HOME POPSTROLOGY 101 WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? THE ORIGINS OF POPSTROLOGY ABOUT THE AUTHOR CONTACT US Start        Birth Years        Birthstars        Constellations You may not be the Godfather of Soul, but you're definitely on his Christmas list. Who would have thought that a guy who cribbed his look from the Little Rascals and his sound from Paul McCartney and his name from the creators of the Mikado would end up a heroic champion of artistic originality? That an Irishman with a bowl cut, suspenders, and pants that ended at the knee would become a revolutionary force in the world of hip-hop? It all started with a massive #1 single that had Americans weeping to their AM radios in the summer of '72. Alone Again (Naturally) made your Birthstar the popstrological king of 1972, and when it was sampled without permission on Biz Markie's 1991 album I Need A Haircut, it also made him the winner of a landmark copyright-infringement case that established the guiding legal principles regarding sampling. As a performer, your Birthstar was far from Sexy and heaven knows that he was Whitebread, but by getting James Brown and George Clinton paid for their foundational contributions to hip-hop, your Birthstar became a member of the constellation Invisible Hand and an indirect force of *ss-shaking funk and popstrological Soul. On the outside you may sometimes play the doofus, but on the inside you are nobody's dunce. Birthsong Alone Again (Naturally)  Jul 23-Aug 19 and Aug 27-Sep 9, 1972 Ben Affleck (8/15/72), Cameron Diaz (8/31/72) and Chris Tucker (8/31/72) are children of Gilbert O'Sullivan. ©2004 All rights reserved. "Popstrology" is a trademark of Ian Van Tuyl. Buy the Book at...