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 - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959):

Plan 9 from Outer Space

directed and written by Ed Wood,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1959.
Narrated by Criswell.
Music compiled by Gordon Zahler.

Cast:

Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Joanna Lee, John Breckinridge, Lyle Talbot, David De Mering, Norma McCarty, Bill Ash, Lynn Lemon, Ben Frommer, Gloria Dea, Conrad Brooks, Maila Nurmi / Vampira, Bela Lugosi, Criswell, Donald A. Davis, Johnny Duncan, Karl Johnson, Tom Mason, J. Edward Reynolds, Pauline Reynolds, Clay Stone, Hugh Thomas Jr., Edward D. Wood Jr.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 40.
Episode entitled: Death Is a Clock.
Released July 3, 1959.
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller.
Written by Rik Vollaerts.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Madlyn Rhue, Douglas Henderson, Stacy Harris, James Seay, Claire Carleton, Vernon Rich, Walter Bacon, Richard LaMarr, George Selk.

On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959):

Anatomy of a Murder

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.
Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 39.

Episode entitled: The Platter Pirates.

Released June 26, 1959.

Directed by Dan Alexander.

Written by Robert C. Dennis and Jon Kubichan.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gale Robbins, Tommy Farrell, Patricia Huston, Lou Krugman, Baynes Barron, Howard McLeod, Bruce Hayes, Frank Garfield, Robin Raymond.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 38.

Episode entitled: Mr. Grim’s Rabbits.

Released June 19, 1959.

Directed by David Butler.

Written by Melvin Levy.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Carole Mathews, Tim Graham, Ralph Clanton, Patricia Michon, Freeman Lusk, Terry Frost, Voorheis J. Ardoin, Michael Carr, Jerry Hall, Don Hix.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 37.
Episode entitled: Decoy in White.
Released June 12, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Robert Tallman.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mike Road, Mike Mazurki, James Flavin, Judy Bamber, Maggie McCarter, Dorothea Lord.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 36.
Episode entitled: The Dangerous Game.
Released June 5, 1959.
Directed by Bretaigne Windust.
Written by Joel Kane, Allen H. Miner and Frank L. Moss.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Kasey Rogers, Jonathan Hole, Paul Lukather, Laurie Mitchell, House Peters Jr., Mary Gregory, Max Dommar.

June in music history - B.B. King Wails, by B.B. King And His Orchestra (1959):

B.B. King Wails

Album by B.B. King And His Orchestra,
released in June 1959.
Exact release date unknown.

Track list:

Joe Josea; I’ve Got Papers on You, Baby; Tomorrow Is Another Day; Come by Here; The Fool;  Love You So; The Woman I Love; We Can’t Make It Right; Treat Me Right; Time to Say Goodbye.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 35.
Episode entitled: High School Bride.
Released May 29, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Robert C. Dennis.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jimmy Murphy, Marion Ross, Jeanne Bates, Rusty Lane, Deanna Ross, Phil Arnold.

Born on this day – Robyn Bernard:

Robyn Bernard

Actress

Musician

Singer

Pianist

May 26, 1959 – March 12, 2024

Credits:

Betty Blue (1986); Diva (1981); General Hospital (1984–1990); Hour Magazine (1986); Kings for a Day (1997); Maigret (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Simon & Simon (1983); The Facts of Life (1984); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); Tour of Duty (1988); Voices from the High School (2002); Whiz Kids (1983); Win, Lose or Draw (1988).

Born on this day – David Harris:

David Harris

Actor

Producer

May 23, 1959 – October 25, 2024

Credits:

18 Wheels of Justice (2001); A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982); A Soldier's Story (1984); Any Day Now (2000); Attica (1980); Badge of the Assassin (1985); Benny's Place (1982); Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997); Brubaker (1980); Cop Rock (1990); Crime Story (1988); DEA (1990); Dead End City (1988); Death Penalty (1980); Dish Dogs (2000); Elementary (2014); Equal Justice (1991); ER (2000); Fatal Beauty (1987); Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Fire with Fire (1986); First Wives Club (2019); Form, Space & Murder (1997); Great Performances (1977); Hill Street Blues (1984–1986); His Dying Wish (2016); In the Heat of the Night (1988); In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994); Instinct (2018); James White (2015); Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976); Kojak (1977); Law & Order (2010); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012); MacGyver (1986); Maniac (2013); Martial Law (1999); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997); Mommy's Box (2016); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); NYPD Blue (1993–2002); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Philly (2001); Profiler (1997); Purple Hearts (1984); Quicksilver (1986); Simon & Simon (1988); Straight (2014); The Andy Troy Show (2017); The Beginning: From Novel to Screen (2005); The Bob Show (2008); The Equalizer (1989); The Grindhouse Radio (2016); The Littlest Hobo (1982); The Phenomenon: Releasing the Warriors (2005); The Warriors (1979); The Warriors / Video Game (2005); The Warriors: Last Subway Ride Home (2015); The Way Home: Making the Warriors (2005); The White Shadow (1979); Under Cover (1987); Vietnam War Story (1987); Zoo Crew Two (2022).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 34.
Episode entitled: The Outsider.
Released May 22, 1959.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joyce Meadows, William Tregoe, Michael Garth, Nancy Valentine, Nestor Paiva, Ralph Moody, Ed Prentiss, Molly Dodd.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 32.
Episode entitled: The Baited Hook.
Released May 8, 1959.
Directed by Mark Sandrich Jr.
Written by Merwin Gerard.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Vic Perrin, Laurie Carroll, Buddy Lester, Jack Ging.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 31.
Episode entitled: Robber’s Roost.
Released May 1, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Jack Jacobs.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Stanley Dyrector, Robert E. Griffin, Evelyn Scott, Jim Hayward, Howard McLeod, Paul E. Burns.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 30.

Episode entitled: The Terror on Dark Street.

Released April 24, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Jack Laird.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jocelyn Brando, Carleton G. Young, Barbara Drew, John Milford, Jack Rice, Dick Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 29.
Episode entitled: The Fire Makers.
Released April 17, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Frank Moss.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Georgine Darcy, Milton Frome, Steven Ritch, Maida Severn, Helen Conrad, Bud and Travis, Frank O’Connor.

Recommended reading - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (1959):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

By Mordecai Richler.

Filmed as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1959.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671028472

ISBN-13: 978-0671028473

Description:

It is time to recognize Mr. Richler as one of North America's most powerful novelists. – The Washington Times.

A rasping humor pervades the book....It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality. – Chicago Tribune.

A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel. – The Washington Times.

Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth. – Los Angeles Times.

Duddy Kravitz [is] Richler's most famous creation. – Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Richler has been praised for his clear-eyed vision and his realistic style.... The total effect is as brash and blatant as a sports car rally -- and as suggestive of power. It comes off brilliantly. – Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review.

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books.

Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living -- and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all ... in laughter and in life.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 28.

Episode entitled: The Crush Out.

Released April 10, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Ric Hardman.

Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Tyler McVey, James Chandler, Robert Burton, Michael Rye, Ashley Cowan, Mike Ragan, Patricia Lloyd, Carl McIntire.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 27.

Episode entitled: The Vanishing Lady.

Released April 3, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Jack Jacobs.

Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jack Mullaney, Mary LaRoche, Mary Scott, William Hudson, John Eldredge, Henry McCann.