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).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Walter Davis:

Walter Davis

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963

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 – Kurt Cobain:

Kurt Cobain

Musician

Singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994

Born on this day – Willie Trice:

Willie Trice

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 10, 1908 – December 11, 1976

Credits:

Album:

Blue and Rag'd (1995).

Songs:

Come on in Here Mama; Goin' to the Country; Good Time Boogie; I Love You, Sweet Baby; I've Had Trouble; My Baby's Ways; New Careless Love Blues; New Diddey Wah Diddey; She's Coming on the C & O; Shine On; Troublesome Mind; Trying to Find My Baby; You Have Mistreated Me.

Born on this day – Lonnie Johnson:

Lonnie Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Violinist

Songwriter

February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970

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).

Born on this day – Walter Vinson:

Walter Vinson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975

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 – 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).