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 – André Previn:

André Previn

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019

Born on this day – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Composer

Pianist

Writer

April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968

Credits:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957); A Letter for Evie (1946); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); Above Suspicion (1943); Address Unknown (1944); Adventures in Silverado (1948); Adventures of Rusty (1945); Alias a Gentleman (1948); And Then There Were None (1945); Asana Travelogue (2012); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Barbary Pirate (1949); Barbed Wire (1952); Bataan (1943); Batman and Robin (1949); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle Stations (1956); Bewitched (1945); Big Leaguer (1953); Black Eagle (1948); Blondie's Hero (1950); Boston Blackie (1948); Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945); Brave Warrior (1952); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cannibal Attack (1954); Captain Pirate (1952); Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951); Captive Girl (1950); Charge of the Lancers (1954); Chinatown at Midnight (1949); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crash Landing (1958); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Cripple Creek (1952); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Customs Agent (1950); Dangerous Business (1946); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil Goddess (1955); Devil Ship (1947); Down to Earth (1947); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); El Alaméin (1953); Emergency Wedding (1950); Escape in the Fog (1945); Everybody Does It (1949); Fingers at the Window (1942); Forgotten Treasure (1943); Fury of the Congo (1951); Gaslight (1944); Gentle Annie (1944); Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953); Harem Girl (1952); Harrigan's Kid (1943); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hurricane Island (1951); I Love a Mystery (1945); In Our Time (1944); Inca Gold (1943); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Journey for Margaret (1942); Jungle Jim (1948); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Jungle Man-Eaters (1954); Jungle Manhunt (1951); Just Before Dawn (1946); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Key Witness (1947); Lassie Come Home (1943); Last of the Redmen (1947); Last Train from Bombay (1952); Main Street After Dark (1945); Man in the Dark (1953); Manhattan (1944); Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945); Mark of the Gorilla (1950); Mask of the Avenger (1951); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Mule Train (1950); My Name Is Julia Ross (1945); Mysterious Intruder (1946); Mysterious Island (1951); Night Editor (1946); Nine Girls (1944); Okinawa (1952); Orchestra of Exiles (2012); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Out of the Depths (1945); Pirates of the High Seas (1950); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plan for Destruction (1943); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Ship (1945); Prison Warden (1949); Racing Luck (1948); Rage in Heaven (1941); Rationing (1944); Reunion in France (1942); Revenue Agent (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Savage Mutiny (1953); Secret Command (1944); Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956); Sergeant Mike (1944); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Shadowed (1946); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slaves of Babylon (1953); Smuggler's Gold (1951); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Son of Lassie (1945); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Streets of Ghost Town (1950); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Superman (1948); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Big Gusher (1951); The Black Parachute (1944); The Brave Bulls (1951); The Brigand (1952); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Clock (1945); The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947); The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945); The Crooked Web (1955); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Devil's Henchman (1949); The Devil's Mask (1946); The Fighting Frontiersman (1946); The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948); The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944); The Giant Claw (1957); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); The Hard Man (1957); The Heavenly Body (1944); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Long Wait (1954); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Love Machine (1971); The Loves of Carmen (1948); The Maestro (2018); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Mark of the Whistler (1944); The Miami Story (1954); The Millerson Case (1947); The Missing Juror (1944); The Phantom Thief (1946); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Saracen Blade (1954); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stars Look Down (1940); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Stratton Story (1949); The Unknown (1946); The Unwritten Code (1944); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Werewolf (1956); The White Squaw (1956); The World Was His Jury (1958); Thief of Damascus (1952); Time Out of Mind (1947); Tortilla Flat (1942); Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948); Two-Man Submarine (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Undercurrent (1946); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Vendetta (1942); Voice of the Whistler (1945); Voodoo Tiger (1952); We Were Dancing (1942); Whirlwind Raiders (1948); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); White Cargo (1942); Without Love (1945); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957).

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.

Born on this day – Béla Bartók:

Béla Bartók

Composer

Pianist

Ethnomusicologist

March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945

Credits:

Music compositions:

14 Trifles; 44 Duos for Two Violins; Allegro barbaro; An Evening at the Village; BB 34, Sz. 30; Bluebeard's Castle; Buciumeana; Cantata Profana; Concerto for Orchestra; Contrasts; Dance Suite; Divertimento for String Orchestra; Bartók's Studies; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs; Hungarian Folk Tunes: III; Hungarian Pictures; Kossuth; Maruntel; Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105: Volume VI: 148-153: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm; Mikrokosmos; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Out of Doors; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Method (Zongoraiskola), BB 66, Sz. 52: 116. Moderato; Piano Sonata; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, BB 36b (op. 1): I. Adagio molto; Rhapsody No. 1; Rhapsody No. 2; Romanian Christmas Carols; Romanian Folk Dances; Slovakian Dance; Sonata for Solo Violin; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Sonatina; Sonatina, BB 102a: III. Final. Allegro vivace; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; Thong Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 6; Suite, Op. 14; The Barbarian; The Miraculous Mandarin; The Wooden Prince; Two Pictures: I. In voller Blüte; Viola Concerto; Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2.

Movies and television:

40 éves in Cantemus (2015); A Bibo Reader (2002); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1970); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1981); A kékszakállú herceg vára (2005); Discovering the French (1957); A la memoria del autor (1966); A Nyolcak nyomában (2011); A varázsló álma (1987); A zene határtalanul (2016); Aleph, lectures contades (2000); Anthropoid (2016); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); Back on Stage (2020); Masked Ball (1981); Bartok (2017); Bartók Béla: Az éjszaka zenéje (1970); Bartók Béla: Kontrasztok (1981); Bartóks Requiem (2008); Behind Closed Doors (1988); Being John Malkovich (1999); Bluebeard's Castle (1963); Bluebeard's Castle (2022); Budapeströl jut eszembe (2001); Poodle (1979); Catatonic (2009); Celibidache (1992); China Lake (1983); Chuzhaya Belaya i Ryaboy (1986); Cinderella (2021); Concerto for Orchestra (1965); Contrasts (1968); Control Room (2004); Correspondence (1953); Cosmos (1980); Csodálatos Mandarin (2001); Das muss man erst mal aussprechen können (2021); Das Versprechen (2023); Men Who Lost Roots (1956); Diamantino (2018); Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (2007); Doctor Who (1967–1968) Doomwatch (1972); Drakengard (2003); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (2020); Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990); Égetö Eszter (1989); El grosso concerto (2001); Életbevágó (2000); El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963); Este a Székelyeknél (1998); Flaming Creatures (1963); Fuchsmühl (1974); Full House (1972); Through Music (1981); The Rise and Fall of a Small Business of cinema (1986); Hamsun (1996); Het slot van hertog Blauwbaard (1965) Hope@Home (2020); Impressions of New York (1956); Imre Eck and Maria Bretus in Csodálatos Mandarin (1970); (In Here) I Am God (2018); Ocio (2022); In memoriam Gyarmathy Tihamér (2016); In Search of Dracula (1974); Katzenspiel (1972); Kékszakállú (2016); Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Debussy and Bartók (2023); Kristallnacht (2022); The Prints and Drawings Department (1954); Bluebeard's Castle / The Voice human (2015); The Marvellous Mandarin (1964); The Novel (1991); Legion (2017); The Great Performers (1967); Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997); Long Time No See (2019); Magritte (1978); Medvetánc (1972); Melinda and Melinda (2004); Mindennap (1980); Mirrors (2016); My Homeland (1976); NET Festival (1968); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1959–1963); Not Reconciled (1965); Obiettivo Sul Territorio (2009); Oldás és kötés (1963) Orchestre National de France (1964); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Polyformia (2008); Public Eye (1971); Pursuit (1997); Ready Player One (2018); Algerian refugees (1958); Rosa (1992); Senseless (1962); Simon Says (2015); Singing the Blues in Red (1986); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) Stick and Bone (1968); Studio One (1953); Szörnyeteg (1975); Tatort (2017); The Boris Giltburg Five Minute Library (2017); The Catch (1946); The Good Mother (1988); The Illiac Passion (1967); The Legacy (2009); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2015); The Prediction (1991); The Shepherds of Cat Island (2020); The Shining (1980); The Silent Revolution (2018); The Souvenir (2019); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2010); The Young Pope (2016); Trainwreck (2001); Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2006); Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1995); Un paso al frente (1966); A Little Prince (1984); Visions (1977); Zongora A Levegöben (1976).

Born on this day – Byron Janis:

Byron Janis

Pianist

March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Movies and television:

Discorama (1965); Great Music from Chicago (1959); Hannibal Rising (2007); Harmoniques (1998); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); Prestige de la musique (1965); Pro Musicis: The Spirit of Music (1992); Six Pianos on One Disc (1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962–1963); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984).

Born on this day – Samuel Barber:

Samuel Barber

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

Baritone

Teacher

March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981

Credits:

Compositions:

[First] Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, 1937; 2nd movement revised as Night Flight, Op. 19a, 1964; A Hand of Bridge, opera in 1 act, 1953; A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15, 1940; Adagio for Strings, [arr. of 2nd movement of String Quartet], Op. 11, 1938; Agnus Dei, Op. 11, 1967; Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39, 1963; Antony and Cleopatra, opera in 3 acts after Shakespeare, 1966; arr. as orchestral Suite, 1947; Ballade, piano, Op. 46, 1977; Canzone (elegy), flute and piano, Op. 38a, 1961; Canzonetta, Op. 48 [posth.], 1981; Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, 1944; Cello Concerto, Op. 22, 1945; Cello Sonata, Op. 6, 1932; Despite and Still: A Last Song, Op. 41, 1968-9; Die Natali, chorale preludes for Christmas, Op. 37, 1960; Dover Beach, Op. 3, 1933; Excursions, Op. 20, 1942-4; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (after Joyce, Finnegans Wake), Op. 44, 1971; Four Songs, Op. 13, 1941; Hermit Songs, Op. 29, 1952-3; Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, 1947; Medea / Serpent Heart, ballet, Op. 23, 1946; Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a, 1953; Melodies passagères, Op. 27, 1950-51; Music for a Scene from Shelly, Op. 7, 1933; Nocturne (Homage to John Field), piano, Op. 33, 1959; Nuvoletta, Op. 25, 1947; Piano Concerto, Op. 38, 1962; Prayers of Kirkegaard, Op. 30, 1954; Reincarnations, Op. 16, 1937-40; Rev. as The Cave of the Heart 1947; Second Essay, Op. 17, 1942; Serenade, string quartet/string orchestra, Op. 1, 1930; Solo Instrumental; Sonata, piano, Op. 26, 1949; Souvenirs, ballet, 1955; Stille Nacht [arrangement of Silent Night from Die natali], Op. 37, 1960; String Quartet, Op. 11, 1936; Summer Music, wind quintet, Op. 31, 1956; Symphony [No. 1] in One Movement, Op. 9, 1936; Symphony No. 2, Op. 19, 1944; The Lovers, Op. 43, 1971; The School for Scandal, Op. 5, 1931-3; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8/1-2, 1936; Three Songs (Joyce), Op. 10, 1935; Three Songs, Op. 45, 1972; Toccata festiva, Op. 36, 1960; Twelfth Night, Op. 42, 1968; Two Songs, Op. 18, 1942; Vanessa, opera in 4 acts, 1956-7; Violin Concerto, Op. 14, 1939; Violin Sonata, Op. 4, 1928.

Movies and television:

20 Feet from Stardom / Sure On This Shining Night (2013); A Hand of Bridge (2017); A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019); A Nightmare on Sesame Street (1987); A Very Natural Thing (1974); Agnes Day (2009); Agnes Day (2009); Amélie (2001); American Dad! (2009); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); At Home with the Braithwaites (2001); Bodies (2023); Bravetown (2015); Camera Three (1971); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celeste (1991); Dancing Daze (1986); Donny (2013); Dudamel and the LA Phil Return to the Bowl (2021); El armario (2000); El Norte (1983); ER (1995); Experimenter / Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (2015); Falling for You (1995); Fermeture de l'usine Renault à Vilvoorde (La vie sexuelle des Belges, 3e partie) (1999); Ficció (2006); Hammarskjöld (2023); Happiness (1998); Himizu (2011); How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014); In My Room (2018); Jojo in the Stars (2003); Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000); Liubi (2005); Lorenzo's Oil (1992); Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (2022); Ma mère (2004); Medea (1954); Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie (2023); Misfits (2010); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); New World Symphony Wallcast Tm Concert 4 (2013); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Omnibus opera (2016); On Any Saturday (2008); One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (2006); Outlander (2019); Peace One Day (2004); Platoon (1986); Processen (2003); Reconstruction (2003); Red Dwarf (1999); Rusanne (2018); S1m0ne (2002); Sam & Barb's School for Scandal (2016); Samuel Barber in Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017); Seinfeld (1996); Sicko (2007); Skate Boys (2015); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); South Park (2004); Spaced (1999–2001); Swimming Upstream (2003); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); The Ark of Madness (2007); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Bonds of Springtime (2013); The Choir: Unsung Town (2009); The Cine-Masochist (2015); The Deep Blue Sea (2011); The Elephant Man (1980); The Grand Tour (2016); The Horse (1973); The Hunters (1996); The Man with the Wooden Face (2017); The Scarlet Letter (1995); The Simpsons (2003–2017); To Stay Alive: A Method (2016); Top Gear (2008); Vanessa (1978 / 2001 / 2019); Wasteland (2012); Where the Smiling Ends (2004); Wild Reeds (1994).

Born on this day – Walter Davis:

Walter Davis

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963

Born on this day – Albert Ammons:

Albert Ammons

Pianist

Blues Musician

March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949

Born on this day – Frédéric Chopin:

Frédéric Chopin

Composer

Pianist

March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849

Born on this day – Floyd Dixon:

Floyd Dixon

Blues singer

Pianist

February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006

Born on this day – Roosevelt Sykes:

Roosevelt Sykes

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Blues (2011); Blues (1961); Blues by Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (1995); Blues Masters Vol. 23 - Roosevelt Sykes (2009); Blues Piano and Guitar (2019); Boot That Thing (1929-1941) (2008); Chicago Blues Festival (1970); Chicago Blues Festival '70 (Blues Reference) (2002); Chicago Boogie (2004); Dirty Double Mother (1973); Dirty Mother for You (2013); Double Barreled Boogie (2004); Eight Ball Blues (2007); Face to Face with the Blues (1961); Feel Like Blowing My Horn (1973); Fine And Brown (2008); Gold Mine (1992); Grind It! (1996); Happy Hours (2015); Hard Drivin' Blues (1964); Honeydripper (2015); Is it True 'Bout the Man Roosevelt? (2020); Memphis Blues (1974); Memphis Slim Presents Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (2014); Music Is My Business (1996); Night Time Is the Right Time (2019); Raining in My Heart (2000); Roosevelt Sykes "Live" At Webster College 1974 (2014); Roosevelt Sykes Selected Favorites (2006); Roosevelt Sykes Sings the Blues (2006); Roosevelt Sykes the Honey Dripper, Vol. 1: 1934-1942 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) (1999); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 10 (1951-1957) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 3 (1931-1933) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 4 (1934-1936) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 5 (1937-1939) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 7 (1941-1944) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 9 (1947-1951) (2005); Sings the Blues (1998); Slave for Your Love (2021); The Honey Dripper's Ball (1970); The Honeydripper (1962); The Honeydripper's Duke's Mixture (1971); The Original Honeydripper (2013); The Return of Roosevelt Sykes (1960); The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Vol 15) (2010); Wild Side (2020).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Bandstand (1966); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); David Makes Man (2019); Denise Calls Up (1995); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Hair (2009); Last Flag Flying (2017); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Mafia III (2016); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Mississippi Grind (2015); Mr. Mercedes (2017); Nothing But the Blues (1966); Outcast (2016); Pretend It's a City (2021); Shindig! (1965); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Deuce (2018).

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:

Kip Anderson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Credits:

Music:

A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992); A Knife and a Fork (1993); Blue Moon / Unchained Melody (1967); Frozen Heart / Abide in Me (1969); I Can't / I'll Get Along (1965); I Could'a Been Sleepin' / He Never Left Me Alone (1989); I Feel Good / I Will Cry (1961); I Get Carried Away / Here I Am, Try Me (1965); I Wanna Be the Only One / Making Tracks (1959); I Wanna Be the Only One / The Home Fires Are Brighter After All (1959); If That Don't Make You Cry / Without a Woman (1966); Jesus Sings with Me (Part 1) / Jesus Sings with Me (Part 2) (1988); Letter From my Darling / Watch You Work it Out (1968); Oh My Linda / 'Til Your Love is Mine (1960); Take It Like a Man / A Knife and a Fork (1967); Tell Her I Love Her / Woman How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do (1965); That's All I Can Do / I Went Off and Cried (1968); That's When the Crying Begins / I Done You Wrong (1964); You'll Lose a Good Thing / I'm Out of Love (1967); Your Sweetness Is My Weakness / A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992).

Born on this day – Jay McShann:

Jay McShann

Blues singer

Pianist

Composer

Bandleader

January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

A Tribute to Fats Waller (1978); After Hours (1982); Airmail Special (1994); Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al (1974); Axel Zwingenberger, Swing the Boogie! (1996); Best of Friends with Al Casey (1982); Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (1983); Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger (1991); Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (1977); Cold Strange (1977); Confessin' the Blues (1970); Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (1977); Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of (2015); Early Bird with Charlie Parker (1973); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney Stew is Fine (1969); Goin' to Kansas City Blues (1957); Goin' to Kansas City with Duke Robillard (2003); Going to Kansas City (1972); Helen Humes, Helen Comes Back (1973); Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (1975); Hootie Blues (2006); Hootie! (2000); Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (1997); Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (1995); Jim Galloway, Kansas City Nights (1993); Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (1981); Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1992); Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (1982); Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (1972); Just a Lucky So and So (1984); Just Got Lucky (1993); Kansas City Hustle (1978); Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (1976); Kansas City Memories (1955); Kansas City Memories (1973); Kansas City On My Mind (1977); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1980); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1989); Live in France Vol. 2 with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (1984); McShann's Piano (1967); More Stuff (1985); My Baby with the Black Dress On (1998); Paris All-Star Blues: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (1991); Piano Playhouse (1996); Pressure Cooker (1985); Roll 'em (1987); Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (1981); Slim Gaillard, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (1983); Some Blues (1993); Still Jumpin' the Blues with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur (1999); Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton (1991); Swingmatism with Don Thompson, Archie Alleyne (1994); T-Bone Walker, Feelin' the Blues (1999); The Band That Jumps the Blues! (1973); The Big Apple Bash (1979); The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941–1943) (1982); The Last of the Blue Devils (1978); The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (1980); The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (1993); Tiny Grimes, Some Groovy Fours (1996); Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (1970); Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (1980); Vine Street Boogie (1974); Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues (1981); What a Wonderful World (1999).

Songs:

After Hours; Ain't Nobody's Business; Blue Devil Jump; Cherokee; Come on Over to My House; Confessin' the Blues; Confessin’ the Blues; Dexter Blues; 'Fore Day Rider; Georgia on My Mind; Get Me on Your Mind; Going To Kansas City; Hands Off; Hold'em Hootie; Hootie Blues; Hot Biscuits; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Just for You; Let It Be Me; McShann's Boogie-Blues; Moten Swing; Mr. Cleanhead Blues; My Chile; Red River Blues; Roll'em; Sepian Bounce; Swingmatism; T'Aint Nobody's Bizness; The Duke and the Brute; Vine Street Boogie; What a Wonderful World; When I Grow Too Old to Dream.

Movies and television:

American Horror Story (2014); American Masters (1989); American Splendor (2003); Better Call Saul (2020); Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022); Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010); Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997); Hanging Up (2000); Independent Lens (2005); Jazz (2001); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Lovecraft Country (2020); Married Life (2007); Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian (1992); The Blues (2003); The Last of the Blue Devils (1979); Vine Street Blues (1943).

Born on this day – Maurizio Pollini:

Maurizio Pollini

Pianist

Conductor

Actor

January 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos.13, 14 & 15; Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.17 "The Tempest", 21 "Waldstein", 25 & 26 "Les Adieux"; Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale"; Choral Fantasy; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83, IJB 83: I. Allegro non troppo; Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1; Brahms: Piano Quintet Op.34; Chopin: Etudes; Préludes; Polonaises; Chopin: Scherzi; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Edmond Appia, Maurizio Pollini & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN; Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Nuages gris; Unstern! Sinistre; La lugubre gondola; R.W.-Venezia; Manzoni: Masse: Omaggio a Edgard Varèse / Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie op.9; Maurizio Pollini & Frédéric Chopin; Maurizio Pollini & Ludwig van Beethoven; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Giuseppe Sinopoli; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms & Quartetto Italiano; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19; Schoenberg: The Piano Music; Schubert: Piano Sonatas D958 & D959; Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas D 958, 959 & 960; 3 Piano Pieces D 946; Allegretto D 915; Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 / Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Op.42; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Etudes; Schumann: Sonata for Piano Op.11; Fantasia Op.17; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini, Gabriela Lechner, Gretchen Eder, Elisabeth Mach, Jorge Pita, Andreas Esders, Gerhard Eder, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Walter Hagen-Groll.

Movies, television and video:

Che tempo che fa (2009); Freunde fürs Leben (1999); Maurizio Pollini & Christian Thielemann: Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (2013); Maurizio Pollini spielt Beethoven (2020); Maurizio Pollini: De Main De Maître (2014); Music on 2 (1972); Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt (2006); Récital Maurizio Pollini (2012); The Lively Arts (1976).

Born on this day – Edith North Johnson:

Edith North Johnson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 2, 1903 – February 28, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Piano & Classic Blues (1984); The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 2: Henry Brown and Edith Johnson: Barrelhouse Piano and Classic Blues (1984); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Can't Make Another Day; Drive My Baby Slow; Eight Hour Woman; Good Chib Blues; Honey Dripper Blues; Honey Dripper Blues: No. 2; Little Drops of Water; Lovin That Man; Lovin' That Man; Lovin’ That Man Blues; Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues: No. 2; Nickel's Worth Of River Blues; Nickle's Worth of Liver Blues; That's My Man; You Ain't No Good Blues; You Know That Ain't Right.

Born on this day – Peetie Wheatstraw:

Peetie Wheatstraw

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941

Credits:

Songs:

Ain’t It a Pity and a Shame; Blues At My Door; C and A Blues; Chicago Mill Blues; Crazy With the Blues; Devil’s Son‐In‐Law; Don’t Feel Welcome Blues; Drinking Man Blues; Four O'Clock in the Morning; Gangster Blues; Gangster’s Blues; Good Whiskey Blues; Hog-Love Blues; I'm A Little Piece Of Leather; Long Time Ago Blues; Midnight Blues; More Good Whiskey Blues; Packin' Up Blues; Pete Wheatstraw; Police Station Blues; Saturday Night Blues; Shack Bully Stomp; Six Weeks Old Blues; So Long Blues; Strange Man Blues; Suicide Blues; Sweet Home Blues; Tennessee Peaches Blues; The Break I'm Getting'; The Rising Sun Blues; Working on the Project; You Can't Stop Me from Drinking.

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 48 (2010); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Peetie Wheatstraw (2012); Blues Legend 1934-1941 (2011); Blues Legends: Peetie Wheatstraw (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 1930-1932 (date?); Crazy With The Blues (2007); Macho Persona (2015); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 1 1930-1932 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 2 1934-1935 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 3 1935-1936 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 4 1936-1937 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 5 1937-1938 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 6 1938-1940 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 7 1940-1941 (2005); Saint Louis - Chicago - New York 1931-1941 (The Blues) (1996); This Is the Blues, Vol. 8 (Mono Version) (1962, EP).

Recommended reading:

The Devil's son-in-law: The story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his songs

By Paul Garon.

Paperback.

Published 1971.

Published by Studio Vista.

ISBN 13: 9780289702116

ISBN 10: 0289702119

ASIN: 0289702119

Description:

Blue-singer, songwriter, piano and guitar player, William Bunch (1902-1941) was well-known as Peetie Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law and the High Sheriff from Hell. Long recognized by connoisseurs as one of the most influential blues people of all time, his life and work are little known to the broad public. Blues scholar Paul Garon's important and abundantly illustrated study - drawing on his own extensive interviews with Wheatstraw's relatives, and fellow musicians - brings the exciting Whatstraw saga to life at last. With insight and imagination, Garon explores Peetie Wheatstraw's crucial role not only in blues history, but also in African American urban mythology, and - via a penetrating analysis of song lyrics - his appreciable contributions to blues poetry and to vernacular surrealism. Originally published in the UK in 1971, this substantially revised and expanded edition includes a mass of new information and images, as well as an updated bibliography, discography and index. Also included is a 24-track CD portraying Peetie at his best, with a bonus track by Harmon Ray, the previously unissued Xmas Blues!

Born on this day – Nino Rota:

Nino Rota

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979

Born on this day – Whistlin' Alex Moore:

Whistlin' Alex Moore

Blues singer

Pianist

Whistler

November 22, 1899 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

Finding My Way (2015); From North Dallas to the East Side (1994); In Europe (1970); Miracle Working God (2020); Whistlin' Alex Moore (1929-1951) (2005); Whistling Alexander Moore (1961); Wiggle Tail: Original, Eccentric, Legendary and Lascivious Piano Playing and Stories (1988).

Songs:

Across The Atlantic Ocean; Alex's Blues; Alex's Boogie; Alex's Rag; Alex's Wild Blues; Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls; Blue Bloomer Blues; Boogie In The Barrel; Boogiein' in Strassburg; Bull Con Blues; Chock House Boogie; Frisky Gal; Going Back to Foggy Bottom; Hard Hearted Woman; Heart Wrecked Blues; I Want My Mary; Ice Pick Blues; If I Lose You Woman; It Wouldn't Be So Hard; July Boogie; Lillie Mae Boogie; Miss No-Good Weed; New Miss No-Good Weed; Pretty Woman with a Sack Dress On; Rock and Roll Bed; Rubber Tired Hack; Sometime I Feel Worried; They May Not Be My Toes; West Texas Woman; Whistling Alex Moore's Blues; You Got Me Dissatisfied; You Say I'm a Bad Feller.

Born on this day – Sippie Wallace:

Sippie Wallace

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986

Credits:

Music:

A Man for Every Day of the Week (1926); Advice Blues (1925); Baby I Can't Use You No More (1924); Bedroom Blues (1926); Being Down Don't Worry Me (1925); Caldonia Blues (1924); Can Anybody Take Sweet Mama's Place? (1924); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 1, 1923–1925; vol. 2, 1925–1945 (1995); Dead Drunk Blues (1927); Devil Dance Blues (1925); Every Dog Has His Day (1925); Have You Ever Been Down (1927); He's the Cause of Me Being Blue (1924); I Feel Good (1926); I Must Have It (1925); I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (1926); I'm Leaving You (1925); I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin (1924); I'm Sorry for It Now (1925); I've Stopped My Man (1924); Jack of Diamond Blues (1926); Jealous Woman Like Me (1926); Kitchen Blues (1926); Lazy Man Blues (1927); Leaving Me, Daddy Is Hard to Do (1924); Let My Man Alone Blues (1924); Mail Train Blues (1926); Mama's Gone Goodbye (1924); Morning Dove Blues (1925); Murder's Gonna Be My Crime (1925); Off and On Blues (1924); Parlor Social Deluxe (1925); Section Hand Blues (1925); Shorty George Blues (1923); Sings the Blues (1966); Sippie (1982); Sippie Wallace and Victoria Spivey (1970); Special Delivery Blues (1926); Stranger's Blues (1924); Sud Busting Blues (1924); Suitcase Blues (1925); The Flood Blues (1927); The Man I Love (1925); Trouble Evrywhere I Roam (1924); Underworld Blues (1924); Up the Country Blues (1923); Walkin Talkin Blues (1924); Wicked Monday Morning Blues (1924); Women Be Wise (1966).

Movies and television:

Bessie (2015); Blues Alive: Recorded Live at the Capitol Theatre (1983); Evening of AnExchange (1972); Jammin' with the Blues Greats (1982); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Nothing But the Blues (1966); Nothing But the Blues: Blues Scene (1967); Sippie (1983); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Reaping (2007); Uvolnete se, prosím (2005).