Born on this day – Walter Vinson:

Walter Vinson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975

Credits:

Album:

Complete Recorded Works (1928–1941) (1991).

Tracks: Mad Dog Blues; Your Friends Gonna Use It Too-Part 1; Overtime Blues; Your Friends Gonna Use It Too-Part 2; Mississippi Yodelin' Blues; Working Man's Blues; Sheiks Special; Dear Little Girl; Mississippi Low Down; That's It; Can't Anybody Tell Me Blues; Black Widow Spider; When The Breath Bids The Body Goodbye; I Ain't Gonna Have It; Losin' Blues; The Wrong Man; How Did It Happen; Rats Been On My Cheese; Every Dog Must Have His Day; You Know What You Promised Me; Gulf Coast Bay; Rosa Lee Blues; Can't Get A Word In Edgeways; She's Leaving Me.

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 – Roosevelt Sykes:

Roosevelt Sykes

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Blues (2011); Blues (1961); Blues by Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (1995); Blues Masters Vol. 23 - Roosevelt Sykes (2009); Blues Piano and Guitar (2019); Boot That Thing (1929-1941) (2008); Chicago Blues Festival (1970); Chicago Blues Festival '70 (Blues Reference) (2002); Chicago Boogie (2004); Dirty Double Mother (1973); Dirty Mother for You (2013); Double Barreled Boogie (2004); Eight Ball Blues (2007); Face to Face with the Blues (1961); Feel Like Blowing My Horn (1973); Fine And Brown (2008); Gold Mine (1992); Grind It! (1996); Happy Hours (2015); Hard Drivin' Blues (1964); Honeydripper (2015); Is it True 'Bout the Man Roosevelt? (2020); Memphis Blues (1974); Memphis Slim Presents Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (2014); Music Is My Business (1996); Night Time Is the Right Time (2019); Raining in My Heart (2000); Roosevelt Sykes "Live" At Webster College 1974 (2014); Roosevelt Sykes Selected Favorites (2006); Roosevelt Sykes Sings the Blues (2006); Roosevelt Sykes the Honey Dripper, Vol. 1: 1934-1942 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) (1999); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 10 (1951-1957) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 3 (1931-1933) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 4 (1934-1936) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 5 (1937-1939) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 7 (1941-1944) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 9 (1947-1951) (2005); Sings the Blues (1998); Slave for Your Love (2021); The Honey Dripper's Ball (1970); The Honeydripper (1962); The Honeydripper's Duke's Mixture (1971); The Original Honeydripper (2013); The Return of Roosevelt Sykes (1960); The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Vol 15) (2010); Wild Side (2020).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Bandstand (1966); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); David Makes Man (2019); Denise Calls Up (1995); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Hair (2009); Last Flag Flying (2017); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Mafia III (2016); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Mississippi Grind (2015); Mr. Mercedes (2017); Nothing But the Blues (1966); Outcast (2016); Pretend It's a City (2021); Shindig! (1965); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Deuce (2018).

Born on this day – Bobby "Blue" Bland:

Bobby “Blue” Bland

Blues singer

Songwriter

January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013

Credits:

Albums:

After All (1986); Ain't Nothing You Can Do (1964); Andy Russell Romance, Vol. 1 (2008); Blues at Midnight (2003); Blues Masters: The Greatest (2005); Blues You Can Use (1987); Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live (1976); Call on Me (2001); Call On Me / That's The Way Love Is (1963); Come Fly With Me (1978); Double Trouble (1995); Dreamer (1974); Farther Up The Road (2008); Further On Up the Road (2011); Get On Down With Bobby Bland (1975); Gold Masters: Bobby Bland, Vol. 2 (2014); Here We Go Again (1990); Here's the Man! (1962); His California Album (1973); Hold It Right There (2023); Hold Me Tenderly (Hall of Fame) (2014); It's My Life, Baby: The Singles - As & Bs, 1951-1960 (2012); Last Night (2008); Lil' Boy Blue (2013); "Live" On Beale Street (1998); Little Boy Blue (2014); Loan A Helping Hand (2015); Long Beach 1983 (1994); Members Only (1985); Memphis Monday Morning (1998); Midnight Run (1989); Portrait of the Blues (1991); R&b Originals (2012); Really The Blues (2017); Reflections in Blue (1977); Rhythm and Blues Originals, Volume 3 (2021); Sad Street (1995); Sometime Tomorrow (2015); Spotlighting the Man (1969); Sunday Morning Love in Concert (2021); The 3d Blues Boys (2013); The Classic Years, Vol. 2 (2021); The One and Only, Vol. 1 (2008); Together for the First Time... Live (1974); Touch of the Blues (1967); Turn on Your Love Light (2017); Two Steps from the Blues - 50 Classic Blues Tracks (2012); Two Steps from the Blues (Blues People - Original Album & Singles - 1951-1962) (2015); Years of Tears (1993); You Got Me (Where You Want Me) (2015); You or None (2021).

Movies and television:

11.22.63 (2016); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); American Masters (2015); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Austin City Limits (1999); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Beforeigners (2019); Big George Foreman (2023); Black Lightning (2018); Blues Story (2003); Brown Sugar (2002); Detroit (2017); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1988); Eileen (2023); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); Fighting (2009); Fresh Meat (2011); Giri/Haji (2019); Girls (2016); Godfather of Harlem (2021); In Concert (1973); Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014); Mystery Train (1989); Nobody's Fool (2018); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Pink Lightning (1991); Remember the Titans (2000); Rolling Vengeance (1987); Sex Education (2019); Shaft (2019); Skeppsholmen (2003); Soul Train (1973); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023); Take Me to the River (2014); The 2003 Essence Music Festival (2003); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The Butcher (2013); The Fugitive (1993); The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017); The Lincoln Lawyer (2011); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Midnight Special (1974); The Simpsons (2021); To Sleep with Anger (1990); True Detective (2015); Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018); Unsung (2016); Upbeat (1965); Vinyl (2016); You (2021).

Born on this day – Eddie Van Halen:

Eddie Van Halen

Musician

Songwriter

January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020

Born on this day – Sleepy John Estes:

Sleepy John Estes

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Sleepy John Estes (2012); Blues At Home 11 (2013); BLUES IS A‐LIVE (1977); Blues Live (1999); Blues Masters Vol. 24 - Sleepy John Estes (2009); Blues Music (2016); Broke and Hungry - Ragged and Dirty, Too (1964); Broke and Hungry (1964); Brownsville Blues (1992); Colours of Music History (2014); Crying Out Loud - Sleepy John Estes Blues Chronicles (2023); Crying the Blues (2015); Drop Down (2018); Drop Down Mama (2013); Drop down mama (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Electric Sleep (1991); Goin' To Brownsville (1998); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (2011); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941 (1992); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Jailhouse Blues (1998); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD A (2007); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD B (2007); Liquor Store Blues (2011); Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon (2014); Newport Blues (2002); Numero Uno Blues (2020); On Highway 80 (2008); On the Chicago Blues Scene (1991); Presenting Sleepy John Estes (1930); Rats in My Kitchen (2012); Roots Of The Blues - Sleepy John Estes (2004); Sleepy John Estes 1935-1938 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Sleepy John Estes in Europe (1999); Sleepy John Estes Vol. 2 (1937 - 1941) (2005); Sleepy John Estes, King of Blues (2014); Sleepy John Estes: First Recordings With Lewis & Rachel (2006); Someday Baby Blues (2004); Street Car Blues (2008); Sweet Mama (2000); Tennessee Bluesman (2021); That's What I Need (2014); The Legend of Sleepy John Estes (1962); The Magic Masters (2016); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 13 - Blues (3 Of 4) (2007); Working Man Blues - The Best Of (2009); Working Man's Blues (2007).

Movies and television:

Blues America (2013); Dallas 362 (2003); Jazzorama (1964); Memphis '69 (2019); Nothing But the Blues / TV Movie (1966); Nothing But the Blues: Blues Scene (1967); Playboy After Dark (1969); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Shine a Light (2008); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Blues (1962); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003).

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:

Kip Anderson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Credits:

Music:

A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992); A Knife and a Fork (1993); Blue Moon / Unchained Melody (1967); Frozen Heart / Abide in Me (1969); I Can't / I'll Get Along (1965); I Could'a Been Sleepin' / He Never Left Me Alone (1989); I Feel Good / I Will Cry (1961); I Get Carried Away / Here I Am, Try Me (1965); I Wanna Be the Only One / Making Tracks (1959); I Wanna Be the Only One / The Home Fires Are Brighter After All (1959); If That Don't Make You Cry / Without a Woman (1966); Jesus Sings with Me (Part 1) / Jesus Sings with Me (Part 2) (1988); Letter From my Darling / Watch You Work it Out (1968); Oh My Linda / 'Til Your Love is Mine (1960); Take It Like a Man / A Knife and a Fork (1967); Tell Her I Love Her / Woman How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do (1965); That's All I Can Do / I Went Off and Cried (1968); That's When the Crying Begins / I Done You Wrong (1964); You'll Lose a Good Thing / I'm Out of Love (1967); Your Sweetness Is My Weakness / A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992).

Born on this day – Robert Palmer:

Robert Palmer

Singer

Songwriter

Musician

Producer

January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003

Born on this day – Joe Seneca:

Joe Seneca

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996

Credits:

Songs:

Break It To Me Gently; Forty Days and Forty Nights; It's Gonna Work Out Fine; Overnight Success; Quitte-moi doucement; Rick-a-Chick; Talk to Me, Talk to Me.

Movies and television:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 227 (1988); A Gathering of Old Men (1987); A Man Called Hawk (1989); A Time to Kill (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Playhouse (1984); Big Shots (1987); Birdland (1994); Channel Zero (2018); China Beach (1990); Christy (1995); Crossroads (1986); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Dolly (1988); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Ein Aufstand alter Männer (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Friday the 13th: The Series (1988); Heart of the Garden (1985); In the Heat of the Night (1989); It's Cool to Care (1988); Juice Newton: Break It to Me Gently (1982); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Law & Order (1993); Lucy and Desi (2022); Making a Mark (2005); Malcolm X (1992); Matlock (1989); Mississippi Masala (1991); Mo' Better Blues (1990); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); Mr. President (1987); NBC Special Treat (1979); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); School Daze (1988); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Silverado (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Search (2003); Sweet Justice (1995); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Terrible Joe Moran (1984); The American Parade (1976); The Blob (1988); The Cosby Show (1987); The Death of Dick Long (2019); The Edge of Night (1982); The Equalizer (1989); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); The Gentleman Bandit (1981); The Golden Girls (1987); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Longest Memory (1997); The Saint of Fort Washington (1993); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenth Month (1979); The Verdict (1982); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); Throb (1987); Trees Lounge (1996); Wilma (1977).

Born on this day – Mississippi Fred McDowell:

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

61 Highway Blues (2011); A Dose Of Double Dynamite (2006); ABC Of The Blues Vol 33 (2010); Amazing Grace & My Home Is in the Delta (2013); Amazing Grace (1966); Ann Arbor, 1971 (Live) (2021); Best Live Country Blues (2022); Blues Masters: Mississippi Fred McDowell (1969); Come and Found You Gone: The Bill Ferris Recordings (2010); Downhome Blues, Vol. 1 (2009); Eight Years Ramblin' (1972); Fred Mcdowell (2014); Fred McDowell, Vol. 2 (1966); Going Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell 1959 (2020); Heritage Of The Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2003); I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (1969); Jesus On The Mainline (2023); Les pionniers du Blues, Vol. 15 : Mississippi Fred McDowell (2019); Levee Camp Blues (1980); Live at the Gaslight: Set One (2000); Live at the Gaslight: Set Two (2000); Live in New York (1972); Long Way From Home (1966); Long Way From Home: The Blues of Fred McDowell (1990); Mama Says I'm Crazy (2002); Mighty Mississippi (Rerecorded) (2009); Mississippi Delta Blues (1964); Mississippi Fred McDowell (1995); Mississippi Fred McDowell in London (Volume Two) (1970); Mojo Hand: Previously Unreleased (2022); Ole Miss Blues (2022);Portraits: The First Recordings (1997); Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (2012); Shake 'Em on Down (2015); Shake 'Em On Down: Live In NYC (2016); Standing At The Burying Ground (1996); The Alan Lomax Recordings (2011); The Best of Mississippi Fred Mcdowell (2001); The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Live) (2024); The Essential Fred McDowell (Live) (2022); The First Recordings (1997); The Man from Como, Miss (2020); The Train I Ride (1993); This Ain't No Rock n' Roll (1995); Timeless Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2011); You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore (2010); You Gotta Move (1989).

Songs:

61 Highway; Baby Please Don't Go; Como; Do My Baby Ever Think of Me; Everybody's Down on Me; Fred's Rambling Blues; Frisco Line; Get Right Church; Goin’ Down to the River; Going Away - Won't Be Gone Long; Going Down the River; Gravel Road Blues; Highway 61; I Heard Somebody Call; I Looked at the Sun; Jesus Is On The Main Line; John Henry; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; Levee Camp Blues; Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom; My Baby; My Bottleneck; Red Cross Store Blues; Shake 'em on Down; That's Alright; What's the Matter Now?; When I Lay My Burden Down; When the Saints Go Marching In; Write Me a Few Lines; Write Me a Few of Your Lines; You Got to Move.

Born on this day – David Bowie:

David Bowie

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016

Albums:

David Bowie (1967); David Bowie (1969); The Man Who Sold the World (1970); Hunky Dory (1971); The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972); Aladdin Sane (1973); Pin Ups (1973); Diamond Dogs (1974); Young Americans (1975); Station to Station (1976); Low (1977); "Heroes" (1977); Lodger (1979); Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980); Let's Dance (1983); Tonight (1984); Never Let Me Down (1987); Black Tie White Noise (1993); The Buddha of Suburbia (1993); Outside (1995); Earthling (1997); Hours (1999); Heathen (2002); Reality (2003); The Next Day (2013); Blackstar (2016).

Movies:

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014); Bandslam (2009); August (2008); SpongeBob SquarePants (1999); Arthur and the Invisibles (2006); The Prestige (2006); Extras (2005); Nathan Barley (2005); Zoolander (2001); Empty (2000); The Hunger (1997); The Nomad Soul (1999); Mr. Rice's Secret (1999); Il mio West (1998); B.U.S.T.E.D (1998); Basquiat (1996); Full Stretch (1993); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); The Linguini Incident (1991); Dream On (1990); Tina Turner & David Bowie: Tonight (1988); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Labyrinth (1986); Absolute Beginners (1986); Into the Night (1985); Yellowbeard (1983); Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983); The Hunger (1983); The Snowman (1982); Baal (1982); Christiane F. (1981); Just a Gigolo (1978); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); The Looking Glass Murders (1970); The Virgin Soldiers (1969); The Image (1969); Theatre 625 (1964).

Born on this day – Tampa Red:

Tampa Red

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Tampa Red (2011); Blues Legends: Tampa Red (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 26 - Tampa Red (2009); Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 (1974); Chicago Moan (2012); Chicago Moan Blues - Tampa Red in the 20's, Vol. 1 (2020); Don't Jive Me (1962); Don't Tampa With The Blues (1961 / 2012); Don't Tampa With The Blues (Remastered 1992) (1960); Echoes from the South With Tampa Red & Big Maceo (2009); Essential Blues (2012); Friendless Gal Blues (2016); Guitar Blues (2011); His Blues (2016); It Hurts Me Too (1995, EP); Mother Of The Blues, CD E (2007); Music Making In Chicago 1928-1935 (2012); Presenting Tampa Red (1928); Roots Of The Blues - Tampa Red (2004); Single String Slide (2020); So Far So Good (2010); Spotlight on Tampa Red (2022); Sugar Mama Blues (2009); Tampa Red - Music History (2021); Tampa Red - Volume 1 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red - Volume 2 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard (1994); Tampa Red Vol. 10 1938-1939 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 11 1939-1940 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 12 1941-1945 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 14 1949-1951 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 15 1951-1953 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 2 (1929) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 3 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 4 (1930 - 1931) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 5 (1931 - 1934) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 7 1935-1936 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 8 1936-1937 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 9 1937-1938 (2005); Tampa Red:1931-1946: Slide Guitar Wizard, Chicago (1997); The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936 (1997); The Bluebird Recordings, 1936-1938 (1997); The Blues Collective - Tampa Red (2023); Through Train Blues (2012); Travel On (2018); Uncle Bud - Selected Recordings (2009); Voice of the Blues (2015); Worried Life (2018); You Can't Get That Stuff No More (2008).

Songs:

1950 Blues; Anna Lou Blues; Beedle Um Bum; Black Eye Blues; Boogie Woogie Dance; But I Forgive You; Crying Won’t Help You; Deep Moaning Blues: 1; Delta Woman Blues; Denver Blues; Detroit Blues; Don't You Lie to Me; Green and Lucky Blues; Grievin' and Worryin' Blues; I'm Gonna Get High; It Hurts Me Too; It's Tight Like That; Kingfish Blues; Let Me Play with Your Poodle; Love Her With a Feelin'; Love With a Feeling; Lula Mae; Mean Mistreater Blues; No Matter How She Done It; Seminole Blues; She's Love Crazy; Sugar Mama Blues No. 1; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; Western Bound Blues; When Things Go Wrong with You; You Can't Get That Stuff No More; You Missed a Good Man.

Movies and television:

Baseball (1994); Honeydripper (2007); In Session: Stevie Ray Vaughan/Albert King (1983); Last Man Standing (1996); Music and Lyrics (2007); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Rose (1979).

Born on this day – Doris Troy:

Doris Troy

R&B singer

Songwriter

January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Another Look (2024); Doris Troy (1970); I'll Do Anything - The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (2011); Just One Look (1963); Sings Just One Look (2023); Soul Legend (2011); Stretchin' Out (1974).

Songs:

Ain’t That Cute; All That I’ve Got; But I Love Him; Can't Hold On; Dearest Darling; Don’t Call Me No More; Exactly Like You; Face Up to the Truth; Games People Play; Get Back; Give Me Back My Dynamite; Gonna Get My Baby Back; He Don't Belong to Me; Heartaches; Hurry; I'll Do Anything; Jacob’s Ladder; Just One Look; Lazy Days; One More Chance; Please Little Angel; So Far; Soul Legend; Special Care; Stretchin' Out; Tell Him I'm Not Home; Tomorrow Is Another Day; Trust in Me; What You Will Blues; What'cha Gonna Do; What'cha Gonna Do About It; You Give Me Joy Joy; You Tore Me Up Inside.

Movies and television:

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1970); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Bandstand (1965); Blood Ties (2013); Buster (1988); Calendar Girl (1993); Caught (2018); Clickbait (2021); Cold Case (2005); Colour My Soul (1973); Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011); Festival of Entertainment (1974); Get Crazy (1983); Gossip Girl (2021); Hjälten (1990); In Concert (1974); Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971); Lift Off (1970); Loot (1970); Lost Girl (2012); Love Child (2014); Mama I Want to Sing (2011); Mermaids (1990); Murder Trial (1996); My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (2010); Nashville (2016); Now! (1966); Radio Wonderful (1974); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965–1966); Redfern Now (2013); Ringo Starr: Sentimental Journey (1970); Shindig! (1964); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Sounds for Saturday (1972); That's the Way of the World (1975); The '70s (2000); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961); The All Together (2007); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Price of Fame or Fame at any Price (1969–1970); The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020); They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop (2008); Top of the Pops (1970); We Are Who We Are (2020); Werner and the Wizard of Booze (1990); Where the Action Is (1966).

Born on this day – Edith North Johnson:

Edith North Johnson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 2, 1903 – February 28, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Piano & Classic Blues (1984); The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 2: Henry Brown and Edith Johnson: Barrelhouse Piano and Classic Blues (1984); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Can't Make Another Day; Drive My Baby Slow; Eight Hour Woman; Good Chib Blues; Honey Dripper Blues; Honey Dripper Blues: No. 2; Little Drops of Water; Lovin That Man; Lovin' That Man; Lovin’ That Man Blues; Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues: No. 2; Nickel's Worth Of River Blues; Nickle's Worth of Liver Blues; That's My Man; You Ain't No Good Blues; You Know That Ain't Right.

Born on this day – Frank Stokes:

Frank Stokes

Blues singer

guitarist

songwriter

January 1, 1877 – September 12, 1955

Credits:

Albums:

Creator of the Memphis Blues (1977); Downtown Blues (2010); Frank Stokes with Dan Sane & Will Bats 1927–1929 (1968); The Best of Frank Stokes (2005); The Remaining Titles (1984); The Victor Recordings in Chronological Order 1928–1929 (1990).

Songs:

Ain't Goin' to Do Like I Used to Do; Beale Town Bound; Bedtime Blues; Blues in 'D'; Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon; Downtown Blues

Fillin' in Blues; Frank Stokes' Dream; Half Cup of Tea; How Long; Hunting Blues; I Got Mine; I'm Going Away Blues; It Won't Be Long Now; It's a Good Thing; Jazzin' the Blues; Jumpin on the Hill; Last Go Round; Memphis Rounders Blues; Mistreatin' Blues; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Nehi Mama; Old Sometime Blues; Right Now Blues; Rockin' on the Hill Blues; South Memphis Blues; Sweet to Mama; Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do; Take Me Back; Wasn't That Doggin' Me; What's the Matter Blues; You Shall.

Born on this day – John Denver:

John Denver

Singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

Actor

December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997

Born on this day – Rex Allen:

Rex Allen

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999

Born on this day – Del Shannon:

Del Shannon

Musician

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990

Born on this day – Lil Green:

Lil Green

Blues singer

Songwriter

December 22, 1901 – April 14, 1954

Credits:

Albums:

1940-1941 (2008); 1942-1946 (2008); 1947-1951 (2008); Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Lil Green 1940-1941 (2003); Give Your Mama One Smile (2023); Greens Got The Blues (2020); Instinctively the Blues - Lil Green (2020); Lil Green (2016); Love In The Dark (2023); No Stranger to Trouble (2015); Romance In The Dark (1971); Romance In The Dark (Original Recordings 1940 - 1944) (2015); The Blues Collective - Lil Green (2023); The Blues Mama (2019); The Very Best Of (2010); Why Don't You Do Right? 1940-1942 (Remastered Historical Recordings) (2006).

Songs:

Aggravatin' Papa; Because I Love My Daddy So; Cherry Tree Blues; Country Boy Blues; Give your mama one smile; Hello Babe; How Can I Go On?; How Come You Do Me Like You Do; I Gotta Have It; I Have a Place to Go; I Want A Man; I Won't Sell My Love; If I'm a Fool; If You Want to Share Your Love; I'm going to start a racket; I'm Wasting My Time on You; Just Rockin'; Keep Your Hand on Your Heart; Knockin' Myself Out; Last Go Round Blues; Let's Be Friends; My Mellow Man; No, Baby, Nobody but You; Outside Of That; Romance in the Dark; Take Me Back To Little Rock; What Have I Done; What's The Matter With Love?; Why Don't You Do Right; Why Don'y You Do It Right; You're Just Full of Jive; You've Been A Good Old Wagon.

Born on this day – Angie Stone:

Angie Stone

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Producer

Director

December 18, 1961 – March 1, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Black Diamond (1999); Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs (2003); Covered in Soul (2016); Devox Featuring Angie B. Stone (1996); Dream (2015); Everyday (20th Anniversary Edition) (2000); Full Circle (2019); Genius & Friends (2005); Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now (2005); I Wasn't Kidding (2005); Life Goes On (2007); Love Language (2023); Mahogany Soul (2001); Rich Girl (2012); Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone (2005); Stone Love (2004); The Art of Love & War (2007); Unexpected (2009); Vocal Rendezvous (2006).

Songs:

2 Bad Habits; 20 Dollars; Baby; Brotha; Brotha, Part II; Disturbia; Easier Said Than Done; Everyday; Funk You Up; Holding Back the Years; I Just Want to Love You Baby; I Wanna Thank Ya; Life Goes On; Life Story; Lovers' Ghetto; Mad Issues; Monsters Jam; More Than a Woman; No More Rain; Pissed Off; Rain Down; Seems You're Much Too Busy; Snowflakes; Somaw; Sometimes; Soul Insurance; Stay for a While; The Ingredients Of Love; These Are the Reasons; These Eyes; Time To Come Home; Wish I Didn't Miss You.

Movies and television:

14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2000); 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008); 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008); 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (2011); 2008 St. Lucia Jazz Festival (2009); 2009 Soul Train Awards (2009); 2012 Soul Train Awards (2012); 26th Annual Trumpet Awards (2018); 2nd Annual BET Awards (2002); 34th NAACP Image Awards (2003); 68 Square Miles (2014); 6th Annual Black Music Honors (2021); 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000); 6th Urban One Honors 2024 (2024); A Colors Show (2020); A Cross to Bear (2012); Abused (2025); An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence (2001); An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan (2011); Angie Stone Feat. Alicia Keys & Eve: Brotha Part II (2002); Angie Stone: Brotha (2001); Angie Stone's: Love the Feeling (2023); Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (2004); Apollo Live (2012); Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000); As Written (2012); Baby Mama's Club (2010); Baisden After Dark (2007–2008); Bamboozled (2000); Barend en Van Dorp (2000); Behind the Movement (2018); Being (2015); BET Awards 2007 (2007); BET Her Presents: The Waiting Room (2019); BET Tonight Special: Aaliyah (2001); Blue Crush (2002); Blue Feat. Stevie Wonder & Angie Stone: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours (2003); Body Electric (2004); Boulevard West (2012); Brothers (2021); Brown Sugar (2002); Candy Dulfer: Live in Amsterdam (2001); Caught on Tape (2013); Celebrity Fit Club (2006); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Celebrity Wife Swap (2014); Come Together Collaborative: Come Together Now (2005); Dishing Tea with Big Meach (2014); Don Cornelius: Visionary, Trailblazer & Cultural Icon (2012); Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001); Dreams (2013); Eden (2014); Entanglement (2021); Girlfriends (2000–2008); Great Performances (2002–2007); Head Over Heels (2018); Heaux Phase (2023); House of Flav (2021); Huff Post's BV 365 (2012); In the Cut (2016); Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable (2006); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Labour (2015); Last Call with Carson Daly (2002–2004); Last Laugh '04 (2004); Late Show with David Letterman (2002); Later... With Jools Holland (2000–2007); Lincoln Heights (2008); Live with Kelly and Mark (2008); Love & Basketball (2000); Love N Success (2015); Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002); Moesha (2000); My Other Mother (2014); My Real Life (2024); Nubbin & Friends (2016); Omar Feat. Angie Stone: Be Thankful (2000); One Christmas (2013); One on One (2004); Pandemically Single (2020); Pastor Brown (2009); Pau!l (2011); R&B Divas Atlanta (2012–2015); R&B Divas Pre Party (2013); R&B Divas: Atlanta (2013–2014); R&B Divas: Atlanta Reunion (2013); Ride Along (2014); Roswell (1999); Ryan Cameron: Uncensored (2008); Saints & Sinners (2018); Scary Movie V (2013); School Gyrls (2009); Shady Sisters: The Color of Love (2025); She Speaks Live (2019); Showtime at the Apollo (2002); Sister Circle Live (2019); Soldier Girls (1981); Soul Train (1999); Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009); Stax Records 50th Anniversary Concert (2008); Steve Harvey (2016); Tavis Smiley (2009); The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2003); The 365Black Awards (2013); The 5th Annual Women Rock (2004); The Big Breakfast (2000); The Brian McKnight Show (2009); The Deliverance (2024); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004–2007); The Fighting Temptations (2003); The Hot Chick (2002); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Legend of Hip Hop (2016); The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002); The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011); The Pact (2025); The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2014); The Rickey Smiley Show (2014); The Sequence: Simon Says (1982); The Sopranos (2001); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2000–2008); The Tony Danza Show (2004); The Waiting Room (2019); The Wendy Williams Show (2009); To Love the Soul of a Woman (2016); Top of the Pops (2000); Unsung (2015–2020); Where's the Love? (2014); Wonder Girls (2012).