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

Credits:

Album shown above:

Mary Johnson: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-1936.

Track list:

Muddy Creek Blues; Room Rent Blues; Black Men Blues; Western Union Blues; Dream Daddy Blues; Barrel House Flat Blues; Key To The Mountain Blues; Three Months Ago Blues; Dawn Of Day Blues; Friendless Gal Blues; Death Cell Blues; Morning Sun Blues; No Good Town Blues; Rattlesnake Blues; Mary Johnson Blues; Those Black Man Blues; Peepin’ At The Risin’ Sun; Deceitful Woman Blues; Black Gal Blues; Delmar Avenue; I Just Can’t Take It.

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).

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 – Roberta Flack:

Roberta Flack

Singer

Songwriter

Actress

February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997); Blue Lights in the Basement (1977); Born to Love (1983); Bustin' Loose (1981); Chapter Two (1970); Feel Like Makin' Love (1975); First Take (1969); I'm the One (1982); Killing Me Softly (1973); Let It Be Roberta (2012); Oasis (1988); Quiet Fire (1971); Roberta (1994); Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (with Donny Hathaway) (1972); Roberta Flack (1978); Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980); Set the Night to Music (1991); Stop the World (1992); The Christmas Album (1997).

Songs:

As Long as There's Christmas; Back Together Again; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; Be Real Black for Me; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Compared to What; Feel Like Makin’ Love; For All We Know; Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye; I Just Came Here to Dance; I Told Jesus; If Ever I See You Again; It Might Be You; Jesse; Just When I Needed You; Killing Me Softly With His Song; Love; Making Love; Maybe; Set the Night to Music; The Closer I Get to You; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; To Love Somebody; Tonight I Celebrate My Love; Tryin' Times; Where Is The Love; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow; You Make Me Feel Brand New; You’re Looking Like Love to Me.

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 1999 Essence Awards (1999); 20/20 (2003); 20th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (2005); 48 Hours (2003); 9am with David & Kim (2009); A Capitol Fourth (1987); A Year in Music (2019); ABC News Breakfast (2025); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); America Votes the #1 Song (1986); American Crime Story (2016); American Masters (2023); American Music Awards (1974); Angela (1994); Another World (1983); Arts & Entertainment Revue (1992); Atlanta (2022); Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1988); Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997); Black Bag (2025); Black Girls Rock! 2017 (2017); Black Journal (1969); Boboquivari (1971); Body Rock (1984); Boogie Nights (1997); Bustin' Loose (1981); CBS Mornings (1987–1993); Charlie Rose (1991); Close Up (2009); Cover Story (1985); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2008); Dancing with the Stars (2008); Dangerous Touch (1994); David Foster's Christmas Album (1993); Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2022); Dial M for Music (1970); Direktion City (1977); $ (1971); Donahue (1975); Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (1973); Earth Voice Concert 1992 (1992); EastEnders (2011); Easy Listening Hits at the BBC (2011); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Entertainment Tonight (2025); Essence Awards (2002); Evening at Pops (1972); Everybody Hates Chris (2006); Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021); Femme Fatales (2011); Flight of the Intruder (1991); Flip (1971–1972); Flipside (1973); Frank Elstner: Stippvisite in Las Vegas (1983); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Freunde fürs Leben (1997); Good Morning America (2003); Greased Lightning (1977); Great Performances (1987–2019); Guiding Light (1992); Härte 10 (1979); Hasards ou coïncidences (1998); Hi-Phi Nation (2018); Honey (2003); Horas doradas (1980); Huckleberry Finn (1974); I Love Dick (2017); If You Lived Here (2021); Il était une fois (2024); In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern (1987); India.Arie: Up Close and Personal (2002); It's Lulu, Not to Mention Dudley Moore (1972); John Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-to-One Concert (1972); Journeys in Black (2002); Juke Box Saturday Night (1979); Killer Condom (1996); Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022); Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story (2014); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1989); Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special (1988); Late Show with David Letterman (1998); Legends Ball (2006); Let It Be Me (1995); Let the Church Say Amen! (1974); Life as We Know It (2010); Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1983); Loving (1993); Luther: Never Too Much (2024); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1988); Mad Men (2015); Making Love (1982); Marcus Miller: Master of All Trades (2006); Martha (2006); ME1 TV Talks To... Roberta Flack (2014); Mild Seven Videography (1989–1990); Miss Gaby (1972); Mister Soul: A Story About Donny Hathaway (2020); Monsanto Presents Mancini (1971); MTV Movie Awards Uncensored (2000); Music Central (1981); My Baby's Daddy (2004); Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016); New York Undercover (1996); Night Flight (1982); Nina Live! (2005); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Öronaböj (1980); Play Misty for Me (1971); Pose (2021); President George H.W. Bush: Speeches of the 41st President of the United States 1989-1993 (2005); Renaldo and Clara (1978); Roberta (2022); Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest: Set the Night to Music (1991); Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson: As Long As There's Christmas (1997); Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson: Tonight I Celebrate My Love (1983); Roberta Flack in Concert (2002); Roberta Flack: Oasis (1988); Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever (1973); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1986); Rolling Thunder Revue (2019); Romantic Comedy (1983); Salute! (1983); Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975); Save the Children (1973); Savvatogennimenes (2003); Scandal (2015–2016); Season's Greetings: An Evening with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra (1988); Seventies Rock & Pop: 73 (1991); Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet (1987); She's Gotta Have It (2017); ... Sings Motown (2015); So You Think You Can Dance (2010); Solid Gold (1981–1982); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Songwriters Hall of Fame (2004); Soul to Soul (1971); Soul! (1969–1970); Sounds for Saturday (1972); Soundstage (1981); Stalker (2014); Stateline Motel (1973); Sudden Impact (1983); Take a Giant Step (1973); The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (1972); The 16th Annual American Music Awards (1989); The 16th Annual Grammy Awards (1974); The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975); The 1997 World Music Awards (1997); The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992); The 20th Annual Grammy Awards (1978); The 22nd Annual American Music Awards (1995); The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (1986); The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988); The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010); The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special (1993); The Americans (2013); The Arsenio Hall Show (1992–1993); The Best of Times (1986); The Black Godfather (2019); The Breaks (2017); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1972); The First Lady (2022); The Fur Trap (1978); The Good Fight (2017); The Gospel (2005); The Greatest (1999–2001); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Ladies Man (2000); The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022); The Legend of John Henry (1974); The Lost Daughter (2021); The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1980); The NewsCenter (1975); The Night Of (2016); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973 / 1974); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1995); The Pursuit of Happyness (2006); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1987); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–1998); The Sex Prophet (1973); The Slumber Party (2023); The Ten (2007); The Tiny Tree (1975); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970–1984); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The Wiz (1978); Them (2021); They All Came Out to Montreux (2023); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Morning (1994); Today (1970–1995); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Tongues Untied (1989); Top of the Pops (1972–1983); Two Weeks Notice (2002); Valerie (1986–1991); VH1 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n Roll (1999); Violet & Daisy (2011); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Wake Up (2006); War on Everyone (2016); White Nights (1985); Whitney Houston & Her Family: Voices of Love (2012); Winter Solstice on Ice (1999); Wogan (1984–1991); World News Tonight (2025); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); Yoko Ono: Bad Dancer (2013); Your Mother Should Know (2018).

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

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).