Born on this day – Henry Townsend:

Henry Townsend

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

October 27, 1909 – September 24, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Piano and Guitar (2019); Cairo Blues (1973); Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas (2007); More Devil's Music (2006); Mule / Expanded Edition (1980); Mule's Blues (2015); My Story (2001); St. Louis Blues Ace (1996); The 88 Blues (1998); The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 3: Henry Townsend (1984); The Real St. Louis Blues (2001).

Movies and television:

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (2007); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970); Blues Like Showers of Rain / Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Blues Story (2003); Thats the Way I Do It (1986); The Devil's Music (1979).

Born on this day – Franz Liszt:

Franz Liszt

Composer

Pianist

October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886

Compositions:

Années de pèlerinage; Ballade No. 2 in B minor; Christus; Dante Sonata; Dante Symphony; Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam"; Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni; Faust Symphony; Funérailles; Grand galop chromatique; Grandes Études de Paganini; Harmonies poétiques et religieuses; Hexaméron; Hungaria; Hungarian Fantasy; Hungarian Rhapsodies; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; La campanella; Les Préludes; Liebestraum No. 3 As-dur; Liebesträume; Mazeppa; Mephisto Waltzes; Nuages gris; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Sonata in B minor; Prometheus; Réminiscences de Don Juan; Rhapsodie espagnole; Tasso: lamento e trionfo; Totentanz; Transcendental Étude No. 1; Transcendental Étude No. 10; Transcendental Étude No. 11; Transcendental Étude No. 12; Transcendental Étude No. 2; Transcendental Étude No. 4; Transcendental Étude No. 5; Transcendental Étude No. 6; Transcendental Étude No. 8; Transcendental Étude No. 9; Transcendental Études; Tre sonetti di Petrarca; Two Concert Études; Un sospiro; Valse-Impromptu; Via crucis.

Tone poems:

Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne; Die Ideale; Festklänge, S. 101; Hamlet; Héroïde funèbre; Hungaria; Hunnenschlacht; Les Préludes; Mazeppa; Orpheus; Prometheus; Tasso: lamento e trionfo.

Movies and television:

14 Carrot Rabbit (1952); 1993 (2017); 45 Years (2015); 90 Jahre Burgenland (2011); A Car-Tune Portrait (1937); A Dança dos Bonecos (1987); A Day at the Races (1937); A Dionysia (2015); A Dream of Love (1938); A Flower Blooms (1948); A Girl Must Live (1939); A Ham in a Role (1949); À la place du coeur (1998); À la rencontre de Franz Liszt (1961); A Little Soap and Water (1935); A Man Called Otto (2022); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Star Is Born (1937); A Summer Place (1959); Above Suspicion (1943); Adagio sostenuto (2008); Adolf und Marlene (1977); Adventure in Music (1944); Ahh... San Francisco (2014); All About Eve (1950); All Creatures Great & Small (1978); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Allegro (2005); Alô Alô Carnaval (1936); Always in My Heart (1942); An Egg Scramble (1950); An klingenden Ufern (1948); An Optical Poem (1938); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Animals (2019); Animaniacs (1993–1996); Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (1999); Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974); Artemis 81 (1981); Ashton Celebration: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton (2013); Az ember tragédiája (1969); Baby Butch (1954); Babylon Berlin (2020); Back Alley Oproar (1948); Ballot Box Bunny (1951); Bars and Stripes (1931); Beautiful Budapest (1938); Beep, Beep (1952); Betty Boop's Life Guard (1934); Betty in Blunderland (1934); Bewitched (1968); Big City Fantasy (1934); Bird Suite (1994); Birds of Neptune (2015); Block (2009); Boardwalk Empire (2011); Boo, Boo, Theme Song! (1933); Booby Hatched (1944); Borderline (2021); Breakin' It Down (1946); Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (1991); Burnt by the Sun (1994); Call for a Poetic City (2021); Camera Three (1973); Captain Blood (1935); CarGo (2017); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cave Women on Mars (2008); Cenicienta (1981); Chassé (2012); Chevalier (2015); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show (2017); Colonel Redl (1985); Color Rhapsodie (1948); Columbia Thrills of Music: Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (1946); Concert Magic (1951); Concerto (2008); Condom (1990); Contrasts (1967); Convict Concerto (1954); Cosmic Journey (1936); Countersex (1964); Creepy (2012); Creepy Jesus (2009); Crystal Castles (1983); Cyprien Katsaris (1979); Dancing Romeo (1944); Daniel Hope & Freunde in New York - Mit Shaggy, Ailyn Pérez u.v.m. (2023); Daredevil O'Dare (1934); Death Valley Days (1955); Delírios do cotidiano (2023); Delirious (1991); Der rabe unheimlich (2024); Detective (1985); Die Harmonie-Films (1917); Die Meisen von Frau S. (1989); Die Werwölfe (1973); Digital Afterlives (2018); Dipsy Gypsy (1941); Do You Love Me (1946); Drafty, Isn't It? (1957); Dream House (2019); Drip-Along Daffy (1951); EastEnders (2025); Easy Money (1983); Edge of Divorce (1953); Ein herrlicher Tag (1976); En la mira (2022); Equinox (1988); Erotic Symphony (1980); Escape (2009); Eternity (2016); Even Iron Breaks (2021); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Fame (2009); Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014); Farmyard Symphony (1938); Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (1972); Feud (2017); Finding Altamira (2016); Fire Bugs (1930); Flash Gordon (1936); Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940); Florence Foster Jenkins (2016); Flyg-Bom (1952); Fog Island (1945); Follow the Boys (1944); Footlight Varieties (1951); Forever Young (2022); Franciscus ja minä - Jumalan köyhän tarina (2020); Franz Liszt (1925); Franz Liszt: Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterstudie nach Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe (1976); Free Sunday Orchestral Concert (1960); Frenzy (1945); Freunde fürs Leben (1999); Fülöp Ránki plays Franz Liszt: Troisième Valse oubliée (2020); Galaxina (1980); Ghost Town Gold (1936); Girl Time (1947); Glamorous Night (1937); God afton, herr Wallenberg (1990); Goethe Meets Lotte in Wetzlar (2023); Golden Earrings (1947); Goodnight Sweetheart (1996); Good-Time Girl (1948); Goof Troop (1992); Goofy Movies Number Three (1934); Goofy Movies Number Two (1934); Grâce à la musique (1979–1982); Gran Turismo 4 (2004); Graziella Buci in L'été (1968); Great Performances (2021); Greta (2018); Guest in the House (1944); Gypsy Melody (1936); Hamlet (2000); Hannibal Rising (2007); Hans Christian Andersen (1952); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024); Headrush (2003); Hellraiser (2022); Helluva Boss (2021); Help? (1995); Histeria! (1999–2000); Hit Parade (2021); Holiday for Shoestrings (1946); Horror Hotel (2021–2022); Hotel de Love (1996); I Am a Dancer (1972); I Only Have Eyes for You (1937); I Remember (2005); I, Tonya (2017); I'll Turn to You (1946); Impromptu (1991); In Harmony (2015); Indignation (2016); Industry (2024); Inspiration (1931); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jenny Lind - Den animerade berättelsen (2020); Jeux d'artifices (1987); Jupiter's Legacy (2021); Karl May (1974); Keys to the Heart (2023); Kings (2009); Kings Row (1942); Kirill Gerstein interprète - Liszt Concerto pour piano n° 2 (2023); Kit Armstrong spielt Klaviermusik von Wagner und Liszt (2020); Kontrabass virtuos! (2023); Kvinna i vitt (1949); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (2013); La huella macabra (1963); La sonata del silencio (2016); La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994); Ladies in Black (2024); L'appel du destin (1953); Las cinco advertencias de Satanás (1945); Le miroir à trois faces: Faust (1965); Le miroir à trois faces: Orphée (1966); Le monde d'après (2022); Le pélican (1992); Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1991); Les amours de minuit (1931); Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948); Liebestraum (1932 / 1991); Liebesträume (1935); Liene Andreta Kalnciema (2020); L'île aux enfants (1974); Lisztomania (1975); Little Red Walking Hood (1937); Live from Lincoln Center (1978); Looking Forward (1933); Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020); Looney Tunes Racing (2000); Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (2008); Looney Tunes: Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained (2002); Love 101 (2021); Love at Sea (1936); Love at Second Sight (2019); Love in Chains (2015); Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997); Lux in Tenebris (2017); Mad Maestro! (2001); Mad Men (2007); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Made in Heaven (1952); Magicians (2000); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Manna from Heaven (2002); Masameer: The Movie (2020); Masterworks (1966); Mayerling (2010); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Meeting (2020); Mephisto (1981); Mephisto-valse (1951); Merlí (2016); Merry Mirthquakes (1953); Metamorphosis: Beyond the Screen Door (1997); Mind Game (2004); MN Original (2012–2016); Moloch (1999); Moments in Music (1950); Mondo Cane 2 (1963); Moonlight Sonata (1937); Motel Hell (1980); Mother (2020); Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2015); Mr. Mergler's Gift (2005); Muppet Monster Adventure (2000); Murder at the Vanities (1934); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Last Words (2024); My Love Came Back (1940); Naughty But Nice (1939); Never Ever (2020); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1963–1972); Night Club Scandal (1937); Night in December (1939); Nightcap (2000); No Buddy Atoll (1945); Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010); Nuit de chien (2008); O Fio das Moiras: Francisca, 1943 (2013); Of Time and the City (2008); Offenbacher (2016); One Afternoon (2010); One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937); Opus (2020); Orchestra Seats (2006); Orgelkonzert von Iveta Apkalna - 140 Jahre Rigaer Domorgel (2025); Out and About (1997); Pandora's Tower (2011); Pecado de amor (1961); Philharmaniacs (1953); Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932); Pin Feathers (1933); Pingu (1992); Pinky and the Brain (1996–1997); Pizzicato Pussycat (1955); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Police Academy: The Series (1997); Police Call 110 (1984); Prélude à la gloire (1950); Preston (2016); Pretenders (2002); Professor Norman Cornett (2009); Punchy de Leon (1950); Quack Pack (1996); Queens of Harmony (1937); Radio Follies (1934); Radio Patrol (1937); Raw Country (1976); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Red Oaks (2016); República (2010); Rêves d'amour (1962); Rhapsody in Black (2025); Rhapsody in Rivets (1941); Rhapsody Rabbit (1946); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); Rocket Ship (1938); Romance (1930); Rosario (2010); Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996); Salón de belleza (1951); Santosificationable (2019 / 2021); Scrappy's Music Lesson (1937); Screen Two (1989); Seul dans Paris (1951); Sexy Parodius (1996); Shanghai Express (1932); Shine (1996); Si Fresnes m'était conté (2015); Si yo fuera diputado (1952); Sidewalk Scribble (2011); Sinfonia dos Loucos (2010); Sing and Like It (1934); Six Feet Under (2005); Sky High (1931); Slatersville: America's First Mill Village (2024); Smash Moron, Intergalactic Dolt (2005); Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); Smurfily Ever After (1985); Snow of the Dream (2017); So You Want to Be a Musician (1953); So You Want to Play the Piano (1956); Some Like It Hot (1959); Somewhere in Camp (1942); Sonata en Si menor (2014); Song of Love (1947); Song Without End (1960); Sophie's Place (1969); Soup or Sonic (1980); South Sea Sinner (1950); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Spring Voices (1956); Stage Fright (2014); Station Eleven (2021); Stil (1987); Storm at Daybreak (1933); Strange Circus (2005); Succubus (1968); Suddenly (2006); Sueño de amor (1993); Suicide Squadron (1941); Sweet and Lowdown (1999); Sweet Sorrow (2023); Sweetie Pie (2018); Tailor Made (2018); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tales of the Unexpected (1979); Tampopo (1985); Tarja Turunen & Harus: In Concert - Live at Sibelius Hall (2011); Taz-Mania (1991–1995); Tempo Rubato (2025); Temptation (2018); That Midnight Kiss (1949); The Animal Fair (1959); The Armchair Historian (2018); The Art of Love (2011); The Aspern Papers (2018); The Athlete (1932); The Atomic Cafe (1982); The Bad Genius (1932); The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005); The Big Story (1953); The Biskitts (1983); The Black Cat (1934); The Blues (2003); The Boris Giltburg Five Minute Library (2016–2017); The Brute Man (1946); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Candy House (1934); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Cat Concerto (1947); The Crush (1993); The Diamond Jubilee Concert (2012); The Eager Beaver (1946); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Elf King (1931); The Eternal Memory (2023); The FBI Story (1959); The Forsyte Saga (1967); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921); The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Good Heart (2009); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Green Hornet (2011); The Happy Time (1952); The Hick Chick (1946); The High Frontier (2016); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Indian Scarf (1963); The Infinite Man (2014); The Innocent (1976); The Jackpot (1950); The Joey Bishop Show (1964); The Last Thing the Earth Said (2020); The Little Photographer (2021); The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008); The Mad Monkey Crew 2 (2014); The Magic Bow (1946); The Magic Fluke (1949); The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981); The Majestic (2001); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Mechanical Dancer (2021); The Mephisto Waltz (1971); The Monkees (1967); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The Muppet Show (1979–1980); The Opry House (1929The Other Love (1947); The Outsider (1981); The Passion of Augustine (2015); The Peanuts Movie (2015); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The Physics of Sorrow (2019); The Playgirls (1942); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Raven (1935 / 1942); The Red Shoes (1948); The Ren & Stimpy Show (1995); The Road to Dracula (1999); The Scientist (2010); The Shunned House (2003); The Simpsons (2010–2012); The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947); The Single Standard (1929); The Smurfic Games (1983); The Smurfs (1981–1985); The Sons of Tennessee Williams (2010); The Squall (1929); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1996–1999); The Three Mesquiteers (1936); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978–1985); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Two-Alarm Fire (1934); The United States Marine Band (1942); The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936); The War (2007); The West Wing (2002); The Whispered City (2000); The Wire (2004); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992); Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (1950); Tomcats (2001); Tomorrow's Cantabile (2014); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Träumerei (1944); Triskel (2016); Troldspejlet (1991); Tune Up and Sing (1934); Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Umi no hanabi (1951); Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957); Underneath the Broadway Moon (1934); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano (1977); Victoria (2015); Virtuoso (2025); Vitus (2006); Wandering Bird (1937); Warlords (2007); Water Birds (1952); Waterfront Women (1950); Werewolf of London (1935); Westworld (2020); What We Do in the Shadows (2019); What's Up Doc? (1950); When Comedy Was King (1960); Wherever She Goes (1951); White God (2014); White Zombie (1932); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Wideo Wabbit (1956); Wild Elephinks (1933); Wild Is the Wind (1957); Wings (1927); Wise Quackers (1949); Woman in Chains (1932); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Fiorenzo Carpi:

Fiorenzo Carpi

Composer

Pianist

October 19, 1918 – May 21, 1997

Credits:

A Very Private Affair (1962); A White Dress for Marialé (1972); Abissinia (1993); Accadde a Lisbona (1974); Arlecchino servitore di due padroni (1955 / 1973); Bambole: scene di un delitto Perfetto (1980); Bob Sinclar: Groupie (2012); Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989); Cercasi Gesù (1982); Comunisti quotidiani (1980); Corse a perdicuore (1980); Crazy Frog: Pinocchio (2019); Cronache del '22 (1961); Death on the Run (1967); Den nakne mannen och mannen i frack (1967); Diario di un maestro (1973); Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia (1990); E noi non faremo Karakiri (1981); Equinozio (1971); Errore fatale (1992); Erzengel flippern nicht (1984); Excelsior (2002); Fugitive in Trieste (1951); Fuoricampo (1969); Galantuomo per transazione (1981); Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969); History (1986); I 4 tassisti (1963); I bambini e noi (1970); I cuori infranti (1963); I divertimenti della vita privata (1990); I promessi sposi (1967); I taràssachi (1990); Il generale dorme in piedi (1972); Il giardino dei ciliegi (1978); Irma la dolce (1980); Italian Secret Service (1968); La banda Casaroli (1962); La baraonda (1981); La fine è nota (1993); La mano sugli occhi (1979); La ragazza dell'addio (1984); La tempesta (1981); La trilogie de la villégiature (1979); L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore (1983); Le baruffe chiozzotte (1966); Le médecin malgré lui (1992); e tre capitali (1982); Leoni al sole (1961); L'inconnue (1982); Love Under the Elms (1975); Ma che cos'è questo amore (1979); Maggio musicale (1990); Marcellino (1991); Melissa (1966); Misunderstood (1966); Morte a passo di valzer (1979); Natika (1963); Non si scrive sui muri a Milano (1975); Notte italiana (1987); Oltre la guerra ad Hanoi (1976); Otello (1957); Parigi o cara (1962); Peer Gynt (1981); Piccolo mondo antico (1983); Quattro storie di donne (1989); Questa sera parla Mark Twain (1965); Rappresentazione della terribile caccia alla balena bianca Moby Dick (1973); Salon Kitty (1976); Sentiments (1987); Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972); Simona (1974); Smid damen ud (1968); Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (1970); Sweet Pea (1981); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972); The Flesh of the Orchid (1975); The Handsome Priest (1989); The Howl (1970); The Wounded Man (1983); Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974); Traffic Jam (1979); Tutto da rifare pover'uomo (1960); Un'anguilla da 300 milioni (1971); Un'emozione in più (1979); Vacation (1971); Verso il futuro (1977); Vietnam scene del dopoguerra (1975); Vita di Antonio Gramsci (1981); Voltati Eugenio (1980); Zazie in the Metro (1960).

Born on this day – John Morris:

John Morris

Composer

Dance arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018

Born on this day – Boogie Woogie Red:

Boogie Woogie Red

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992

Credits:

Albums:

Live at the Blind Pig (1974); Red Hot (1977).

Songs:

After Hours; Blues for My Baby; Bumble Bee Blues; Got to Find My Baby; Mean Ol' Frisco; Old Time Shuffle; Prison Bound; Red's Boogie; Red's Rhumba; Red's Rumba; Relaxin; Showtime; Sisterly Love; Step Down on It; Take Five; The Reefer Song; Viper Song; When I Was Young; You Put a Spell on Me.

Born on this day – Johnny Green:

Johnny Green

Composer

Songwriter

Musical arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989

Born on this day – Janusz Olejniczak:

Janusz Olejniczak

Pianist

Actor

October 2, 1952 – October 20, 2024

Credits:

AVE MARIA (Ellens Gesang III) D. 839 / Short (1990); Blue Note (1991); Die Drehscheibe (1981); Influence (2015); Le grand échiquier (1989); Les Milles (1995); The 2016 European Film Awards (2016); The Pianist (2002); Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny (1999).

Born on this day – George Gershwin:

George Gershwin

Composer

Pianist

September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937

Born on this day – Tom Delaney:

Tom Delaney

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

September 14, 1889 – December 16, 1963

Credits:

Songs:

Absent Minded Blues; Alabama Blues; Down on Pennsylvania Avenue; Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die); Follow the Deal on Down; Graveyard Love; I Wanna Jazz Some More; If I Lose, Let Me Lose (Mamma Don't Mind); I'm a Back Bitin' Mama; Jazz It Blues; Jazz Me Blues; Log Cabin Blues; Move It On Out of Here; Never Drive a Beggar from Your Door; Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Mornin'; Police Blues; Sinful Blues; Slow and Steady; Somethin' Goin' On Wrong; Southbound Blues; The Down Home Blues; Troublesome Blues; Walk That Broad; You May Go but You'll Come Back Some Day.

Born on this day – Amy Beach:

Amy Beach

Composer

Pianist

Writer

September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944

Credits:

By the Still Waters; Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123; Invocation for the Violin, Op. 55; With Prayer and Supplicaton, Op. 8; Te Deum, from Service in A, Op. 63; Constant Christmas, Op. 95; On a Hill; Kyrie eleison, Op. 122; Sanctus, Op. 122; Agnus Dei, Op. 122; Spirit of Mercy, Op. 125; Evening Hymn, Op. 125; I Will Give Thanks, Op. 147; Peace I leave With You, Op. 8. (1998); Chamber Music CDs: 2 Ambache Ensemble recordings on Chandos Records; Fire Flies (1998); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1989); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1995); Mrs. H.H.A. Amy Beach (1867–1944); Piano Concerto in C sharp minor; Piano Music, Vol. 1, The Early Works; Piano Music, Vol. 2, The Turn of the Century; Piano Music, Vol. 3, The Mature Years; Piano Music, Vol. 4, The Late Works; Piano Quintet in F♯ minor, Op. 67Sonata for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 34: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor; Quartet for Strings; Pastorale for Wind Quintet; and Sketches (4) for Piano, Dreaming; Songs. Performed by mezzo-soprano Katherine Kelton, accompanied by pianist Catherine Bringerud; Under the Stars; Une prodige empêchée (2024).

Born on this day – Meade Lux Lewis:

Meade Lux Lewis

Blues musician

Pianist

Composer

September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); All That Jazz, Vol. 138: Jabouti! (2021); Barrel House Blues (2020); Barrel House Piano (1957); Bear Cat Crawl (2015); Blues De Lux' (2015); Boogie on Down (2015); Boogie Woogie (1941); Boogie Woogie Boys 1938-1944 (2014); Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments (1955); Boogie Woogie Kings (2009); Boogie Woogie Piano and Drums (1955); Boogie Woogie Stomp (1998); Boogie Woogie Trio (2011); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1 (2017); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 2 (1997); Cat House Piano (1955); Chicago Flyer (2016); Chicago Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1936–1951 Vol. 3, Oldie Blues OL 2827 (1984);Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Jazz Series 1939 – 1941 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1941 – 1944 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1954 (2009); Far Ago Blues (2015); Frompy Stomp (2021); Giant of Blues and Boogie Woogie 1905–1964, Oldie Blues OL 2810 (1982); Gliding from Glendale to Chicago (2005); Honky Tonk Train Blues (2009); Jazz Piano Masters - Meade Lux Lewis (2011); Lux's Boogie (2012); Masters of Boogie Piano: Five Classic Albums Plus (2013); Meade "Lux" Lewis (1939 to late 1940s) (2005); Meade Lux Lewis Selected Favorites Volume 1 (2006); Melancholy (2016); Original Jazz Sound: Cat House Piano 1955 (2012); Shooboody (2023); Spirit of Boogie Woogie (2015); Tell Your Story, Oldie Blues OL 2805 (1975); The Best Boogie Woogie Piano (2013); The Blues Piano Artistry Of Meade Lux Lewis (1990); The Boogie Woogie Trio vol. 1 (1995); The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis (1983); The First Day (1992); The Original Boogie Woogie Piano Giants (2023); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 17 - Boogie Woogie (2 Of 4) (2007); Tidal Boogie (1996); Yancey's Last Ride (1957).

Movies and television:

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (1999); Ain't Misbehavin' (1974); Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018); Cabin in the Sky (1943); Cow-Cow Boogie (1943); Emily's First 100 Days of School (2006); Fuzzy Wuzzy (1946); I'll Be There (2003); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Low Down Dog (1944); Mississippi Masala (1991); New Orleans (1947); Nightmare (1956); Swingtime Jamboree (1946); The Blues (2003); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Roaring 20's (1961).

Born on this day – Jimmy Rushing:

Jimmy Rushing

Blues singer

Pianist

August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

1944 - 1944 (1986); 1965-70 - The Scene: Live in New York (2009); At Savoy Ballroom 1937–1944 (1972); Benny Goodman, Benny in Brussels (1958);  Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie: The Songs They Made Famous (1961); Big Boy Blues (1964); Buck Clayton, Copenhagen Concert (1979); Cat Meets Chick (1956); Count Basie at Newport (1957); Dave Brubeck, Brubeck and Rushing (1960); Duke Ellington, Jazz Party (1959); Earl Hines, Blues and Things (1968); Every Day I Have the Blues (1967); Five Feet of Soul (1963); Gee Baby Ain't I Been Good to You (1971); Goin' to Chicago (1955); If This Ain't the Blues (1958); Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy & Jimmy (1967); Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (1956); Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (1958); Livin' the Blues (1968); Mr. Five By Flve "Live" (1966); Rushing Lullabies (1959); Sings the Blues (1955); The Complete Count Basie, Volumes 1-10 (date?); The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq. (1957); The Newport Years Volume VI (1973); The Original American Decca Recordings / 3CD box set (1992); The You and Me That Used to Be (1971); VV AA -The Sound Of Jazz (1959); Who Was It Sang That Song? (1967).

Movies and television:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); Air Mail Special (1941); Baseball (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Choo Choo Swing (1943); Crazy House (1943); Eileen (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues / Visualizer (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Fellow Travelers (2023); Kansas City (1996); Omnibus / Segment: 135th Street (1953); Sarah Sings & Basie Swings (1963); Six-Five Special (1957); Take Me Back, Baby (1941); The Blues (2003); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Learning Tree (1969); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Salton Sea (2002); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022); The War (2007); When We First Met (2018).

Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Composer

Pianist

Teacher

Writer

Humanitarian

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

Born on this day – Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani:

Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani

Composer

Conductor

Pianist

August 20, 1937 – October 1, 2018

Born on this day – Gladys Bentley:

Gladys Bentley

Blues singer

Pianist

August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960

Credits:

Songs:

Before Midnight; Big Gorilla Man; Boogie Woogie Cue; Boogie'n My Woogie; Find out What He Likes; Fourth of July Boogie; Give It Up; Ground Hog Blues; How Long, How Long Blues; How Much Can I Stand; It Went to the Girl Next Door; Jingle Jangle Jump; June-Teeth Jamboree; Lay it on the Line; Lay It on the Line for Father; Moanful Wailin' Blues; Moanful Walkin' Blues; Red Beans And Rice; Red Beans and Rice Blues; Wild Geese Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

Before Stonewall (1984); Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024); Shirley (2020); You Bet Your Life (1958).

Born on this day – Robert Shaw:

Robert Shaw

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

August 9, 1908 – May 18, 1985

Born on this day – Richard "Hacksaw" Harney:

Richard “Hacksaw” Harney

Blues guitarist

Pianist

July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973

Credits:

Songs:

12 Pound Rag #2; Adelphi Ramble; Butcher Shop Blues; Can Can; Doggone My Good Luck Soul; Five Foot Two; Hacksaw’s Down South Blues; He's Coming Soon; Home Skeen Ball; Laughing Pallet; Little Rock Blues; Little Rock Blues II; Oh Red; Ragtime Blues; Sunnyland Train Blues; Sweet Man; The Delta Eagle; Twelve Pound Daddy.

Albums:

Hacksaw's Down South Blues (1971); Sunnyland Train Blues (1971); Sweet Man (1972); The Crowing Rooster (2001).

Born on this day – St. Louis Jimmy Oden:

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 26, 1903 – December 30, 1977

Born on this day – Lalo Schifrin:

Lalo Schifrin

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025

Credits:

+ de cinéma (2001); 20 to 1 (2010); 30 Rock (2010); 8 to 4 (1981); 99 Francs (2007); A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003); A Long Way from Nowhere (1970); A Mother's Burden with Rutanya Alda (2013); A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008); A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999); A Small Rebellion (1966); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); A.D. (1985); Abominable (2006); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen: Theme from Mission: Impossible (1996); Adapting Amityville with Tommy Lee Wallace (2013); After the Sunset (2004); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend' (2004); American Playhouse (1989); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Amityville: The Truth (2010); Any Boy Can (1973); Armação Ilimitada (1987); Assassins (1995); Autour de 'Rush Hour 3' en 80 mots (2008); Back to Genre: Making Abominable (2006); Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Bad Medicine (1985); Bains de minuit (1987); Bandstand (1966); BaseBoys (2018); Battle Creek Brawl (1980); Ben Casey (1965); Berlín Blues (1988); Better Call Saul (2022); Beverly Hills Madam (1986); Beyond Ipanema (2013); Biyik (2004); Black Moon Rising (1986); Blindfold (1966); Blood and Steel: Making 'Enter the Dragon' (2004); Blue Bloods (2015); Blue Light (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Boléro, le refrain du monde (2019); Boulevard Nights (1979); Brenda Starr (1976); Bringing Down the House (2003); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Britain's Got Talent (2012–2015); Bronk (1975–1976); Brows Held High (2013); Brubaker (1980); Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998); Buddy Buddy (1981); Bullitt (1968); Cannes Film Festival (1994); Can't Touch This (2016); Caveman (1981); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Charley Varrick (1973); Charlie's Angels (2000); Che! (1969); Chicago Story (1982); Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023); CHiPs (1978); Christmas in Vienna (1992–1995); Cine Chalom (2020); Cinema 3 (1998); Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965); Class of 1984 (1982); Classroom (2006); Çöl (1983); Coming Through the Window (1973); Command 5 (1985); Confessions of a Top Crime Buster (1971); Conversations on Alex North's Spartacus: The Celebration of a Masterpiece (2010); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Copshop (2021); Crazy Safari (1991); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006); Culture Clash: West Meets East (2001); D.C. Cab (1983); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing Stars (2011); Dancing with the Stars (2012); Danger Theatre (1993); Dark Intruder (1965); Day of the Animals (1977); Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Detective Bobby Dicey (2015); Detective in the House (1985); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Diminishing Returns (2018); Dirty Harry (1971); Doctor Detroit (1983); Don Quijote de la Mancha (1991); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990–1992); Dr. Kildare (1965); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Earth II (1971); Earth Star Voyager (1988); Eastwood Symphonic - Une affaire de Famille (2023); Egan (1973); El jefe (1958); El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012); Enter the Dragon (1973); Entourage (2004); Escape (1971); Escape to Athena (1979); Eye of the Cat (1969); F/X2 (1991); Face to Face (1990); Falcon's Gold (1982); Family Matters with Diane Franklin (2013); Family Switch (2023); Fast-Walking (1982); Father Tom's Memories with Andrew Prine (2013); Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021); Felicity (1998); Foster & Laurie (1975); Gamer (2012); Glitter (1984–1985); Golden Needles (1974); Gone with the Wave (1964); Good Against Evil (1977); Good Morning Britain (2019); Great Performances (1988); Great Performances: Dance in America (2001); Greek Lightning (1973); Growing Pains (1989–1991); Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975); Halloween on Dartmoor (2014); Happy Accidents (2000); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); Haunted Melodies with Lalo Schifrin (2013); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Here's Lucy (1971); Hermanos: Cantaré, cantarás (1985); Heute Xpress (2025); History Repeats Itself: Class of 1984 (2015); Hit! (1973); Hola Susana (1996); Hollywood in Vienna (2012); Hollywood Wives (1985); Homecoming (2018); Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967); Hunter (1973); Hustle (1975); I Deal in Danger (1966); I Love My Wife (1970); Il était une fois (2024–2026); Imago (1970); Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); In the Tracks of Jean-Michel Bernard (2019); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Inside TV Land (2002); Institute for Revenge (1979); It's Happening (1968); ITV Celebrites Interviews (2020–2021); Jackass (2000); Jackie Chan's Hong Kong Tour (2001); Jake's M.O. (1987); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Jazz Casual (1961); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1970); Jeopardy! (1984); Jericho (1966); Jinxed! (1982); Joe Kidd (1972); Joy House (1964); Kate & Leopold (2001); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kung Fu Chaos (2003); Kung Fu Kenobi's Big Adventure (1999); Kung Fu: The Movie (1986); La aventura del hombre (1981–2000); L'âge d'or de la musique de film 1965-1975 (2009); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible - Direction de Victor Jacob (2023); Lalo: My Mission Impossible (2026); Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' (2015); Le monde est à vous (1988); Les Français écrivent aux Shadoks (1969); Limp Bizkit: Take a Look Around (2000); L'invité (2016); Little Sisters (1972); Little White Lies (1989); Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon (1973); Longshot (2001); Loophole (1981); Los viernes de la eternidad (1981); Love and Bullets (1979); Love Story (2011); Luciano Pavarotti: A Legend Turns 70 (2005); Mad for It (2000); Magicians (2007); Magnum Force (1973); Making Magic Out of Mire (2001); Man on a Swing (1974); Manhattan Merengue! (1995); Mannix (1967–1975); Mean Machine (2001); Medea (2005); Medical Center (1969–1976); Meet the Sniper (2008); Miranda (2009); Mission Impossible (2008); Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969); Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023); Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025); Mission: Impossible (1966–1973 / 1988 / 1988–1990 / 1996); Mission: Impossible II (2000); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Money Talks (1997); Moonlighting (1989); Morgenmagazin (2025); Most Wanted (1976–1977); MotorStorm: Apocalypse (2011); Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin (1993); Mr. Bigstuff (2024); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); Murderers' Row (1966); Mutant Action (1993); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989–1994); N.U.N.S. with Nunchucks (2021); National Geographic Specials (1966); Never Ever (2020); New British Canon (2021); Night Gallery (1972); Night Games (1974); No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure (2011); Nostalgia Critic (2012); Nunzio (1978); Olympic Gala (1984); Once a Thief (1965); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Foot in the Grave (1992); Open the Dragon: A ROBLOX movie (2022); Oriental Blue (1975); Original Sin (1989); Ouija (2014); Out on a Limb (1987); Paddington (2014); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Petrocelli (1974–1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); Premiere (1968); Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971); Preview Tonight (1966); Prime Cut (1972); Princess Daisy (1983); Private Eye (1987); Private Sessions (1985); Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970); Rage (1972); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Dragon (2002); Rembob'Ina (2020); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); Rhino! (1964); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982); Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983); Rituals and Resolutions (1999); Rollercoaster (1977); Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022); Rude Tube (2009–2014); Rush Hour (1998); Rush Hour 2 (2001); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Rush Hour: Isolated Score with Audio Commentary by Lalo Schifrin (1999); Sadie J (2012); Sanford and Son (1976); Scorpion Spring (1995); See How They Run (1964); Serial (1980); Sev Yeter (1984); Severance (2022); Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988); Shoot the Moon (1982); Show of Strength - David Carradine's: Martial Arts Journey (1998); Shrek 2 (2004); Sky Riders (1976); Smallville (2001); Snow Day (2000); Sol Madrid (1968); Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012); Something to Believe In (1998); Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013); Sound of Speed: Composing Black Moon Rising (2019); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Special Delivery (1976); Spielberg (2017); Spraggue (1984); Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014); St. Ives (1976); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1976); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Sudden Impact (1983); Sullivan's Empire (1967); Switchback (1997); T.H.E. Cat (1966–1967); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tango (1998); Tango Under the Stars with Dudamel (2016); Tank (1984); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); TCN Channel 9 News (1957); Telefon (1977); Terror at London Bridge (1985); The 10th Annual Governors Awards (2018); The 20th Annual Charlie Awards (2006); The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (1983); The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Amityville Horror (1979); The Angry River (1971); The Aquarians (1970); The Art Of... When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! (2011); The Background Beat (1965); The Beguiled (1971); The Benny Hill Show (1977); The Best on Record (1968); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Valley (1968–1969); The Black Godfather (2019); The Bob Hope Show (1968); The Boondocks (2005); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004); The Brotherhood (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Christian Licorice Store (1971); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Competition (1980); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Crooked Arrangement (1982); The Dead Pool (1988); The Death of Scorpio (1979); The Doomsday Flight (1966); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Enforcers: Sudden Impact (1983); The Exorcist (1973); The Ferals (1994); The Four Musketeers (1974); The Fourth Protocol (1987); The Fox (1967); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garfield Movie (2024); The Groove Under the Groove (2026); The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971); The Hidden Dove (2018); The In-Laws (2003); The Insatiables (1973); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Ladies Club (1985); The Last Dragon (1985); The Light from the Chocolate Factory (2020); The Liquidator (1965); The Lorax (2012); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Making of a President: 1964 (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1966); The Manitou (1978); The Mask of Sheba (1970); The Master Gunfighter (1975); The Mean Season (1985); The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024); The Nativity (1978); The Near Departed (2012); The Neon Empire (1989); The Neptune Factor (1973); The New Kids (1985); The Nude Bomb (1980); The Oscars (2019 / 2026); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Other Woman (2014); The Partners (1971); The Partners (1971–1972); The President's Analyst (1967); The President's Mistress (1978); The Richard Boone Show (1964); The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968); The Rivermen (1980); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Score (2003); The Seduction (1982); The Silence at Bethany (1988); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Skin (1981); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Stalking Investigators (2014); The Sting II (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966); The Venetian Affair (1966); The Ventures: Stars on Guitars (2020); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Vision: The Making of the 'Three Tenors in Concert' (1994); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way Out Men (1965); The White Gown (1975); The World About Us (1968); The Wrath of God (1972); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); The Young Lawyers (1969–1971); Thelma (2024); Three for Danger (1967); Three Giant Men (1973); THX 1138 (1971); Time of Our Lives (1990); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004); Tom the Cat (2002); Tommys Hollywood Report (1988); Top of the Pops (1976–2000); Tracks (2007); Trainyard Dogs: Part I (2018); Trashi (1981); Triplecross (1986); Troldspejlet (1999); Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot (2000); Two Billion Hearts (1995); Ultrasordine (2007); Undercover Brother (2002); Up from the Ape (1975); Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000); Vampire Idol (2011); Venga a bailar el rock (1957); Victims (1982); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Wagon Train (1964); Wait Until Dark (1982); Wall Street: Where the Money Is (1966); Wanted: Perfect Father (1994); Way... Way Out (1966); Wayne's World (1992); Wayne's World 2 (1993); Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972); What's Behind the Groupies? (1975); What's Up Doc? (1993); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968); Who's Minding the Mint? (1967); WUSA (1970); Youtube Geographic (2018); Zodiac (2007).

Born on this day – Louis Alter:

Louis Alter

Composer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 18, 1902 – November 5, 1980