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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Born on this day – Tom Petty:


Tom Petty


Musician

Singer

Songwriter

October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017

Credits:

Albums:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976); You're Gonna Get It! (1978); Damn the Torpedoes (1979); Hard Promises (1981); Long After Dark (1982); Southern Accents (1985); Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987); Into the Great Wide Open (1991); Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996); Echo (1999); The Last DJ (2002); Mojo (2010); Hypnotic Eye (2014); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990); Full Moon Fever (1989); Wildflowers (1994); Highway Companion (2006); Mudcrutch (2008); 2 (2016); American Treasure (2018); The Best of Everything (2019); Wildflowers & All the Rest (2020); Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions (2021); Angel Dream (Original motion picture soundtrack to the movie: She's the One) (2021).

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Born on this day – Boogie Woogie Red:


Boogie Woogie Red


Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992

Credits:

Albums:

Live at the Blind Pig (1974); Red Hot (1977).

Songs:

After Hours; Blues for My Baby; Bumble Bee Blues; Got to Find My Baby; Mean Ol' Frisco; Old Time Shuffle; Prison Bound; Red's Boogie; Red's Rhumba; Red's Rumba; Relaxin; Showtime; Sisterly Love; Step Down on It; Take Five; The Reefer Song; Viper Song; When I Was Young; You Put a Spell on Me.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Born on this day – Big Joe Williams:


Big Joe Williams


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982

Credits:

Songs:

49 Highway Blues; Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey; Baby Please Don't Go; Big Road Blues; Black Gal; Blues for Gamblers; Bye, Bye, Blues; Crawlin' King Snake; Drop Down Mama; First Meeting; Flour Dough Blues; Hand Me Down My Old Walking; Highway 49; House Lady Blues; I May Be Wrong; I Wanna Die Easy When I Die; If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay; Jivin' Woman; Juanita; King Biscuit Stomp; Little Leg Woman; Mellow Apples; Motherless Children; My Grey Pony; P Vine Blues; Ramblin' On My Mind; She Left Me A Mule To Ride; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Sugar Mama; Tell Me Mama; Vitamin A; Wimmin From Coast To Coast.

Albums:

An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 2 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 4; The Complete Singles 1935-1941 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 5; The Complete Singles 1942-1960 (2021); Baby Please Don't Go (2019); Back To The Country (1964); Back to the Roots (2023); Big Joe Williams (1964); Big Joe Williams at Folk City (1963); Big Joe Williams King Of The Delta Blues (2023); Blues Bash (1973); Blues for 9 Strings; Blues Masters Vol. 6 - Big Joe Williams (2009); Chewred Up Grass (2019); Chicago ‘63 (2023); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1945-1949) (1991); Delta Blues Live (2019); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); Fantastic Music for Christmas (All the Greatest Tracks) (2016); Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues on Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine String Guitar) (Digitally Remastered) (2021); Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (1969); Hell Bound and Heaven Sent Blues (1968); Highway 49 (2018); I Got Wild (2003); Instinctively the Blues - Big Joe Williams (2020); Just the Blues, 1958-1961, (24 Successes) (Blues Left Texas) (2018); Malvina My Sweet Woman (1974); Meet Me Around the Corner (Nothing But the Blues) (2012); Nine Strings (2020); No More Whiskey (1998); Piney Wood Blues (1997); Piney Woods Blues (1958); Po' Joe (1999); Studio Blues (1964); The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (1969); The Blues Collection: Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't Go (1994); The Blues Collective - Big Joe Williams (2023); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 1 (2020); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 2 (2020); The Original Ramblin' Bluesman 1945-1961; The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 - Blues (2 Of 4) (2007); These Are My Blues (Live) (1998); Throw a Boogie Woogie; Watergate Blues (2000); Wild Cow Blues (2018).

Movies, television and video:

AC/DC: Baby, Please Don't Go (1976); American Masters (2005); Archer (2014); Blue Chips (1994); Blues Odyssey (2003); Count Basie at Carnegie Hall (1981); Countdown (1974); Drop Zone (1994); Focus (2015); Friday Night Football (2015); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Metal Evolution (2011); Nightmare Code (2014); Otis (2008); Out of Sight (1966); Passage to Mars (2016); Poor White Trash (2000); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1995); She's Out of Control (1989); Shindig! (1965); Swing In (1968); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festivals: The British Tours 1963-1966 (2007); The Beach Boys (2024); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966); The Buttercup Project (2010); The Devil's Music (1979); The Instigators (2024); The Led Zeppelin Story (2004); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); Treme (2011); Two Weeks to Live (2020); Wild at Heart (1990).

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Born on this day – Victoria Spivey:


Victoria Spivey


Blues singer

Songwriter

October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976

Albums:

A Basket of Blues (1962); Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (2008); Idle Hours (1961); Music Down Home (1965); Songs We Taught Your Mother (1962); The Blues Is Life (1976); The Queen and Her Knights (1965); Three Kings and the Queen (1964); Victoria and Her Blues (1962); Woman Blues! (1962).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blue Jasmine (2013); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Hallelujah (1929); I Hear the Blues (1963); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The Blues (2003); The Devil's Music (1979).

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Born on this day – Kirsty MacColl:


Kirsty MacColl


Singer

Songwriter

October 10, 1959 – December 18, 2000

Credits:

Albums:

30:30 The Essential Collection (2013); A New England: The Very Best of Kirsty MacColl (2013); All I Ever Wanted (2014); All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology (2014); Can’t Stop Killing You (1993); Days (1988 - 1991) (2018); Desperate Character (1981); Electric Landlady (1991); Electric Landlady (Deluxe Edition) (1991); From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology (2005); Galore (1995); Kite (1989); Kite (Deluxe Edition) (1989); Live At The Jazz CafĂ©, London, 12 October 1999 (2023); Real (2023); See That Girl (2023); See That Girl 1979–2000 (2023); The Best of Kirsty MacColl (2005); The Essential Collection (1993); The One and Only (2001); The Real MacColl (1991); The Stiff Singles Collection (2006); The Stiff Years (2005); Titanic Days (1993); Tropical Brainstorm (2000); What Do Pretty Girls Do? (1998).

Songs:

All I Ever Wanted; Angel; Can't Stop Killing You; Caroline; Days; Dear John; Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!; Fairytale of New York; Free World; He's on the Beach; I Want Out; In These Shoes?; Innocence; Keep Your Hands off My Baby; Mambo de la Luna; Miss Otis Regrets; My Affair; A New England; Perfect Day; See That Girl; Terry; There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis; They Don't Know; Walking Down Madison; You Caught Me Out.

Movies, television and video:

A Question of Pop (2000); Adore (2013); Angela and Friends (2009); Any Time Now (2002); Bargain Hunt (2018); BBC Music Live 2000 (2000); Beautiful People (1999); Billy Bragg: Sexuality (1991); Boomers (2015); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Cannonball (2017); Completely Pogued (1991); Cow (2021); Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020); Cuck (2019); De verschrikkelijke jaren tachtig (2022); Dinner at Noon (1991); Doom Patrol (2019); Dream Stuffing (1984); EastEnders (2000–2022); EastEnders: Back to Ours (2015); F.C. De Kampioenen (1991); Folk Britannia (2006); Folk Hibernia (2007); French and Saunders (1990); Fresh Meat (2016); Get It Together (1981); Girls (2016); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Hittimittari (1984); Hotel Babylon (2007); I Want You (1998); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); If It Ain't Stiff (2007); Kinky Boots (2005); Kirstie's Handmade Britain (2011); Kirstie's Handmade Christmas (2014); Kirsty MacColl: A New England (1984); Kirsty MacColl: Days (1989); Kirsty MacColl: Don't Come the Cowboy with Me, Sonny Jim! (1990); Kirsty MacColl: Freeworld (1989); Kirsty MacColl: He's on the Beach (1985); Kirsty MacColl: Terry (1983); Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Later... With Jools Holland (1992–2000); Live from Studio Five (2009); Mad Love (1995); Midsomer Murders (2013); Misfits (2009); Moving Story (1994–1995); MTV 80s - Top 100 Forgotten Gems of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Hits of 80s Wonder Women! (2024); Musikladen (1984); National Geographic Explorer (1985); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1997 / 2000); Not Going Out (2017–2019); Our Nixon (2013); P.S. I Love You (2007); Peter Andre's Xmas Extravaganza Top 50 (2014); Picking up the Pieces (1998); Picture Perfect (1997); Rage (1994); Razzmatazz (1981); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990); Reeling in the Years (1999); Run All Night (2015); Sex and the City (2001); She's Having a Baby (1988); Sings the Great American Songbook (2010); Something Else (1981); Sounds of the 80s (2015); Talking Heads: (Nothing But) Flowers (1988); Tattoo Fixers (2017); Teachers (2002); Ted Lasso (2021); The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade? (2021); The Adventures of Mole (1995); The Catherine Tate Show (2004); The End of the Tour (2015); The Ghosts of Oxford Street (1991); The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022); The Jack Docherty Show (1997); The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl: Fairytale of New York (1987); The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country (1988); The Project (2023); The Roxy (1987); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Story of Fairytale of New York (2005); The Vicar of Dibley (1996); Top of the Pops (1980–1991); Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999); Tracey Ullman: Terry (1985); Tracey Ullman: They Don't Know (1983); Tracy Beaker Returns (2012); Who Killed Kirsty MacColl? (2004); Wogan (1985–1991); Women in Rock (1986).

Born on this day – Johnny Green:


Johnny Green

Composer

Songwriter

Musical arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989

Friday, October 9, 2026

Born on this day – Johnnie Bassett:


Johnnie Bassett


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 9, 1935 – August 4, 2012

Credits:

Albums:

Bassett Hound (1997); Cadillac Blues (1998); I Can Make That Happen (2012); I Gave My Life to the Blues (1997); Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival (1994); Party My Blues Away (1999); The Gentleman Is Back (2009).

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Monday, September 14, 2026

Born on this day – Tom Delaney:


Tom Delaney


Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

September 14, 1889 – December 16, 1963

Credits:

Songs:

Absent Minded Blues; Alabama Blues; Down on Pennsylvania Avenue; Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die); Follow the Deal on Down; Graveyard Love; I Wanna Jazz Some More; If I Lose, Let Me Lose (Mamma Don't Mind); I'm a Back Bitin' Mama; Jazz It Blues; Jazz Me Blues; Log Cabin Blues; Move It On Out of Here; Never Drive a Beggar from Your Door; Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Mornin'; Police Blues; Sinful Blues; Slow and Steady; Somethin' Goin' On Wrong; Southbound Blues; The Down Home Blues; Troublesome Blues; Walk That Broad; You May Go but You'll Come Back Some Day.

Friday, September 11, 2026

Born on this day – Herbert Stothart:


Herbert Stothart


Songwriter

Conductor

Composer

September 11, 1880 – February 1, 1949

Credits:

10 Items or Less (2006); A Family Affair (1937); A Guy Named Joe (1943); A Lady's Morals (1930); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Adventure (1945); After the Thin Man (1936); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Angelyne (2022); Anna Karenina (1935); Asteroid City (2023); Baby Love (1986); Bachelor Bait (1934); Balalaika (1939); Banda sonora (2012); Bandstand (1966–1967); BBC Proms (2009); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Big Jack (1949); Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Bitter Sweet (1940); Blonde (2001 / 2022); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Broadway Serenade (1939); Cairo (1942); Call of the Flesh (1930); Camille (1936); Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Chained (1934); Chanel No. 5: Number 5! (1994); Chasing Yesterday (1935); China Seas (1935); Christopher Bean (1933); Combat America (1943); Come Live with Me (1941); Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004); Conquest (1937); Crazy House (1943); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Dancing on Ice (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2006); David Copperfield (1935); Day by Day (1989); Dean Martin / Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Death Note (2017); Der Andro-Jäger (1983); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil-May-Care (1929); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Diff'rent Strokes (1979); DogMan (2023); Dragon Seed (1944); Dynamite (1929); DysFunktional Family (2003); Edison, the Man (1940); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Exclusive Story (1936); Fast Company (1953); Florida Lady (1994); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Game Boys (2008); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Georgia (1995); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Going Hollywood (1933); Golden Dawn (1930); Grand Hotel (1932); Grand Piano (2013); Heavenly Creatures (1994); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Here Comes the Band (1935); High Barbaree (1947); Hills of Home (1948); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2002); Home for the Holidays (1995); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Live My Life (1935); I Married an Angel (1942); Idiot's Delight (1939); Idol (2005); If Winter Comes (1947); In Gay Madrid (1930); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); King of the Hill (1993); Kismet (1944); Kovacs on Music (1959); Laughing Boy (1934); Le chanteur de SĂ©ville (1931); Les Patterson Saves the World (1987); Little Voice (1998); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lukas (2001); M*A*S*H (1978–1979); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Curie (1943); Man of the People (1937); Man on the Moon (1999); Mannequin (1937); Marie Antoinette (1938); Master Will Shakespeare (1936); Maytime (1937); Men of Boys Town (1941); M-G-M Jubilee Overture (1954); MGM Parade (1955–1956); Monkeybone (2001); Montana Moon (1930); Moonlight Murder (1936); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Muppets Tonight (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Musical Masterpieces (1946); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992 / 2017); National Velvet (1944); Naughty Marietta (1935); New Moon (1930 / 1940); Night Flight (1933); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody Else But You (2011); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Northwest Passage (1940); Of Human Hearts (1938); Oh! Europa (1994); One Fine Day (1996); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Outcast Lady (1934); Outer Range (2022); Peg o' My Heart (1933); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1959); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Pursuit (1935); Queen Christina (1933); Queer as Folk (2004); Radio Days (1987); Random Harvest (1942); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Reckless (1935); Rio Rita (1942); Riptide (1934); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Rogue's March (1953); Romeo and Juliet (1936); Rosalie (1937); Rose-Marie (1936); Rosemarie (1965); San Francisco (1936); Saturday Night Live (1981); School Daze (1988); Scoob! (2020); Sequoia (1934); Sevilla de mis amores (1930); Shoot the Moon (1982); Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); Small Town Girl (1936); Smash (2012); Smilin' Through (1941); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); Some Like It Hot (1959); Son of Lassie (1945); Strassman: Careful What You Wish For (2014); Such a Long Journey (1998); SuperStar KZ (2004); Susan and God (1940); Sweethearts (1938); TĂĄg 56 (1943); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Teresa the Thief (1973); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Barbarian (1933); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 / 1957); The Benny Hill Show (1973); The Brady Bunch (1973); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); The Comeback (2005); The Critic (1994); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Defenders (2010); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Devil's Cabaret (1930); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Dreamers (2003); The End of St. Petersburg (1927); The Firefly (1937); The Flame Song (1934); The Florodora Girl (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Golden Girls (1992); The Good Earth (1937); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Great Morgan (1946); The Green Years (1946); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (1993); The Last Patrol (2000); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Lottery Bride (1930); The Love Boat (1980); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The March of Time (1930); The Merry Widow (1934); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Miniver Story (1950); The Night Is Young (1935); The Painted Veil (1934); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prodigal (1931); The Rainbow Pass (1937); The Rogue Song (1930); The Romance of Betty Boop (1985); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Sopranos (2000); The Spectacle Maker (1934); The Squaw Man (1931); The Stratton Story (1949); The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Voice of Firestone (1949–1951); The Wednesday Play (1965); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The White Sister (1933); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995); The Wonder Years (1990); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The Yearling (1946); They Met in Bombay (1941); They Were Expendable (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Three Little Words (1950); Three Seats for the 26th (1988); Titans (2018); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today We Live (1933); Treasure Island (1934); Tu cara me suena (2011); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Undercover Maisie (1947); Undercurrent (1946); Unmarried Couples: A Comedy That Will Break You Up (1997); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Vita da Star: Cristiano Malgioglio (2008); Viva Villa! (1934); Waterloo Bridge (1940); We Must Have Music (1941); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Wonder Boys (2000); Wreck-It Ralph (2012); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Born on this day – Ray Heindorf:


Ray Heindorf


Composer

Songwriter

August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980

Credits:

1776 (1972); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932); 42nd Street (1933); -30- (1959); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1961); A Kiss in the Dark (1949); A Lost Lady (1934); A Peck o' Trouble (1953); A Star Is Born (1954); A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); About Face (1952); Adam-12 (1971); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Affectionately Yours (1941); Alibi Ike (1935); Always Leave Them Laughing (1949); An Hour with Danny Kaye (1960); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); April in Paris (1952); April Showers (1948); Arrested Development (2005–2019); Arrowsmith (1931); Auntie Mame (1958); Back Alley Oproar (1948); Backfire (1950); Battle Cry (1955); Big City Blues (1932); Blowing Wild (1953); Blues in the Night (1941); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Brother Orchid (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934); By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953); Cain and Mabel (1936); Calamity Jane (1953); Captain Blood (1935); Castle on the Hudson (1940); Central Park (1932); Cinderella Jones (1946); City for Conquest (1940); Colleen (1936); Come Fill the Cup (1951); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Corsair (1931); Crawford at Warners (2008); Crooner (1932); Dames (1934); Damn Yankees (1958); Dangerous (1935); Daughters Courageous (1939); Desirable (1934); Each Dawn I Crow (1949); Easter Yeggs (1947); Espionage Agent (1939); Fashions of 1934 (1934); Fighter Squadron (1948); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flamingo Road (1949); Flight from Destiny (1941); Flirtation Walk (1934); Footlight Parade (1933); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Garden of the Moon (1938); Gentleman Jim (1942); Gentlemen Are Born (1934); Giant (1956); Girl on the Run (1958); Girls About Town (1931); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Going Places (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Get (1938); Harry James and the Music Makers (1953); Hell's Kitchen (1939); Hi, Nellie (1934); Highway 301 (1950); His Bitter Half (1950); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Home Before Dark (1958); Honeymoon for Three (1941); Hot Cross Bunny (1948); House Hunting Mice (1947); I Confess (1953); I Live for Love (1935); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); In Caliente (1935); Invisible Stripes (1939); Is My Face Red? (1932); It All Came True (1940); It's a Great Feeling (1949); Jan Savitt and His Band (1946); King Richard and the Crusaders (1954); Kings Row (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Ladies of Crime (1972); Ladies of the Jury (1932); Leghorn Swoggled (1951); Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948); Lilly Turner (1933); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); Love and Learn (1947); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); Lucky Me (1954); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Marty Supreme (2025); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Murder in the Clouds (1934); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Love Came Back (1940); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Naughty But Nice (1939); Navy Blues (1941); Night and Day (1946); No Time for Comedy (1940); No Time for Sergeants (1958); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971–1972); On Moonlight Bay (1951); On Your Toes (1939); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); One Way Passage (1932); Onionhead (1958); Operation Secret (1952); Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951); Palmy Days (1931); Parachute Jumper (1933); Peach O'Reno (1931); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Picture Snatcher (1933); Pretty Baby (1950); Race Street (1948); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Roman Scandals (1933); Romance on the High Seas (1948); San Antonio (1945); San Quentin (1937); Scent-imental Over You (1947); Secrets (1933); Serenade (1956); She's Back on Broadway (1953); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Shipmates Forever (1935); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sincerely Yours (1955); So This Is Love (1953); South of St. Louis (1949); South Sea Woman (1953); Stage Struck (1936); Starlift (1951); Stars Over Broadway (1935); State's Attorney (1932); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); Storm Warning (1950); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Strangers on a Train (1951); Street Scene (1931); Studio One (1952); Sugarfoot (1951–1961); Survival of Spaceship Earth (1972); Sweet Adeline (1934); Sweet Music (1935); Tall Man Riding (1955); Tea for Two (1950); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); The Big Snooze (1946); The Big Trees (1952); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Breaking Point (1950); The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Cabin in the Cotton (1932); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Command (1954); The Confessional (1995); The Counterfeit Green (1972); The D.I. (1957); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950); The Desert Song (1943); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The General (1929); The Great Lie (1941); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hard Way (1943); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Jazz Singer (1952); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Keyhole (1933); The Kid from Spain (1932); The Male Animal (1942); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Man I Love (1946); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); The Miracle (1959); The Music Man (1962); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Pajama Game (1957); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Screen Director (1951); The Sea Chase (1955); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Singing Kid (1936); The Singing Marine (1937); The Snake Pit (1948); The Song Writers' Revue (1929); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The West Point Story (1950); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Them! (1954); There Auto Be a Law (1953); This Is the Army (1943); Three on a Match (1932); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Under Eighteen (1931); Up in Arms (1944); Up Periscope (1959); Varsity Show (1937); Warner Brothers Presents (1955–1956); Week-End Marriage (1932); Where's Charley? (1952); Whoopee! (1930); Wonder Bar (1934); Wonder Man (1945); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Young at Heart (1954); Young Man with a Horn (1950).

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Born on this day – John Lee Hooker:


John Lee Hooker

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001

Born on this day – Henry "Son" Sims:


Henry “Son” Sims


Blues fiddler

Songwriter

August 22, 1890 – December 23, 1958

Credits:

Songs:

Be True, Be True Blues; Come Back Corrinna; Farrell Blues; Tell Me Man Blues.

Album:

Mississippi Blues 1927–1941; Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton; The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1 ; Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926–1949.

Television:

Once Were Brothers (2019).

Monday, August 17, 2026

Born on this day – Luther Allison:


Luther Allison


Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997

Credits:

Albums:

Bad News Is Coming (1972); Blue Streak (1995); Hand Me Down My Moonshine (1994); Here I Come (1985); I Owe It All To You (2024); Learn From The Past (2022); Let's Have A Natural Ball (1985); Let's Try It Again (1992); Life Is a Bitch (1984); Live '89: Let's Try It Again (2006); Live At Montreux 1986 (2006); Live in Chicago (1999); Live in Montreux 1976-1994 (2006); Live in Paris (1979); Love Me Mama (1969); Love Me Papa (1977); Luther Allison Live in Paris 1979 (2005); Luther's Blues (1974); Montreux 1976 (Live) (2017); More From Berlin (1990); My Time Ain't Long (2023); Night Life (1976); Pay It Forward (2002); Power Wire Blues (1979); Reckless (1997); Rich Man (1995); Serious (1987); Songs From The Road (2009); Soul Fixin' Man (1994); South Side Safari (1979); Standing at the Crossroad (1977); Sweet Home Chicago (2006); The Alligator Records Years (2013); The Motown Years 1972-1976 (1996); Time (1989); Underground (2007); When The Sun Goes Down (2024); Where Have You Been? Live In Montreux 1976-1994 (1996).

Movies and television:

Chorus (1978–1980); Cooley High (1975); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Karussell (1985–1987); Lieder & Leute (1982); Little Fires Everywhere (2020); Lord Thing (1970); Mad Money (2008); Magnum P.I. (2020); Musical express (1979); Nobody (2021); Taratata (1997); The Big Easy (1997); The Breed (2006); The Good Life (2014).

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Born on this day – Brenton Wood:


Brenton Wood


R&B singer

Songwriter

July 26, 1941 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

18 More of the Best, Vol. 2 (1999); Baby You Got It (1967); Better Believe It (2000); Brenton Wood's 18 Best (1991); Classic By Design (2000); Come Softly (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Lord Hear My Prayer (2009); Oogum Boogum (1967); Out of the Woodwork (1986); Sweet Old School (1995); This Love Is for Real (2001).

Songs:

A Change Is Gonna Come (1969); All That Jazz (1975); Another Saturday Night (1973); Baby You Got It (1967); Bless Your Little Heart (1976); Boogaloosa Louisian' (1970); Come Softly To Me (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Great Big Bundle of Love (1970); Hide-a-Way (1963); I Want Love (1966); It Only Make Me Want It More (1975); It's Just a Game, Love (1968); Let's Get Crazy Together (1978); Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' (1968); Number One (1977); Rainin' Love (You Gotta Feel It) (1975); Sad Little Song (1971); Some Got It, Some Don't (1968); Sticky Boom Boom (Too Cold) (1972); Sweet Molly Malone (1966); The Oogum Boogum Song (1967); Whoop It On Me (1969); You're Beautiful People (1973).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2008); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1968); Almost Famous (2000); American Bandstand (1967–1977); Aquarius (2015); Big Little Lies (2019); Colors (1988); Criminal Minds (2015); CrissCross (1992); Devil's Due (2014); Dogfight (1991); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Eastbound & Down (2010); England's World Cup Lionesses (2019); Festival di Sanremo (1969); Funny Woman (2022); GLOW (2018); Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991); Hard Eight (1996); Home Again (2017); Infinitely Polar Bear (2014); It's Happening (1968); Joy (2024); Life of Crime (2013); Little Fish (2020); Lorraine (2016); Love, Simon (2018); Lovelace (2013); Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln (2024); Lymelife (2008); Mortal Sins (1989); Mother and Child (2009); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. America (2020); Murphy Brown (1990); My Crazy Life (1993); On My Block (2019); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016); Pie in the Sky (1995); Playboy After Dark (1969); Poms (2019); Popdown (1969); Reptile (2023); Reversal of Fortune (1990); Scorpion (2016); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Sex Education (2021); Shopgirl (2005); Slayground (1983); Small Time (2014); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2017); The Gray Man (2022); The Groovy Show (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Playroom (2012); The Shack (2017); The Stand (2021); The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); This Fool (2022); Tohuwabohu (1998); Top of the Pops (1968); Vibrato (1968); Will & Harper (2024); Your Mother Should Know (2018).