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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Born on this day – Dory Previn:


Dory Previn


Lyricist

Singer

Songwriter

Poet

October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012

Books:

Bog-trotter: An Autobiography with Lyrics (1980); Midnight baby (1976); On My Way to Where (1971); The Faraway Part Of Town: From Movie "Pepe"; Single Songbook (1960).

Albums:

Dory Previn (1974); In Search of Mythical Kings: The U.A. Years (1993); Live at Carnegie Hall (1973); Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign (1972); Mythical Kings and Iguanas (1971); On My Way to Where (1970); One A.M. Phonecalls (1977); Planet Blue (2002); Reflections in a Mud Puddle / Taps Tremors and Time Steps (1971); The Art of Dory Previn (2008); The Leprechauns Are Upon Me (1958 / 1983); We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx (1976).

Movies and television:

13 Demon Street (1959); 2nd House (1975); Baby Songs Presents: Baby Rock (1991); Camera and the Song (1976); Colossal (2016); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Doppelganger (1979); Dory Previn: On My Way to Where (2024); Fight Club (1999); Good Girls (2021); Goodbye Again (1961); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Harper / aka The Moving Target (1966); In Session (1974); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Manson Family Movies (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Nurse Jackie (2009); Palm Royale (2024); Pepe (1960); Personenbeschreibung (1972); Playing by Heart (1998); Propeller: One-Way Night Coach (2026); Say Goodbye (1971); Scream Queens (2015); Shadowboxer (2005); Singer-Songwriters at the BBC (2010); Tall Story (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The Carol Burnett Show (1968); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Devil's Messenger (1962); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1976); The Millionaire (1958); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1974–1977); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Simpsons (2014); The Sterile Cuckoo (1969); The Swinger (1966); The Third Girl from the Left (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967); The Twentieth Century (1964); Two for the Seesaw (1962); Two Marriages (1983); Two of a Kind (1982); Up in the Cellar (1970); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Whitney (2018); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Born on this day – Steve Cropper:


Steve Cropper


Guitarist

Songwriter

Record producer

October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025

Albums:

Dedicated (2011); Fire It Up (2021); Friendlytown (2024); Jammed Together (1969); Midnight Flyer (2010); Night After Night (1982); Nudge It Up A Notch (2008); Playin' My Thang (1981); Steve Cropper, Lou Marini and the Original Blues Brothers Band (2017); The Interview – Play It, Steve! (1998); This Is ... Steve Cropper & His Friends (1971); With a Little Help from My Friends (1969).

Movies and television:

28 Days (2000); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 40 Hits of 1985 at the BBC (2025); 54 (1998); 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2020); A Bronx Tale (1993); A Celebration of Blues & Soul: The 1989 Inaugural Concert (2014); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story (2007); A Heartbeat Away (2011); A League of Their Own (2022); A Many Splintered Thing (2000); A Night at the Adonis (1978); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); A Single Man (2009); A Very English Scandal (2018); Addicted to Love (1997); Alien Nation (1988); AM HQ Weekend (2025); Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Boyfriends (1989); American Crime Story (2016); American Dad! (2009); American Graffiti (1973); American Horror Story (2019); American Idol (2003–2012); America's Morning Headquarters (2025); Amii Stewart: Knock on Wood (1979); An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000); Andre (1994); Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); Apollo 11 (1996); Aquarius (2015); Argo (2012); Ask Körfezi (1979); Ask the Family (1978); B.B. King: In the Midnight Hour (1985); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Ballers (2018); Banda sonora (2008); Bandstand (1965); Barfly (1987); Baseball (1994); BBC TV Cricket (1963); Be Kind Rewind (2008); Beat Shazam (2018); Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024); Bedazzled (2000); Belushi (2020); Best (2000); Big Wednesday (1978); Blow (2001); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison: My Back Pages (Live) (1993); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011); Bodkin (2024); Boomers (2014–2016); Boy Swallows Universe (2024); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2012); Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (2010); Calendar Girl (1993); Canadian Idol (2003); Candy Cane Lane (2023); Carnage Park (2016); Casino (1995); Cass (2008); Casual (2016); Caught (2018); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); CBS Saturday Morning (2017); Chicago Hope (1995); Classic One Day Finishes (1992); Cold Case (2009); Conan (2018); Cricket: Today at the Test (2020); Crime Spree (2003); Crip Camp (2020); Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008); Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023); David Holzman's Diary (1967); De Mike Burstyn show (1981); De provincie (1991); Der Mann auf der Brücke (2009); Detroit (2017); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Die große Chance (2013); Digging to China (1997); Discomania (2004); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); Dolly (1976); Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Due Date (2010); Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo (2021); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); EastEnders (2013); Easy A (2010); Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987); Electric Dreams (2009); Empire Falls (2005); Empire of Ash III (1989); Enie backt (2012); Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013); Extreme Justice (1986); Falcon Crest (1988); Fame (1985); Family Guy (2017); Far Cry New Dawn (2019); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Femme Fatales (2011); Festival de Viña del Mar (2007); Flash of Genius (2008); Footloose (2011); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Frasier (1995); Freeform (1970); Frequency (2000); Fright Night Part 2 (1988); Fringe (2012); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Funkytown (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium (1988); Genesis: The Mama Tour (1984); Genius (2021); Georgia (1995); Get Shorty (1995); Getting Wasted (1980); Glory Road (2006); Godfather of Harlem (2021); Good Morning Britain (2019); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Graines de star (1996); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978); Great Performances (2004–2007); Guitar (1991); Hamburger Hill (1987); Happy Ending (2018); Happy Gilmore (1996); Heartbeat (1992); High School (1968); Hollow Reed (1996); Hollywood a Go Go (1965–1966); Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (2005); Homicide: Life on the Street (1999); Honest (2000); Houseguest (1995); I Don't Know How She Does It (2011); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Ídolos (2003); Idols (2002–2011); Idool 2003 (2003); Idool 2004 (2004); If Beale Street Could Talk (2018); If Not Us, Who? (2011); In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul (2013); Indecent Proposal (1993); Intimate (2025); Intimate Strangers (2004); Into the Night (1985); It Takes Two (2008); Jackass (2001); James Burton & Friends: the Rock & Roll Supershow (2024); Jesus' Son (1999); Jimmy Barnes Feat. Steve Cropper: I Worship the Ground You Walk On (2016); Jools's Hootenanny (2009); Julia (2008); K-9: P.I. (2002); Kalp Kalbe Karsidir... (1978); Kara Simsek (1985); Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (2004); Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kizi da Anasi Gibi (1980); Klassfesten (2002); Knuckles (2024); La rentadora (2007); Late Night with David Letterman (1991); Legend (2015); Legends & Lyrics Reboot: 8-Part All-Star Concert (2023); Les 50 ans du Disco - les stars chantent pour le Sidaction (2023); Les femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... (2002); Leyendas de la guitarra (1991); Lilyhammer (2012); Little Big League (1994); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love Child (2014); Love Ranch (2010); Mad Love (1969); Mafia III (2016); Marriages (1998); Mavis! (2015); Maximum Bob (1998); Meet the Raisins! (1988); Memoirs of a Madam (1972); Memphis Music Hall of Fame 10th Anniversary (2022); Miami Vice (1985); Michael Bolton: The Dock of the Bay (1988); Midsomer Murders (2007–2009); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monterey Pop (1968); Morfi, todos a la mesa (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); My Family (2000); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Own Private Oshawa (2002); Mystery Date (1991); New Zealand Idol (2004); Night and Day (2016); Night School (2018); No me la puc treure del cap (2012); Nothing to Lose (1997); Nunca es tarde (2016); Obscurity (2014); Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002); One Hit Wonderland (2012); One Last Thing... (2005); Only the Strong Survive (2002); Operación triunfo (2003); Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador (2013); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow (2007); Perfect Days (2023); Pistol (2022); Plump Fiction (1997); Pop Idol (2003); Premier Festival International de Pop Music (1969); Private Life (2018); Quadrophenia (1979); Quantum Leap (1990–1993); Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990); Rampe & Naukkis - Kaikkien aikojen superpari (1990); Reborn in the USA (2003); Resident Alien (2021); Ride (1998); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Road House (1989); Roadie (1980); Robot Dreams (2023); Rock & Roll (1995); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There (2009); Rock Around the Dock (1986); Rock Influence (1984); Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen (2017); Room for Rent (1971); Rough Trades (1977); Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled (2014); Rugby League's Legendary Watersplash Final (2018); RuPaul's Drag Race (2011); Rush Hour (1998); Safe Men (1998); Satisfaction (1988); Saturday Night Live (1978–1993); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Scandal (2012–2014); Scarecrow (1973); Scary Movie 2 (2001); Scratch (2001); Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987); Shindig! (1965); Show Business Is My Life, But I Can't Prove It (2022); Sjans (1992); Skate. (2007); Sling Blade (1996); So You Think You Can Dance (2005–2007); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something in the Air (2012); Sons of Anarchy (2013); Soul America (2020); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Soul Men (2008); Soul to Soul (1971); Soulsville (2003); Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016); Sounds of Memphis (2002); Star 80 (1983); Stars in Their Eyes (1997); State of Mind (2007); Stax, le label soul légendaire (2018); STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (2024); Stepmom (1998); Stranded in Canton (2005); Striptease (1996); Sugar Hill (1994); Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021); Supernatural (2007); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Take Me to the River (2014); Tales of the City (1993); Talk to Me (2007); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023); TFI Friday (1996); The 27-Hour Day (2021); The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994); The Addams Family (2019); The Bank Job (2008); The Beanie Bubble (2023); The Bear (2024); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993); The Big Chill (1983); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Blues Brothers: Soul Biscuit (1978); The Commitments (1991); The Compleat Al (1985); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Deuce (2017); The Devil's Own (1997); The Ed Sullivan Show (1968); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Experts (1989); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Fear (El Miedo);  (2006); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Go!! Show (1966); The Great Outdoors (1988); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1995); The Kenny Everett Video Show (1979); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Lawrence Welk Show (1969); The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); The Loving Story (2011); The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998); The Marty Stuart Show (2010–2014); The Meat Rack (1979); The Midnight Hour (1985); The Missing Picture (2013); The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009); The Project (2024); The Red King (2024); The Ronnie Wood Show (2012); The Sandlot (1993); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Shrink Next Door (2021); The Simpsons (2019); The Sopranos (1999–2002); The South Bank Show (2004); The State (1995); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Story of the Songs (2020); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Twilight Zone (2019); The Vietnam War (2017); The Voice UK (2012); The Voices (2014); The Warriors (2005); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Witches (2020); The Young Ones (1983); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Third Watch (2000); This Is Tom Jones (1969); Three Giant Men (1973); Tigerland (2000); Tiswas (1979–1980); Tom Jones: Live in Australia (1966); Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022); Tony! Toni! Toné!: If I Had No Loot (1993); Top 2000 a gogo (2008); Top Gun (1986); Top of the Pops (1979–1985); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tornavida (1979); Trial and Error (1997); Trust (2018); Tu cara me suena (2014); Tuff Turf (1985); Twin Peaks (2017); Twins (1988); Unsung (2015); Uptight (1968); Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991); Vampires (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Vinyl (2016); War Dogs (2016); We zijn weer thuis (1991); What's Behind the Groupies? (1975); When Pigs Fly (1993); When We Were Boys (2013); White Boy Rick (2018); White of the Eye (1987); Wild West (2002); Wimbledon (2017); Wired (1989); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); X-Men: First Class (2011); XXX's & OOO's (1994); Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (2024); Young Sheldon (2021).

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Born on this day – Ornella Vanoni:


Ornella Vanoni


Singer

Songwriter

Actress

September 22, 1934 – November 21, 2025

Albums:

A un certo punto... (1974); Ai miei amici cantautori (1968); Appuntamento con Ornella Vanoni (1970); Argilla (1997); Caldo (1965); Dettagli (1973); Diverse (2024); Duemilatrecentouno parole (1981); ...E poi la tua bocca da baciare (2001); Il giro del mio mondo (1989); Io dentro (1977); Io fuori (1977); Io sì – Ai miei amici cantautori n.2 (1970); La voglia di sognare (1974); La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza, l'allegria (1976); Le canzoni di Ornella Vanoni (1963); Meticci (Io mi fermo qui);  (2013); Noi, le donne noi (2003); O (1987); Ornella &... (1986); Ornella (1966); Ornella Vanoni (1961 / 1967); Ornella Vanoni e altre storie (1973); Più (1976); Più di me (2008); Più di te (2009); Quante storie (1990); Quei giorni insieme a te (1974); Ricetta di donna (1980); Sheherazade (1995); Sogni proibiti: Ornella e le canzoni di Bacharach (2002); Stella nascente (1992); Ti ricordi? No non mi ricordo (2004); Un gioco senza età (1972); Un panino una birra e poi... (2001); Unica (2021); Uomini (1983); Uomo mio, bambino mio (1975); Vanoni (1978).

Movies and television:

7 Women and a Murder (2021); A modo mio - Patty Pravo (2024); Addio giovinezza! (1968); Altri comizi d'amore (2023); Amici Celebrities (2019); Amici di Maria de Filippi (2025); Amori pericolosi (1964); Andando dove non so - Mauro Pagani, una vita da fuggiasco (2025); Arturo's Island (1962); Banda sonora (2008); Beauty Centre (2003); Before It Had a Name (2005); Bei Bio (1983); Belve (2023); Buona Domenica (1997–2004); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); Buongiorno (2025); Canzoni in... bikini (1963); Canzonissima (1971); Cap d'any a TV3 (1989); Celebrity (2003); Che tempo che fa (2009–2026); Con quale amore, con quanto amore (1970); Cosa fai a Capodanno? (2018); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2002); Danza con me (2018); Diamoci del tu (1967); Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969); Domenica in (2002–2019); Don't Torture a Duckling (1972); Due come noi (1979); Duel of the Titans (1961); Elisa Buon Natale anche a te (2023); Esperança (2002–2003); Esta noche... fiesta (1977); Europa canta (1966); Euroshow 1981Euroshow 71 (1971); Facciamo che io ero (2017); Fatti e fattacci (1975); Gala du Midem (1968); Gent de paraula (2014); Giardino d'inverno (1961); Giosafatte Talarico (1961); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2006); I Knew Her Well (1965); I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964); I viaggiatori della sera (1979); Il mulino del Po (1971); Indian Summer (1972); Invasion 1700 (1962); Io a modo mio (1985); Io canto (2010); Kiss the Future (2023); Klimbim (1974); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La Bussola - Il collezionista di stelle (2023); Le invasioni barbariche (2014); Ma che sera (1978); Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto (2021); Mesa de noticias (1983); Midi-Première (1977); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); No Way Out (1973); Noche de estrellas (1964–1965); Numéro un (1977); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Partitissima (1967); Pino Farinotti - Fuori dal gruppo (2026); Primero izquierda (1991); Professor T (2021); Quelli che... il calcio (2007); Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959); Sábado noche (1987); Sanremo Music Festival (1965–2023); Señoras y señores (1975); Senza fine (2021); Senza rete (1968–1974); Show & Co. mit Carlo (1984–1986); Sogno e son desto (2014); Story of a Woman (1970); Studio Uno (1961); Tanto piacere (1974); The Beautiful Game (2024); The Consequences of Love (2004); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Last Kiss (2001); The Life You Wanted (2024); The Sex Machine (1975); Ti lascio una canzone (2008); Time for Loving (1983); To Be Twenty (1978); Toquinho: Encontros e um Violão (2024); Un, due, tre... Fiorella! (2017); Uno di noi (2002); Uno, nessuno, cento Nino (2021); Vacanze di Natale (1983); Viva el espectáculo (1991); What a Beautiful Surprise (2015); X Factor (2025).

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Born on this day – Hank Williams:


Hank Williams


Singer

Songwriter

Musician

September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953

Albums:

24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1976); 40 Greatest Hits (1978); 49 Essential Hank Williams Classics (2011); Are You Walkin and Talkin with the Lord (2013); Beyond the Sunset (1953); C&W SUPERSTAR, Vol. 8 (2013); Calling You (2012); Country Great (2013); Crazy Heart - The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams (2019); Dear John (2013); Hank Williams / Hank Williams Jr. Again (1966); Hank Williams on Stage (1962); Hank Williams Sings (1951); Hank Williams Vol. 1 (2009); Hank Williams Vol. 2 (2009); Hank Williams, Sr. / Live at the Grand Ole Opry (1976); Health & Happiness Shows (1993); Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams (2009); Hot Classic Country, Vol. 1 (Recordings Remastered) (2014); I'm Blue Inside (1961); I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1976); Jesus Remembered Me (2013); Just Me and My Guitar (1985); Leisure Time (2014); Live at the Grand Ole Opry (1999); Live on the Radio (2014); Lost Highway (2000); Memorial Album (1953); Moanin' the Blues (1952); On Stage Volume II (1963); On the Air (2015); Ramblin' Man (1955); Restoration Lab, Vol.1 (2013); Sacred Songs of... Hank Williams (2019); Sing Me a Blue Song (1957); The Complete Hank Williams (1998); The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus! (2010); The Gospel According to Hank Williams (2008); The Legend of Hank Williams in Song and Story (1973); The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams (1960); The Lost Concerts (2012); The Original Singles Collection... Plus (1990); The Unforgettable Hank Williams (1959); The Unreleased Recordings: Gospel Keepsakes (2009); The Very Best of Hank Williams (2006); Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts (1996); Wait for the Light to Shine (1960); Wedding Bells (2013).

Songs:

A Tramp on the Street; Alone And Forsaken; Be Careful of Stones That You Throw; Beyond The Sunset; Bile ’Em Cabbage Down; Cajun Baby; Cold Cold Heart; Dust on the Bible; Hey, Good Lookin'; Honky Tonk Blues; Honky Tonkin’; Howlin' At The Moon; I Can't Help It; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living; I Saw The Light; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive; Jambalaya; Kaw-Liga; Lonesome Whistle; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Lord Build Me A Cabin; Lost Highway; Lovesick Blues; Mind Your Own Business; Move It On Over; My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; Settin' The Woods On Fire; The Log Train; The Old Country Church; Your Cheatin' Heart.

Movies and television:

42 (2013); A Complete Unknown (2024); A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All the King's Men (2006); All Tied Up (1993); Almost Heaven (2005); Aloha from Sweden (2006); American Experience (2000); American Folk (2017); American Masters (2001–2007); American Playhouse (1984); America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996); Another 48 Hrs. (1990); Apache Country (1952); Apollo 13 (1995); Arena (1984–1985); Asteroid City (2023); Bandstand (1966); Baseball (1994); Bastard Out of Carolina (1996); Batman: Arkham Origins (2013); Beats of the Heart: Chase the Devil - Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains (1983); Beavis and Butt-Head (1995); Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland (2018–2019); Black Hearts Bleed Red (1992); Blaze (1989); Bloodworth (2010); Blue Black Permanent (1992); Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back (1967); Born to Be Wild (2011); Brothers in Arms (2005); Buddy (2013); Cariño, sabes que soy de otro planeta (2022); Cars (2006); Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024); CBGB (2013); Century of Country (1999); CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011); Cold Case (2006); Cold Lazarus (1996); Columbo (1974); Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (1990); Countdown (1974); Country Music (2019); Country Music Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration (1992); Country Music on Broadway (1965); Country Strong (2010); Country Style, U.S.A. (1957–1960); Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (2010); Crazy (2008); Crook & Chase (2009); Cuban Fury (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Deuce and a Quarter (2012); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Dog Man (2025); Dolly (1976–1988); Dolly Parton & Friends (2007); Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry (2019); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (1996); Doom Patrol (2019); Down in the Valley (2005); Drive-In (1976); Dust Devil (1992); Dutch (1991); Elvis (2022); Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert (1973); Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973); Evil Awakening (2008); Explained (2021); Falcon Crest (1988); Fantasy Island (1982); For All Mankind (2019); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Forever (2014); Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004); Forrest Gump (1994); Fortitude (2015); Frank's Place (1988); Frau Pepi und die Buben (1996); From Nashville with Music (1969); Funland (2005); Fyre (2019); Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy (2013); Glory Road (2006); Good Vibrations (2012); Grand Ole Opry (1985); Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996); Grand Ole Opry 75th: A Celebration (2000); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Hank Williams Feat. Anita Carter: I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) (1998); Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.: There's a Tear in My Beer (1989); Hank Williams: Cold Cold Heart (1998); Hank Williams: Hey, Good Lookin (1951); Hank Williams: The Man and His Music (1980); Happy Camp (2017); Hard Target (1993); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Home (1957); Honeydripper (2007); Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010); How Does It Feel (2011); How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026); Hubble 3D (2010); Human Highway (1982); I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You (2023); I Saw the Light (2015); I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (1993); In Concert (1975); Independent Lens (2015); It's a Living (1986); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2011); Jedermann Remixed (2011); Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Classics (2000); Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll (1991); Jimmy Buffett: Scenes You Know by Heart (2009); John Cat (1984); John Henry and the Railroad (2013); JS Williams - Alone and Forsaken feat. Katie Moore (2022); Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 (2000); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); Krieg (2017); L.A. Noire (2011); Later... With Jools Holland (2002); Leroy & Stitch (2006); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Lipps & McCain (1978); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); Lisey's Story (2021); Live from Austin Tx: Neko Case (2006); Long Gone (1987); M*A*S*H (1982); Made in Heaven (1987); Made in U.S.A. (1987); Marion Scrape: Not Without a Hitch (2016); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Matlock (1987); Memphis (1992); Miami Vice (1986–1988); Miss Firecracker (1989); Mondo Trasho (1969); Moonrise Kingdom (2012); Morning Glory (1993); Mr. Wrong (1996); Music City USA (1967); Musikrausch - Der Konzertsommer (2012); NCIS (2012); New Orleans Story (2008); No 73 (1982); Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003); Nurse Betty (2000); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); One Life to Live (1980); One Mississippi (2015–2017); Opry Memories (2011); Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007); Orange Is the New Black (2013); Ozark Jubilee (1960); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1951); Pink Cadillac (1989); Porky's (1981); Promised Land (2012); Psychopathic: The Videos (2007); Quantum Leap (1989–1991); Radio Flyer (1992); Ramblin' Man (2000); Rango (2011); Renaldo and Clara (1978); Rich Hill (2014); Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021); Rockabilly Rockers (1989); RocKwiz (2006); Rocky Mountain Opry (1984); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); Route 66 (1963); Saint Maud (2019); Sapphire Man (1990); Saturday Night Live (1986); Scandal (1989); Scrubs (2004); See How They Run (2022); Seven Psychopaths (2012); Shellshock Rock (1981); Shindig! (1965); Sick Tree: Alone and Forsaken (2017); Six Feet Under (2003); Slow Southern Steel (2010); Smoky Mountain Hymns (1990); Some Jerk with a Camera (2012); Son in Law (1993); Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (2009); Spielberg Musikfestival 2016 (2016); Steel Magnolias (1989); Stick (2025); Straw Dogs (2011); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); Sweet Dreams (1985); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Take Off (1978); Texasville (1990); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1959); The Aliens (2016); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Bradshaw Bunch (2022); The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012); The Caverns Sessions (2015); The Cheryl Ladd Special (1979); The Conners (2021); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Drew Carey Show (2003); The Drifter (1965); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Education of Charlie Banks (2007); The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019); The Expanse (2017–2021); The Fifties (1997); The Fisherman and His Wife (2005); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971); The Joy of Country (2011); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1952); The Kids in the Hall (1989); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Last Elvis (2012); The Last of Us (2013); The Last of Us: Part I (2022); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Ride (2011); The Life & Times of Tim (2008); The Life and Times (1995–1997); The Marty Stuart Show (2010–2014); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022); The Midnight Special (1973–1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973); The Muppet Show (1980–1981); The Porter Wagoner Show (1967–1976); The Quebe Sisters Band: Texas Fiddling and Swing (2014); The Queens of Country (2009); The Rock Prophet: Link Wray (2025); The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015); The Second Death (2000); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Simpsons (2012); The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (2008); The Telephone (1988); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1989); The Truth (2019); The Vampire Diaries (2014); The Virginian (1964–1965); The Wendell Baker Story (2005); The Wilburn Brothers Show (1967); The Winding Stream (2014); The Wire (2004); The Wonder Years (1990); The X Factor UK (2005–2008); Thou Shalt Not Steal (2024); Time (2020); Together Again (1990); Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006); Too Late (2015); Top Gun: Maverick (2022); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); True Love (1989); U Turn (1997); Vegas (2013); Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Wanderlust (2006); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004); Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006); Will & Harper (2024); You (2025); You Win Again (2023); Your Cheatin' Heart (1964); Your Hit Parade (1953); Zombieland (2009).

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Born on this day – Jenni Rivera:


Jenni Rivera


Singer

Songwriter

Actress

Businesswoman

Producer

July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012

Credits:

Albums:

Adiós... A Selena (1995); Déjate Amar (2001); Homenaje a Las Grandes (2003); Jenni (2008); Joyas Prestadas: Banda (2011); Joyas Prestadas: Pop (2011); La Gran Señora (2009); La Maestra (1993); Mi Vida Loca (2007); Misión Cumplida (2023); Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida (2005); Poco A Poco (1994); Por Un Amor (1994); Que Me Entierren Con la Banda (2000); Reyna de Reynas (1999); Se las Voy a Dar a Otro (2001); Si Quieres Verme Llorar (1999); Somos Rivera (1992).

Movies and television:

18th Annual American Society of Young Musicians benefit concert & awards (2010); 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards (2006); 2009 Alma Awards (2009); A Year in the Life (2020); Addicto de Salsa (2009); Al otro lado (2005); Amazon Music: Edén Muñoz (2022); Artists for Haiti: Somos el mundo 25 por Haiti (2010); Billboard Mexican Music Awards (2011); Chiquis & Raq-C (2010); Chiquis 'n Control (2012); Cotorreando (2007); Décadas (2010); Diosas gruperas (2007); Don Cheto - Ganga Style (2012); Don Francisco presenta (2005); Eva Luna (2010); Filly Brown (2012); I Love Jenni (2011–2013); Jenni Rivera - La Diva De La Banda (2013); Jenni Rivera & Mariachi Los Reyes: Engañémoslo (2020); Jenni Rivera Live Nokia Theater (2020); Jenni Rivera: Aparentemente bien (Versión Banda) (2019); Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio (2017); Jenni Rivera: Qué Me Vas A Dar (2005); La dinastía de Los Pérez (1994); La Voz... México (2011); P.O.V. (2006); Pa'lante con Cristina (2004–2005); Pedro Infante vive (2007); Premio lo Nuestro a la música Latina 2011 (2011); Rica Famosa Latina (2014); Rock Dinner (2009); Rock n' Gol (2010); Teletón (2010); The 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2010); The 27th Annual Imagen Awards (2012); The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); VEVO's ASK: REPLY (2010); Who Killed Jenni Rivera? (2022).

Friday, June 5, 2026

Born on this day – Brett James:


Brett James


Singer

Songwriter

Producer

June 5, 1968 – September 18, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Chasing Amy; Dark Side of the Moon; Enjoy the Ride; Female Bonding; Gone but Not Forgotten; I Am Now; I Hold On; If I Could See Love; Just Like We Never Happened; Just Tell Me; Like You Found Me; Lonely Ain’t So Lonely; Love Me to Death; Many Tears Ago; Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Once Again; Petty Fool; Ready to Roll; Right on Time; She's Killin' Me; Sing My Song; Southern Soul; Still On My Mind; Tell the People; The Way That You Love; Then Came You; Thrill of the Chase; True Believer; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: Aria; Wait; Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey; Whiskey and Wine; Worth the Fall.

Albums:

Brett James (1995); I Am Now (2020 / EP); Tell the People (2020 / EP); Then Came You / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020).

Movies and television:

2014 Billboard Music Awards (2014); 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2005); 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006); American Idol (2009–2011); Backstreet Boys: Helpless When She Smiles (2007); Beat Shazam (2017); Bon Jovi: Scars on This Guitar (2016); Breakthrough (2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Canadian Idol (2007); Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special (2009); Carrie Underwood: Church Bells (2016); Carrie Underwood: Cowboy Casanova (2009); Carrie Underwood: Drinking Alone (2019); Carrie Underwood: Jesus, Take the Wheel (2005); Carrie Underwood: Love Wins (2018); Carrie Underwood: Something in the Water (2014); CMT Hot 20 Countdown (2007); CMT Insider (2006); CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country (2006); CMT Stacked (2006); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006); Cold Case (2006); Conan (2016); Dancing with the Stars (2010–2014); David's Vlog (2020); Death of a Pizzaman (2018); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2008); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Front and Center (2014); GCB (2012); Girls (2012); Headline Country (2006 / 2014); Home Before Dark (2020); Idols (2004); It All Begins with a Song (2018); Jessica Andrews: Who I Am (2001); Jimmie Van Zant's: Feels Like Freedom (2012); Kellie Coffey: Texas Plates (2004); Late Show with David Letterman (2009–2010); Lizzie McGuire (2001); Martina McBride: Blessed (2001); Miranda Lambert Feat. Carrie Underwood: Somethin' Bad (2014); Saturday Night Live (2008–2024); So Random! (2011); Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002–2005); Tähdet, tähdet (2025); The 4th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (2010); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The Marty Stuart Show (2010); The Masked Singer (2025); The Ranch (2019); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2013); The Voice (2012); The X Factor UK (2010); The X-Files (2016); Then Came You (2020); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003).

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Born on this day – Carl Carlton:


Carl Carlton


Singer

Songwriter

May 21, 1952 – December 14, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 Greatest Hits (2015); Carl Carlton (1981); Everlasting Love (1974); Everlasting: The Best Of Carl Carlton (2009); I Wanna Be With You (2024); Lights out in Wonderland (2014); Private Property (1985); Songs for the Lost and Brave (2008); The Bad C.C. (1982).

Songs:

46 Drums - 1 Guitar; Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody; Baby I Need Your Loving; Don’t Walk Away; Don’t You Need a Boy Like Me; Don't You Wanna Make Love; Drop by My Place; Everlasting Love; Fighting in the Name of Love; God Is Good; I Can Feel It; I Love Only You; I Think It's Gonna Be Alright; I Wanna Be With You; I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze; I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart; I'll Love You Forever; I've Got That Boogie Fever; Just One Kiss; Look at Mary Wonder; Morning, Noon and Nightime; She's a Bad Mama Jama; Slipped, Tripped; Smokin' Room; So What; Sure Miss Loving You; The Generation Gap; This Feeling's Rated X-Tra; Toast to Freedom; Wild Child; You Can't Stop a Man in Love; You've Got So Much.

Movies and television:

Abbott Elementary (2024); American Bandstand (1974–1982); American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love and Soul (2003); Black in the 80s (2005); Champions (2023); David Makes Man (2019); Die Abendschau (2023); EastEnders (1999–2007); Fat Albert (2004); Friends (1997); How to Be a Player (1997); Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005); Performance (1981); Scandal (2015); So What Is Love (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2006–2007); Soul Train (1974–1983); Splitting Up Together (2019); Supergirl (2015); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The New Guy (2002); Tijd voor MAX (2025); Two Can Play That Game (2001); Two of Us (2024); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung (2022); Unsung Presents: The Decades (2022); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981).