On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Kokomo.

Released August 1, 2023.

Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.

Written by Taylor Elmore, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Ravi Patel, Jessika Van, Jalen Gilbert, Yosef Kasnetzkov, Alexander Pobutsky, Nick Druzbanski, Eddie Martinez, Erin Minervini, Evan Mulrooney, Andre Bellos.

On this day in music history - The Flowers Suite, by Barbara Hills (2018):

The Flowers Suite

Album by Barbara Hills,

released August 1, 2018.

Track list:

Love-In-A-Mist; Among Lilies; Through Iris Halls; The First Snowdrop; When Cherry Blossoms Fall; On Hawkweed Bank; Sweet William; Forget-Me-Nots; Creeping Buttercup; Where Heather Grows; Hedgerow Walk; Canyons of the Black Tulip.

On this day in music history - Transformation, by Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney (2013):

Transformation

Album by Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney,

released August 1, 2013.

Track list:

Alger St; Confused; Reflection; Early Spring; Joplin; White Sky In November; Jane’S Song; The Door.

On this day in music history - August, by Amy Lauren (2010):

August

Album by Amy Lauren,

released August 1, 2010.

Track list:

I’ll Follow You; Travel This River; Fireflies; The Distance; Fly Away; Road to Allay; The Rain Came Down; Sunset Serene; August; Keeper of Light; Resolution; Summer’s End.

On this day in music history - Blue Dream, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2008):

Blue Dream

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released August 1, 2008.

Track list:

Contemplating; Sunrise At Ularu; Samite’s Interlude (Fiona Joy Hawkins & Samite Mulondo); Song Phonique; Indigo Interlude; The Void; Turquoise Interlude (Fiona Joy Hawkins & Philip Aaberg); Voice of Angels; Cobalt Interlude; Prelude to a Painting; The Midnight Interlude; Moving On; Azure Interlude; Somewhere.

On this day in music history - Mystical America, by Laura Sullivan (2004):

Mystical America

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released August 1, 2004.

Track list:

America’s Stonehenge; Chaco Canyon; Coral Castle; The Bighorn Medicine Wheel; Tongass Islands; The Serpent Mound; Red Rock Ridge; Pictograph Cave; The Heavener Runestone; Sedona; Hawaiian Islands; Mt. Shasta (Arrangement of the Moonlight Sonata).

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):

Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Dead-End for Delia.

Released August 1, 1993.

Directed by Phil Joanou.

Written by William Campbell Gault, Scott Frank.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by William Campbell Gault.

Opening theme by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Paul Guilfoyle, Vondie Curtis Hall, Dan Hedaya, Wayne Knight, Patrick Masset, John Putch, Thomas Kopache, Frank Patton III/Frank Taglia, Alpheus Merchant, Scott Weintraub, Lynette Walden.

On this day in movie history - Young Guns II (1990):

Young Guns II

directed by Geoff Murphy,

written by John Fusco,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1990.
Music by Alan Silvestri and Jon Bon Jovi.

Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, R.D. Call, James Coburn, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper, Tom Kurlander, Viggo Mortensen, Leon Rippy, Tracey Walter, Bradley Whitford, Scott Wilson, Jenny Wright, John Hammil, William J. Fisher, Carlotta Garcia, Joy Bouton, Albert Trujillo, Alina Arenal, John Alderson, Lee de Broux, Sixto Joost, Rudy Sena, Adam Taylor, Redmond Gleeson, David Paul Needles, Jerry Gardner, Domingo Ambriz, Sonny Skyhawk, Richard Schiff, Stephan Kraus, Nick Gomez, Mark Bustamante, Airen Balen, Don Simpson, Holt Parker, Tony Frank, Frank Fierro Jr., Rene L. Moreno, Chief Buddy Redbow, Danielle Blanchard, Joey Hamlin, Alexis Alexander, Ginger Lynn, Iris Pappas, Ed Adams, Mark Silverstein, Boots Southerland, Bud Stout, Howard Young, John Fusco, Walter Feldbusch, Bo Greigh, Thomas Byrd, Donald Guideau, Robert Harvey, Ted Kairys, William Upchurch, Michael Eiland, Jon Bon Jovi, Don 'Tex' Clark, Rusty Lee, Kerry Wallum.

On this day in music history - Ashes To Ashes, by David Bowie (1980):

The song Ashes To Ashes,

by David Bowie,

was released on August 1, 1980.

On this day in movie history - American Graffiti (1973):

American Graffiti

directed by George Lucas,

written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1973.
Music by Kim Fowley, Karin Green and George Lucas.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby Celiz, Lynne Marie Stewart, Terence McGovern, Kathleen Quinlan, Ty Crowley, Scott Beach, John Brent, Gordon Analla, John Bracci, Jody Carlson, Del Close, Chuck Dorsett, Stephen Knox, Joe Miksak, George Meyer, James Cranna, Johnny Weissmuller Jr., William Niven, Al Nalbandian, Bob Pasaak, Christopher Pray, Susan Richardson, Fred Ross, Jan Dunn, Charlie Murphy, Ed Greenberg, Lisa Herman, Mark Anger, Kay Lenz, Caprice Schmidt, Joe Spano, Debralee Scott, Ron Vincent, Donna Wehr, Cam Whitman, Jan Wilson, Suzanne Somers, Flash Cadillac, Linda Christensen, Jeannette Dilger, Dennis Falt, Warren Knight, Paul Lambert, Ken Martinez, Rick May, Sam McFadin, Kris Moe, Linn Phillips III, George Robinson.

August in music history - I’m John Lee Hooker, by John Lee Hooker (1959):

I’m John Lee Hooker

Album by John Lee Hooker,

released August 1959.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list:

Dimples; Hobo Blues; I’m So Excited; I Love You Honey; Boogie Children; Little Wheel; I’m In The Mood; Maudie; Crawlin’ King Snake; Every Night; Time Is Marching; Baby Lee.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder (1946):

Deadline for Murder

directed by James Tinling,

written by Irving Cummings Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1946.
Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Jerome Cowan, Renee Carson, Marion Martin, Joan Blair, Eddie Marr, Matt McHugh, Jody Gilbert, Emory Parnell, John Ardell, Larry J. Blake, Tom Burton, André Charlot, Chick Collins, Lester Dorr, Jimmie Dundee, Frank Eldredge, Herbert Evans, Bruce Fernald, Cay Forester, Stewart Garner, Art Gilmore, Ernest Hilliard, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddie Kane, Mary Moore, Jack Mulhall, William Newell, Spec O’Donnell, Jimmy O’Gatty, Joey Ray, Syd Saylor, Clarence Straight, Phil Tead, Ray Teal, Lillian West, Chalky Williams, Charles Williams, Guy Zanette.

On this day in movie history - Crime Unlimited (1935):

Crime Unlimited

directed by Ralph Ince,

written by Brock Williams and Ralph Smart,

based on the novel by David Hume,

was released in the United Kingdom on August 1, 1935.

Cast:

Esmond Knight, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker, George Merritt, Richard Grey, Raymond Lovell, Graham Soutten, Peter Gawthorne, Wyndham Goldie, Jane Millican, Stella Arbenina, Bellenden Clarke, Sara Allgood, Cathleen Cavanagh, Wally Patch.

Born on this day – Saskia Post:

Saskia Post

Actress

August 1, 1960 – March 16, 2020

Credits:

A Country Practice (1985–1988); All Together Now (1991); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995); Bliss (1985); City Homicide (2010); Dogs in Space (1986); Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000); Gary Petty (2000); Ladykiller (1996); Melba (1988); Ocean Girl (1996); One Night Stand (1984); Proof (1991); Return to Eden (1986); Short Cuts (2002); Sons and Daughters (1982–1983); The Sullivans (1982–1983); Throbbin' 84 (2024); True Love and Chaos (1997).