]

Willie Foster [14] [15] [16]

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] (& Juke Blues #70)

Sidney Maiden [22] [23] [24] [25]

Isaac Scott (musician) [26] [27] [28]

 

Queen Sylvia Embry [29] [30] [31] [32]

The Fieldstones [33] [34] [35] [36]

Ted Bogan [37] [38] [39]

William Harris (musician) [40] [41] [42] [43]

Buddy Boy Hawkins [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]

Johnny Fuller (musician) [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

Kelley Hunt [57] [58] [59]? [60]

Texas Johnny Brown [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67]

Reneé Austin [68] [69]? [70] [71] [72] [73] [74]

Ernie Lancaster [75] [76] [77] [78]

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:41, 18 October 2011 (UTC) - updated October 2012

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