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Monday, March 3, 2025

Born on this day – Micheline Dax:


Micheline Dax


Actress

Singer

March 3, 1924 – April 27, 2014

Credits:

Worst week of My Life (2010–2011); The Invisible Woman (2009); Park Benches (2009); Louis the flea market (2007); Max & Co (2007); Venus and Apollo (2005); My wife's ex-wife Life (2004); Monos (2003); The Little Mermaid DVD Read-Along (2002); The soup tureen (2002); Politically Rock (2000); Operation Bugs Bunny (1997); Violetta the Motorcycle Queen (1997); Toonstruck (1996); A Nanny of Note 2 (1995); The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (1994); Hotel Mario (1994); Pregnancy nervous (1994); Gargantua (1993); The Joy of Living (1993); Les Misérables (1992); Taxi Girl (1992); The Keys to Paradise (1991); Forbidden to the public (1989); Pentimento (1989); What a family! (1989); A Key for Two (1989); Like father, Like Son (1988); L'amour à la letter (1986); Next case (1986); Lucky Luke (1984–1985); The Viratatoums (1985); A New Channel (1983); In the event of World War, I'm Flying Abroad (1983); The Head of the Family (1982); Sanctimonious or The Impostor (1980); Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1977); Let's marry them Living! ... (1976); The Great Swagger (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Acrobat (1976); Flat Out (1975); At the Theatre Tonight (1973–1974); Your the seagulls! (1974); The Goose with the Golden Eggs (1973); Sir Pompadour (1973); The Last Bourrée in Paris (1973); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Anybody Can Call Me (1973); The Canary (1973); Tintin and the Shark Lake (1972); Music Please (1970); These gentlemen of the trigger (1970); The Shame of the Family (1969); Asterix and Cleopatra (1968); The Sloe (1968); The Little Lion (1967); The Great Dozmo (1967); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Sprinkler (1966); To the two of us, Paris! (1966); Boulevard des Miscellaneous facts: 65-66 (1966); Soup Time (1965); Human Stupidity (1965); Les mordus de Paris (1965); Six in Paris / Rue Saint-Denis (1965); Blagapar (1964); The Magic Roundabout (1964); Skaal (1963); It's Not Me, It's the Other (1962); The Pavement of Paris (1961); Against the Grain (1961); What a time! 2 (1961); One Two-Wheeled (1960); Love and the Frenchwoman / Enfance, L (1960); Plural of Monsieur Leather Rings (1959); Spring Newty (1959); The Key to the Fields (1958–1959); Sacred Youth (1958); Mimi Pinson (1958); Airs de France (1958); This pretty world (1957); The Friend of the Family (1957); The Violin of the Orfeon (1957); Spring in Paris (1957); The Seventh Commandment (1957); Miss Catastrophe (1956); Slightly Ahead (1956); Don Juan (1956); If Paris Was Told to Us (1956); M'sieur la Quail (1955); Villa Sans-Souci (1955); No Mice in Business (1955); Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus (1954); Women of Paris (1953); Street of L'Estrapade (1953); Paris Magazine (1952); Branquignol (1949); Monelle (1948).

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Born on this day – Miho Nakayama:


Miho Nakayama


Actress

Singer

March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

After School (1985); All for You (1990); Angel Hearts (1988); C (1985); Catch the Nite (1988); Dé eaya (1991); Deep Lip French (1996); Exotique (1986); Groovin' Blue (1997); Hide 'n' Seek (1989); Jeweluna (1990); Manifesto (1999); Mellow (1992); Merry Merry (1989); Mid Blue (1995); Mind Game (1988); Neuf Neuf (2019); Olive (1998); One and Only (1987); Pure White (1994); Summer Breeze (1986); Wagamama na Actress (1993).

Movies and television:

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019); Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito (2019); Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai (1991); Aitsu to watashi (1986); Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986); Bi bappu haisukuru (1985); Bokura no jidai (2012); Butterfly Sleep (2017); Docchini suruno (1989); FNS Music Festival: Part 1 (2015); FNS Music Festival: Part 2 (2015); Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera (1986); Goodbye, Someday (2010); Heisei Sasameyuki (2018); Home & Away (2002); I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012); Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School- Tokusei Videotape (1988); Keishichô 0 gakari: Seikatsu anzen ka nandemo sôdanshitsu (2021); Kenja no ai (2016); Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (1989); Kizoku Tantei (2017); Last Letter (2020); Lesson in Murder (2022); Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018); Love 2000 (2000); Love Letter (1995); Love Story (2001); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mahou no Rinobe (2022); Maido Osawagase Shimasu (1985–1987); Mama wa aidoru! (1987); Marmalade Boy (2018); Meoto manzai (2001); Mikaiketsu no Onna (2018); Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu (1993); Moshimo negai ga kanaunara (1994); Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987); Nami no kazu dake dakishimete (1991); Natsu Taiken Monogatari (1985–1986); Nemureru mori (1998); Ohima nara Kite yo ne! (1987); Oishii kankei (1996); Platonic (2014); Prescription Police (2019); Sailor Fuku Hangyaku Doumei (1986–1987); Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono (2013); Smap×Smap (2010); Somebody Loves Her (1992); Suteki na Kataomoi (1990); Tales of the Bizarre / Segment: Kyôfu no tezawari (1990); The Forest Without Flowers and Fruits (2017); The High School Heroes (2021); Things You Can Tell by Looking at Them (2020); Tokyo biyori (1997); Tokyo Nijusan Ku Onna (2019); Tonneruzu no Mina-san no Okage desu (1988–1997); VS Arashi (2017); W no higeki (2019); Waka Okusama wa Udemakuri (1988); World Open Wide (2016); Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Autumn 2017 Special (2017); Zatoichi (1989).

Friday, February 28, 2025

Born on this day – Odette Laure:


Odette Laure


Actress

Writer

Producer

February 28, 1917 – June 10, 2004

Credits:

The Teacher (2000); History of Saturday (1999); The Dilettante (1999); Between Land and Sea (1997); Alice drinks whey (1995); Maigret (1994); Hostage Contempt (1992); Salt and pepper (1992); The Secret of the Little Billion (1992); Les mamies (1992); Little Nothings (1992); Stranger in the House (1992); A Beautiful Little Billion (1992); The ball of the Pain in the Neck (1992); Mamie by Night: Marathon Girl (1991) Jealousy (1991); Baby Express (1991); Daddy Nostalgia (1990); Chillers (1990); Périgord noir (1989); Julian Fontanes, magistrate (1983–1989); The Handyman (1988); The Gyrfalcon (1987); The Ring on the Finger (1986); Madame and Her Cops (1985–1986); A boy from France (1985); The Nanas (1985); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); Good Juliette's birthday (1983); The Poacher of God (1983); Antoine et Julie (1981); The Landing (1981); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1981); The Little Theatre Antenne 2 (1978–1981); Saturday Night Follies (1980); The Ladies of Heart (1980); The Feather (1980); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Romeo and Baucis (1979); At the End of the End of the Bench (1979); The Islanders (1979); The time of a Republic (1978); Monday the Party (1978); Southeast Suburbs (1977–1978); Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977); Au théâtre ce soir (1973–77); Marianne's life (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Life Annuity (1972); The visit to the Old Lady (1971); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); When you are two (1962–1964); Vincent Scotto (1962); Guinguette (1959); The school of Cocottes (1958); Mitsou (1956); Flesh and the Woman (1954); La pocharde (1953); Let's Play the Game / Timidity (1952); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); This good Monsieur Durand (1950); Lady Paname (1950); La Marie du Port (1950).

Born on this day – Zero Mostel:


Zero Mostel


Actor

Comedian

Singer

Painter

February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977

Credits:

Watership Down (1978); The Electric Company (1972–1977); The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976); The Front (1976); Mastermind (1976); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1975); Journey Into Fear (1975); Foreplay (1975); Rhinoceros (1974); Marco (1973); Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Old Faithful (1973); The Hot Rock (1972); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); The Angel Levine (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Great Catherine (1968); The White Bus / Ride of the Valkyrie (1967); Children of the Exodus (1967); The Producers (1967); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); Play of the Week (1959–1961); The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959); Zero Mostel (1959); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); Panic in the Streets (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); Off the Record (1948); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943).

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Born on this day – Johnny Cash:


Johnny Cash


Singer

Musician

Songwriter

Actor

February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003.

Credits:

Albums:

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957); The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958); Hymns by Johnny Cash (1959); Songs of Our Soil (1959); Now, There Was a Song! (1960); Ride This Train (1960); Hymns from the Heart (1962); The Sound of Johnny Cash (1962); Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963); The Christmas Spirit (1963); Keep on the Sunny Side (1964); I Walk the Line (1964); Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964); Orange Blossom Special (1965); Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965); Everybody Loves a Nut (1966); Happiness Is You (1966); Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter (1967); From Sea to Shining Sea (1968); The Holy Land (1969); Hello, I'm Johnny Cash (1970); Man in Black (1971); A Thing Called Love (1972); America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (1972); The Johnny Cash Family Christmas (1972); Any Old Wind That Blows (1973); Johnny Cash and His Woman (1973); Ragged Old Flag (1974); The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me (1974); The Johnny Cash Children's Album (1975); Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories (1975); John R. Cash (1975); Look at Them Beans (1975); One Piece at a Time (1976); The Last Gunfighter Ballad (1977); The Rambler (1977); I Would Like to See You Again (1978); Gone Girl (1978); Silver (1979); A Believer Sings the Truth (1979); Johnny Cash Sings with the BC Goodpasture Christian School (1979); Rockabilly Blues (1980); Classic Christmas (1980); The Baron (1981); The Adventures of Johnny Cash (1982); Johnny 99 (1983); Highwayman (1985); Rainbow (1985); Heroes (1986); Class of '55 (1986); Believe in Him (1986); Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town (1987); Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988); Water from the Wells of Home (1988); Boom Chicka Boom (1990); Highwayman 2 (1990); The Mystery of Life (1991); Country Christmas (1991); American Recordings (1994); The Road Goes on Forever (1995); American II: Unchained (1996); American III: Solitary Man (2000); American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002); My Mother's Hymn Book (2004); American V: A Hundred Highways (2006); American VI: Ain't No Grave (2010); Out Among the Stars (2014).

Movies, television and video:

Johnny Cash: She Used to Love Me a Lot (2014); When the Man Comes Around (2013); Johnny Cash: Ain't No Grave (2010); Walk the Line (2005); Johnny Cash: Hurt (2003); The Hunted (2003); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1997); The Simpsons (1997); Renegade (1996); Johnny Cash: Delia's Gone (1994); The Highwaymen: Silver Stallion (1990); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Highwaymen: Highwayman (1986); Stagecoach (1986); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); The Baron and the Kid (1984); aylon Jennings: America (1984); Adrift at Sea (1983); Murder in Coweta County (1983); The Baron (1981); The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981); Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1976); Columbo (1974); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); A Gunfight (1971); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); The Partridge Family (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The Night Rider (1962); Five Minutes to Live (1961); The Deputy (1961); The Rebel (1960); Shotgun Slade (1959); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:


Betty Hutton


Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Born on this day – Robert Alda:


Robert Alda


Actor

Singer

Dancer

Director

February 26, 1916 – May 3, 1986

Credits:

Amanda's (1983); Quincy M.E. (1977–1983); Matt Houston (1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Private Benjamin (1982); Days of Our Lives (1981–1982); The Love Boat (1981); Code Red (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); M*A*S*H (1975–1980); The White Shadow (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979); The Facts of Life (1979); But Mother! (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1979); Supertrain (1979); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Fame (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Rockford Files (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Squeeze (1978); The Rock Rainbow (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Police Story (1975–1978); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Phyllis (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Bittersweet Love (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Kojak (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); The House of Exorcism (1975); Cagliostro (1975); Rhoda (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Serpent (1973); Emergency! (1973); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); Julia (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); Ironside (1967–1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); That Girl (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); All Woman (1967); The Lucy Show (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962); La padrona di raggio di luna (1961); Force of Impulse (1961); The Devil's Hand (1961); Revenge of the Barbarians (1960); Daughter of Cleopatra (1960); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Naked City (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Pursuit (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953–1957); Can Do (1956); Secret File, U.S.A. (1955); Assignment Abroad (1955); The Robert Alda Show (1955); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Love of Life (1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Your Story Theatre (1951); Mister Universe (1951); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Homicide (1949); Your Show Time (1949); April Showers (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Man I Love (1946); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Rhapsody in Blue (1945).

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Born on this day – Ida Cox:


Ida Cox


Blues singer

Vaudeville performer

February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967

Credits:

Albums:

15 Essentials of Ida Cox (Mono Version) (2014); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But... (1971); Blues For Rampart Street (1962); Colours of Music History (2014); Confidential Blues - The Early Years (2021); Deep Sea Blues (2015); Four Day Creep (2015); Hard Times Blues (2015); I Can't Quit My Man (1991); Ida Cox (2009); Ida Cox Sings the Blues (Mono Version) (1954); Ida Cox Vol. 1 1923 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 3 1925-1927 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 4 1927-1938 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940) (2005); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Late Numbers (2022); Mail Man Blues and Other Stories (2024); Milestones of Legends - Female Blues Singers, Vol. 5 (2018); Presenting Ida Cox (1923); Take Him off My Mind (2015); That's What I Need (2014); The Magic Masters (2016); The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (2013); Tonight in Time (2015); Uncrowned Queen (2015); Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (2023); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Songs:

Any Woman's Blues; Bama Bound Blues; Bear-Mash Blues; Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But!; Bone Orchard Blues; Coffin Blues; Come Right In
Confidential Blues; Death Letter Blues; Deep Sea Blues; Fare Thee Well Poor Gal; Georgia Hound Blues; Give Me a Break Blues; Hard Times Blues; Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues; Kentucky Man Blues; Last Mile Blues; Last Time Blues; Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Mama Doo Shee Blues; Mean Papa Turn Your Key; Misery Blues; Moanin' Groanin' Blues; Mojo Hand Blues; One Hour Mama; Pink Slip Blues; Rambling Blues; Those Married Man Blues; Weary Way Blues; Western Union Blues; Wild Women Don't Have The Blues; Worried Mama Blues.

Movies and television:

Giant Mine (1996); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Rocketman (2019); SexTV (2002); The Blues (2003); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Piano Lesson (2024); Woman's a Fool (1947).

Friday, February 21, 2025

Born on this day – Ann Sheridan:


Ann Sheridan


Actress

Singer

February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967

Credits:

Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966–1967); Another World (1965–1966); Wagon Train (1962); Kraft Theatre (1956–1960); Pursuit (1958); Armchair Theatre (1958); Woman and the Hunter (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Calling Terry Conway (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Come Next Spring (1956); Appointment in Honduras (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Take Me to Town (1953); Just Across the Street (1952); Steel Town (1952); Woman on the Run (1950); Stella (1950); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Good Sam (1948); Silver River (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Unfaithful (1947); One More Tomorrow (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); The Doughgirls (1944); Shine on Harvest Moon (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Edge of Darkness (1943); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Wings for the Eagle (1942); Juke Girl (1942); Kings Row (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); Navy Blues (1941); Honeymoon for Three (1941); City for Conquest (1940); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); It All Came True (1940); Castle on the Hudson (1940); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Winter Carnival (1939); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Naughty But Nice (1939); Dodge City (1939); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Broadway Musketeers (1938); Letter of Introduction (1938); Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938); Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938); Mystery House (1938); Out Where the Stars Begin (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); She Loved a Fireman (1937); Alcatraz Island (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); The Footloose Heiress (1937); San Quentin (1937); The Great O'Malley (1937); Black Legion (1937); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); Fighting Youth (1935); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); The Crusades (1935); The Glass Key (1935); The Red Blood of Courage (1935); Mississippi (1935); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Car 99 (1935); Rumba (1935); Home on the Range (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); One Hour Late (1934); Limehouse Blues (1934); Behold My Wife! (1934); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); College Rhythm (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934); The Lemon Drop Kid (1934); Wagon Wheels (1934); You Belong to Me (1934); Ladies Should Listen (1934); The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Shoot the Works (1934); Many Happy Returns (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Come On, Marines! (1934); Bolero (1934); Search for Beauty (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933).

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Born on this day – Carlin Glynn:


Carlin Glynn


Actress

Singer

February 19, 1940 – July 13, 2023

Credits:

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Whiskey School (2005); The Exonerated (2005); Lost Junction (2003); West of Here (2002); Judy Berlin (1999); Red Sky at Night (1996); Strange Luck (1996); Blessing (1994); Day-O (1992); Convicts (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); Blood Red (1989); Night Game (1989); Coyote Mountain (1989); Mr. President (1987); Gardens of Stone (1987); The Trip to Bountiful (1985); Sixteen Candles (1984); Johnny Garage (1983); Chicken Ranch (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Continental Divide (1981); Resurrection (1980); Three Days of the Condor (1975).

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Born on this day – Olga James:


Olga James


Actress

Singer

February 16, 1929 – January 25, 2025

Credits:

Music:

Cannonball Adderley Presents the Nat Adderley Sextet Plus Rick Holmes / Soul of the Bible (1972); Carmen Jones / Original Movie Soundtrack (1954); David Axelrod / Heavy Axe (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. / 1956 Broadway Cast / Mr. Wonderful (1956); The Cannonball Adderley Quintet / The Happy People (1972).

Movies and television:

Carmen Jones (1954); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Omnibus (1978); Sealab 2020 (1972); The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957).

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Born on this day – Kokomo Arnold:


Kokomo Arnold


Blues singer

Guitarist

February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Back to the Woods; Bad Luck Blues; Biscuit Roller Blues; Black Annie; Busy Bootin'; Chain Gang Blues; Feels So Good; Grandpa Got Drunk; Hobo Blues; How Long How Long Blues; I'm Going Fishing Too; Kokomo Blues; Long and Tall; Mean Old Twister; Milk Cow Blues; Old Black Cat Blues; Old Original Kokomo Blues; Paddlin' Blues; Paddlin' Madeline Blues; Policy Wheel Blues; Rainy Night Blues; Red Beans and Rice; Sagefield Woman Blues; Set Down Gal; Sissy Man Blues; Slop Jar Blues; Stop, Look and Listen; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 1) (2012); A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 2) (2012); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 (2010); ABC of the Blues Vol. 1 (2010); Bad Luck Blues (2015); Beans And Rice (2013); Best Blues (2016); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Experience Vol. 14 (2010); Blues Legends: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 14 - Kokomo Arnold (2009); Bootlegger Blues (2015); Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Bottlenecks (2023); Cold Winter Blues - The Best Of (2009); Collection 1930-38 (2020); Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 17 May 1930 to 15 March 1935 (1991); Crying Blues (2015); It's All About Blues Music (2014); King of the Bottleneck Guitar (1934-1937) (2003); Kokomo Arnold (2008); Kokomo Arnold UpGraded Masters (All Tracks Remastered) (2019); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 (1930 - 1935) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 3 (1936 - 1937) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934) (2005); Kokomo Arnold, Vol. 2 (1935 - 1936) (2012); Laugh And Grin (2013); Mean Old Twister (2011); Midnight Blues (Nothing But the Blues) (1994); Milk Cow Blues (2010); Milk cow blues (2022 Remastered Version) (2022); Policy Wheel Blues (2015); Presenting Kokomo Arnold (1934); Red Beans and Rice (2011); Shake That Thing (2016); That's What I Need (2014); The Twelves (2015); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 (4 Of 4) (2007); Tonight in Time (2015); Try Some of That (2024); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Movies and television:

Aerosmith: Live Texxas Jam '78 (1989); Elvis: The Memphis Flash (2005); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Shindig! (1965); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); Walk the Line (2005).

Friday, February 14, 2025

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Born on this day – Kathryn Grayson:


Kathryn Grayson


Actress

Singer

February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010

Credits:

Murder, She Wrote (1987–1989); Baretta (1978); Lux Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); The Vagabond King (1956); Kiss Me Kate (1953); So This Is Love (1953); The Desert Song (1953); Lovely to Look At (1952); Show Boat (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); That Midnight Kiss (1949); The Kissing Bandit (1948); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Thousands Cheer (1943); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Rio Rita (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941).

Friday, February 7, 2025

Born on this day – Edith Méra:


Edith Mera


Actress

February 7, 1905 – February 24, 1935

Credits:

Count Obligado (1935); The Outbreak (1934); Midnight Prince (1934); Poliche (1934); Fedora (1934); Iris lost and found (1934); Dream Castle (1933); Simone Is Like That (1933); The Premature Father (1933); The Hen (1933); Grandeur and Decadence (1933); I confide ma femme (1933); Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933); Three Musketeers (1932); A Star Disappears (1932); Shout It from the House Tops (1932); My Lover the Assassin (1932); Miche (1932); Monsieur le maréchal (1931); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Un soir de rafle (1931); The Man Who Murdered (1931); Beauty Cult (1930).

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Born on this day – Ida Lupino:


Ida Lupino


Actress

Singer

Director

Writer

Producer

February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Anything Goes (1936); Artist and Models (1937); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1968); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Bewitched (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1959); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Charlie's Angels (1977); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972–1974); Come On, Marines! (1934); Daniel Boone (1967); Dante (1960); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death Valley Days (1960); Deep Valley (1947); Devotion (1946); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape Me Never (1947); Family Affair (1969–1970); Female Artillery (1973); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gilligan's Island (1964–1966); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1961); Her First Affaire (1932); High Finance (1933); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Honey West (1965); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); I Lived with You (1933); I Love a Mystery (1973); In Our Time (1944); Insight (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jennifer (1953); Judd for the Defense (1968); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Let's Get Married (1937); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); Lust for Gold (1949); Lux Playhouse (1959); Medical Center (1972); Mod Squad (1969); Money for Speed (1933); Moontide (1942); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957–1958); Mr. Novak (1963–1965); My Boys Are Good Boys (1979); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Never Fear (1950); Not Wanted (1949); On Dangerous Ground (1951); On the Loose (1951); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Out of the Fog (1941); Outrage (1950); Paris in Spring (1935); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Woman (1975); Prince of Arcadia (1933); Private Hell 36 (1954); Ready for Love (1934); Road House (1948); Sam Benedict (1962–1963); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sea Devils (1937); Search for Beauty (1934); Smart Girl (1935); Strange Intruder (1956); Switch (1975); Tate (1960); Teenage Idol (1958); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); The Big Knife (1955); The Bigamist (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Devil's Rain (1975); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Fugitive (1963–1964); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968); The Ghost Camera (1933); The Green Peacock (1958); The Hard Way (1943); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Investigators (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Letters (1973); The Light That Failed (1939); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Love Race (1931); The Man I Love (1946); The Manhunter (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1969); The Rifleman (1961); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1963–1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); They Drive by Night (1940); Thriller (1961–1962); Virginian (1966); While the City Sleeps (1956); Woman in Hiding (1950); Women in Chains (1972); Women's Prison (1955); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Monday, February 3, 2025

Born on this day – Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk:


Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk


aka Melanie or Melanie Safka

Singer

Songwriter

February 3, 1947 – January 23, 2024

Credits:

Am I Real or What (1985); Antlers (1997); Arabesque (1982); As I See It Now (1974); Ballroom Streets (1978); Beautiful People (1999); Born to Be (1968); Candles in the Rain (1970); Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave (1988); Crazy Love (2002); Ever Since You Never Heard of Me (2010); Garden in the City (1971); Gather Me (1971); Low Country (1997); Madrugada (1974); Melanie (1987); Melanie (aka Affectionately Melanie) (1969); Moments from My Life (2002); Old Bitch Warrior (1996); Paled by Dimmer Light (2004); Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face (1978); Photograph (1976); Seventh Wave (1983); Silence Is King (1993); Silver Anniversary (1993); Stoneground Words (1972); Sunset and Other Beginnings (1975); The Good Book (1971).

Friday, January 31, 2025

Born on this day – Ron Thompson:


Ron Thompson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Dancer

January 31, 1941 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

American Me (1992); American Playhouse / This Ain't Bebop (1989); American Pop (1981); Amy Prentiss (1974); An Interview with Joe Black (2017); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baretta (1975–1976); Bottleneck (2006); Bronk (1975); Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968); Cagney & Lacey (1985); [Cargo] (2018); Chicks, Man (2018); Crisis Center (1997); Death Ring (1992); Deep Cover (1992); Ethnically Ambiguous (2020); Fallen Arches (2000); Gena (2018); Happy Winter Solstice (2014); Hate Horses (2017); Ironside (1974); Last Days of Coney Island (2015); Low Town (2017); Mannix (1974); Natasha Hall (2021); Quincy M.E. (1977); Stitches (2017); Suffrage (2023); Tellers (2019); The Actor's Choice (2018–2019); The Dream Makers (1975); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Gun (1974); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2023); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only One in the Room (2020); The Rebels (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Waltons (1980); The White Buffalo (1977); This Ain't Bebop (1989).

Born on this day – Jean Simmons:


Jean Simmons

Actress

Singer

January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010