On this day in music history - A Lighter Shade of Blue, by Christina Perri (2022):

The album A Lighter Shade of Blue,

by Christina Perri,

was released on July 15, 2022.

On this day in music history - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, by Susan Graham and John Nelson (1997):

The album Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été,

by Susan Graham and John Nelson,

was released on July 15, 1997.

Born on this day – Larry Cohen:

Larry Cohen

Writer

Producer

Director

July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:

Clive Cussler

Writer

Actor

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).

Born on this day – Joe Turkel:

Joe Turkel

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022

Credits:

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); Adam-12 (1970); Angels in Disguise (1949); Animals in My Head (2017); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); Beau James (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Big Town (1954); Black Jack (1972); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1961–1968); Boots and Saddles (1958); Boston Blackie (1952); Broken Arrow (1957); Cade's County (1972); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chasing Whiskey (2021); City Across the River (1949); Code 3 (1957); Combat! (1964); Convoy (1965); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dr. Christian (1957); Dragnet (1958); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); East Side/West Side (1963); Fantasy Island (1980); Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007); Federal Man (1950); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Friendly Persuasion (1956); From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree (2014); Frontier Doctor (1959); General Electric Theater (1953); Groovey.TV's Celebration of Badassery Interview Series (2015); Gypsy Colt (1954); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Highway Patrol (1955); House of Numbers (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Inside Detroit (1956); Ironside (1968); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Judd for the Defense (1968); King Rat (1965); Kojak (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); Land of the Giants (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Losers (1950); Lucy Gallant (1955); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mad at the World (1955); Making it in Hollywood (1976); Man Crazy (1953); Miami Vice (1988); Navy Log (1955–1956); Official Detective (1958); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); One Step Beyond (1961); Paths of Glory (1957); Police Story (1976); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Prophets of Science Fiction (2011); Public Defender (1955); Reel Horror (1985); Rescue 8 (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Ripcord (1962); Room 237 (2012); S.W.A.T. (1975); Savage Abduction (1973); Scream Free! (1969); Six-Hundred & Sixty Six (1972); Sky King (1957); So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); Starlift (1951); Sword in the Desert (1949); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Animals (1970); The Aquanauts (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Bamboo Prison (1954); The Beast of Budapest (1958); The Bonnie Parker Story (1958); The Boy and the Pirates (1960); The Californians (1957); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Commitment (1976); The Dark Side of the Moon (1990); The David Niven Show (1959); The Detectives (1961); The Devil's 8 (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Felony Squad (1967); The Glass Wall (1953); The Hindenburg (1975); The Human Jungle (1954); The John Kerwin Show (2002); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Killing (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Lineup (1954–1960); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Midnight Story (1957); The Naked Street (1955); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Purple Gang (1959); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Secret Life of Sandra Blain (1971); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Shadow on the Window (1957); The Shining (1980); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Texan (1959); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); The Yellow Canary (1963); This Week in Horror (2011); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Tormented (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Faces West (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Verboten! (1959); Village of the Giants (1965); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Wagon Train (1962); Warlock (1959); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wit's End (2005).

Born on this day – Gloria Pall:

Gloria Pall

Actress

Dancer

Writer

Businesswoman

July 15, 1927 – December 30, 2012

Credits:

Books:

Cameo Girl of the 50s (1993); I Danced Before the King (2000); The Marilyn Monroe Party (2002); Voluptua: Story of a TV Love Goddess (1992).

Movies and television:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Ada (1961); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1952); City of Shadows (1955); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955); December Bride (1957); Elmer Gantry (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hot Shots (1956); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Moviewatch (1994); Paris Model (1953); Racket Squad (1952); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (2009); Sky King (1958); Son of Sinbad (1955); Space Patrol (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The A-B-C's of Love (1953); The All New Truth or Consequences (1951); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Extra (2017); The French Line (1953); The Garment Jungle (1957); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The People's Choice (1957); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Twilight Zone (1959); This Could Be the Night (1957); Vampira and Me (2012); Where's Raymond? (1954).

Born on this day – Washboard Sam:

Washboard Sam

Blues singer

Musician

July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966

Credits:

Albums:

Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam (1962); Diggin' My Potatoes (2021); Harmonica and Washboard Blues 1937-1940 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Presenting Washboard Sam (1935); The Genius Of (2007); The Very Best Of (2009); Washboard Sam 1935-1947: Swinging the Blues (1999); Washboard Sam Vol. 1 (1935-1936) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 2 (1937-1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 3 (1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 4 1939-1940 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 5 1940-1941 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 6 1941-1942 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 7 1942-1949 (2005); Washboard Selection (2020); Washboard Swing (2008).

Born on this day – Sidney Hickox:

Sidney Hickox

Cinematographer

July 15, 1895 – May 16, 1982

Born on this day – Enid Bennett:

Enid Bennett

Actress

July 15, 1893 – May 14, 1969

Credits:

A Desert Wooing (1918); A Fool's Awakening (1924); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Woman's Heart (1926); Coals of Fire (1918); Enid Bennett in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Fuss and Feathers (1918); Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916); Good Medicine (1929); Hairpins (1920); Happiness (1917); Happy Though Married (1919); Her Husband's Friend (1920); Intermezzo (1939); Keeping Up with Lizzie (1921); Meet Dr. Christian (1939); Naughty, Naughty! (1918); Officer 666 (1916); Partners Three (1919); Princess of the Dark (1917); Robin Hood (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 7 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (1925); Silk Hosiery (1920); Skippy (1931); Sooky (1931); Stepping Out (1919); Strangers of the Night (1923); Strike Up the Band (1940); The Aryan (1916); The Bad Man (1923); The Big Store (1941); The Biggest Show on Earth (1918); The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922); The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923); The False Road (1920); The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927); The Girl, Glory (1917); The Haunted Bedroom (1919); The Keys of the Righteous (1918); The Law of Men (1919); The Little Brother (1917); The Marriage Ring (1918); The Mother Instinct (1917); The Red Lily (1924); The Sea Hawk (1924); The Vamp (1918); The Virtuous Thief (1919); The Woman in the Suitcase (1920); The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927); They're Off (1917); Waterloo Bridge (1931); What Every Woman Learns (1919); When Do We Eat? (1918); World of Robin Hood (2006); Your Friend and Mine (1923).

Born on this day – Marjorie Rambeau:

Marjorie Rambeau

Actress

July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970

Credits:

20 Mule Team (1940); A Man Called Peter (1955); A Modern Hero (1934); A Tailor Made Man (1931); Abandoned (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); Army Wives (1944); Bad for Each Other (1953); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Broadway (1942); Compression (1995); Dizzy Dames (1935); East of the River (1940); First Lady (1937); Forever Female (1953); General Electric Theater (1953–1956); Grand Canary (1934); Great Day (1930); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell Divers (1931); Her Man (1930); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Inspiration (1931); It's Murder She Says... (1945); Laugh It Off (1939); Laughing Sinners (1931); Left Over Ladies (1931); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Man's Castle (1933); Mary Moreland (1917); Merrily We Live (1938); Min and Bill (1930); Motherhood (1917); National Red Cross Pageant (1917); Oh, What a Night! (1944); Palooka (1934); Primrose Path (1940); Ready for Love (1934); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Santa Fe Marshal (1940); Silence (1931); Slander (1957); Son of India (1931); Starland Review No. 5 (1922); Strangers May Kiss (1931); Strictly Personal (1933); Sudden Money (1939); Syncopating Sue (1926); The Common Cause (1919); The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917); The Debt (1917); The Easiest Way (1931); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Fortune Teller (1920); The Greater Woman (1917); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Mirror (1917); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Rains Came (1939); The Secret 6 (1931); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Warrior's Husband (1933); This Is Your Life (1956–1959); This Modern Age (1931); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Torch Song (1953); Trader Horn (1931); Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940); Under Pressure (1935); Woman Against Woman (1938).

Recommended reading – Beeswax Alchemy (2015):

Beeswax Alchemy:

How to Make Your Own Soap, Candles, Balms, Creams, and Salves from the Hive (2015).

By Petra Ahnert.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1592539793

ISBN-13: 978-1592539796

Description:

“This is the book I’ve been waiting thirty years for. Excellent instructions. Bountiful information. Beautifully done.”

– Kim Flottum, beekeeper; author of The Backyard Beekeeper, Better Beekeeping, and The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook; and editor of Bee Culture magazine.

Create natural beeswax products for health and home.

Beeswax is truly the miracle of the beehive. Although honeybees use it to build their hives and protect their young, you can use it to make everything from candles to lip balm to decorative fabric.

Regardless of whether you are a veteran beekeeper or someone who just likes the way beeswax looks and smells, you’ll learn from apiarist and entrepreneur Petra Ahnert, who will teach you how to transform this miraculous material into the beautiful, useful, and unexpected.

Inside you’ll find:

An introduction to beeswax’s form and functions.

Tips and techniques for transforming beeswax into useful products for home and health.

Detailed recipes to get you started crafting your own soaps, balms, salves, and more.

Introvert insight:

In my quiet, I was working something out.

- Keanu Reeves.

I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing.

A sad case.

- Henry Rollins.

Do you hate people?

I don't hate them ... I just feel better when they're not around.

- Charles Bukowski.

People empty me.

I have to get away to refill.

- Charles Bukowski.

Stephen King, on writing:

In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.

- Stephen King.