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Showing posts with label musician. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Born on this day – Ennio Morricone:


Ennio Morricone


Composer

Orchestrator

Conductor

Musician

November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020

Compositions:

Ancora Qui; Chi mai; Concerto for orchestra; Deep Down; Deep in Your Love; E più ti penso; Gabriel's Oboe; Here's to You; Il mondo; It's Wrong For Me To Love You; L'Alba Del Mondo; Le Casse; Lost Boys Calling; Love Theme; Missa Papae Francisci; My Buddy; Nella fantasia; Once Upon a Time in the West; Partenope; Quello Che Conta; Se telefonando; Sicilo e altri frammenti; The Ecstasy of Gold; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The Story of a Soldier; Tra tanta gente; Un jour tu reviendras; Ut; Voci dal silenzio; Your Love.

Albums:

A Fistful of Dollars (1967); Arena Concerto (2003); Award Winning Movie Soundtracks (2024); Battle of Algiers (1966); Bugsy (1991); Bulworth (1998); Casualties of War (1989); Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia (1999); Cinema Paradiso (1988); Days of Heaven (1979); Duck You, Sucker (1971); Ennio Morricone Love Themes (2015); Ennio Morricone The Best - Vol. 1 (2014); Ennio Morricone's for a Few Dollars More / Complete Score (2014); For a Few Dollars More (2017); Frantic (1988); Guns for San Sebastian (1991); Hamlet (1990); In the Line of Fire (1993); Kill Bill Ringtones (2012); La califfa (1991); La Piovra (1990); La Piovra 1 (1986); La tenda rossa (1969); L'assoluto naturale (1998); Lolita (1998); Love Affair (1994); Malèna (2000); Marco Polo (1982); Mission to Mars (2000); Morricone 60 (2016); Musicology, Vol.1 (2019); My Name is Nobody (1973); Navajo Joe (1974); Nuovo cinema paradiso (1989); Once Upon A Time In America (1984); Once Upon a Time in the West (1972); Orca (1977); Quentin Tarantino Music in Movies (2013); Quicksilver (1986); Sergio Leone Music (2017); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Ringtones (2015); The Hateful Eight (2015); The Legend of 1900 (1999); The Mission (1986); The Professional (1981); The Thing / with John Carpenter (1982); The Untouchables (1987); Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970); Wolf (1994); Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004).

Friday, November 6, 2026

Born on this day – Glenn Frey:


Glenn Frey


Musician

November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016

Albums:

Above the Clouds: The Collection (2018); After Hours (2012); Glenn Frey Live (1993); No Fun Aloud (1982); Solo Collection (1995); Soul Searchin' (1988); Strange Weather (1992); The Allnighter (1984); The Millennium Collection (2000).

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Born on this day – Jim Steinman:


Jim Steinman


Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:
(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora’s Box)

Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man’s a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993); Pandora’s Box: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf’s Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Meat Loaf: Read ‘Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 15 Storeys High (2004); 20 to 1 (2009–2011); 45 rpm (2019); 7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2016); 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008); 8-Bit Christmas (2021); A Few Best Men (2011); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Acapulco (2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Alibi.com (2016); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); American Idol (2002–2023); American Loser (2007); America's Got Talent (2019–2025); America's Weekend Headquarters (2022–2025); Anastasia (1997); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2022); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2017); Austenland (2013); Australian Idol (2003); BabyPinkStar Feat. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2007); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Bandits (2001); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beautiful People (2009); Beer and Board Games (2014); Behind the Music (1998); Benidorm (2009); Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015); Better Call Saul (2018); Better Man (2024); Big Brother (2013); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2001); Black Cat, White Cat (1998); Bob's Burgers (2018); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Kareen Antonn: Si demain... (Turn Around) (2004); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Bonnie Tyler in Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Book Club (2018); Borderline (2025); Bottoms (2023); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013–2015); Bullet Train (2022); Camera Café, la película (2022); Canadian Idol (2005); Casualty (1987); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Champs-Elysées (1984); Charter (2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020); Chuck (2009); Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (2008); Circumstance (2011); Classic Albums (1999); Claws (2018); Click (2006); Cold Case (2003–2006); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Coronation Street (2014); Cover Up (1984); Criminal Minds (2012); Crystal Swing: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2011); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2012); Dead Ringer (1982); Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014); Delta House (1979); Derry Girls (2022); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dope Thief (2025); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003); Dumb Money (2023); EastEnders (2004–2014); Ed (1996); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Eufòria (2023); Euphoria (2022); Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006); Fame (1984); Family Switch (2023); Fingernails (2023); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Footloose (1984 / 2011); Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2010); Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009); Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2019); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007); Futurama (2001); Future Man (2017); Get Shorty (2017); Ghost Graduation (2012); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Glee (2010–2012); Glee Encore (2011); Gloria Bell (2018); Good Morning Britain (2018–2019); Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 (2013); Great Performances (1998); Grey's Anatomy (2013–2014); Grown Ups 2 (2013); Half Brothers (2015); Happily (2021); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Heads of State (2025); Henry Danger (2020); Heroes Wanted (2016); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Holland (2025); Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1986); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); Idol (2002–2005); Idols (2004–2008); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2017); In Plain Sight (2008); It Takes Two (2008); J.J. de Bom voorheen: 'De kindervriend' (1979); Jan Wayne & Lena: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2001); JonTron (2012); JonTron's StarCade (2015); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); La chanson de l'année (2004); La Marató 2015 (2015); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Le trip à trois (2017); Leap of Faith (1992); Legendy Retro FM (2012); Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024); Life in Pieces (2015); Like Father (2018); Linzer Eiszauber (2018); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Live from Studio Five (2009); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Loki (2021); Loose Women (2010); Lost Islands (2008); Love Again (2023); Love Hard (2021); L'última nit del karaoke (2021); Mad for It (1998); Máme rádi Cesko (2017); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021); Meat Loaf & Cher: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video (2016); MEAT LOAF: A Celebration of Life (2022); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video (2016); Meat Loaf: Hits Out of Hell (1991); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015); Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004); Meat Loaf: London Meltdown Concert (1987); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meet Dave (2008); Men Behaving Badly (1998); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2015); Milkshake (1994); Mindhunter (2017); Minecraft Adventure Maps (2012); Modern Family (2017); Mom (2016); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2021); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); My Date with Drew (2004); My Mad Fat Diary (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2018–2022); #NoFilter (2023); NCIS: Hawai'i (2021); New British Canon (2020); New Year's Eve (2011); Night of the Coconut (2022); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody (2009); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Notting Hill (1999); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Old School (2003); One Day at a Time (2017); Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023); Opening Night (2016); Operación triunfo (2002–2008); Orphan Black: Echoes (2023); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Party Monster (2003); Pasapalabra (2017); Passo a due (2005); Phoenix Nights (2001–2002); Ping-pongkingen (2008); Planeta Singli 2 (2018); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1999); Private Desert (2021); Programa Livre (1991); Q-Force (2021); Queen Stars (2022); Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024); Regular Show (2012); Reunion (2005); Rex Viper: The Hero of Time (2025); Rise 'n Shine Og (2009); Rivals (2024); Riverdale (2021); Rockpalast (1978); Rosaline (2022); Roswell (2002); Rude Awakening (1989); Rude Tube (2010); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017–2023); Sarah Brightman in Concert (1998); Saturday Night Live (1978–2022); Saturday Night's Main Event (1985); Sausage Party (2016); School Wars (1984); Scream Queens (2016); Scrubs (2004); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Shrek 2 (2004); Singapore Idol (2004); Single Parents (2019); Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0 (1993); Skins (2007); Smallville (2009); Smoke (2025); So You Think You Can Dance (2007–2011); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Somewhere Over the Flagpole: A Nintendo Movie (2008); Stage Mother (2020); Stars in Their Eyes (1993–2000); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Stranger Things (2019); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2014–2016); Super Powers (2006); SuperStar KZ (2003–2004); Superstore (2020); Superwho? (2021); Sweetpea (2024); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Tähdet, tähdet (2024); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Tetris (2023); That '70s Show (1999); That's My Boy (2012); The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Bachelor (2019); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Breaker Upperers (2018); The Brit Awards 1994 (1994); The Challenge: All Stars (2025); The Charismatic Voice (2025); The Clash (2018–2021); The Crowded Room (2023); The Devil's Hour (2022); The Disco Ball (2003); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Film from Lot 15 (2018); The Five Devils (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2017); The Greatest (2000); The Last Showgirl (2024); The Lost Boy (2019); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Marco Effect (2021); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Masked Singer (2024); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2021); The Nanny (1997); The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (2009); The Other Side of the Tracks (1984); The Paul O'Grady Show (2009); The Penguin (2024); The Power of Parker (2023); The Project (2023–2024); The Racer (2020); The Shadow (1994); The Shiny Shrimps (2019); The Sing-Off (2013); The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Uncovering (2018); The Vicar of Dibley (1999); The Voice (2016); The Voice Generations (2023); The Voice Kids Philippines (2024); The Voice of the Philippines (2013); The Voice UK (2013); The Vow (2012); The Way Way Back (2013); The X Factor UK (2005–2015); The Z-Suite (2025); This Is 40 (2012); This Is My Moment (2001); This Morning (2009); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); To Die Like a Man (2009); Top of the Pops (1979–1998); Totally Frank (2005); Trolls (2016); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena (2013–2018); Ultimate Albums (2002); Urban Legend (1998); VH1 Storytellers (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022); We Dem Arby's BoyZ (2020); Whiskey Cavalier (2019); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989); With Love (2021); Wuthering Heights (2003); Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2009); Zoe Ball on ... (2018); Zookeeper (2011).

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Born on this day – Sonny Terry:


Sonny Terry


Blues singer

Musician

Harmonicist

October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986

Credits:

Albums:

At Sugar Hill (1961); Back Country Blues (2014); Blind Sonny Terry (1965); Blowing Our Blues (2021); Blues Bash (1973); Blues Hoot (1963); Blues In My Soul (1961); Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1959); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); East Coast Harmonica Blues (2015); Folk Blues (2008); Four Classic Albums (Sing / Down Home Blues / Folk Songs of Sonny Terry & Mc Ghee / At Sugar Hill) (Digitally Remastered) (2020); Get on Board (1952); Gotham Record Sessions (1990); Harmonica and Vocal Solos (Mono Version) (1952); Harmonica Hop (2011); His Golden Years (2020); Hootin' and Hollerin' (1973); I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (1973); Jazz Giants: Sonny Terry (2012); Jump, Little Children: Brownie McGhee Classics (2019); Last Night Blues (1961); Leave This Town (Live Chicago '70) (2022); Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit (2001); Live From The Ash Grove (2024); Live With Studs Terkel, WFMT Studios, Chicago, IL. Jan 28th 1970 WFMT-FM Broadcast (2019); London 1958 (2014); Nothin' but the Blues (2015); Numero Uno Blues (2020); On the Road (1959); Presenting Sonny Terry (1940); Robbin' The Grave (2014); Rock Me Momma (2010); Shakedown Blues (2000); Sing and Play (1965); Sonny & Brownie (1973); Sonny & Brownies Blues Live in London (2021); Sonny Is King (1963); Sonny Terry (2008); Sonny Terry and His Harmonica. Wailin' the Blues (1995); Sonny Terry and His Mouth-Harp (1958); Sonny Terry's New Sound: Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music: With Brownie McGhee and J. C. Burris (1961); Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (1955); Sonny's Story (1960); The Essential (2013); True Blues (2015); USA (2012); Washboard Band - Country Dance Music (1956); When He Shines, Vol. 3 (2008); Whoopin' (1984); Working Man Blues (2021).

Movies and television:

A Matter of Degrees (1990); A Roomful of Music (1965); American Horror Story (2013); American Inventory (1954); Arena (1988); Austin City Limits (2006); Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009); Bandstand (1966); Blues and Gospel Train (1964); Blues Like Showers of Rain / Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Book of Numbers (1973); Born to Be Blue (2015); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Cisco Pike (1971); Color Cry (1952); Crossroads (1986); Dave's Place (1965); Deadwood (2004); Dogfight (1991); Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores (1995); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Festival (1967); Folk America (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001); Freedom on My Mind (1994); From the Vaults (2018); Gangs of New York (2002); Ghost Bird (2009); Good Hair (2009); Highway 61 (1991); House at the End of the Street (2012); House of Lies (2013); Leadbelly (1976); Library of Congress (1945); Loving (2016); Manhattan (2014); Physical Graffiti: A Classic Album Under Review (2008); Quest (1962); Shoutin' the Blues (1979); Showbiz Today (1986); Stroszek (1977); Superbad (2007); The Big Something (2011); The Blues (1966 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Candid Eye (1959); The Color Purple (1985); The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970); The Jerk (1979); The Midnight Special (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Revlon Revue (1959); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Soul of a Man (2003); The Sunday Break (1958); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947); True Blood (2009); Whoopin' the Blues (1969); Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984).

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Born on this day – Tom Petty:


Tom Petty


Musician

Singer

Songwriter

October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017

Credits:

Albums:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976); You're Gonna Get It! (1978); Damn the Torpedoes (1979); Hard Promises (1981); Long After Dark (1982); Southern Accents (1985); Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987); Into the Great Wide Open (1991); Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996); Echo (1999); The Last DJ (2002); Mojo (2010); Hypnotic Eye (2014); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990); Full Moon Fever (1989); Wildflowers (1994); Highway Companion (2006); Mudcrutch (2008); 2 (2016); American Treasure (2018); The Best of Everything (2019); Wildflowers & All the Rest (2020); Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions (2021); Angel Dream (Original motion picture soundtrack to the movie: She's the One) (2021).

Monday, October 5, 2026

Born on this day – Glynis Johns:


Glynis Johns


Actress

Dancer

Musician

Singer

October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

Superstar (1999); While You Were Sleeping (1995); ABC Weekend Specials (1994); The Ref (1994); Coming of Age (1988–1989); Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988); Zelly and Me (1988); Nukie (1987); The Cavanaughs (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1985); The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984); Spraggue (1984); The Love Boat (1984); Cheers (1983); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); Mrs. Amworth (1978); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); The Happy Prince (1974); The Vault of Horror (1973); Under Milk Wood (1971); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); ITV Playhouse (1968); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Batman (1967); Dear Brigitte (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1964); Mary Poppins (1964); The Defenders (1964); Burke's Law (1964); Glynis (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); The Beachcomber (1962); The Chapman Report (1962); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Naked City (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); The Sundowners (1960); The Spider's Web (1960); Shake Hands with the Devil (1959); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); Another Time, Another Place (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); All Mine to Give (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Loser Takes All (1956); The Court Jester (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Mad About Men (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); Land of Fury (1954); Young and Willing (1954); Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953); Personal Affair (1953); The Sword and the Rose (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Studio One (1952); The Promoter (1952); Encore (1951); Island Rescue (1951); The Magic Box (1951); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Flesh and Blood (1951); The Great Manhunt (1950); Dear Mr. Prohack (1949); Helter Skelter (1949); Third Time Lucky (1949); Miranda (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Frieda (1947); This Man Is Mine (1946); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The Halfway House (1944); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); 49th Parallel (1941); The Prime Minister (1941); The Thief of Bagdad (1940); The Briggs Family (1940); Under Your Hat (1940); The Fugitive (1939); Prison Without Bars (1938); Murder in the Family (1938); South Riding (1938).

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Born on this day – Tchéky Karyo:


Tchéky Karyo


Actor

Musician

October 4, 1953 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); 12 Parsecs (2017–2024); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); À bras le Coeur (2025); A Grande Arte (1991); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Previous Engagement (2008); A Very Long Engagement (2004); A Whole Night (1982); Addicted to Love (1997); And the Band Played On (1993); Änglavakt (2010); Arabian Nights (2000); Au coeur de Nikita (1990); Au Field de la nuit (2009); Australia (1989); Babel (1999); Bad Boys (1995); Baptiste (2019–2021); Belle & Sebastian (2013); Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015); Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life (2017); Belle et Sébastien 2: l'histoire d'une suite (2016); Berlin Berlin (2025); Bleu comme l'enfer (1986); Boat Story (2023); Boxes (2007); Breakfast (2014); C à vous (2013); Café Picouly (2006–2008); Cannes Film Festival (1985); CBeebies Bedtime Story (2019); Champs-Elysées (1986); Charon (2020); Cinéma 16 (1990); CinéMagique (2002); Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999); Comment ça va bien! (2013); Comment réalise Alexandre Astier? (2020); Contes clandestins (1985); Corps perdus (1989); Coucou c'est nous! (1992); Crying Freeman (1995); Daydreams (2016); De guerre lasse (2014); Dobermann (1997); Dream On (1997); Effraction (1986); Entends ce cri... (2013); États d'âme (1986); Fabienne (2011); Fan des années 90 (2009); Faster (2025); Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Folie passagère (2016); Foreign Land (1995); ForesTiVi (2019); Fraîche (2022); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Full Moon in Paris (1984); Genius (2018); GoldenEye (1995); Grottenolm (1985); Habitat (1997); Hotel Rome (1996); Husbands and Lovers (1991); I Didn't Shoot Jesse James (2017); I3P (2022); Il etait une fois les lyonnais (2011); In and Out of Fashion (1998); Innocent Obsession (1994); Isabelle Eberhardt (1991); J.: Born on the Wrong Side of Town (1992); Jacquou le croquant (2007); Jappeloup (2013); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Kaamelott (2009); Kaia (2025); Kiss of the Dragon (2001); La balance (1982); La fille des collines (1990); La Forêt des disparus (2022); La java des ombres (1983); La mandrágora (2009); La nuit des Césars (1983–2020); La parenthèse inattendue (2014); La règle du silence (1995); La Réserve (2024); La résistance (2008); La vie d'avant (2021); L'affût (1992); L'air du crime (1984); L'amour Braque (1985); L'ange noir (1994); L'Araignée Rouge (2016); L'Atlantide (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005); Le journal de 13 heures (1986); Le matelot 512 (1984); Le Papillon d'acier (2025); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2007–2013); Le Poing J (1997–2000); Le roi danse (2000); Les brigands (2015); Les cerfs-volants (2007); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les dents de la nuit (2008); Les liens du coeur (1996); Les Lyonnais (2011); Les mille merveilles de l'univers (1997); Les nuls, l'émission (1991); Les rois maudits (2005); Let There Be Light (1998); L'étoile du jour (2012); Liaison (2023); L'itinéraire (2011); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1988); L'unique (1986); Machinations (1984); Mardi cinéma (1986); Mary Magdalene (2018); Mermaid in Paris (2020); Mode in France (1985); Moon Shadow (1995); My Life So Far (1999); Ne quittez pas! (2004); Nikita / aka La Femme Nikita (1990); Nikita: Tchéky Karyo on Luc Besson (2003); No Limit (2013); Noël à tous les étages (2021); Nostradamus (1994); Nulle part ailleurs (1997); Old Goriot (2004); On a tout essayé (2005–2006); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); Open Sesame: The Making of 'Arabian Nights' (2000); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Pascale Ogier, voyage astral (2022); Passage to Paradise (1998); Pieces of Me (2012); Plaisir du théâtre (1985); Possessions (2020); Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! (1982); Red Shoe Diaries (1992); Renegade (2004); Requiem for a Killer (2011); Revealed: The Making of 'La Femme Nikita' (2003); Romantique (2022); S.A.C.: Des hommes dans l'ombre (2005); Saving Grace (2000); Section Zéro (2016); Serial Driver (2023); Sketch Artist (1992); Sorceress (1987); Special Forces (2011); Spirale (1987); Studio Gabriel (1997); Taking Lives (2004); Taratata (1993); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Bear (1988); The Core (2003); The Eddy (2020); The Extraordinary Voyage (2011); The Good Thief (2002); The Gravedancers (2006); The Heart of the Earth (2009); The Impossible Truth (2008); The Killer (2024); The Lark Farm (2007); The Man Inside (1990); The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999); The Missing (2014–2016); The Name of the Rose (2019); The Outsider (1983); The Patriot (2000); The Return of Martin Guerre (1982); The Sound of Nikita (2003); The Sword of Thyrus (2025); The Way (2010); Through the Air (2015); To Have & to Hold (1996); Top Gear France (2016–2017); Trop près des Dieux (1992); Un mort sur le trottoir (2014); Utopía (2003); Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996); Vicky and Her Mystery (2021); Vincent and Me (1990); Vivement dimanche (2011–2013); War on Beasts (2018); Wild Tales from the Village (2016); Wing Commander (1999); Women at War (2022); Zadoc et le bonheur (1995); ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020).

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Born on this day – Reggie Bannister:


Reggie Bannister


Actor

Musician

Producer

Writer

September 29, 1945 – August 9, 2026

Credits:

Album:


Live At The West Coast Bodega
By Reggie Bannister
Released 2025.
Recorded 1978.
Track list: 4 & 20 (Live); Another Day (Live); Berkley Woman (Live); Love Starved Woman (Live); Just to Please You (Live); Lenny's (Bruce) Song [Live]; Life Line (Live); Long Time (Live); Mr. Moon (Live); Music Stoned Man (Live); Shadow on the Run (Live); Wounded Bird (Live).

Movies and television:

Abolition (2011); Aconite (2005); Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012); Bonejangles (2017); Bubba Ho-Tep (2002); Burned Guys & Dolls (2011); Carnies (2010); Cemetery Gates (2006); Chasing Hollywood (2011); Dead Things / segments: Prologue / The Wish (2005); Deadpit Radio (2005); Death Is No Escape: The Making of Phantasm IV – Oblivion (2017); Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013); Do You Like Scary Movies Podcast (2025); Doctor Spine (2015); Drop Off (1997); Fallen Angels (2006); FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (2011); Girls and Coprses (2017); Halloween Ghouls (2026); Horror Kung-Fu Theatre (1992–2019 / 2022); Inside Bryan (2015); Interstate (2007); Iron Core Talk (2010–2012); It Came from Trafalgar (2009); It's Never Over: The Making of Phantasm III - Lord of the Dead (2017); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Journeyman (2005); Kenny & Company (1976); Killer Waves 2 (2020); L.A. Law (1988); Last Rites (2006); Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004); Metal Man (2008); Necronaut (2007); Not Another B Movie (2010); One for the Road (2011); Phandom (2005); Phantasm (1979); Phantasm II (1988); Phantasm III: Behind the Scenes (2007); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Phantasm V: Ravager - Deleted Scenes (2016); Phantasm V: Ravager - Phuntasm: Blooper and Outtakes (2016); Phantasm: Deleted Scenes (1999); Phantasm: Genesis (2005); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Phantasmagoria (2005); Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005); Primitive (2011); Psychic Experiment (2010); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm II (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm V (2017); Revamped (2007); Satan Hates You (2010); Sawblade (2010); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Schrödinger's Cat II (2016); Sigma Die! (2007); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Small Town Saturday Night (2010); Song of the Dead (2005); Spring Break Massacre (2008); Stop It, You're Killing Me (2000); Survival Quest (1989); Terror Talk (2019); Text (2008); Text: The Story in the Snow (2008); That Little Monster (1994); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Demolitionist (1995); The Final Curtain (2007); The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012); The Horror We Make (2023); The Intruders (2015); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2009); The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (2018); The Mangler Reborn (2005); The Obsidian Curse (2016); The Quiet Ones (2010); The Rage (2007); Transformers Prime (2011); Twiztid: Boogieman (2015); Up Against Amanda (2000); Wishmaster (1997); Women of Phantasm: The Documentary with Balls! (2022); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Zombie Family (2012).

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Born on this day – Elizabeth Peña:


Elizabeth Peña


Actress

Writer

Musician

September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014

Credits:

15 Minutes (1987); 2002 ALMA Awards (2002); A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999); A Single Woman (2008); Across the Moon (1994); Adio Kerida (2002); Adrift in Manhattan (2007); Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998); American Dad! (2007); Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Becoming Eduardo (2009); Blaze You Out (2013); Blue Steel (1990); Border Line (1999); Boston Public (2002–2003); Building 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Charlie's Angels (2011); Common Law (2012); Contagious (1997); Crossover Dreams (1985); CSI: Miami (2003); Dead Funny (1994); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Dellaventura (1997); Dennis Miller (2004); Disney Infinity (2013); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Down for Life (2009); Down in the Valley (2005); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Dream On (1993); Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990); El Super (1979); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2014); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Fugitive Among Us (1992); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: United States Police Department (2011); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Ghost Whisperer (2009); Girl on the Edge (2015); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Grandma (2015); Gridlock'd (1997); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004); How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005); I Married Dora (1987–1988); Impostor (2001); In the Dark (2013); It Came from Outer Space II (1996); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Justice League (2004); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Keep Your Distance (2005); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); King John (2013); L.A. Law (1993–1994); La Bamba (1987); La noche desesperada (2007); Lone Star (1996); Love Comes Lately (2007); Major Crimes (2013); Matador (2014); Maya & Miguel (2004–2009); Minoriteam (2006); Modern Family (2013); Mother and Child (2009); NCIS (2004); Nothing Like the Holidays (2008); Numb3rs (2005); Off the Map (2011); Old Love (2001); On the Borderline (2001); Outlaw (2010); Plush (2013); Prime Suspect (2012); Prototype (2009); Racing for Time (2008); Recon (1996); Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002); Roommates (1994); Rush Hour (1998); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Shannon's Deal (1989–1991); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Speechless (2008); Strangeland (1998); Suburban Madness (2004); Sueño (2005); T.J. Hooker (1985); Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 1995 NCLR Bravo Awards (1995); The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Brothers Garcia (2003); The Eddie Files (1998); The Incredibles (2004); The Incredibles: The Video Game (2004); The Incredibles: When Danger Calls (2004); The Insider (2004); The Invaders (1995); The Lost City (2005); The Oscars (2015); The Outer Limits (1995); The Pass (1998); The Perfect Family (2011); The Second Civil War (1997); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Waterdance (1992); They All Laughed (1981); Things Behind the Sun (2001); Times Square (1980); Tortilla Soup (2001); Tough Cookies (1986); Transamerica (2005); Two (1996–1997); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vibes (1988); Without a Trace (2005); Ylse (2010); Zig Zag (2002).

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Born on this day – David McCallum:


David McCallum


Actor

Musician

September 19, 1933 – September 25, 2023

Credits:

NCIS (2003–2023); NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2016); Batman vs. Robin (2015); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Son of Batman (2014); Diablo III (2012); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); NCIS (2011); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010); Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks (2009); Replacements (2006–2009); Wonder Woman (2009); FusionFall (2009); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Batman: Gotham Knight (2008); NCIS: Ducky's World (2007); JAG (2003); Jeremiah (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Deadline (2000); Cherry (1999); Sex and the City (1999); Coming Home (1998); March in Windy City (1998); Team Knight Rider (1997–1998); Three (1998); The Outer Limits (1997); Law & Order (1997); VR.5 (1995–1997); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996); Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996); Death Game (1996); Heartbeat (1994); Healer (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Shattered Image (1994); Fatal Inheritance (1993); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Dirty Weekend (1993); Trainer (1991–1992); Hear My Song (1991); Cluedo (1991); Masterpiece Mystery (1990); Boon (1990); Lucky Chances (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1990); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); The Haunting of Morella (1990); Mother Love (1989); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); Monsters (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Freedom Fighter (1988); Matlock (1987); Az aranyifjú (1987); The Wind (1986); The A-Team (1986); Those Golden Years (1985); Behind Enemy Lines (1985); Terminal Choice (1985); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); The Master (1984); As the World Turns (1983); Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Hart to Hart (1983); Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982); Strike Force (1982); The Watcher in the Woods (1980); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Kidnapped (1978); Dogs (1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); The Invisible Man (1975–1976); The Kingfisher Caper (1975); Colditz (1972–1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); She Waits (1972); The Man and the City (1971); Night Gallery (1971); Hauser's Memory (1970); The File on Devlin (1969); The Ravine (1969); Mosquito Squadron (1969); Teacher, Teacher (1969); Sol Madrid (1968); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968); Three Bites of the Apple (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Unknown (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Great Escape (1963); Freud (1962); Billy Budd (1962); Wuthering Heights (1962); Sir Francis Drake (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); Karolina Rijecka (1961); Jungle Fighters (1961); Jungle Street Girls (1960); Knight Errant Limited (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1960); Armchair Theatre (1959–1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960); Emma (1960); Antigone (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); The Eustace Diamonds (1959); Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Television World Theatre (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Hell Drivers (1957); Dangerous Youth (1957); The Secret Place (1957); Night Ambush (1957); The Rose and the Ring (1953).

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).

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Born on this day – Gus Cannon:


Gus Cannon


Blues singer

Musician

September 12, 1883 – October 15, 1979

Credits:

Songs:

Big Railroad Blues; Boll Weevil; Bring It With You When You Come; Cairo Rag; Crawdad Hole; Feather Bed; Going to Germany; Hollywood Rag; Jazz Gypsy Blues; Jonestown Blues; Last Chance Blues; Madison Street Rag; Minglewood Blues; Mule Get Up in the Alley; Noah's Blues; Old John Booker - You Call That Gone; Pig Ankle Strut; Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home; Pretty Mama Blues; Prison Wall Blues; Riley’s Wagon; Ripley Blues; Springdale Blues; The Rooster's Crowing Blues; Viola Lee Blues; Walk Right In; Wolf River Blues.

Albums:

Gus Cannon & Noah Lewis Vol. 2 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Gus Cannon Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928) (2005); Jug Band Blues Essentials (2010); Last Sessions (2010); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Walk Right In (1962).

Movies and television:

All Things Must Pass (2015); Bandstand (1967); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970); Forrest Gump (1994); Get It Together (1978); Give Me the Banjo (2011); Good Morning Britain (1984); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Long Strange Trip (2017); My Way (2012); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992); Sex Education (2019); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Soundstage (1979); The Blues (1962); The Danny Kaye Show (1963); The Flamingo Kid (1984).

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Born on this day – Tom E. Lewis:


Tom E. Lewis


Actor

Musician

Artistic director

August 25, 1958 – May 10, 2018

Credits:

Albums:

Beneath the Sun (2013); Sunshine After Rain (2005).

Stage:

Bullie's House; Dead Heart; Doing the Block; Lift 'Em Up Socks; Muyngarnbi: Songs from Walking with Spirits; Othello; Our Country's Good; Shakespeare and the Songmen of Arnhem Land; Signs of Life; The Head of Mary; The Old Familiar Juice; The Recruiting Officer; The Shadow King; Thumbul; Up the Ladder.

Movies and television:

A Town Like Alice (1981); And Though the Music Ended, We Danced on Through the Night (2017); Australian Story (1996); Australia's Great Wild North (2018); Bad Habits (2005); Carols in the Domain (1997); Carson's Law (1983); Celluloid Gypsies: Making 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' (2018); Century of Cinema (1996); Cleverman (2016); Correlli (1995); Crocodile Dreaming (2007); Double Trouble (2008); Finding Mawiranga (2017); Glenview High (1977); Goldstone (2016); Gulpilil: Man of Two Worlds (1979); Kangaroo Palace (1997); Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (1997–1998); On Location with 'Robbery Under Arms' (1985); One River, All Rivers (2008); R.F.D.S. (1993); Ratbag Hero (1991); Red Hill (2010); Red Hill: 24 Days of Adrenaline (2011); Red Hill: Deleted Scenes (2011); Red Hill: Interviews with the Cast and Crew (2010); Red Hill: Storyboard Comparisons (2011); Robbery Under Arms (1985); Rose Against the Odds (1991); September (2007); Silent Reach (1983); Slate, Wyn & Me (1987); Spear (2007); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978); The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: Making Us Blacksmiths (2018); The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: Melbourne Premiere from 'Willesee at Seven', June 1978 (1978); The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: The Chant of Tom Lewis (2018); The Circuit (2010); The City's Edge (1983); The Curse (2007); The Don Lane Show (1982); The Flying Doctors (1988–1991); The Life of Harry Dare (1995); The Micallef Program (1998); The Mike Walsh Show (1978); The Naked Country (1985); The Nun and the Bandit (1992); The Postman's Privilege (2007); The Proposition (2005); The Skin of Others (2020); They Live in Forests, They Are Extremely Shy (2016); Touch the Sun: Top Enders (1988); Yellow Fella (2005); Wrong Kind of Black (2018); Vacant Possession (1995); Wolf Creek (2017); We of the Never Never (1982); Warrk Warrk (2007); Waiting for Rain (2016).

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Born on this day – River Phoenix:


River Phoenix


Actor

Musician

August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993

Credits:

Stand by Me: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2019); Dark Blood (2012); The Thing Called Love (1993); Silent Tongue (1993); Sneakers (1992); Red Hot Chili Peppers: Breaking the Girl (1992); Dogfight (1991); My Own Private Idaho (1991); I Love You to Death (1990); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Running on Empty (1988); Little Nikita (1988); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); Ben E. King: Stand by Me (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986); Stand by Me (1986); Family Ties (1985); Explorers (1985); Surviving (1985); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Hotel (1984); It's Your Move (1984); ABC Afterschool Specials (1984); Celebrity (1984); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983).

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Born on this day – Malcolm-Jamal Warner:


Malcolm-Jamal Warner


Actor

Writer

Producer

Musician

August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Theo and Me: Growing up Okay (1988).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Inner City Destiny Awards (2006); 15 Minutes (2001); 18th Annual Trumpet Awards (2010); 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 1st Annual Black Music Honors (2016); 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards (2011); 2011 Soul Train Awards (2011); 2015 Soul Train Awards (2015); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 25th NAACP Image Awards (1993); 32nd NAACP Image Awards (2001); 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (1997); 48 Hours 'til Monday (2015); 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000); 9-1-1 (2024); A Different World (1988–1989); A Fare to Remember (1999); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986–1994); Access Daily (2015–2017); Accused (2023); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997); After Hours (1990); Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2025); All That (1995–2005); All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005); American Crime Story (2016); American Horror Story (2014–2015); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa (1985); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1994); As Written (2012); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Battle of the Network Stars XIX (1988); Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (2012); BET Awards 2011 (2011); Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991); Biography (2001); Body Language (1985); Call to Glory (1984); Carol & The End of the World (2023); CBS Cares (2004); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1994); CBS Storybreak (1984); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Chadtronic (2018); Child Stars: Then and Now (2003); Children's Miracle Network Telethon (1990); Community (2011–2012); Contradictions of the Heart (2009); DCE presents Black Music Month (2022); Def Comedy Jam (1992); Def Poetry (2002); Detroiters (2017); Dexter (2006); Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers (2008); Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party (1986); Drop Zone (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986–1992); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2025); Essence Ninth Annual Black Women in Hollywood (2016); Extra (2015); Fame (1983); Fast Copy (1985); Find Your Future Reality (2018); Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1994); Fool's Gold (2008); For Our Children: The Concert (1993); Found Footage Festival Volume 6: Live in Chicago (2012); Friends in Therapy (2013); Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2017–2018); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2018); Grown-ish (2024); Gylne tider (2010); Gylne Tider: Let It Be (2010); Happy Hour (1999); Hard: Life of a Bondservant (2012); Hawthorne (2009); Here and Now (1992–2024); Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (2022); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998–1999); Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing It Safe When on Your Own (1990); House of Lies (2016); I Was a Network Star (2006); Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016); Inside TV Land (2002); Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge (2021); It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview (1996); Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (2023); Jeremiah (2002–2004); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kenan & Kel (1996); Key and Peele (2013–2014); Kidds for Kids in Africa: Love's Gonna Find A Way (1985); King of the Underground (2011); Kwamé: The Man We All Know and Love (1989); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Now (2017); Last Call with Carson Daly (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Later with Bob Costas (1988); Legend of the Candy Cane (2001); Lethal Weapon (2017); Life After (2010); Listen Up (2004–2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2023); Lyric Cafe (2002–2003); Lyric Cafe (2008); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Major Crimes (2013–2016); Making History in Hollywood (2021); Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); Megachurch Murder (2015); Men of Alaye: The Hottest Black Men in America (1998); Mentoring Kings (2018); Moloney (1997); Mother's Day (1989); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); MTV EMA Belfast 2011 (2011); Muted (2014); My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage (2010); NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (1992); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); New Edition: N.E. Heart Break (1989); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 (2000); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not (Blank) Enough (2021); Not All Hood (NAH) (2024–2025); Olive Forever (2018); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One on One with Magic Johnson (1994); One to Grow On (1983–1989); Pioneers of Television (2014); Puppy Dog Pals (2020); Rachael Ray (2016–2018); Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015); Reflections: A Story of Redemption (2004); Restaurant (1998); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Saturday Morning Videos (1990–1992); Saturday Night Live (1986); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Second City This Week (2012); Sesame Street (1985–1988); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration / Segment: Monster in the Mirror (1993); Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror (1991); Sherri (2009–2025); Shot (2017); Show Off! How to Be Cool at Parties (1986); Showtime at the Apollo (1988–1991); Sliders (1999); Sneaky Pete (2017–2019); Sons of Anarchy (2014); Sons of Anarchy: Season 7 - Guests of Anarchy (2015); Sound, Verses, Fury (2007); Special Agent Oso (2010); Static Shock (2002); Stevie Wonder with Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace (2013); Stripperella (2004); Suits (2016–2017); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1988); Tavis Smiley (2005); Teen Vid I (1991); Ten Days in the Valley (2017); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1993); The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1999); The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (2005); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1990); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1987); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–2014); The Boris & Nicole Show (2015); The Chicken Squad (2021); The Cleaner (2008); The Cosby Outtakes Show (1990); The Cosby Show (1984–1992); The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Special (2009); The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002); The Drop (2004); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Greatest (2005); The Insider (2016); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Irrational (2023); The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The List (2007); The Magic School Bus (1994–1997); The Meredith Vieira Show (2016); The Michael J. Fox Show (2014); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Real (2016); The Real Malcolm X (1992); The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider (1991); The Resident (2018–2023); The Resident Rulebreakers (2020); The Teen Files (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The View (2005–2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2018); The Wonder Years (2023); The Word (1994); There's Hope (2007); This Old Man (1990); Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992); Today (1985–2024); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); True Blue (2010); TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special (1993); TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); Tyson (1995); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Verses & Flow (2014); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus (1987); Wannabe (2016); White Famous (2017); Whodini: Funky Beat (1986); Word Warriors III (2016); You Can't Hear Me (2017); Your Favorite Commercials (1994).