Born on this day – Louis Alter:

Louis Alter

Composer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 18, 1902 – November 5, 1980

Born on this day – Richard M. Sherman:

Richard M. Sherman

Songwriter

June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:

Carmine Coppola

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

Born on this day – Hattie McDaniel:

Hattie McDaniel

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Comedian

June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); Affectionately Yours (1941); Alice Adams (1935); America in Color (2018); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anniversary Trouble (1935); Another Face (1935); Arbor Day (1936); Are You Listening? (1932); Babbitt (1934); Banda sonora (2008); Battle of Broadway (1938); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Beulah (1952); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blonde Venus (1932); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Carefree (1938); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); China Seas (1935); City Park (1934); Classified X (2007); Corazón de... (2006); Crooner (1932); Deep South (1930); Democracy Now! (2010); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Everybody's Baby (1939); Explained (2018); Family Honeymoon (1948); Fate's Fathead (1934); 45 Fathers (1937); Flirtation (1934); Gentle Julia (1936); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Gone with the Wind (1939); Good-bye Love (1933); Harmony Lane (1935); Hello, Sister! (1933); Hi, Beautiful (1944); High Tension (1936); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hypnotized (1932); I'm No Angel (1933); Imitation of Life (1934); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); John Ford (1992); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Judge Priest (1934); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Libeled Lady (1936); Little Men (1934); Lost in the Stratosphere (1934); Margie (1946); Maryland (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); Mickey (1948); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mississippi Moods (1937); Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993); Murder by Television (1935); Music Is Magic (1935); Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Next Time We Love (1936); Nothing Sacred (1937); Of Black America (1968); Okay Toots! (1935); Operator 13 (1934); Over the Goal (1937); Postal Inspector (1936); Quick Money (1937); Racing Lady (1937); Reunion (1936); Roots Remembered (2007); Saratoga (1937); Saratoga (1937); Show Boat (1936); Since You Went Away (1944); Sky Racket (1937); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Song of the South (1946); Star for a Night (1936); Thank You Hattie (2021); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Big Wheel (1949); The Boiling Point (1932); The Bride Walks Out (1936); The Chases of Pimple Street (1934); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The First Baby (1936); The Flame (1947); The Four Star Boarder (1935); The Golden West (1932); The Great Lie (1941); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Ingraham Angle (2020); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Colonel (1935); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Male Animal (1942); The Movies (2019); The Oscars (2017); The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Singing Kid (1936); The Washington Masquerade (1932); The Watermelon Woman (1996); The Wildcatter (1937); The Young and the Dead (2000); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); They've Gotta Have Us (2018); This Our Life (1942); Three Is a Family (1944); Transient Lady (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); True Confession (1937); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); We're Only Human (1935); Wig-Wag (1935); You Must Remember This (2014); Zenobia (1939).

Born on this day – Skip James:

Skip James

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:

Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:

Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).

Born on this day – Memphis Minnie:

Memphis Minnie

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973

Credits:

Songs:

A Little Too Late; After While Blues; Ain't No Use Tryin' to Tell On Me (I Know Something on You); Ain't Nobody Home but Me; Bad Outside Friends; Ball and Chain Blues; Banana Man Blues; Beat It Right; Black Cat Blues; Black Rat Swing; Black Widow Stinger; Blue Monday Blues; Blues Everywhere; Botherin' That Thing; Boy Friend Blues; Broken Heart; Bumble Bee; Call the Fire Wagon; Can I Do It for You; Can't Afford to Lose My Man; Caught Me Wrong Again; Cherry Ball Blues; Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing); Conjur Man; Crazy Cryin' Blues; Daybreak Blues; Dirty Dauber Blues; Dirty Mother for You; Doctor, Doctor Blues; Don't Lead My Baby Wrong; Don't Turn the Card; Don't Want No Woman; Down by the Riverside; Down Home Girl; Down in New Orleans; Down in the Alley; Dragging My Heart Around; Drunken Barrel House Blues; Ethel Bea; Fashion Plate Daddy; Fingerprint Blues; Fish Man Blues; Fishin' Blues; Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool); 'Frisco Town; Garage Fire Blues; Georgia Skin; Give It to Me in My Hand (Can I Go Home with You); Goin' Back to Texas; Good Biscuits; Good Morning; Good Soppin'; Got to Leave You No. 1; Got to Leave You No. 2; Grandpa and Grandma Blues; Has Anyone Seen My Man?; He's in the Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing); Hold Me Blues; Hole in the Wall; Hoodoo Lady; Hot Stuff; Hustlin' Woman Blues; I Am Sailin'; I Called You This Morning; I Don't Want No Woman I Have to Give My Money To; I Don't Want That Junk Outa You; I Don't Want You No More; I Got To Make a Change Blues; I Hate to See the Sun Go Down; I Hope Love Will Change Some Day; I Never Told a Lie; Ice Man Blues; Ice Man (Come On Up); I'd Rather See Him Dead; If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home); I'm a Bad Luck Woman; I'm a Gambling Woman; I'm Going Back Home; I'm Going Don't You Know; I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits; I'm Not a Bad Gal; I'm So Glad; I'm Talking About You; I'm Waiting On You; I'm Wild About My Stuff; In Love Again; In My Girlish Days; It Was You, Baby; It's Hard to Be Mistreated; It's Hard to Please My Man; I've Been Treated Wrong; Jailhouse Trouble Blues; Jockey Man Blues; Joe Louis Strut; Joliet Bound; Jump Little Rabbit; Keep It to Yourself; Keep On Eatin'; Keep On Goin'; Keep On Sailin'; Keep Your Big Mouth Shut; Kid Man Blues; Kind Treatment Blues; Killer Diller Blues; Killer Diller from the South; Kissing in the Dark; Lake Michigan; Lean Meat Won't Fry; Let Me Ride; Let's Go to Town; Living the Best I Can; Long As I Can See You Smile; Look What You Got; Looking the World Over; Lonesome Shack Blues; Love Come and Go; Low Down Man Blues; Ma Rainey; Man, You Won't Give Me No Money; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Mean Mistreater Blues; Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues; Meningitis Blues; Million Dollar Blues; Moaning the Blues; Moonshine; Mr. Tango Blues; My Baby Don't Want Me No More; My Black Buffalo; My Butcher Man; My Gage Is Going Up; My Man Is Gone Again; My Mary Blues; My Strange Man; My Wash Woman's Gone; New Bumble Bee Blues; New Caught Me Wrong Again; New Dirty Dozen; New Orleans Stop Time; Night Watchmen Blues; North Memphis Blues; Nothing in Rambling; Oh, Believe Me; Out in the Cold; Pickin' the Blues; Pig Meat on the Line; Pile Driving Blues; Please Don't Stop Him; Please Set a Date; Plymouth Rock Blues; Poor and Wandering Woman Blues; Preacher's Blues; Reachin' Pete; Remember Me Blues; Running and Dodging Blues; Selling My Pork Chops; She Put Me Outdoors; She Wouldn't Give Me None; Shout the Boogie; Soo Cow Soo; Squat It; Stinging Snake Blues; Stop Lying to Me; Sweet Man; Sylvester and His Mule Blues; That Will Be Allright; The Man I Love; The Saint; This Is Your Last Chance Baby; Three Times Seven Blues; Today Today Blues; Tonight I Smile with You; Too Late; True Love; Walking and Crying Blues; Wants Cake When I'm Hungry; Weary Woman's Blues; Western Union; What a Night; What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1; What Fault You Find of Me? Part 2; What's the Matter with the Mill?; When My Man Comes Home; When the Levee Breaks; When the Saints Go Marching Home; When the Sun Goes Down; When You Love Me; When You're Asleep; Where Is My Good Man; Why Did I Make You Cry; World of Trouble; Worried Baby Blues; You Can't Give It Away; You Got to Get Out of Here; You Got to Move; You Need a Friend; You Wrecked My Happy Home.

Albums:

"The Queen of the Blues": 1929–1941; 1930–1941; 1934–1941; 1941–1949; Blues Classics by Memphis Minnie; Complete Recorded Works 1935–1941 in Chronological Order, vol. 1, 10 January to 31 October 1935; Early Recordings with Kansas Joe McCoy, vol. 2; Hoodoo Lady (1933–1937); Hot Stuff: 1936–1949; I Ain't No Bad Gal; In My Girlish Days; In My Girlish Days: 1930–1935; Let's Go to Town; Love Changin' Blues: 1949, Blind Willie McTell and Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Moaning the Blues; Night Time Blues, Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie; Pickin' the Blues; Queen of the Blues; The Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues; World of Trouble.

Born on this day – Papa Charlie McCoy:

Papa Charlie McCoy

Blues musician

Songwriter

May 26, 1909 – July 26, 1950

Credits:

Music:

Always In Love With You; Blue Heaven Blues; Charlie McCoy – Complete Recorded Works (1928-1932); Glad Hand Blues; Ha-Ha Blues; Hidin’ On Me; I’ve Been Blue Ever Since You Went Away; It Ain’t No Good – Part I; It Ain’t No Good – Part II; It Is So Good – Part 1; It Is So Good – Part 2; It’s Hot Like That; Last Time Blues; Mississippi I’m Longing For You; Staggering Blues; Sunset Waltz; Sweet Alberta; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home; Times Ain’t What They Used To Be; Too Long; Vicksburg Stomp; You Gonna Need Me; Your Valves Need Grinding.

Born on this day – Kansas Joe McCoy:

Kansas Joe McCoy

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950

Credits:

Songs:

Botherin' That Thing; Delta Bound; Evil devil woman blues; Hey Hey Loretta; Hoodoo Women; If You Take Me Back; If You're a Viper; I'm Going Back Home; Joliet Bound; Lake Providence Blues; Let's Get Drunk and Truck; Let'sTry It Again; Look Who's Coming Down The Road; Meat Cutter Blues; Motherless and Fatherless Blues; My Babe, My Babe; My Garbage Man; Oh! Red; Pile Driver Blues; Pile Drivin' Blues; Root Hog or Die; That will be alright; That'll Be Alright; The Candy Man; The World Is a Hard Place to Live In; Time A-Wastin'; Twenty Minutes To Hell; Well, Well; Wet It; When the Levee Breaks; Why Don’t You Do Right; You Done Tore Your Pants With me.

Born on this day – Ted Bogan:

Ted Bogan

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

Louie Bluie (1978); Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (1974); That Old Gang of Mine (1978).

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).

Born on this day – Robert Johnson:

Robert Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Harmonic player

Songwriter

May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938

Credits:

Album:

Robert Johnson: The Centennial Collection (2011).

Movies, video and television:

11.6 (2013); Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990); American Epic (2017); Among Giants (1998); Animal House of Blues: How a Community Helped Create a Hollywood Blockbuster or Two (2012); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Bank Roll (2012); Baseball (1994); Beat the Devil (2002); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Boys on the Side (1995); Cadillac Records (2008); Chocolat (2000); Crepuscular Suburban Blues (2009); Crossroads (1986); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2010); Dark (2017); Deep Water (2022); Desperate Man Blues (2003); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995); Down Terrace (2009); EarthBound (1994); Elementary (2013); Employee of the Month (2004); Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (1999); Eric Clapton and Friends (1988); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J (2004); Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads (2021); For the Boys (1991); Freaks and Geeks (1999); Fringe (2009); Get on Up (2014); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Gimme Shelter (1970); Great Performances (2005); Greenleaf (2017); Grudge Match (2013); Guardami (1999); Guitar Hero (2005); Guitar Man (2015); Holes (2003); Hounddog (2007); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); iBrain (2013); Kings of the Road (1976); Kopps (2003); Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1973); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Led Zeppelin (2003); Led Zeppelin: Travelling Riverside Blues (1990); Life on Mars (2007); Luck (2011); Luther (2013); Matlock (1989); Misfits (2010–2011); Music High Classroom (2012); Not Fade Away (2012); Patti Cake$ (2017); Phoenix (1998); Post Mortem (1999); Power (2015); Pump Up the Volume (1990); Red Tails (2012); Rush: R30 (2005); Saturday Night Live (1991–1995); Scratch (2001); SeaChange (1998–1999); Sid Meier's Railroads! (2006); Soap&Skin: Me and the Devil (2015); Starbuck in Rock Concert (1973); Stoned (2005); Suck (2009); Supernatural (2006); Sweet Talk (2015); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Cream of Eric Clapton (1990); The Demons (2015); The Downbeat (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Five Devils (2022); The Good Wife (2014); The Jeff Healey Band: Live at Montreux 1999 (2005); The Last Summer (2019); The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022); The Missing (2014); The Music Never Stopped (2011); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982); The Skeleton Key (2005); The Stones in the Park (1969); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Thunderground (1989); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2015); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Under the Rainbow (2013); Unplugged (1992); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Where the Road Runs Out (2014); Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016); Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006).

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).

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).

Born on this day – Doctor Clayton:

Doctor Clayton

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 19, 1898 – January 7, 1947

Credits:

Albums:

Angels in Harlem (2002); Complete Recorded Works (1935–1942) (1994); Doctor Clayton & His Buddies: Complete Recordings 1946 & 1947 (1994); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy (1935–1947) (1989); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy: Pearl Harbour Blues (1970); Gotta Find My Baby (1987).

Born on this day – Gary Moore:

Gary Moore

Musician

Songwriter

April 4, 1952 – February 6, 2011

Born on this day – Lucille Bogan:

Lucille Bogan

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948

Credits:

Albums:

1930s Blues Classics (2010); As Bessie Jackson: Reckless Woman 1927-1935 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) [feat. Walter Roland] (2006); Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2: March 1930 to 20 July 1933 (1994); Jazz Son's (2022); Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland (1927-1935) (1992); Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) (1989); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 1 [1923-1930] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 2 [1930-1933] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 3 (1934-1935) (2005); Outspoken (2015); Reckless Woman (2013); Reckless Woman: 1927-1935 (2000); Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan (2004).

Movies and television:

Bessie (2015); Cover Your Ears (2023); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980); History of Swear Words (2021); No Vacancy (1999); The Blues (2003); The Cotton Club (1984).

Born on this day – Sonny Boy Williamson:

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues singer

Harmonicist

Songwriter

March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948

Credits:

Music:

A Portrait in Blues (1963); Baby Let Me Come Back Home / November Boogie / All Nite Boogie / Leavin Blues (1966); Blues Classics by The Original Sonny Boy Williamson (1965); Born Blind / Ninety-Nine (1958); Bring It On Home / Down Child (1965); Bummer Road (1969); Bye Bye Bird / Help Me (1963); Come On Back Home / Stop Crying (1951); Cool, Cool Blues / Do It if You Wanta (1951); Crazy ‘Bout You, Baby / Eyesight to the Blind (1951); Cross My Heart / Dissatisfied (1958); Don’t Send Me No Flowers (1968); Don’t Start Me Talkin’/ All My Love in Vain (1955); Down and Out Blues (1959); Empty Bedroom / From the Bottom (1955); Fattening Frogs for Snakes / I Don’t Know (1957); From the Bottom / Empty Bedroom; Gettin’ Out of Town / She Brought Life Back to the Dead (1954); Going in Your Direction / Red Hot Kisses (1954); I Cross My Heart / West Memphis Blues (1954); In Memoriam (1965); Keep It to Yourself / The Key (To Your Door) (1956); King Biscuit Time (1989); Let Me Explain / Your Imagination (1956); Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye (1959); Mighty Long Time / Nine Below Zero (1951); More Real Folk Blues (1966); Mr. Downchild / Stop Now Baby (1954); My Younger Days / I Want You Close to Me (1964); No Nights by Myself / Boppin’ with Sonny (1956); One Way Out / Nine Below Zero (1962); Pontiac Blues / Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues (1951); Rock Generation Vol. 4 with the Animals (1973); Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim (1964); Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds (1966); Stop Right Now / The Hunt (1961); Temperature 110 / Lonesome Cabin (1960); The Blues of Sonny Boy Williamson (1963); The Goat / It’s Sad to Be Alone (1960); The Hunt / Little Village (1961); The Real Folk Blues (1966); This Is My Story (1972); Too Close Together / Cat Hop (1953); Trust My Baby / Too Close Together (1960); Trying to Get Back on My Feet / Decoration Day (1963); Your Funeral and My Trial / Wake Up Baby (1958).

Movies and television:

Af jazzens billedbog (1963); Almost Famous (2000); American Gangster (2007); American Made (2017); Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018); Arena (1985); Barfly (1987); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Charming the Hearts of Men (2021); Deadwood (2004); Dogfight (1991); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Frogs for Snakes (1998); Fuel (2008); Godfather of Harlem (2019); Green Book (2018); Groupies (1970); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); Hullabaloo! (1963–1964); Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988); Johnny Winter And: Live in Copenhagen (1971); Jonny Lang Live at Montreux 1999 (1999); Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (1998); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Long Strange Trip (2017); Lords of Dogtown (2005); Mae Mercer & Sonny Boy Williamson: Careless Love (1965); Mulholland Drive (2001); My Kinda People (2003); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); On Any Saturday (2006); Once Were Brothers (2019); Private Practice (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965); Secondhand Lions (2003); Tempo (1964); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The Beat Room (1964); The Blues (2003); The Departed (2006); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950); The Fall (2013); The Funeral (1996); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); The Who: The Making of Tommy (2013); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Tommy (1975); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964); Who Shot Pat? (1989).

Born on this day – Bob Haymes:

Bob Haymes

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

The Complete Capitol Collection (2006); That's All: Bob Haymes Sings & Plays Bob Haymes (1984).

Songs:

Ebb Tide; No Other Love; Now At Last; Road Show; That's All; The Next Time Around; With These Hands.

Movies and television:

American Idol (2006); Around the Town (1950); Bandstand (1966); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Swingin' Christmas (2010); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campus Hoopla (1946); Celebrity Time (1952); Days of Our Lives (2003); Everwood (2004); Fargo (2014); Ford Star Revue (1951); Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944); Gilmore Girls (2004); Great Performances (2005); Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon (1965); Hey, Rookie (1944); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); It's a Business (1952); It's a Living (1988); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Mark Bautista: That's All (2013); Monkey Shines (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sex and the City (1999); Sing While You Dance (1946); So Dear to My Heart (1948); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); Sois jeune et tais-toi (2003); Songs for Sale (1951); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Television Screen Magazine (1946–1949); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Impatient Years (1944); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Money Jungle (1967); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956–1958); The Wedding Singer (1998); Tootsie (1982); Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Variety Views, #116 (1943); Village Barn (1948–1949); We, the People (1949).

Born on this day – Mary Johnson:

Mary Johnson

Blues singer

Accordionist

Songwriter

March 29, 1898 – July 20, 1983

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.

Born on this day – Bo Carter:

Bo Carter

Blues musician

Songwriter

March 21, 1893 – September 21, 1964

Credits:

Albums:

Blue Comedy Bluesman (2023); Blues Essentials (1928-1950) (2012); Bo Carter & the Mississippi Sheiks, Vol. Two (2012); Bo Carter Vol. 1 (1928 - 1931) (2005); Bo Carter Vol. 2 (1931 - 1934) (2005); Bo Carter, Bluer Than Blues (2012); Bo Carter, Vol. 5 (1938-1940) (2014); Bo Carter's Advice (2020); Instinctively the Blues - Bo Carter (2020); Banana in Your Fruit Basket (1978); Let Me Roll Your Lemon (2024); Policy Blues (2016); Policy Blues: Bo Carter 1931 – 1940 (2013); Presenting Bo Carter (1930); Pussy Cat Blues (2007); Reality (2009); Sorry Feeling Blues (2015); Twist and Shake (2018); Twist It Babe (1931-1940) (1992); Volume One (2012).

Movies and television:

8th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1974); A Star Is Born (2018); Ambros pur! II (2008); Aufgspuit! (2008); Bandstand (1961); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Dolezal Backstage (2016); Enlightened (2011); Glädjekällan (1993); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I'm Not There (2007); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Life (1999); Ranch Party (1958); Rhythm Round-Up (1945); Rockin' the Night Away (1988); The Blues (2003); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Band (1944); The Year My Voice Broke (1987).