On this day in music history - Life, by Michele McLaughlin (2017):

The album Life,

by Michele McLaughlin,

was released on February 10, 2017.

On this day in movie history - Blue Collar (1978):

Blue Collar,

directed by Paul Schrader,

written by Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader,

based on an article by Sydney A. Glass,

was released in the United States on February 10, 1978.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:
Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, Lucy Saroyan, Lane Smith, Cliff De Young, Borah Silver, Chip Fields, Harry Northup, Leonard Gaines, Milton Selzer, Sammy Warren, Jimmy Martinez, Jerry Dahlmann, Denny Arnold, Rock Riddle, Stacey Baldwin, Steve Butts, Stephen P. Dunn, Speedy Brown, Davone Florence, Eddie Singleton, Ava Singleton, Vermettya Royster, Jaime Carreire, Victoria McFarland, Gloria Delaney, Rosa Flores, Crystal McCarey, Debra Fay Walker, Gino Ardito, Sean Fallon Walsh, Jerry Snider, Colby Chester, Donl Morse, William Pelt, Tracey Walter, Almeria Quinn, Lee McDonald, Rodney Lee Walker, Jeannine Oppewall, Jimmy Williams.

Born on this day – Michael Apted:

Michael Apted

Director

Producer

February 10, 1941 – January 7, 2021

Born on this day – E. L. Konigsburg:

E. L. Konigsburg

Writer

Illustrator

Winner of the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor in 1968

February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013

Born on this day – Jerry Goldsmith:

Jerry Goldsmith

Composer

Conductor

February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 2 Days in the Valley (1996); 87th Precinct (1962); A Better Tomorrow II (1987); A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Ghost of a Chance (1973); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); A Patch of Blue (1965); A Step Out of Line (1971); A Tale of Two Galaxies (2007); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); A Walton's Family Reunion (2010); Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973); Adams of Eagle Lake (1975); Air Force One (1997); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alien (1979); Alien Nation (1988); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Along Came a Spider (2001); Amazing Stories (1986); An Evening with Friends of the Environment (1990); Angie (1994); Anna and the King (1972); Archer (1975); Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad (1996); Atop the Fourth Wall (2012–2016); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); Babe (1975); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); Bad Girls (1994); Bandolero! (1968); Barnaby Jones (1973–1980); Basic Instinct (1992); Basic Instinct 2 (2006); Ben Casey (1963–1965); Big Fat Liar (2002); Black Patch (1957); Black Saddle (1959–1960); Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bracken's World (1970); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breaking Point (1964); Breakout (1975); Brokedown Palace (1999); Brotherhood of the Gun (1991); Brows Held High (2013); Bruce Nul: Le Film (2013); Building a Better Mummy (1999); Business as Usual (1978); Cabo Blanco (1980); Cain's Hundred (1961–1962); Cannonball (2017); Capricorn One (1977); Catching Up (1975); CBS Playhouse (1968); Chain Reaction (1996); China Doll (1975); Chinatown (1974); Cine Chalom (2020); City Hall (1996); City of Fear (1959); Climax! (1954–1958); Colorado Inside Out (2016); Coma (1978); Confessions of a Teenage Supergirl (2006); Congo (1995); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Crawlspace (1972); Criminal Law (1988); Crosscurrent (1971); Curious George (2006); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015); Curious George: Go West, Go Wild (2020); Curious George: Royal Monkey (2019); Damien: Omen II (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Dancing with the Devil: An Appreciation of 'The Mephisto Waltz' (2017); Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980); Daughters of Darkness (1975); Deadpool 2 (2018); Deep Rising (1998); Dennis the Menace (1993); Despicable Me (2010); Destry (1964); Diamonds (1999); Diminishing Returns (2019–2022); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (1994); Django Unchained (2012); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Dr. Kildare (1961–1966); Drawing First Blood (2002); Dusty (1983); Dynamite (1978); Eerie Magazine (2020); El tapón (2011); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Executive Decision (1996); Explorers (1985); Extreme Prejudice (1987); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018); Fatal Attraction (1987); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Fierce Creatures (1997); Fireback (1983); Fireball Forward (1972); First Blood (1982); First Knight (1995); Flaming Star (1960); Fleshing Out the 'Hollow Man' (2000); For Better or Worse (1959); Forever Young (1992); Forfiter (2021); Freud (1962); Full Circle (1960–1961); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Gladiator (1992); Goliath (2016); Googas (2008); Greek Lightning (1973); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Gremlins: A Christmas Nightmare (2018); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Guts and Glory (2002); H.E.L.P. (1990); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawkins (1973–1974); Hercules (1997); High Velocity (1976); Hollow Man (2000); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2012–2017); Homecoming (2018); Hoosiers (1986); Hop (2011); Hour of the Gun (1967); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000); Hren' 2.0 (2011); Hudson Hawk (1991); I.Q. (1994); Ilik Dudaklar (1978); In Harm's Way (1965); In Like Flint (1967); Inchon (1981); Indict and Convict (1974); Innerspace (1987); Innerspace II (2018); Inside Man (2006); International Velvet (1978); Islands in the Stream (1977); Jericho (1966–1967); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); Justine (1969); Karpuzcu (1979); King Solomon's Mines (1985); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); Kingdom of the Spiders (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1985); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Confidential (1997); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2021); Launchpad (2021); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Legend (1985); Leviathan (1989); Lights Out (1972); Lilies of the Field (1963); Link (1986); Lionheart (1987); Logan's Run (1976); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003); Love Field (1992); MacArthur (1977); MacGyver (1989); Magic (1978); Mahal Kita (2004); Malcolm in the Middle (2003); Malice (1993); Man About Town (2006); Man on the Beach (1961); Masada (1981); Matinee (1993); Medical Story (1975); Medicine Man (1992); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970–1974); Morituri (1965); Morning Joe (2023); Mr. Baseball (1992); Mr. Mom (1983); Ms. Marvel (2022); Mulan (1998); Murder Most Foul (1964); Música de cine (2008); Nick Quarry (1968); Night Crossing (1982); Nixon in the Den (2015); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Not Without My Daughter (1991); Omen IV: The Awakening (1991); One Hit Wonderland (2014); One Little Indian (1973); One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966); One Spy Too Many (1966); Only Fools and Horses (1996); Operation Eos (2021); Our Man Flint (1966); Outland (1981); Papillon (1973); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Patton (1970); Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner (1997); Peck's Bad Girl (1959); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Pete and Gladys (1960); Planet of the Apes (1968); Players (1979); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Pleasure Island (1975); Police Story (1973–1979); Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Poltergeist (1982); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Powder (1995); Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (1965); Prometheus (2012); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Psycho II (1983); Pursuit (1972); QB VII (1974); Raggedy Man (1981); Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018); Rambo (2008); Rambo III (1988); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Rambo: Last Blood (2019); Rambo: The Rescue (1986); Rambo: The Video Game (2014); Rank (2015); Ransom (1974); Rawhide (1961); Rent-a-Cop (1987); Retail Trek: The Partnership (2006); Revenge of Middle Management: Star Wars Ep3 (2014); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Lobo (1970); Room 222 (1969–1974); Rudy (1993); Runaway (1984); S*P*Y*S (1974); Satisfaction Guaranteed (1976); Saturday Night Live (1994); Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023); Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010); Sebastian (1968); Seconds (1966); Selling a Hero (2002); Seven Days in May (1964); Shamus (1973); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Shock Treatment (1964); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Skin Deep (1982); Slave of Pleasure (1978); Sleeping with the Enemy (1991); Small Soldiers (1998); Soarin' (2001); Soarin' Around the World (2016); Solan Yaprak / Aga Düsen Kadin (1979); Some Jerk with a Camera (2011–2012); Speed (1994); Spielberg (2017); Spoof Trek IV: The Parody Home (2015); Stagecoach (1966); Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991); Star Trek Phase II (2004); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005); Star Trek: Enterprise E (2015–2018); Star Trek: Eye of the Tempest (2015); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Incident at Beta 9 (2002); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Star Trek: Nemesis (2002); Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023); Star Trek: Roddenberry - The Rhaquenion Incident (2004); Star Trek: The Final Darkness (2004); Star Trek: The Infinite Chain (1994); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994); Star Trek: The Romulan Wars (2006); Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Starship Valiant: Crosses to Bear (2016); Starship Valiant: Legacy (2014); Stealing Time (2009); Studio One (1958); Studs Lonigan (1960); Sunburst II (1984); Supergirl (1984); Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985); Survival (2010); Take a Hard Ride (1975); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Tarzan the Mighty Man (1974); Tatli Tatli (1975); Temple Grandin (2010); The 13th Warrior (1999); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Best of Times (1974); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Blue Max (1966); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The 'Burbs (1989); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The Chairman (1969); The Challenge (1982); The Cine-Masochist (2010–2017); The Clay of Kings (1953); The Crimebusters (1962); The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Edge (1997); The Expendables (1962); The Fantastic Heroes (1973); The Fear (El Miedo) (2006); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fire in Francesca (1977); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets (2002); The Fugitive (1964); The General with the Cockeyed Id (1964); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Going Up of David Lev (1973); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Haunting (1999); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hemingway Play (1976); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Human Adventure (2022); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Karate Killers (1967); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2003); The Kid (2000); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Ladiest Damn'd Lady: An Afternoon with Stella Stevens (2006); The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002); The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000); The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001); The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003); The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005); The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006); The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007); The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016); The Last Castle (2001); The Last Hard Men (1976); The Last Run (1971); The Last Sex Act (1978); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lineup (1954–1959); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Loner (1965–1966); The Lost World (2014); The Low Down (2000); The Man (1972); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–2015); The Man Who Saved the World (1982); The Mephisto Waltz (1971); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mummy (1999); The Omen (1976); The Omen (2006); The Oscars (2013); The Other (1972); The Pinball Arcade (2012); The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (2008); The Prize (1963); The Public Eye (1992); The Real Nam: Voices from Within (2002); The Red Pony (1973); The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The River Wild (1994); The Salamander (1981); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Satan Bug (1965); The Science of Star Trek (1995); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Shadow (1994); The Simpsons (1990–2019); The Spiral Road (1962); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Stripper (1963); The Sum of All Fears (2002); The Swarm (1978); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Untouchables (1993); The Vanishing (1993); The Waltons (1972–1981); The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980); The Wanderer (1956); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The Wind and the Lion (1975); They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists (2007); Thriller (1960–1962); Thunderheads (1972); Timeline (2003); To Trap a Spy (1964); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Total Recall (1990); Troldspejlet & Co. (2019); Troldspejlet (1989–2000); Twee Handen Op Een Buik (2007); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); U.S. Marshals (1998); Under Fire (1983); Valentine (2001); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Wagon Train (1961–1962); Wall Street (1987); Warlock (1989); Warning Shot (1966); Wayne's World (1992); We Get to Win This Time (2002); What If...? (2010); What's Up Doc? (1993–1994); Wild Rovers (1971); Winter Kill (1974); KRP in Cincinnati (1979); World in White (1957); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006–2009).

Born on this day – Willie Trice:

Willie Trice

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 10, 1908 – December 11, 1976

Born on this day – Lon Chaney Jr.:

Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor

February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973

Credits:

House of the Black Death (1971); Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971); The Female Bunch (1971); A Stranger in Town (1970); Fireball Jungle (1968); Buckskin (1968); Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); The Monkees (1966); Johnny Reno (1966); Apache Uprising (1965); Town Tamer (1965); Black Spurs (1965); Young Fury (1964); Thunder Rock (1964); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Witchcraft (1964); Law of the Lawless (1964); Route 66 (1961–1963); The Haunted Palace (1963); Empire (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1963); Rawhide (1959–1963); The Devil's Messenger (1962); Lawman (1962); The Rifleman (1962); The Phantom (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Deputy (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Klondike (1961); Stagecoach West (1961); Rebellion in Cuba (1961); Bat Masterson (1960); Lock Up (1960); La casa del terror (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); 13 Demon Street (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Border Patrol (1959); The Alligator People (1959); The Texan (1959); General Electric Theater (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Target (1958); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Tombstone Territory (1958); The Defiant Ones (1958); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Climax! (1954–1957); The Cyclops (1957); Studio 57 (1956); Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956); Pardners (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Telephone Time (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); Manfish (1956); The Indian Fighter (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Cavalcade of America (1954–1955); The Silver Star (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); The Black Pirates (1954); The Whistler (1954); Passion (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); Jivaro (1954); A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Bandit Island (1953); Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952); The Black Castle (1952); Springfield Rifle (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); High Noon (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Bride of the Gorilla (1951); Behave Yourself! (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); Inside Straight (1951); Once a Thief (1950); Captain China (1950); There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); The Life of Riley (1948); 16 Fathoms Deep (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Counterfeiters (1948); Albuquerque (1948); My Favorite Brunette (1947); Pillow of Death (1945); House of Dracula (1945); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Strange Confession (1945); The Frozen Ghost (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); The Mummy's Curse (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); Dead Man's Eyes (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Ghost Catchers (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); Weird Woman (1944); Calling Dr. Death (1943); Son of Dracula (1943); Crazy House (1943); Frontier Badmen (1943); What We Are Fighting For (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Keeping Fit (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Overland Mail (1942); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); North to the Klondike (1942); The Wolf Man (1941); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Riders of Death Valley (1941); San Antonio Rose (1941); Billy the Kid (1941); Too Many Blondes (1941); Man Made Monster (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); One Million B.C. (1940); Of Mice and Men (1939); City in Darkness (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Jesse James (1939); Road Demon (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Straight Place and Show (1938); Passport Husband (1938); Speed to Burn (1938); Josette (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Happy Landing (1938); City Girl (1938); Love and Hisses (1937); Checkers (1937); Second Honeymoon (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); Thin Ice (1937); One Mile from Heaven (1937); The Lady Escapes (1937); Wild and Woolly (1937); Born Reckless (1937); Slave Ship (1937); Angel's Holiday (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); That I May Live (1937); Secret Agent X-9 (1937); Midnight Taxi (1937); Love Is News (1937); Cheyenne Rides Again (1937); The Old Corral (1936); Rose Bowl (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Ace Drummond (1936); Undersea Kingdom (1936); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935); A Scream in the Night (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Captain Hurricane (1935); The Marriage Bargain (1935); Girl O' My Dreams (1934); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934); Son of the Border (1933); The Three Musketeers (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); The Last Frontier (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Galloping Ghost (1931); The Trap (1922).

Isabel Allende, on writing:

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

- Isabel Allende.