On this day in music history - Trialogue, by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman (2016):

The album Trialogue,

by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman,

was released on April 15, 2016.

On this day in music history - Reflections 2000-2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin, by Michele McLaughlin (2006):

The album Reflections 2000​-​2005,

The Best of Michele McLaughlin,

by Michele McLaughlin,

was released on April 15, 2006.

On this day in music history - Say You Will, by Fleetwood Mac (2003):

The album Say You Will,

by Fleetwood Mac,

was released on April 15, 2003.

On this day in music history - White Stones, by Secret Garden (1997):

The album White Stones,

by Secret Garden,

was released on April 15, 1997.

On this day in movie history - The Wages of Fear (1953):

The Wages of Fear

French title: Le Salaire de la peur,

directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,

written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérome Geronimi,

based on the novel by Georges Arnaud,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on April 15, 1953.
Music by Georges Auric.

Cast:
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Grégoire Gromoff, Josep Palau i Fabre, Faustini, Seguna, Darling Légitimus, René Baranger, Pat Hurst, Evelio Larenagas, Jeronimo Mitchell, Ricardo, François Valorbe, Rico Zermano.

On this day in movie history - Hoodlum Empire (1952):

Hoodlum Empire,

directed by Joseph Kane,

written by Bruce Manning and Bob Considine,

based on a story by Bob Considine,

was released in the United States on April 15, 1952.
Music by Nathan Scott.

Cast:
Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers, Taylor Holmes, Roy Barcroft, William Murphy, Richard Jaeckel, Don Beddoe, Roy Roberts, Richard Benedict, Phillip Pine, Damian O'Flynn, Pat Flaherty, Gertrude Astor, Walter Bacon, Joe Bailey.

Born on this day – Michael Kamen:

Michael Kamen

Composer

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1997

April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003

Credits:

Concert works:

24 Nights (1991); Concerto for Saxophone (1990); Guitar Concerto (with Tomoyasu Hotei) (1998); Live in Hyde Park (1997); Quintet (Canadian Brass) (2002); S&M (with Metallica) (1999); The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms (2001).

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 20 Moments That Rocked Pop (2015); A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Action Jackson (1988); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); Against the Ropes (2004); Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (2009); Alaska (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Idol (2003–2006); Angelo My Love (1983); Animals, Animals, Animals (1976); Anna Magdalena (1998); Arrested Development (2005); Asaf Avidan: Live at the Acropolis - Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2023); Assassins (1995); Australian Idol (2003); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Band of Brothers (2001); BaseBoys (2018); Beavis and Butt-Head (1994); Behind Poem (2004); Big Sister (2016); Blue Ice (1992); Boardwalk (1979); Boo, Zino & the Snurks (2004); Bordello of Blood (1996); Brandy: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (2000); Brazil (1985); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Bryan Adams in Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live at Wembley 1996) (1996); Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting: All for Love (1993); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (1991); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live) (1992); Bryan Adams: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (1995); Bryan Adams: Star (1996); Canadian Idol (2004); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Cine Chalom (2019–2020); Circle of Friends (1995); Classic Albums (2001); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Company Business (1991); Concert for George (2003); Crusoe (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2010–2015); Das Geheimnis von Schloss Balthasar (2011); David Gilmour Live 1984 (1984); Dead Bang (1989); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–2006); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Diminishing Returns (2016); Divendres (2011); Divorce (2013); Don Juan DeMarco (1994); Double You: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (2003); Earth to Echo (2014); EastEnders (1991–2013); Easter (2023–2024); Edge of Darkness (1985); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Em dónes vida. El llibre i el disc de La Marató (2011); Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (1991); Event Horizon (1997); Fair Game (1995); Family Guy (2009); First Daughter (2004); For Queen & Country (1988); Free Willy (1994); Frequency (2000); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Gintberg på kanten (2012); Gintberg på kanten (2014); Gladys Knight: Licence to Kill (1989); Godspell (1973); Hab (2020); Hand Made in Hong Kong..... The Making of Shanghai Surprise (1986); Ha-Shminiya (2006); Highlander (1986); Homeboy (1988); Hope Floats (1998); House of Fools (2002); Hudson Hawk (1991); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2004–2005); Idol (2002–2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Idols (2002–2009); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Inventing the Abbotts (1997); Jack (1996); Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (1998); Judge Dredd (1995); Kelly & Cal (2014); La Marató 2015 (2015); La vengeance est un plat qui ne se mange pas (2007); Ladykracher (2002); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Leaving the Life (2005); Let Him Have It (1991); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Licence to Kill (1989); Lifeforce (1985); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Liza's Pioneer Diary (1976); Love & Life (1992); Mad TV (2000); Marry Me (2014); McHale's Navy (1997); Memento (1993); Metallica: S&M (2000); Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone (1991); Mild Poison (1999); Mona Lisa (1986); Monkey Dust (2003); Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (2001); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Na plovárne (2003); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night City Angels (1981); Nothing But Trouble (1991); Open Range (2003); Operación triunfo (2001); Pavarotti & Friends 2 (1994); Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Polyester (1981); Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 (2012); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Radioman (2012); Reel Iconic (2015); Remember Me? (1997); Renegades (1989); Richard Osman's House of Games (2017); Rifftrax: Highlander (2011); Rifftrax: Road House (2016); Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987); Road House (1989); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991); Rodin mis en vie (1976); Rooftops (1989); Rude Tube (2013); S&M Documentary (2000); S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980); Scream Queens (2015); Scrubs (2003); Shanghai Surprise (1986); Shining Through (1992); Shoot for the Sun (1986); Singapore Idol (2004); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Splitting Heirs (1993); Spoof Movie No Jutsu! (2011); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Sting Feat. Eric Clapton: It's Probably Me (1992); Sting in The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994); Stonewall (1995); Strange Days (1995); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stunts (1977); Super Idol (2004); SuperStar KZ (2004); Suspect (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992–1993); Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Alps (2007); The Avengers (1998); The Beatles Revolution (2000); The Big Bang Theory (2007); The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000); The Dead Zone (1983); The Fighting Temptations (2003); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Heart Surgeon (1997); The Iron Giant (1999); The Krays (1990); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Longest Yard (2005); The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008); The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000); The Next Man (1976); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2016); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Video Pool (1996); The Winter Guest (1997); The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005); The X Factor UK (2005–2012); This Life (1996); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2015); Top of the Pops (1994–1995); Top of the Pops 2 (1999); Tosh.0 (2012); Traveling Hopefully (1982); Tvoje tvár má známý hlas (2016); Two-Fisted Tales (1992); Two-Fisted Tales / Showdown (1992); U Turn (1997); Ultrasordine (2007); Venom (1981); Visions (1976); Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll (2014); What Dreams May Come (1998); What's Up Doc? (1994); Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000); Who Are 'They'? (2006); Wilder Napalm (1993); X-Men (2000); X-Men: First Class (2011); X-Men: The Animated Series (1993); Zachariah (1971).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Montgomery:

Elizabeth Montgomery

Actress

April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); 78th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (1967); A Killing Affair (1977); ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1964); Act of Violence (1979); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Amos (1985); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1954); Batman: The Animated Series (1995); Belle Starr (1980); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Bewitched (1964–1972); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bikini Beach (1964); Bitter Heritage (1958); Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993); Boston Terrier (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); A Case of Rape (1974); CBS This Morning (1990–1992); Celebrity Recordathon (1996); Checkmate (1962); Chevrolet's Bewitching Bonanza (1964); Cimarron City (1958); Climax! (1956); Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988); Dark Victory (1976); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1985–1994); Face to Face (1990); Frontier Circus (1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Jennifer: A Woman's Story (1979); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Staccato (1959); Kraft Theatre (1954–1957); Missing Pieces (1983); Mrs. Sundance (1974); On the Run (1965); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One Step Beyond (1960); Password (1963–1974); Password Plus (1979); Playhouse 90 (1958); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Saints and Sinners (1963); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); Sins of the Mother (1991); Studio One (1955–1958); Suspicion (1958); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The Awakening Land (1978); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flintstones (1965); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1970–1975); The Investigator (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Panama Deception (1992); The Rules of Marriage (1982); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Untouchables (1960); The Victim (1972); Theatre '62 (1961); Thriller (1961); Wagon Train (1959); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); When the Circus Came to Town (1981); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); With Murder in Mind (1992).

Born on this day – Richard Rush:

Richard Rush

Director

April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021

Credits:

A Man Called Dagger (1968); Air America (1990); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part I (2019); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part II (2019); Color of Night (1994); Danger God (2018); Distortions (1988); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Getting Straight (1970); Hells Angels on Wheels (1967); Love & Haight (2003); Mod Squad (1968); Of Love and Desire (1963); Psych-Out (1968); Tales from the Script (2009); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Cups of San Sebastian (1967); The Maverick Career of Richard Rush (2011); The Savage Seven (1968); The Sinister Saga of Making 'the Stunt Man' (2000); The Stunt Man (1980); Thunder Alley (1967); Too Soon to Love (1960); Vegas Cinefest (2011).

Born on this day – Bessie Smith:

Bessie Smith

"Empress of the Blues"

Blues singer

April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937

Credits:

Albums and songs:

A Good Man Is Hard to Find; After You've Gone; Aggravatin' Papa; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Any Woman's Blues; Baby Doll; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Back Water Blues; Beale Street Mama; Bessie Smith Album (1938); Black Mountain Blues; Bleeding Hearted Blues; Blue Blues; Blue Spirit Blues; Boweavil Blues; Bye Bye Blues; Careless Love Blues; Careless Love; Cemetery Blues; Chicago Bound Blues; Cold in Hand Blues; Devil's Gonna Git You; Dirty No Gooder's Blues; Dixie Flyer Blues; Don't Cry Baby; Down Hearted Blues; Downhearted Blues; Dyin' by The Hour; Dying Gambler's Blues; Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Eavesdropper Blues; Empress of the Blues (1940); Empress of the Blues, Vol. II (1947); Empty Bed Blues Pt1; Empty Bed Blues Pt2; Empty Bed Blues; Far Away Blues; Florida Bound Blues; Follow the Deal on Down; Foolish Man Blues; Frankie Blues; Frosty Mornin' Blues; Gin House Blues; Golden Rule Blues; Graveyard Dream Blues; Gulf Coast Blues; Hard Driving Papa; Hard Time Blues; Hateful Blues; Haunted House Blues; He's Gone Blues; He's Got Me Goin'; Homeless Blues; Honey Man Blues; Hot Springs Blues; House Rent Blues; Hustlin' Dan; I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle; I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle; I Ain't Got Nobody; I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama; I Want Every Bit of It; I'd Rather be Dead and Buried in my Grave; If You Don't, I Know Who Will; I'm Going Back to My Used to Be; I'm Wild About that Thing; In the House Blues; It Makes My Love Come Down; It Won't Be You; I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It; I've Got What It Takes; J.C.Holmes Blues; Jail House Blues; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town; Keep It to Yourself; Keeps on A Rainin All Time; Lady Luck Blues; Lock and Key Blues; Lonesome Desert Blues; Long Old Road; Lookin' for My Man Blues; Lost Your Head Blues; Louisiana Low Down Blues; Love Me Daddy Blues; Mama's Got the Blues; Me and My Gin; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues; Midnight Blues; Mistreatin' Daddy; Moan Mourners; Money Blues; Moonshine Blues; Mountain Top Blues; Muddy Water; My Kitchen Man; My Man Blues; My Sweetie Went Away; Nashville Women's Blues; Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl; New Gulf Coast Blues; New Orleans Hop Scop Blues; Nobody in Town Can Bake a Jelly Roll Like My Man; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Nobody's Blues but Mine; Oh Daddy Blues; On Revival Day; One and Two Blues; Outside of That; Pickpocket Blues; Pinchbacks, Take 'em Away; Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind; Poor Man's Blues; Preachin' the Blues; Put It Right Here; Rainy Weather Blues; Reckless Blues; Red Mountain Blues; Rocking Chair Blues; Safety Mama; Salt Water Blues; Sam Jones' Blues; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; Shipwreck Blues; Sinful Blues; Sing Sing Prison Blues; Slow and Easy Man; Sobbin' Hearted Blues; Soft Pedal Blues; Sorrowful Blues; Spider Man Blues; Squeeze Me; St Louis Blues; St Louis Gal; Standin' in The Rain Blues; Sweet Mistreater; Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do; T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness if I Do; Take It Right Back; The Bessie Smith Story, in 4 Volumes (1951); The St. Louis Blues; Them Has Been Blues; Them's Graveyard Words; There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; Thinking Blues; Ticket Agent Easy Your Window Down; Trombone Cholly; Washwoman's Blues; Wasted Life Blues; Weeping Willow Blues; What's the Matter Now?; Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time; Woman's Trouble Blues; Work House Blues; Worn out Papa Blues; Yellow Dog Blues; Yes Indeed He Do; Yodeling Blues; You Don't Understand; You Ought to be Ashamed; Young Woman's Blues; You've Been a Good Ole Wagon; You've Got to Give Me Some.

Movies and television:

...and Beautiful II (1970); 7T3 (1988); A Good Man (2014); A Huey P. Newton Story (2001); All You Need Is Love (1977); American Masters (1989); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Angel Heart (1987); Arena (1993); Bessie (2015); Bessie Smith (1969); Billie (2019); BioShock Infinite (2013); Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (1971); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Boardwalk Empire (2012); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Brown Sugar (1986); Carbon Copy (1981); Carnivàle (2003); Cold Case (2005); Die Schauspielerin (1988); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); En kvinnas huvud (1997); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Fast Color (2018); FDR (1982); Great Performances (2003); History Lessons (2000); Idlewild (2006); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Jailhouse Blues (1929); Jazz (2001); Jazz Britannia (2005); Jimmy's Hall (2014); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); La route du blues (2003); Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016); Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990); Les Temps Modernes (2016); Lucky Lady (1975); Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2015); Moths (2010); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); Nights in Rodanthe (2008); Nun (2017); ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019); Rich and Famous (1981); 'Round Midnight (1986); Sanford and Son (1975); Shining Girls (2022); Sing Sing Thanksgiving (1973); Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016); Soul Power! (2013); Sound of Metal (2019); Sound of Song (2015); St. Louis Blues (1929); Sympathy for the Devil (1972); Tales from the Loop (2020); That's Black Entertainment (1990); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Blues (2003); The Butcher's Wife (1991); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Goldfinch (2019); The Hour (2011); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Originals (2015); The Shuroo Process (2021); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021); Water for Elephants (2011); Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017).

Born on this day – Florence Bates:

Florence Bates

Actress

April 15, 1888 - January 31, 1954

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953); Paris Model (1953); Street to Broadway (1953); Private Secretary (1953); My Little Margie (1952–1953); My Hero (1953); The Hank McCune Show (1951–1953); Our Miss Brooks (1952); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Four Star Playhouse (1952); I Married Joan (1952); Les Miserables (1952); The San Francisco Story (1952); I Love Lucy (1952); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1951–1952); Havana Rose (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Tall Target (1951); Father Takes the Air (1951); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Dick Tracy (1950); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); County Fair (1950); The Second Woman (1950); Belle of Old Mexico (1950); On the Town (1949); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); My Dear Secretary (1948); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); River Lady (1948); Winter Meeting (1948); The Inside Story (1948); I Remember Mama (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); Desire Me (1947); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); Love and Learn (1947); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Man I Love (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Claudia and David (1946); The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946); Whistle Stop (1946); San Antonio (1945); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Out of This World (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Tahiti Nights (1944); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Kismet (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); His Butler's Sister (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Mister Big (1943); Slightly Dangerous (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); The Moon and Sixpence (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); Kathleen (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Love Crazy (1941); Strange Alibi (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Road Show (1941); Kitty Foyle (1940); Hudson's Bay (1940); The Son of Monte Cristo (1940); Calling All Husbands (1940); Rebecca (1940); The Man in Blue (1937); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); Stump the Stars (1950).

Introvert insight:

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

– Liv Tyler.

I am a minimalist.
I like saying the most with the least.

– Bob Newhart.

I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

– Marilynne Robinson.

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

– Bertrand Russell.

Anais Nin, on writing:

If you do not breathe through writing,

if you do not cry out in writing,

or sing in writing,

then don't write,

because our culture has no use for it.

– Anais Nin.