On this day in music history - Heavenly Voices, by Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel (2021):

The album Heavenly Voices,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel,

was released on November 12, 2021.

On this day in music history - Arnulfo, by Laura Sullivan (2020):

The piano piece Arnulfo,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on November 12, 2020.

On this day in music history - 1970-1987, by Ry Cooder (2013):

The album box set 1970-1987,

by Ry Cooder,

was released on November 12, 2013.

On this day in movie history - The Mist (2007):

The Mist

directed and written by Frank Darabont,

based on the novella by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on November 12, 2007.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Nathan Gamble, Alexa Davalos, Chris Owen, Sam Witwer, Robert C. Treveiler, David Jensen, Melissa McBride, Andy Stahl, Buck Taylor, Brandon O'Dell, Jackson Hurst, Brian Libby, Susan Malerstein-Watkins, Mathew Greer, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Walter Fauntleroy, Amin Joseph, Kelly Collins Lintz, Ginnie Randall, Tiffany Morgan, Kim Wall, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Ron Clinton Smith, Gregg Brazzel, Sonny Franks, Dodie Brown, Taylor E. Brown, Jay Amor, Kristin Barnhart, Kevin Beard, Derek Cox-Berg, Kip Cummings, John F. Daniel, Tammy Eaton, Ron Fagan, Ted Ferguson, Travis Fontenot, Cherie Gierhart, Louis Herthum, Walt Hollis, Brian Scott Hunt, R. Todd Jones, Jimmy Lee Jr., Cherami Leigh, Mike Martindale, Cindy McBride, Eric Kelly McFarland, Amy McGee-Harrell, Ritchie Montgomery, Michaela Morgan, Darrick Mosley, James Paul, Mark Robin Price, Charles Sutherland, Chuck Vail, Steven E. Williams.

On this day in movie history - Brown’s Requiem (1998):

Brown’s Requiem

directed and written by Jason Freeland,

based on the novel by James Ellroy,

was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 1998.
Music by Cynthia Millar.

Cast:

Michael Rooker, Big Daddy Wayne, Jack Wallace, Will Sasso, Selma Blair, Harold Gould, Brion James, Kevin Corrigan, Ron Barker, William Newman, David Labiosa, Al Rodrigo, Lisa Koch, Barry Newman, Lee Weaver, Kevin Jackson, Brad Dourif, Tobin Bell, Jack Conley, Rolando Molina, Danny Mora, Jennifer Coolidge, John Prosky, Valerie Perrine, Christopher Meloni, Alexx Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Carlito’s Way (1993):

Carlito’s Way

directed by Brian De Palma,

written by David Koepp,

based on the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours by Edwin Torres,

was released in the United States on November 12, 1993.
Music by Patrick Doyle.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Joseph Siravo, Viggo Mortensen, Richard Foronjy, Jorge Porcel, Frank Minucci, Adrian Pasdar, John Ortiz, Ángel Salazar, Al Israel, Rick Aviles, Jaime Sánchez, Edmonte Salvato, Paul Mazursky, Tera Tabrizi, Víctor Sierra, Caesar Cordova, Jon Seda, Ruben Rivera, Sherie Mambru, Brenda Hernandez, Elliot Santiago, Frank Ferrara, John Hoyt, Chuck Zito, Steven Puente, Tony Cucci, Alfred Sauchelli Jr., Anthony Catanese, Sam Weber, Sonny Zito, Walter T. Meade, Michael Hadge, Richard Council, Lindsey Baker, James Bulleit, Crystal Haney, Gregory Mitchell, Mel Gorham, Rocco Sisto, John Finn, Brian Tarantina, Jamie Tirelli, Owen Hollander, John Michael Bolger, Ralph Destino Jr., Luke Toma, Frank Pietrangolare, Mike Sheehan, Dean Rader-Duval, Gene Canfield, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Rene Rivera, Orlando Urdaneta, Troy A. Hawes, Kim Rideout, Drita Barak, Christopher Bregman, Natalia Ray, Joe Conzo, Gaetano Lisi, Debra Niewald, Christina Murphy, Julieta Ortega, Mary Hammett, Debbie Benitez, Roberta Mathes, Freddy Rios, Mike Ramos, Yelba Osorio, Nelson Vasquez, Jason Daryn, Dan Brennan, Michael P. Moran, Vincent Pastore, Garry Pastore, Cynthia LaMontagne, Bo Dietl, Kato, James V. Miller, Marc Anthony, David Boston, Marisol Carrere, Dono Cunningham, Gregory D'Angelo, Robert DaGasta, Jaclyn Dietl, Jack Fitzstephens, Garlan Green, Ralph Hughes, Pete Macnamara, Cindy Malika, Charles Malota, Daniel Margotta, Daisy Martinez, Mike Mitchell Jr., Joe Moffa, David Moss, Coati Mundi, Antone Pagán, Mike Pont, Angel Ramirez Jr., Cice Rivera, Ron Rivera, Ricardo J. Salazar, Jacqueline Frances Santiago, Saundra Santiago, Alberto Suarez, Denise Vasquez, Enrique Veloz, Bill Weeden, Kyle Wyatt.

On this day in movie history - Heat (1986):

Heat

directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson,

written by William Goldman,

based on the novel by William Goldman,

was released in France on November 12, 1986.
Music by Michael Gibbs.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry, Diana Scarwid, Joseph Mascolo, Alfie Wise, Deborah Rush, Wendell Burton, Joanne Jackson, Joe Klecko, Peter Koch, Joseph Bernard, Barry Polkowitz, Chris O'Rourke, Reno Nichols, Ron Tombaugh, Mone Swann, Robert Drake, Robert Vento, Joey Villa, Michael Lovell Farris, Alicia Arden.

Born on this day – Ina Balin:

Ina Balin

Actress

November 12, 1937 – June 20, 1990

Credits:

That's Adequate (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1988); As the World Turns (1986); Magnum, P.I. (1981–1986); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); Hostage Flight (1985); There Were Times, Dear (1985); Airwolf (1984); Quincy M.E. (1977–1982); The Comeback Trail (1982); Hart to Hart (1982); Code Red (1981); The Children of an Lac (1980); Galyon (1980); Eischied (1979); Wonder Woman (1979); Battlestar Galactica (1979); Barnaby Jones (1975–1978); The Immigrants (1978); Danger in Paradise (1977); Westside Medical (1977); Super Vision (1976); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Invisible Man (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); The Ghost Busters (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); Harry O (1975); Ironside (1975); Panic on the 5:22 (1974); Toma (1974); Police Story (1973–1974); Mannix (1971–1974); The Don Is Dead (1973); Call to Danger (1973); Cool Million (1972); Search (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); The Projectionist (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Desperate Mission (1969); The Lonely Profession (1969); Charro! (1969); The F.B.I. (1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); Run for Your Life (1965–1968); Gypsy (1967); Get Smart (1967); Run Like a Thief (1967); The Loner (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965); Bonanza (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); ABC's Nightlife (1965); The Mike Douglas Show (1964); Mr. Kingston (1964); Act of Reprisal (1964); The Defenders (1964); The Patsy (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1969); The Lieutenant (1963); Stoney Burke (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); Adventures in Paradise (1962); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Young Doctors (1961); Our American Heritage (1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); Kraft Theatre (1960); From the Terrace (1960); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); New York Confidential (1959); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Black Orchid (1958); Kraft Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Grace Kelly:

Grace Kelly

Actress

November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982

Born on this day – Kim Hunter:

Kim Hunter

Actress

November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002

Born on this day – Bukka White:

Bukka White

Blues singer

Guitarist

November 12, 1900 – February 26, 1977

Credits:

Songs:

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues; Parchman Farm Blues; Fixin' To Die Blues; Special Stream Line; Poor Boy Long Ways From Home; Black Train Blues; Bukka's Jitterbug Swing; Bald Eagle Train; High Fever Blues; District Attorney Blues; The Panama Limited; Sugar Hill; Pinebluff, Arkansas; I Am the Heavenly Way; Sic 'Em Dogs On; Baby Please Don't Go; Po' Boy; The New Frisco Train; My Baby; Good Gin Blues; Streamline Special; Old Lady; Jitterbug Swing; New Orleans Streamline; Army Blues; Mama Don't Allow; Mixed Water; Aberdeen Blues; Black Cat Bone Blues; Big Daddy; Corinna, Corinna; Drunken Leroy Blues; Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord; Big Daddy.

Albums:

Mississippi Blues (1963); Sky Songs (1990); Big Daddy (1974); Baton Rouge Mosby Street (1972); 1963 Isn't 1962 (1994); Presenting Bukka White (1931); The Atlanta Special (2010); Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (Live in Germany) (2019); Introducing Bukka White (2014); Blues Legend of the Century (2012); Patchman Farm Blues (date?); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Bukka White (2011); High Fever (2018); Big Boat up the River (2022); Bukka White (Hd Remastered Edition) (2018); Parchman Farm (1970); The Complete Bukka White (1969); Memphis Hot Shots (1969); Shake 'em On (2023); Bukka White Blues (2019); Contemporary Guitar: Spring ’67 (1967); Saga Blues: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (2007); The Panama Ltd. (2000); Live, Cafe Au Go Go, 1965 (2014); The Vintage Recordings 1930 - 1940 "Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues" (2003); The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (1990); Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2013); Party! At Home (2001); Special Streamline (2018); Fixin' to Die (2004); Shake 'Em On Down (1994); Blues At Home 7 (2013); The New Frisco Train (2018); Parchman Farm Blues (2015); Pinebluff Arkansas (2014); Good Gin Blues (1899); Missipi blues giant (2006); The Old Wild Shadow (2015); Tonight in Time (2015); Instinctively the Blues - Bukka White (2020); Blues Heatwave - Bukka White's 1940s Summer Grooves (2023); Two Blues Icons (2014); Two of a Kind: Big Bill Broonzy & Bukka White (2022); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (1968); Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (2015); Behind the Mule (2015).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Deadwood (2004); Death of a Champion, Birth of a Rule: The Tony Marino Story (2016); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Doug MacLeod: Captured Alive (2006); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); From the Vaults (2018); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Life (1999); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Drug War Blues: The Case of Cory Maye (2008); On the Road (2012); One Last Chance (2004); Reacher (2022); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Devil's Music (1979); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).

Born on this day – Sol Polito:

Sol Polito

Cinematographer

November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960

Sol Polito (right, behind the camera) filming Bette Davis, on the set of Now, Voyager (1942).

Credits:

Anna Lucasta (1949); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); The Long Night (1947); Cloak and Dagger (1946); A Stolen Life (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Pride of the Marines (1945); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); The Corn Is Green (1945); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); This Is the Army (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Now, Voyager (1942); The Gay Sisters (1942); Captains of the Clouds (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Sergeant York (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Dog in the Orchard (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); City for Conquest (1940); The Sea Hawk (1940); Virginia City (1940); Four Wives (1939); On Your Toes (1939); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); Sons of Liberty (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Dodge City (1939); You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Valley of the Giants (1938); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Gold Is Where You Find It (1938); Varsity Show (1937); The Prince and the Pauper (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Three Men on a Horse (1936); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); Sons o' Guns (1936); Colleen (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Frisco Kid (1935); Shipmates Forever (1935); In Caliente (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); The Woman in Red (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); Flirtation Walk (1934); Dames (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Madame Du Barry (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Hi, Nellie (1934); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Picture Snatcher (1933); The Working Man (1933); The Mind Reader (1933); 42nd Street (1933); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Three on a Match (1932); Blessed Event (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); Two Seconds (1932); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Union Depot (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Suicide Fleet (1931); The Ruling Voice (1931); Five Star Final (1931); The Bargain (1931); Big Business Girl (1931); Woman Hungry (1931); The Hot Heiress (1931); Going Wild (1930); Madonna of the Streets (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); Numbered Men (1930); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Playing Around (1930); No, No, Nanette (1930); Paris (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Twin Beds (1929); The Man and the Moment (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); House of Horror (1929); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Border Patrol (1928); The Haunted House (1928); Burning Bridges (1928); Show Girl (1928); Heart to Heart (1928); The Hawk's Nest (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); Gun Gospel (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); Lonesome Ladies (1927); The Land Beyond the Law (1927); Somewhere in Sonora (1927); The Overland Stage (1927); The Unknown Cavalier (1926); Satan Town (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Frontier Trail (1926); The Seventh Bandit (1926); Driftin' Thru (1926); The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925); Paint and Powder (1925); The Bad Lands (1925); Silent Sanderson (1925); The Crimson Runner (1925); Beyond the Border (1925); Soft Shoes (1925); The Flaming Forties (1924); A Cafe in Cairo (1924); Roaring Rails (1924); The Siren of Seville (1924); The Lightning Rider (1924); Why Men Leave Home (1924); The Bad Man (1923); The Girl of the Golden West (1923); Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923); The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923); The Loaded Door (1922); Trimmed (1922); Strength of the Pines (1922); The Roof Tree (1921); The Misleading Lady (1920); The Price of Redemption (1920); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920); The Right of Way (1920); Should a Woman Tell? (1919); In Wrong (1919); Are You Legally Married? (1919); Burglar by Proxy (1919); Bill Apperson's Boy (1919); The Love Defender (1919); What Love Forgives (1919); Ruling Passions (1918); The Reckoning Day (1918); Treason (1918); Her Husband's Honor (1918); The Heart of a Girl (1918); Who Loved Him Best? (1918); Her Second Husband (1917); The Runaway (1917); The World Against Him (1916); Paying the Price (1916); Fate's Boomerang (1916); Fruits of Desire (1916); The Sins of Society (1915); A Butterfly on the Wheel (1915); The Cotton King (1915); The Butterfly (1915); M'Liss (1915); Wildfire (1915); Rip Van Winkle (1914).

Recommended reading - Heat (1985):

Heat

By William Goldman.

Published 1985.

Published by Grand Central Pub.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0446512753

ISBN-13: 9780446512756

Description:

Las Vegas security man Nick Escalante, an ex-Marine, chances on to a bizarre kidnapping threat and races into a night-time world of false identities, vicious grievances, and gruesome encounters.

Author of Marathon Man.

“Satisfying … Mr. Goldman is a master storyteller and has done a master’s trick.” – New York Times Book Review.

“Fast-paced action and adventure … losers and winners and God-fearing sinners who turn an exciting story into an exceptional novel.” – Philadelphia Inquirer.

Edgar Allan Poe, on inspiration and writing:

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

- Edgar Allan Poe.