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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:


Gertrude Simmons Bonnin


aka Zitkala-Ša

Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:

American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923);
Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).

Thursday, February 20, 2025

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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Born on this day – Zoë Lund:


Zoë Lund


Composer

Musician

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999

Credits:

Dreamland (1997); Hand Gun (1994); Hot Ticket (1993); Bad Lieutenant (1992); The Houseguest (1989); Exquisite Corpses (1989); Hothouse (1988); Miami Vice (1985); Special Effects (1984); Ms .45 (1981); Times Square (1980).

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Born on this day – Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten:


Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten


Folk and Blues singer

Musician

January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987

Credits:

Albums:

Elizabeth Cotten Live! (1983); Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I'm Gone (1979); Euphoria Blues (2023); Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar (1958); Freight Train (2014); Freight Train: Essential Folk Masters (2010); Live! (1983); Shake Sugaree (2004); Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree (1967).

Songs:

Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now; Boatman Dance; Buck Dance; Fare You Well, My Darling; Freight Train; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad; Graduation March; Hallelujah, It Is Done; Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck; Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name; Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You; I Don't Love Nobody; I'm Going Away; Little Brown Jug; Look and Live, My Brother; Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby; Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie; Ontario Blues; Praying Time Will Soon Be Over; Run......Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone; Shake Sugaree; Spanish Flag Dang; Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Take Me Back to Baltimore; 'Til We Meet Again; Vastopol; Vestapol; Washington Blues; When I Get Home; When I'm Gone; When the Train Comes Along; Wilson Rag.

Movies and television:

A Love Song (2022); American Folk (2017); American Masters (2009); Asteroid City (2023); Austin City Limits (1979); Big Little Lies (2019); BioShock Infinite (2013); Bleak Moments (1971); Colossal (2016); Dogfight (1991); En på miljonen (1995); Far from Home (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Four Calories: A "Tic-Tacs" Parody (2013); Nasty Baby (2015); Patriot (2017); Rainbow Quest (1965–1966); Sea Oak (2017); Shindig! (1964–1965); The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022); The Blues (2003); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); Troop Zero (2019); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Yesspeak (2003).

Monday, December 30, 2024

Monday, December 16, 2024

Born on this day – Lizzy Mercier Descloux:


Lizzy Mercier Descloux


Singer

Musician

Writer

Composer

Actress

Painter

December 16, 1956 – April 20, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Rosa Yemen – Live in N.Y.C July 1978 (1978); Press Color (1979); Mambo Nassau (1981); Zulu Rock (1984); One for the Soul (1985); Suspense (1988).

Movies and television:

Corporate (2019); Cocoricocoboy (1984); 5 Flaschen für Angelika (1981); Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979); Midi-Première (1979).

Born on this day – Ludwig van Beethoven:


Ludwig van Beethoven


Composer

Musician

December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Born on this day – Carey Bell:


Carey Bell


Blues musician

November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007

Credits:

Music:

"Unk" in Funk with Muddy Waters (1974); 2 Bugs and a Roach with Earl Hooker (1969); Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell (1973); Blues After Sunrise, with Heinz Sauer and Bob Degen (1980); Blues Blues Blues, with the Jimmy Rogers All Stars (1998); Boy from Black Bayou (1983); Breakdown Blues Live!, with "The Cat" (1992); Brothers in Blues (1993); Brought Up the Hard Way (1999); Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood (1995); Carey Bell's Blues Harp (1969); Deep Down (1995); Delta Bluesman, with Honeyboy Edwards (1991); Dynasty! (1990); Family Album, with Wentus Blues Band (2004); Gettin' Up: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home, with Lurrie Bell (2007); Goin' on Main Street (1982); Good Candy, with Lovie Lee (1994); Good Luck Man (1997); Harp Attack!, with James Cotton, Junior Wells and Billy Branch (1990); Harpmaster (1994); Harpslinger (1988); Heartaches and Pain (1977 / 1994); I Feel Good! with John Lee Hooker (1970); I Wanna Dance All Night with John Lee Hooker (1970); Just Off Halsted, with Bob Riedy Blues Band (1974); Lake Michigan Ain't No River, with Bob Riedy Blues Band (1972–1973); Last Night (1973); Live at 55 (1994); Mellow Down Easy (1991); My Life (1984); Reality Blues (1980); Second Nature (2004); Son of a Gun (1984); Straight Shoot (1986); Superharps II, with Lazy Lester, Raful Neal and Snooky Pryor (2001); The Blues Masters Bad Case of the Blues (2004); You Can't Take My Blues, with Doug MacLeod (1996).

Movies and television:

Blacktop (2000); Gettin' Up: Carey & Lurrie Bell Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's, and Lurrie's Home (2007); Supernatural (2007); The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009); Trouble with the Curve (2012).

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Friday, November 1, 2024

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).

Thursday, October 24, 2024

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).

Sunday, October 20, 2024

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).

Saturday, October 5, 2024

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).

Monday, September 23, 2024

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).

Thursday, September 19, 2024

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 12, 2024

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).