On this day in music history: Sound Currents, by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019):

The album Sound Currents,

by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

was released on May 17, 2019.

On this day in music history - 600 Years in a Moment, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2013):

The album 600 Years in a Moment,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on May 17, 2013.

On this day in music history - Flowers Of Fire, by Kathy Raimey (2001):

The album Flowers Of Fire,

by Kathy Raimey,

was released on May 17, 2001.

On this day in music history - Midnight at the Lost and Found, by Meat Loaf (1983):

The album Midnight at the Lost and Found,

by Meat Loaf, 

was released on May 17, 1983.

On this day in movie history - The Long Good Friday (1980):

The Long Good Friday,

directed by John Mackenzie,

written by Barrie Keeffe,

was released at the Cannes Film Market in France on May 17, 1980.
Music by Francis Monkman.

Cast:
Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan, Kevin McNally, Patti Love, P.H. Moriarty, Derek Thompson, Bryan Marshall, Ruby Head, Charles Cork, Olivier Pierre, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O'Malley, Dave King, Karl Howman, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Dave Ould, Paul Kember, Bill Moody, Alan Devlin, Eddie Constantine, Stephen Davies, Bruce Alexander, Nigel Humphreys, Brian Hayes, Georgie Phillips, Mary Sheen, Pauline Melville, Trevor Laird, Paul Barber, Dexter Fletcher, Billy Cornelius, Michael Ryan, Rob Walker, Nick Stringer, Gillian Taylforth, Robert Hamilton, James Ottaway, Roy Alon, Tony Rohr, Tony Clarkin, Tim Condren, George Coulouris, Maxwell Craig, Jim Dowdall, Harry Fielder, Terry Forrestal, Jill Goldston, Peter McNamara, Ralph G. Morse, Terence Plummer, Alan Talbot, Bill Weston.

On this day in movie history - In a Lonely Place (1950):

In a Lonely Place,

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Andrew P. Solt and Edmund H. North,

based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes,

was released in the United States on May 17, 1950.
Music by George Antheil.

Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks, Jack Reynolds.

Born on this day – Bill Paxton:

Bill Paxton

Actor

Director

Musician

May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017