User:Derek R Bullamore

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I am a married man, of 52 years of age, live in East Yorkshire, England, and have a life long interest in pop music. Specifically, over the past seven years, I have slowly compiled my own "Pop Star Birthday File" database. It currently has over 3,800 individual entries, which has been painstakingly 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 quickly 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 spend an inordinate amount of time trying to be as accurate as possible - frankly, I should get out more !

Indeed, I am a hospital radio presenter in East Yorkshire, where part of my weekly programme makes use of the forthcoming week’s entries in this "Pop Star Birthday File".

Should you care to examine my input to Wikipedia, you will find that it focuses primarily on factual information, relating to popular music star’s birth details etc. I can not pretend I am always correct - indeed I welcome alternative evidence to confound my so-called 'facts'. Just drop me a line, either via wikipedia, or through e-mail at - derekrbullamore@yahoo.co.uk

[edit] 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

February 2007

[edit] 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)