Saturday, May 17, 2025

On this day in music history - Casta Diva, by Cecilia Bartoli (2024):


Casta Diva

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released May 17, 2024.

Track list:

"Casta Diva" (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Nacqui All'affanno E Al Pianto" - "Non Più Mesta; "Cari Giorni" (Romanza Der Ines); Una Parola.Chiedi All'aura; "Mira, O Norma" (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); "Si, Fino All'ore Estreme" (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Prendi: L'anel Ti Dono [Edit]; No Mia Vita, Mio Tesoro; O Rendetemi la Speme; Ira Del Ciel; Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; La Danza; No. 12, Voi Che Sapete; Il Cor VI Dono; Se Mai Senti Spirarti Sul Volto; Come Nave in Mezzo All'onde; Di' Cor Mio; Ma Quando Tornerai.

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


Sound Currents

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,
released May 17, 2019.

Track list:

A Sound Traveler’s Dream; Following The Current; Canyon Echoes; Star Trails; Timeless Flow; Night Tides; Midnight Mystique; This Side of Silence; Theta Waves.

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


600 Years in a Moment

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,
released May 17, 2013.

Track list:

600 Years; Naked Love; The Journey; Earthbound; Gliding; Tango on Wednesday; Running on Joy; Ancient Albatross; The Lost Ballerina; Antarctica; Captured Freedom; Forgivness.

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


Flowers Of Fire

Album by Kathy Raimey,
released May 17, 2001.

Track list:

Flowers of Fire; Reverie; Questions to the Sea; Farewell to Lee; Shimmer Float.

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


Midnight at the Lost and Found

Album by Meat Loaf,
released May 17, 1983.

Track list:

Razor’s Edge; Midnight at the Lost and Found; Wolf at Your Door; Keep Driving; The Promised Land; You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl; Priscilla; Don’t You Look at Me Like That; If You Really Want to; Fallen Angel.

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 television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 34.
Episode entitled: Two Days for Willy.
Released May 17, 1960.
Directed by Donald McDougall.
Written by Terry Crosby and Dennis Roberts.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Alan Hale, Peggy Webber, Harry Lauter, Mark Tapscott, Bob Hoy, Stephen Talbot.

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.