LOGICAL DEDUCTIONS

from the Poem "MONDAY'S CHILD"

by Caryl Burtner

Born on Monday, the following are fair of face:

Charo, Nat King Cole, Pat Benetar, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Idol, George Gershwin, Anita Bryant, Grace Jones, Tony Bennett, Artie Shaw, Solomon Grundy, Rod Stewart, Peter Tosh, Gene Vincent, Rickie Lee Jones, Bob Marley, Tammy Wynette.

Born on Tuesday, the following are full of grace:

Sam Cooke, Bonnie Raitt, Julie Andrews, Paula Abdul, Sammy Davis Jr., Sting, Eydie Gorme, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Michael, Barry White, Janis Joplin, Cindy Lauper, Patti Page, Todd Rundgren

Born on Wednesday, the following are full of woe:

Maurice Chevalier, Bryan Ferry, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Frankie Avalon, Boy George, Charlie Byrd, Diahann Carroll, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Tom Waits, David Byrne, John Lennon, Neil Young, Steve Winwood

Born on Thursday, the following have far to go:

Paul Anka, Sarah Vaughan, Maria Von Trapp, Pearl Bailey, John Cage, Ike Turner, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltry, Dorothy Dandridge, Karen Carpenter, Jackie Wilson, Tom Petty, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Patsy Cline, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

Born on Friday, the following are loving and giving:

Chubby Checker, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Jon Bon Jovi, Pat Boone, Iggy Pop, Irving Berlin, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Donna Summer, Gene Krupa, Liberace, Van Morrison

Born on Saturday, the following work hard for a living:

Tina Turner, Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa, Sade, Hank Williams, Joan Armatrading, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Prince, Jerry Garcia, Tommy Roe, Keith Richard, Al Green, Cole Porter, Bobby Goldsboro, Nancy Sinatra, Suzanne Vega

Born on the Sabbath, the following are fair & wise & good & gay:

Deborah Harry, Robert Goulet, Dizzie Gillespie, Marianne Faithfull, Fats Dominoe, Herb Alpert, Belinda Carlisle, Bobby Sherman, Julie London, Frank Sinatra, Grace Slick, Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross, Peggy Lee, Ringo Starr


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