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Saturday, May 9, 2026

Born on this day – Sonny Curtis:


Sonny Curtis


Singer

Songwriter

May 9, 1937 – September 19, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Beatle Hits Flamenco Style Guitar (1964); Love Is All Around (1980); Rollin' (1981); Sonny Curtis (1979 / 2007); Spectrum (1987); The 1st of Sonny Curtis (1968); The Sonny Curtis Style (1969).

Songs:

A Beatle I Want to Be; Atlanta Georgia Stray; Buddy Holly Medley; Cowboy Singer; Day Drinker; Destiny's Child; Do Your Remember Roll Over Beethoven, Eager for the Edge; Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover; How Little Men Care; Hung Up in Your Eyes; I Fought the Law; I Like Your Music; I Wanna Go Bummin' Around; It’s Not Easy Being Fifteen; Love Is All Around; Married Women; My Little Girl; Now I’ve Got a Heart of Gold; Peggy Sue; Rock 'n' Roll; Soul Fever; Talk About My Baby; The Collector; The Mary Tyler Moore Show / Them; The Real Buddy Holly Story; The Straight Life; This Is the Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing; This Time Tomorrow; Walk Right Back; You Made My Life a Song.

Movies and television:

55th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2020); 7th Heaven (1999); A Good Year (2006); A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010); A.P. Bio (2018); Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007); Arena (1984–1985); Ashes to Ashes (2008); Attachments (2000); Aurora Borealis (2005); Badge '69' (1974); Bees Make Honey (2017); Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert (2020); Broadcast News: James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice (2011); Brothers: The Return (2006); Buddy Holly: Rave On (2017); Buffalo Gun (1961); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Cannonball (2017); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022 / 2025); Cheers (1990); Christine (2016); City on a Hill (2022); Classic Albums (2019); CODA (2021); Convoy (1978); Cook Off! (2007); Crossing Jordan (2007); Daddy's Home (2015); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011); Dawson's Creek (2002); Donkey Xote (2007); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); EastEnders (2006); El camino de Martín Negri (2021); Evening Shade (1990–1991); Family Guy (2000–2009); Family Switch (2023); Femme Fatales (2011); Firehouse Dog (2007); For All Mankind (2021); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2021); Get It Together (1978); Gila! (2012); Glory Daze (2010); GLOW (2018); Go Fact Yourself (2023); Gone (2006); Hawaii Five-0 (2012); Hee Haw (1980); Hellfest (2019); History of the Euros (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Rod (1979); In Living Color (1993); Intermission (2003); Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Live! (2001); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Just for Fun (1963); Killer Elite (2011); Kings of Rock 'n' Roll (2008); Kiss the Future (2023); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Leo Sayer: More Than I Can Say (1980); Les invincibles (2005); Love & Kisses (1965); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mafia III (2016); Man of the House (2005); Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (2015); Mary and Rhoda (2000); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Masterminds (2016); Miami Vice (1985); Mooch (1974); Motive (2016); My Dead Boyfriend (2016); My Family (2025); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993–1994); Ocean's Eight (2018); Orphan Black (2016); Poor Little Rich Girl (1965); Por Ahora (2013); Prima che la notte (2018); Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Real Wild Child: Joan Jett Music Video Anthology (2003); Reckless Kelly (1993); RoboCop (2014); Rogue Heroes (2022); Rökrock - The Non-History of Rock'n Roll (1990); Rude Boy (1980); She's the Man (2006); Shindig! (1965); Sing a Country Song (1973); Sing Street (2016); Sleeping Dogs (2012); St. Vincent (2014); Stillwater (2021); Strictly Come Dancing (2004); Swingin' Along (1961); Tatort (2014); The '70s (2000); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1965); The Brass Teapot (2012); The Brothers O'Toole (1973); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Clash: I Fought the Law (1988); The Doctor J & Dangerous Dave Dog & Pony Show (2023); The Electric State (2025); The Final Day (2000); The Good Guys (2010); The Help (2011); The Hunting Party (2007); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Love Punch (2013); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Midnight Special (1980–1981); The Muppet Show (1980); The Project (2023); The Simpsons (1995–2003); The Skull (2010); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1961); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Wonder Years (1991); This Life (1997); Top of the Pops (1979–1980); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tracy Beaker Returns (2010); Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006); Travelin' Light (1971); Unforgettable: The Sweeney (2012); Union Square (1997–2000); Unzipped (1995); War on Everyone (2016); We Can Be Heroes (2020); Wine Dancing (2015); Young Sheldon (2017).

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Born on this day – Gale Robbins:


Gale Robbins


Actress

Singer

May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Calamity Jane (1953); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Double Jeopardy (1955); George Jessel Show (1959); Gunsmoke (1966); Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Harry James and His Music Makers (1953); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood House (1949); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Johnny Midnight (1960); M Squad (1959); Markham (1960); Mister Ed (1962); Mr. Hex (1946); My Dear Secretary (1948); My Girl Tisa (1948); My Little Margie (1955); Oh My Word (1965); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Passport to Danger (1956); Perry Mason (1965); Philip Marlowe (1960); Place the Face (1955); Quantrill's Raiders (1958); Race Street (1948); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); State Trooper (1959); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Stump the Stars (1953); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Belle of New York (1952); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1958); The Brigand (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1952); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1955); The Fuller Brush Girl (1950); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Millionaire (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Untouchables (1961); The Windjammer (1945); Three Little Words (1950); Thriller (1962); Trackdown (1957); Valentine's Day (1965).

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Born on this day – Lulu Roman:


Lulu Roman


Comedian

Singer

Writer

May 6, 1946 – April 23, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Kitchen Komforts: Fabulous Comfort Food Recipes and Inspiring Short Stories to Nourish the Body and Soul (2023); LuLu (1978); This Is My Story; This Is My Song (2019).

Albums:

At Last (2012); Hymns That Light My Way (1986); Hymns, Promises, and Praises (1997); Lulu: Inspired (2001); Orphan Girl (2005); Seven Times (2009); Take Me There (1985); There's A New Kid In Town (2009); You Were Loving Me (1984).

Songs:

Amazing Grace; At Last; Best Friend; Buildin' up the Wall; Daystar; Do You Know How To Fly; Failure Isn't Final; Fever; Giver of the Light; He Looked Beyond My Fault; He Was There All the Time; How Great Thou Art; In My Life; In the Presence of Jehovah; Intimate Expression; King of Who I Am; Leavin' on Your Mind; Mizpah; On The Battlefield; One Day At a Time; Orphan Girl; Precious Lord, Take My Hand; Seven Times; Summertime; Surely the Presence of the Lord; That's The Man I'm Looking For; The King Of Who I Am; The Old Church House; There's A New Kid In Town; Train Bound For Glory; Victory In Jesus; You Needed Me.

Movies and television:

14th Annual Music City News Awards (1980); City Confidential (1998); Cookin' It Up with Lulu (2013); Corky (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2007); Gaither's Pond (1999); Hee Haw (1969–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978-1979); Kings Gold (1993); Rare Southern Gospel Singing Celebration (2010); Rivers of Joy (1998); The Anita Bryant Spectacular (1980); The Award Goes to: A Look Back at the Legends (2010); The Jim Bakker Show (2006); The Love Boat (1983); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1976); Touched by an Angel (2001); Vicki! (1994); Whipoorwhill Nest (2014).

Born on this day – Adriana Caselotti:


Adriana Caselotti


Actress

Singer

Voice-over artist

May 6, 1916 – January 18, 1997

Credits:

A Gift of Music (1981); Animation Lookback (2009); Animation/Film/TV Show Lookback (2009); Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969); Business as Usual (1978); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Disney Princess Sing-Along Songs: Volume 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005); Disney Sing-Along Songs: 101 Notes of Fun (1989); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1997); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho (1987); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy (1996); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986); Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001); Documentary Now! (2016); Donald's Off Day (1944); Donald's Ostrich (1937); Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Modern Inventions (1937); Moviewatch (1994); Naughty Marietta (1935); Pretty Little Liars (2016); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snow White SCANDAL! Rachel Zegler PAST EXPOSED! Disney Out?! (2023); The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (1993); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Disney Family Album (1985); The Fairest of Them All (1983); The Julie Andrews Hour (1972); The Magical World of Disney (1977 / 1981); The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); We Were Dancing (1942).

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Born on this day – Alice Faye:


Alice Faye


Actress

Singer

May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998

Credits:

20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934); A Century of Cinema (1994); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All Star Revue (1953); American Masters (1999); Barricade (1939); Beloved Infidel (1959); Biography (1995–2000); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995); Carmen Miranda: That Girl from Rio (2008); CBS Early Morning News (1984); Cinema Circus (1937); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Every Night at Eight (1935); Fallen Angel (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); George White's Scandals (1934); Great Performances (1986 / 2003); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Havana (1941); Hello Frisco, Hello (1943); Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); In Old Chicago (1938); King of Burlesque (1936); Lillian Russell (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Live! On City Line (1987); Looks Familiar (1983); M*A*S*H (1974); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010–2013); Music Is Magic (1935); My Music: Big Band Vocalists (2012); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Now I'll Tell (1934); On the Avenue (1937); People Are Talking (San Francisco) (1978); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Poor Little Rich Girl (1936); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1990); Rose of Washington Square (1939); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday (1950); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (1940); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Shirley Temple: Early Years (Volume 1) (1932); Shirley Temple: Early Years (Volume 2) (1932); Sing, Baby, Sing (1936); State Fair (1962); Stowaway (1936); Tail Spin (1939); Take It or Leave It (1944); That Night in Rio (1941); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 51st British Academy Film Awards (1999); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1983); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1968); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Great American Broadcast (1941); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Kraft Music Hall (1968); The Love Boat (1980); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1969); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Shape of Water (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962 / 1963); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1971); This Is Your Life (1957–1984); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Wake Up and Live (1937); Warm Springs (2005); Washington Square (1939); We Still Are! (1985); Week-End in Havana (1941); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wogan (1988); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Yes Man (2008); You Can't Have Everything (1937); You're a Sweetheart (1937).

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Born on this day – Jane Morgan:


Jane Morgan


Actress

Singer

May 3, 1924 – August 4, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

A Jane Morgan Happening (1968); All the Way (1958); An American Songbird In Paris 9 (2007); At the Cocoanut Grove (2013); Broadway in Stereo (1959); Essential Masters (2013); Fascination - The Ultimate Collection (2009); Fascination (1957); Fresh Flavor (1966); Give My Regards To Broadway (2012); Great Songs from the Great Shows of the Century - Vol.1 (2019); Great Songs from the Great Shows of the Century - Vol.2 (2019); Great Songs From the Great Shows of the Century (1959); Her Golden Years (2020); In Gold (2016); In My Style (1965); In Nashville (1970); In Spain (2001); Jane Morgan (2001); Jane Morgan at The Cocoanut Grove (2006); Jane Morgan at the Cocoanut Grove (Live) (2014); Jane Morgan in Gold Today's Hits... Tomorrow's Golden Favorites (1966); Jane Morgan Serenades "The Victors" (1963); Jane Morgan Sings the Great Golden Hits (1961); Jane Morgan Time (1959); Jane Morgan: The Day the Rains Came (2017); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1967); Live from Cocoanut Grove (2012); Love Is Like Champagne (2023); Love Makes the World Go Round (1961); Mutual Admiration Society (2008); Sings Popular Favourites (2009); Sings Showstoppers (2008); Smile (2006); Something Old, Something New, Somehing Borrowed, Something Blue (2001); Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1958); The American Girl from Paris (1956); The Ballads of Lady Jane (1960); The Ballads of Lady Jane / The Second Time Around (2011); The Big Hits from Broadway (1961); The Day the Rains Came (1958); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1964); The Myth of Jane Morgan (1947); The Second Time Around (1961); Traces of Love (1969); Vintage Gold (2014); What Now My Love (2006); What Now My Love? / Jane Morgan at the Cocoanut Grove (2013).

Songs:

A Girl Named Johnny Cash; A Lover's Concerto; A Wonderful Guy; Adios; Adios You Belong To My Heart Magic Is The Moonlight; All the Way; An Affair to Remember; April In Portugal; Baseball, Baseball; Catch a Falling Star; Fascination; Forever My Love; From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye; If Only I Could Live My Life Again; I'll Be Seeing You; I'm New at the Game; It's Been A Long, Long Time; It's Today; Kiss Away; Love Is Like Champagne; Love Me True; Melodie D'Amour; My Favourite Things; My Foolish Heart; Side by Side; The Day the Rains Came; The Second Time Around; Till; Two Different Worlds; Was It Day, Was It Night?; We Need A Little Christmas; You Belong to My Heart.

Movies and television:

A Love Story (2005); American Bandstand (1957); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Club 60 (1957); Coliseum (1967); Dee Time (1967); Diner (1982); Extra (2015); Fallout (2024); Girl Talk (1966); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hippodrome (1966); International Cabaret (1967); It Takes a Thief (1970); Juke Box Jury (1964); Malamondo (1964); Nancy Drew (2007); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); On Parade (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Password (1966); Penthouse Party (1951); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1962); Person to Person (1953); Peter Gunn (1961); Petit jour, grande nuit (1947); Songbook Sessions: Jane Morgan (2021); Star of the Family (1951); Startime (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1965); The Bell Telephone Hour (1965–1966); The Big Record (1957–1958); The Blue Angel (1954); The Bob Newhart Show (1961); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1954); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1968); The Dick Clark Show (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1970); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); The Frankie Howerd Show (1953); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1968); The Howard Miller Show (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1961); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957–1969); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1971); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1970); The Next Karate Kid (1994); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Timex Show (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1970); The Val Doonican Show (1967); Three Cheers (1953); Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1958); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1959–1960); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1959–1964); What's My Line? (1968).

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Born on this day – Angela Bofill:


Angela Bofill


Singer

Songwriter

May 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Angel of the Night (1979); Angie (1978); Angie / Expanded Edition (1978); Carl Anderson (1986); I Wanna Love Somebody (1993); Intuition (1988); Let Me Be the One (1984); Live from Manila (2006); Love in Slow Motion (1996); Something About You (1981); Something About You / Expanded Edition (2002); Teaser (1983); Tell Me Tomorrow (1985); The Best of Angela Bofill (1986); The Definitive Collection (1999); The Essential Angela Bofill (2014); Too Tough (1983).

Movies and television:

Body Electric (2004); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Friends in Love (1983); Nina Live! (2005); Soul Train (1983); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); Unsung (2012).

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Born on this day – Dolly Haas:


Dolly Haas


Actress

Singer

April 29, 1910 – September 16, 1994

Credits:

A Girl of the Street (1932); A Girl You Don't Forget (1932); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Broken Blossoms (1936); Carefree (1938); Der Ball (1931); Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933); Dolly macht Karriere (1930); Dolly, Lotte und Maria (1987); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Ein steinreicher Mann (1932); Eine Stunde Glück (1931); Es tut sich was um Mitternacht (1934); Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland (1975); Girls Will Be Boys (1934); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Großstadtnacht (1932); I Confess (1953); I Married an Angel (1942); Kleines Mädel - großes Glück (1933); Lamp Unto My Feet (1956); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Liebeskommando (1931); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Spy of Napoleon (1936); Star for a Night (1936); Studio One (1950–1956); The Bank Dick (1940); The Billy Rose Show (1951); The Exiles (1989); The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996); The Merry Widow (1952); The Page of the Hotel Dalmasse (1933); The Private Secretary Gets Married (1933); The Upright Sinner (1931); Things Are Getting Better Already (1932); Unfinished Business (1941); Warum lügt Fräulein Käthe? (1935).

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Born on this day – Marcia Strassman:


Marcia Strassman

Actress

Singer

April 28, 1948 – October 24, 2014

Born on this day – Adele Mara:


Adele Mara


Actress

Singer

Dancer

April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Rookie's Cookie (1943); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1955); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Angel in Exile (1948); Atlantic City (1944); Bachelor Father (1961); Back from Eternity (1956); Back from the Front / I Can Hardly Wait (1943); Bat Masterson (1958); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Big Town (1955); Blackmail (1947); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); California Passage (1950); Call of the South Seas (1944); Campus Honeymoon (1948); Casey Jones (1957); Cheyenne (1955–1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Count the Hours! (1953); Crime Doctor (1943); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dante (1961); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Exposed (1947); Faces in the Fog (1944); Farmer for a Day (1943); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Girls of the Big House (1945); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); Grissly's Millions (1945); His Girl's Worst Friend (1943); Honolulu Lu (1941); I, Jane Doe (1948); I've Always Loved You (1946); Kiss and Wake Up (1942); Laramie (1960); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Legs (1942); Markham (1959–1960); Maverick (1958–1960); Navy Blues (1941); Nevada (1948); Night Train to Memphis (1946); Passkey to Danger (1946); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943); Robin Hood of Texas (1947); Rock Island Trail (1950); San Fernando Valley (1944); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Socks Appeal (1943); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Song of Mexico (1945); Stagecoach West (1961); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Avengers (1950); The Big Circus (1959); The Black Whip (1956); The Catman of Paris (1946); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Great Glover (1942); The Inner Circle (1946); The Invisible Informer (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Main Street Kid (1947); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1961); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Tall Man (1962); The Tiger Woman (1945); The Trespasser (1947); The Vampire's Ghost (1945); Thoroughbreds (1944); Thriller (1961); Traffic in Crime (1946); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Vengeance of the West (1942); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Web of Danger (1947); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wheels (1978); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Born on this day – Mike Kellin:


Mike Kellin


Actor

Singer

April 26, 1922 – August 26, 1983

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); All in the Family (1976); Assignment: Munich (1972); At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp (2014); At War with the Army (1950); Banning (1967); Barney Miller (1976); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Ben Casey (1964); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1964); Bonino (1953); Camera Three (1958); Combat! (1965); Cover Me Babe (1970); Crime Photographer (1951); Danger (1955); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1962); Echoes (1982); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fitz and Bones (1981); Flamingo Road (1982); Fools' Parade (1971); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Galactica 1980 (1980); Girlfriends (1978); God Told Me To (1976); Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1952); Great Performances (1971); Grindl (1964); Gunsmoke (1966); Hands of Mystery (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1961); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Honestly, Celeste! (1954); Hurricane Smith (1952); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Inner Sanctum (1954); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Ironside (1974); Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016); Johnny Staccato (1959); Just Before Dawn (1981); Kojak (1974); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1959); Lonelyhearts (1958); Lost in Space (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1953); Man Against Crime (1953); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Mister Peepers (1952–1953); Mr. Novak (1964–1965); Naked City (1959–1963); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); Nightside (1973); Omnibus (1961); On the Yard (1978); One Step Beyond (1960); Outlaws (1962); Paternity (1981); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Riot (1969); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Route 66 (1961–1962); Save Our Stream (1965); Seventh Avenue (1977); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Sleepaway Camp (1983); Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (1992); So Fine (1981); So Young, So Bad (1950); Stanley (1956); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Studio One (1954–1957); Suspense (1949–1953); Switch (1978); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Art of Crime (1975); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Catcher (1972); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); The Connection (1973); The Defenders (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Great Impostor (1960); The Incident (1967); The Islanders (1961); The Jazz Singer (1980); The Mail Story (1954); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Mountain Road (1960); The New Breed (1961); The People Next Door (1970); The Phynx (1970); The Rifleman (1959); The Stranger (1954); The Tenth Level (1976); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Untouchables (1960–1961); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960–1966); The Web (1953); The Wonderful Country (1959); Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers (1974); Tightrope (1960); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Born on this day – Ella Fitzgerald:


Ella Fitzgerald


Singer

April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996

Credits:

Albums:

30 By Ella (1968); A Classy Pair / with Count Basie (1979); A Perfect Match / with Count Basie (1979); All That Jazz (1989); Brighten the Corner (1967); Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961); Digital III At Montreux (1979); Dream Dancing (1978); Duke & Ella In Concerto / with Duke Ellington (1966); Easy Living / with Joe Pass (1986); Ella (1969); Ella 100 (1998); Ella À Nice (1982); Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book (1981); Ella and Basie! / with Count Basie / aka Ella and Basie!: On the Sunny Side of the Street with no differences (1963); Ella and Basie!: On the Sunny Side of the Street / with Count Basie (1963); Ella And Duke At The Cote D'Azur / with Duke Ellington (1966); Ella and Her Fellas (1957); Ella and Louis / with Louis Armstrong (1956); Ella and Louis Again / with Louis Armstrong (1957); Ella and Oscar / with Oscar Peterson (1975); Ella at Duke's Place / with Duke Ellington (1965); Ella At Juan-Les-Pins (1964); Ella At The Opera House (1958); Ella At Zardi's (2018); Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday At Newport (1958); Ella Fitzgerald And Her Orchestra Live From The Roseland Ballroom, 1940 (1974); Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1975); Ella Fitzgerald In Budapest (1999); Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" / aka The Intimate Ella with no differences (1960); Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers (1959); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book / with Duke Ellington (1957); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (1958); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956); Ella Fitzgerald With The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1996); Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs for a Centennial (2017); Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas (1967); Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife (1960); Ella In Hamburg (1965); Ella In Hollywood (1961); Ella In Japan: 'S Wonderful (2011); Ella In London (1974); Ella In Rome: The Birthday Concert / Recorded: 1958 (1988); Ella Loves Cole (1972); Ella Returns To Berlin (1991); Ella Sings Broadway (1963); Ella Sings Gershwin (1950); Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1962); Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1962); Ella Swings Lightly (1958); Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960); Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995); Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (2020); Fine and Mellow (1979); Fitzgerald and Pass... Again / with Joe Pass (1976); For Sentimental Reasons (1955); Get Happy! (1959); Hello, Dolly! (1964); Hello, Love (1959); J.A.T.P. In Tokyo: Live At The Nichigeki Theatre 1953 (1972); Jazz At Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972); Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl (1958); Lady Time (1978); Like Someone in Love (1957); Live At Mister Kelly's (2007); Live From The Cave Supper Club: Vancouver BC, Canada, 19 May 1968 (1999); Live In East Berlin 1967 (2023); Live in Paris, Vol. 1 / Recorded May 8 – October 7, 1957 (2012); Live in Paris, Vol. 2 / Recorded May 1, 1958; February 23 & 29, 1960 (2012); Live in Paris, Vol. 3 / February 28 & March 11, 1961; March 16, 1962 (2013); Lullabies of Birdland (1954); Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax (1955); Misty Blue (1968); Montreux '77 / with the Tommy Flanagan Trio (1977); Newport Jazz Festival: Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973 (1973); Nice Work If You Can Get It: Ella Fitzgerald and André Previn Do Gershwin / with André Previn (1983); One O'Clock Jump / with Count Basie and Joe Williams (1957); Porgy and Bess / with Louis Armstrong (1959); Return To Happiness: Jazz At The Philharmonic, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983 (1983); Rhythm Is My Business (1962); Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues / with Peggy Lee (1955); Songs in a Mellow Mood (1954); Sophisticated Lady / with Joe Pass (2001); Speak Love / with Joe Pass (1983); Sunshine Of Your Love (1968); Sweet and Hot (1955); Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1998); Take Love Easy / with Joe Pass (1973); The Best Is Yet to Come (1982); The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (2014); The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997); The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1994); The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife (1993); The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World / with Duke Ellington (1990); The Intimate Ella (1989); The Stockholm Concert, 1966 / with Duke Ellington (1984); These Are the Blues (1963); Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1970); Twelve Nights In Hollywood (2009); Whisper Not (1966).

Movies, video and television:

20 to 1 (2011); 24 Nights (1999); 75 Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz (2022); 7th Heaven (2005); 9-1-1 (2019); A Capitol Fourth (1986); A Celebration of America's Music (1998); A Girls Night Out (2009); A Letter to True (2004); A Little Dream of Me (2012); A Place for Lovers (1968); A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (1998); A Salute to Duke (1981); A Year in Music (2020–2022); Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990); Adventures in Jazz (1949); Alan Yentob Remembers... Ella Fitzgerald (2024); All My Life (1966); All Star Summer Revue (1952); All You Need Is Love (1977); All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (1979); American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special (1981); American Horror Story (2012); American Hustle (2013); American Masters (1993–2014); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); America's Book of Secrets (2013); Amy's Orgasm (2001); An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas (2016); An American Rhapsody (2001); Any Given Sunday (1999); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993); Aqui na Terra (1993); Arena (1996); ARS medica (1996); Arthur Fiedler: Just Call Me Maestro (1979); Arts (2019); Aspel & Company (1990); Assassin's Creed (2016); At First Sight (1999); Avrupa Yakasi (2004); Barney's Version (2010); BBC Show of the Week (1965); Beautiful Blue Eyes (2009); Beauty (2022); Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Best on Record: The 9th annual Grammy Awards (1967); Better Call Saul (2015); Bewitched (2005); Beyond Tomorrow (2006); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Black Mass (2015); Broadway Serenade (1939); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); But Not for Me (1959); Call the Midwife (2014); Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); C'est la vie (2001); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Claws (2017); Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coloquio en Segovia (1964); Committed (2014); Containment (2016); Contract (1985); Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes (2018); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2021); Damned in the U.S.A. (1992); Dancing on Ice (2009–2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2014); Dawson's Creek (2001); DCI Banks (2012); Desert Hearts (1985); Die Drehscheibe (1969); Dinah! (1976–1977); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Discover Jazz (1986); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Don't Say a Word (2001); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Down at the Dunbar (1979); Downsizing (2017); Drei D (1988); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Election Night (1998); Electric Dreams (2017); Elf (2003); Ella (1964); Ella (2007); Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1975); Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia (1963); Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Cheek to Cheek (2021); Ella Fitzgerald: Cheek to Cheek (live) (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Frosty the Snowman (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues (Visualizer) (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019); Ella Fitzgerald: Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Lyric Video) (2017); Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Australia (1960); Ella Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife (Live) (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: Puttin' on the Ritz (Live) (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Sleigh Ride (2021); Ella Fitzgerald: Taking A Chance on Love (Live) (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Lyric Video) (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Empire of Light (2022); Entertainment Tonight (1983); Eterna Magia (2007); Evening at Pops (1973); Everyone's Hero (2006); Fallout (2024); Fallout 3 (2008); Fallout 4 (2015); Flip (1970); Floor Show (1949); Focus (2001); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Forever (2014); Forget Paris (1995); France Gall: Ella, elle l'a (1987); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Frankie Laine Time (1956); Friday Night Lights (2011); Friends with Kids (2011); Fringe (2010); Front Page Challenge (1970); Fuzzy's værksted (1992); Garconira (2013); Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011); Ghost Whisperer (2005); Gilmore Girls (2002); Good Grief (2023); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances (1994–2007); Great Performances (2007); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Grey's Anatomy (2012); Grumpy Old Men (1993); Häuser der Kunst (2023); Hawkeye (2021); Het bittere kruid (1985); Hightown (2021); Hollywood (2020); Honolulu (1939); House (2006); How About You (2007); How Playboy Changed the World (2012); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Iltatähti (1974); Improvisation (1950 / 2004); Ismael's Ghosts (2017); It Runs in the Family (2003); It's Black Entertainment (2002); It's in the Groove (1949); Jazz (2001); Jazz Divas Gold (2013); Jazz Greats (1982); Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Jojo Rabbit (2019); Joy (2015); Just Mercy (2019); Kak molody my byli (1985); Katastrofin aineksia (2008); King of Cool (2021); Kinsey (2004); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); Koszmar minionej zimy (2011); Kreisler Bandstand (1951); Kriminalnyy talant (1989); L.A. Noire (2011); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Le grand échiquier (1975); Legends (2007); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Weapon (2017); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010); L'invité de FR3 (1978); Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990); Little Man Tate (1991); Lolita (1997); Longwave (2013); Looking for Grace (2015); Los simuladores (2002); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1980); Love Letters in the Sands of Time (2010); Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lucifer (2020); Mad Men (2007); Malcolm X (1992); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Manhattan (2014); Mannenharten (2013); Marshall (2017); Masters of Sex (2013–2014); Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love (1990); Melanie (1982); Miami Rhapsody (1995); Midnight Son (2007); Mindhunter (2019); Miss Match (2003); Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (1998); Monty Don's French Gardens (2013); Moordterras (1991); More of 'the Best of the Hollywood Palace' (1993); Mörk sång: Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Petersons trio (1963); Mr. Nobody (2009); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Music 55 (1955); Musiques au Coeur (1991); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); My Policeman (2022); My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996); MythBusters (2005); Nackt (2002); Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014); Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 1 (1991); NDR Jazz Workshops (1962); Needle in a Timestack (2021); NET Festival (1968); Night-Club (1969); Noche del sábado (1966); Nurse Jackie (2010); Og avisen dør med døgnet (1969); Omnibus (1974–1989); On the Road (2012); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); One Fine Day (1996); One Life (2023); Only Murders in the Building (2021); Ordinary Love (2019); Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995); Outer Banks (2020); Outer Range (2022); Outside the Wire (2021); Ovation (2015); Pan Am (2011); Panorama Pacific (1957); Paraphilia (2012); Parenthood (2012); Paris-Manhattan (2012); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pepper Chocolate (2003–2004); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Person to Person (1960); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Phantom Boy (2015); Playboy's Penthouse (1959); PopStory - Aneb od vinylu k iPodu (2020); Populaire (2012); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Preguntes freqüents (2018); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Private Practice (2010); Protagonistas del recuerdo (2007); Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald (2017); Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013); Quincy (2018); Raging Bull (1980); Reaching for the Moon (2013); Real-Life Mallory (2010); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Rembob'Ina (2021); Remember When... (1981–1985); Revenge (2011); Rhapsody in Black (2002); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Romeo! (2004); Ronnie's (2020); Röster och röstkonst (2000); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2022); Salaud, on t'aime. (2014); Salute! (1983); Salvation (2017); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1989); Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall (1969); Sandy Wexler (2017); Saturday Night Dance Party (1952); Saturday Night Live (1989); Secret History (1999); Sex and the City (1998); Showtime (1993); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra Duets (1994); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Singin' in the Rain (2008); Sings the Great American Songbook (2010); Skins (2008); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Snow (2004); So You Think You Can Dance (2009–2014); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2011); Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005); Soul Boys of the Western World (2014); Soul Power! (2013); Sphere (1998); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stage Show (1956); Stardom (2000); Stranger Things (2022); Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (2003); Sunday Showcase (1959); Super Bowl VI (1972); Supernatural (2013); Swing Into Spring! (1959); Taxing Love (2018); Taylor (2008); Ted Lasso (2021); Teeth (2007); Telescope (1967); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2001); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards (1961); The 50 Year Argument (2014); The 5th Annual American Music Awards (1978); The Accusation (2021); The Age of Adaline (2015); The American Music Awards (1982); The Andy Williams Show (1965–1967); The Andy Williams Show (1966 / 1970); The Answer Man (2009); The Apollo (2019); The Aviator (2004); The Bandit (1946); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1965); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Record (1958); The Bob Braun Show (1976); The Break-Up (2006); The Captain & Tennille Songbook (1979); The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music (1980); The Clan (2015); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Crown (2020); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957–1969); The English Patient (1996); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra (1959); The Garry Moore Show (1959–1960); The Gentlemen (2024); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1970); The Good Liar (2019); The Grammy Hall of Fame (1981); The Grass Harp (1995); The Holiday (2006); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1969); The Hollywood Palace (1970 / 1982); The In-Laws (2003); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979 / 1981); The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997); The Last Tycoon (2017); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Lively Ones (1962); The Man in the High Castle (2015); The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2022); The Master (2012); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Midnight Special (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The Milton Berle Show (1958); The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012); The Nat King Cole Show (1957); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959); The Pearl Bailey Show (1971); The Perfect Find (2023); The Photograph (2021); The River (2012); The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012); The Setting Sun (1992); The Singing Detective (1986); The Sixties (2014); The Sopranos (2000); The Starter Wife (2008); The Steve Allen Playhouse (1963); The Tender Game (1958); The Thorn and the Rose (2000–2001); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Trip to Spain (2017); The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (1988); The Uninvited Guest (2004); The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991); The Voice (2015); The War Room (1993 / 2008); The West Wing (2002); The White Shadow (1981); The Worst Movies of All Time (2018); The X Factor UK (2015); They All Came Out to Montreux (2023); This Is Tom Jones (1970); Tidsrejsen (2014); Timex All-Star Swing Festival (1972); Today (1964); Toon in with Me (2024); Torch Song Trilogy (1988); Torchwood (2007); Trilogie De Tragedie (2016); Triptych (2013); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Lovers (2008); U2: Window in the Skies (2007); Un héroe se hace a patadas (1995); Unusual Occupations (1948); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1958–1963); Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (1993); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Waterloo Road (2014); Wayward Pines (2015); Welcome to Chippendales (2022); We'll Take Manhattan (2012); What If... (2012); What's My Line? (1962); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole (2003); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Wild Blade (1991); Zeit.geschichte (2019); Zwei Männer am Herd (1999).

Friday, April 24, 2026

Born on this day – Michael Parks:


Michael Parks

Actor

Singer

April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017

Born on this day – Jill Ireland:



Jill Ireland





Producer


Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1978); All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979); All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Armchair Theatre (1961); Assassination (1987); Ben Casey (1964); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); By Dawn's Early Light (2001); Carry on Nurse (1959); Catastrophe: No Safe Place (1980); Caught (1987); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Chino (1973); Cold Sweat (1970); Daniel Boone (1969); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Wish II (1982); Destined to Live (1988); Dinah! (1976); Donny B: The Original King of Daytime (2010); Film '81 (1981); For the Love of Spock (2016); From Noon Till Three (1976); Ghost Squad (1961); Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960); Good Morning America (1979); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hard Times (1975); Hell Drivers (1957); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood on Horses (1989); Hour Magazine (1986–1987); I'll Bet (1965); Inside Edition (1991); Juke Box Jury (1960); Jungle Street Girls (1961); Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (2004); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); La nuit des César (1984); London Affair (1970); Love and Bullets (1979); Mannix (1968); Murphy's Law (1986); My Favorite Martian (1965); Night Gallery / Segment: The Ghost of Sorworth Place (1972); No Love for Judy (1955); Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955); Probation Officer (1961); Real Heroes (1981); Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991); Reflections on Spock (2004); Richard the Lionheart (1963); Rider on the Rain (1970); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Roommates (1961); Shane (1966); Shooting Violent City (2001); Simon and Laura (1955); So Evil, So Young (1961); Someone Behind the Door (1971); Star Trek (1967); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 16th Annual Shelby Awards (1986); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli (1987); The Battleaxe (1962); The Big Money (1956); The Cheaters (1962); The Desperate Man (1959); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Evening Standard Drama Awards (1962); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The Ghost Train Murder (1959); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980); The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Karate Killers (1967); The Late Show (1986–1988); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); The Mechanic (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1985); The Third Man (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1979); The Valachi Papers (1972); The Voodoo Factor (1959); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); The Woman for Joe (1955); There's Always a Thursday (1957); Three Men in a Boat (1956); Today (1989); Twice Round the Daffodils (1962); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Villa Rides (1968); Violent City (1970); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Wogan (1985–1987).

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Born on this day – Janet Blair:


Janet Blair


Actress

Singer

April 23, 1921 – February 19, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); A Connecticut Yankee (1955); A String of Beads (1961); Alcoa Theatre (1958); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Around the World with Nellie Bly (1960); Ben Casey (1966); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Boys' Night Out (1962); Broadway (1942); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1950); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1955); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destry (1964); Fantasy Island (1980); Front Row Center (1955); Gallant Journey (1946); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1941); Here's Hollywood (1960); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); I Love Trouble (1948); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); I'll Bet (1965); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); Leave It to the Girls (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1973); Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (1955); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Murder, She Wrote (1991); My Sister Eileen (1942); Night of the Eagle (1962); Once Upon a Time (1944); One Touch of Venus (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1961); Person to Person (1954); Producers' Showcase (1955); Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (1942); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Laugh Parade (1953); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Something to Shout About (1943); Stump the Stars (1962); Switch (1977); Tars and Spars (1946); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1966); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Black Arrow (1948); The Bob Braun Show (1976–1977); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Chevy Show (1960–1961); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Dinah Shore Show (1956); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Lady and the Stock Exchange (1962); The Larry Storch Show (1953); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Milton Berle Show (1948–1954); The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968); The Outer Limits (1963); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959–1960); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1963–1964); The Smith Family (1971–1972); The Stork Club (1953); The Strawberry Blonde (1959); The Tonight Show (1956); The Vic Damone Show (1956); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967); This Is Your Life (1959); Three Girls About Town (1941); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957–1961); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957 (1958); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1957); What's This Song? (1964); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); You Don't Say (1964); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1956–1957).

Monday, April 20, 2026

Born on this day – Iris Williams:


Iris Williams


Singer

Actress

April 20, 1946 – July 11, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Atgofion (2010 / EP); Beautiful (1986); Catch My Dreams (2011); He Was Beautiful (1979); Hello! (1987); I Gael Cymru'n Gymru Rydd (2019 / EP); I Wish You Love (2003); I'm Glad There Is You (1995); Iris Williams - The Very Best Of (2006); Picture Me Love (1980); The Gentle Touch (1983); Y Caneuon Cynnar / The Early Recordings (2000); You Belong to Me (1982).

Songs:

All My Trials; Anodd I’w Wmeud Yw Dweud Ffarwel; As Time Goes By; Autumn Leaves; Christmas Spiritual; Dail Yr Hydref; Doed a Ddel; Dyma Fi; Fy Nghydwybod I; Haul Yr Haf; He Was Beautiful; He’s Out of My Life; How High the Moon; I Gael Cymru'n Gymru Rydd; I’ll Never Love This Way Again; Mi Fum Yn Caru; My Prayer; No Regrets; No Walls No Ceilings No Floors; Pererin Wyf; Pererin Wyf / Amazing Grace; Run Like the Wind; Send in the Clowns; Sometimes I Feel; Song in the Air; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; The Virgin Mary; Using Things and Loving People; We Don’t Make Each Other Laugh Any More; What Am I Supposed to Do; Y Cobler Du Bach; You Belong to Me.

Movies and television:

3-2-1 (1985); Braden's Week (1970–1972); Cannon and Ball (1982); Crackerjack! (1979); Des O'Connor Now (1985); Des O'Connor Tonight (1980–1984); Give Us a Clue (1984); Hung-Up (2002); Iris Williams (1980–1982); Jim Davidson's Special (1982); Lennie and Jerry (1979); London Night Out (1983); Pebble Mill at One (1981); Primetime (1990); Punchlines (1981); Ryan and Ronnie (1972); Seaside Special (1979); Singing from the Heart: The Story of Treorchy Male Choir (2005); The Andy Stewart Show (1975); The Joe Longthorne Show (1991); The Legacy of Walter Frumm (2005); The Marriage Counselor (2005); There Go I (1972); This Is Your Life (1983); Top of the Pops (1979); Whicker's World (1984).

Born on this day – Johnny Tillotson:


Johnny Tillotson


Singer

Songwriter

Actor

April 20, 1938 – April 1, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 All-time Greatest Hits (2001); Afternoon Party (2014); All His Early Hits - And More!!! (1990); Color Blocking (2014); Country Classics (1962); Dreamy Eyes (2017); Earth Angel (2022); Greatest Hits (1988); Here I Am (2019); I Fall To Pieces (2016); In Italiano (2023); It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' (1962); Johnny Tillotson (1972); Johnny Tillotson Live From Church Street Station (2017, EP); Johnny Tillotson on Broadway (2018); Johnny Tillotson Sings (1965); Johnny Tillotson Sings Love Songs and Standards (2003); Johnny Tillotson: The Early Years (2003); Johnny Tillotson's Best (1961); No Love at All (1966); Poetry in Motion (2013); Raining In My Heart (2011); Scrapbook (1984); She Understands Me (1965); Sings (1966); Take a Coffee Break (2014); Talk Back Trembling Lips (1963); Talk Back Trembling Lips / The Tillotson Touch (1991); Tears on My Pillow (1969); Teatime With (2014); Teen Idol Best (2011); Ten songs for you (2018); That's My Style (1965); The Best of Johnny Tillotson (1968); The Christmas Touch (1966); The Complete Releases 1958-62 (2018); The Golden Recordings (2007); The Outtakes (2011); The Pillow & Other Successes (2020); The Tillotson Touch (1964); The Very Best Of (2015); Travelin' on Foreign Grounds (2014); Why Do I Love You So (1962); Without You (2008); Words & Music (1959); You Can Never Stop Me Lovin' You (2018 / 1962); You're the Reason: The Best of the MGM Years (1996).

Songs:

Angel; Back in Love with You; Burnin'; Cling to Me; Dreamy Eyes; Earth Angel; Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands; Heartaches by the Number; I Rise, I Fall; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'm Watching My Watch; Island of Dreams; Jimmy's Girl; More Than Before; My Gidget; Our World; Out of My Mind; Pledging My Love; Poetry in Motion; Princess, Princess; Send Me the Pillow You Dream On; Tears on My Pillow; That's What You Do to Me; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Things; True True Happiness; Well I'm Your Man; Why Do I Love You So; Without You; Worried Guy; Worry; You Can Never Stop Me Loving You.

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); American Bandstand (1958–1971); American Masters (2012); Bandstand (1962); Big Beat (1960); Call the Midwife (2016); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Day Break (2006); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); England Is Mine (2017); Fanfare (1965); Festival di Sanremo (1965); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Get It Together (1970); Gidget (1965–1966); Girls (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Bubblegum (1981); Hylands hörna (1962); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Juke Box Jury (1963–1965); Just for Fun (1963); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Mad Men (2015); Music City USA (1967); Namida kun sayonara (1966); New Dimensions (2025); Now! (1966); On Strike for Christmas (2010); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Rock & Chips (2010); Rock and Roll at Fifty (2003); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Seventh Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1971); Sha Na Na (1978); Shindig! (1965); Shivaree (1965); Swingin' Country (1966); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1962–1965); That'll Be the Day (1973); The Bob Braun Show (1968–1972); The Call of the Wild (1976); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1967); The David Frost Show (1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Clark Show (1959–1960); The Fat Spy (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Midnight Special (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1976); Tough Enough (1983); Tunnel Vision (1995); Upbeat (1965); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Why Women Kill (2019).