Born on this day – Kris Kristofferson:

Kris Kristofferson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

A Moment of Forever (1995); Border Lord (1972); Breakaway (with Rita Coolidge) (1974); Closer to the Bone (2009); Easter Island (1978); Feeling Mortal (2013); Full Moon (with Rita Coolidge) (1973); Jesus Was a Capricorn (1972); Kristofferson (1970); Natural Act (with Rita Coolidge) (1978); Repossessed (1986); Shake Hands with the Devil (1979); Spooky Lady's Sideshow (1974); Surreal Thing (1976); The Austin Sessions (1999); The Cedar Creek Sessions (2016); The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971); Third World Warrior (1990); This Old Road (2006); To the Bone (1981); Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame (1975).

Movies and television:

14 Hours (2005); 16 Years of Alcohol (2003); 2007 CMT Music Awards (2007); 2007 CMT Music Awards Red Carpet (2007); 20th Annual Country Music Awards (1986); 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1991); 29th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1995); 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006); 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (2007); 7 Minutes (2014); 8th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1974); A Company of Players (2008); A Concert: Behind Prison Walls (1977); A Night to Remember - May 5th, 1973 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (2020); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998); A Special Anne Murray Christmas (1981); A Star Is Born (1976); Adventures of the Old West (1995); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997–2001); Ali 70 from Las Vegas (2012); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All Tied Up (1981); Allelujah (2022); American Dad! (2005); American Idol (2010); American Masters (2010–2016); American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006); American Roots Music (2001); American Veteran Awards (2003); America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996); Amerika (1987); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999); An Evening with Kris Kristofferson (2013); Angels Sing (2013); Ànima (2013); Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991); Aumenta que é Rock'n'Roll (2024); Austin City Limits (1997); Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years (2014); Australian Story (2014); Bad Deal (2021); Banda sonora (2007); Barbra Streisand in Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Barbra Streisand: Woman in Love (1981); Barbra: With One More Look at You (1977); Be Here to Love Me (2004); Beat Shazam (2018); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); Best Friend from Heaven (2017); Between Heaven and Hell (2008); Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Billboard No. 1 Music Awards (1977); Biography (1994–2009); Blade (1998); Blade II (2002); Blade: Trinity (2004); Blaze (2018); Blood & Orchids (1986); Bloodworth (2010); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2017–2023); Blue Money (1985); Blue Rodeo (1996); Blume in Love (1973); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Boboquivari (1971); Bones / Stand Up to Cancer (2010); Born on the Rez (2018); Brandi Carlile: That Wasn't Me (2012); Brats: Our Journey Home (2006); Breakfast (2008–2010); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Bridge School News (2011); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Brothers' Destiny (1995); Californication (2009); Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of 'Walk the Line' (2005); Chelsea Walls (2001); Cher (1975); Christmas in Connecticut (1992); Cilla (1973); Cisco Pike (1971); Clay Pigeon (1971); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Close Up / Isabelle Huppert: Message personnel (2020); CMA Awards Live: Greatest Moments 1968-2015 (2017); CMA Red Carpet 2006 (2006); CMT Insider (2006 / 2009); CMT: 20 Greatest Country Bands (2005); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (2006); Code 37 (2009); Cold Water (1994); Columbo (1974); Comanche (2000); Coming and Going (1994); Controversy (2004); Convoy (1978); Corsage (2022); Country at the BBC (2011); Country Comes Home (1982); Country Music (2019); Crook & Chase (2009); Crossing the Heart (2007); Dance with Me (1998); Dead Man's Gun (1997–1999); Deadfall (2012); Dean Martin Presents Music Country (1973); Denk mit Kultur (2017); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Dinah! (1975); Disappearances (2006); Disco 2 (1970); Dolezal Backstage (2015); Dolly (1976–1977); Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton: Treasures (1996); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dolly Parton: Treasures (1996); Dolphin Tale (2011); Dolphin Tale 2 (2014); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1977–1978); Down Dog (2015); Dreamer (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972); El tiempo de la felicidad (1997); Elvis: Love Me Tender - The Love Songs (2009); Elvis: Return to Tupelo (2008); Elvis: The Tribute (1994); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2005); Entertainment Circle (2011); Entertainment Tonight (1987 / 2008); Everyman (1978); Eye See You / aka D-Tox (2002); Fallout: New Vegas (2010); Farm Aid '87 (1987); Fast Food Nation (2006); Fat City (1972); Festival Express (2003); Filmkrönikan (1996); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Fire Down Below (1997); Flashpoint (1984); Flip (1972); Folsom, Cash & the Comeback (2006); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); For Sale by Owner (2009); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004); Forever Young (2022); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Freedom Road (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Gala de l'Unicef (1979); Gent de paraula (2011); Get Up, Stand Up (2003); Girls' Night (1998); Glastonbury 2017 (2017); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1977); Grammy Living Legends (1989); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma / Black Sequence (1986); Great Performances (1994–2007); Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2012); Gun (2005); Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind (2010); Handy Manny (2009); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hank Williams: The Man and His Music (1980); Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012); Heaven's Gate (1980); Hee Haw (1985); Here I Am (2011); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); He's Just Not That Into You (2009); Hickok (2017); Highwaymen Live!!! (1990); Hollywood maudit (2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Hour Magazine (1987); House of Boys (2009); How the West Was Lost (2008); Human Nature (2001); I Am Divine (2013); I Am What I Am (1987); I Love You Phillip Morris (2009); Ich möcht' so gern Dave Dudley hör'n (1979); If Beale Street Could Talk (2018); I'm Not There (2007); Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert (2015); Immaculate Funk (2000); In Concert (1972 / 1975); In Performance at the White House Country Music (2011); Indecent Proposal (1993); Inflammable (1995); It All Begins with a Song (2018); Jaco (2015); Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015); Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); John Ford Goes to War (2002); John Rich: Shuttin' Detroit Down (2009); Johnny Cash i København (1971); Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute (2003); Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015); Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down (2006); Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (2000); Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years (1980); Johnny Cash: The Last Great American (2004); Johnny Cash's America (2008); Johnny Reid: Heart & Soul - A Place Called Love Live in Concert (2011); Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (2019); Joyful Noise (2012); Kam zmizel ten starý song (2004); Karaoke Revolution Party (2005); Knees-Up (1982); Knights (1993); Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993); Kris Kristofferson: RockWalk Induction (2006); Kunst gegen Gewalt (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2006); Late Night with David Letterman (1984–2011); Lawless Range (2018); Legends & Lyrics Reboot: 8-Part All-Star Concert (2023); Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2009); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Limbo (1999); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (1998); Lives of the Saints (2004); Lone Star (1996); Loquillo leyenda urbana (2008); Lords of the Street (2008); Lost in Music (1995); Lucky You (2007); Made to Order (1979); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Man Maid (2008); Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut (2003); Mascara (1987); Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1996); Midnight Stallion (2013); Millennium (1989); Miracle in the Wilderness (1991); Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper: (619) 239-KING (1989); Molokai (1999); Monsanto Night Presents Engelbert Humperdinck... In Bermuda (1974); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); Mr Inbetween (2021); Muscle Shoals (2013); My Darling Vivian (2020); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Nashville North (1971); NetForce (1999); Night of the Cyclone (1990); Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity' (2005); No Place to Hide (1992); Nothing Compares (2022); On Location: The Comedy Store's 11th Anniversary Show (1983); On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (2011); One Life to Live (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One-Trick Pony (1980); Opry Memories (2011); Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007); Opry Video Classics: Love Ballads (2007); Opry Video Classics: Queens (2007); Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000); Original Intent (1990); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Paint (2023); Pair of Aces (1990); Paper Hearts (1993); Passion & Poetry - Peckinpah's last western (2024); Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes (2017); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film (2014); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013); Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove (2006); Payback (1999); Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000–2001); Pharaoh's Army (1995); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Woman (1975); Pop story (1971); Powder Blue (2009); Pre-Madonna (2004); Promised Land (2012); Quarry (2016); Raamit ränniin (1985); Requiem for Billy the Kid (2006); Ricky Nelson Sings (2005); Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny & June (2006); Road to Austin (2014); Road to Nowhere (2010); RocKwiz (2005); Roger Miller Remembered (1998); Rollin' on the River (1971); Rollover (1981); Romantic Guide to Lost Places (2020); Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' (2004); Room 10 (2006); Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta (2011); Running Mates (2000); Sacred Tibet: The Path to Mount Kailash (2006); Saint Jack (1979); Salute! (1983); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Sandino (1990); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 1982); Saxofonhallicken (1987); Second Chances: The Making of 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' (2004); Semi-Tough (1977); Silver City (2004); Sing Country (1982); Singer-Songwriters at the BBC (2010); Sjans (1992); Small Axe (2020); Snow Buddies (2008); Sodbusters (1994); Something Wild (1986); Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (2007); Songwriter (1984); Sounds Like Friday (1978); Soundstage (2004); Southland Tales (2006); Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (2009); Stagecoach (1986); Standing Room Only (1982); Stars in Their Eyes (1996); Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up (1980); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Stillwater (2021); Summertime (2015); Sun Records and the Johnny Cash Sound (2008); Sunday Morning Coming Down (2010); Sunday Night Live (1984); Suomen suosikit (1994); Super 88 (1987); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1991); Sword of Honour (1986); Tad (1995); Tatort (2009); Tavis Smiley (2009); Taxi Driver (1976); Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976); Tennessee Waltz (1989); Texas 150: A Celebration (1986); Texas Monthly Talks (2006); Texas Rising (2015); Texas, Our Texas Inaugural Gala (1991); The 10th Anniversary Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1985); The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (1972); The 16th Annual Grammy Awards (1974); The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 2012 Billboard Music Awards (2012); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980); The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1988); The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (1981); The 26th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1991); The 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1992); The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987); The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (2009); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000); The Big Breakfast (1995); The Break (2003); The Child Wanderers (2010); The Colbert Report (2009); The Comedy Store (2020); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fear Inside (1992); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1971); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972–1973); The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The Heaven and Earth Show (2004); The Highwaymen: Highwayman (1986); The Highwaymen: Silver Stallion (1990); The Hottest State (2006); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Hoyt Axton Country Western Boogie Woogie Gospel Rock and Roll Show (1975); The Ice Storm (1997); The Jacket (2005); The Jacket: Project History and Deleted Scenes (2005); The John Denver Show (1973); The Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1978); The Johnny Cash Show (1970–1971); The Joyriders (1999); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1994); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Last King of Scotland (2006); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010); The Leisure Seeker (2017); The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris (2016); The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (2017); The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005); The Long Kill (1999); The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984); The Making of 'Fallout: New Vegas' (2010); The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007); The Mark Twain Prize: Richard Pryor (1999); The Marty Stuart Show (2012); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1973); The Midnight Special (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Motel Life (2012); The Muppet Show (1978); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The Ninth Annual Diversity Awards (2001); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1972); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006–2010); The Other Side of Nashville (1984); The Panama Deception (1992); The Photograph (2020); The Porter Wagoner Show (1970–1971); The Real George Carlin (1973); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Righteous Babes (1998); The Righteous Gemstones (2022); The Rolf Harris Show (1972); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1970); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973); The Star (2017); The Storm Over Amerika (1987); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1987); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999–2012); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); The Tracker (1988); The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter (1979); The View (2005); The Voice (2015); The War at Home (1996); The Wendell Baker Story (2005); The Winning Hand (1985); The World's Greatest Gigs (2005); The X Factor UK (2004); Theater in Trance (1981); Tom Smothers' Organic Prime Time Space Ride (1971); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began (2005); Top of the Pops (1977 / 1979); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1979 (2014); Traded (2016); Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter (2011); Trouble in Mind (1985); Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993); Trudell (2005); True Detective (2014); Two for Texas (1998); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); U Turn (1997); Unconditional Love (2002); Undeniably Donnie (2015); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Unité 9 (2013); VH1 Legends (1996); Vigilante Force (1976); Walking After Midnight (1988); Watchmen (2009); Watercolor Postcards (2013); We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012); Welcome Home (1989); Wendy Matthews: I've Got to Have You (1999); We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited (2015); West Wing Week (2011); What Rats Won't Do (1998); Wheeler (2017); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003); Willie Nelson & Family (2023); Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (2003); Willie Nelson American Outlaw (2020); Willie Nelson: My Life (1991); Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 (1993); Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration (2023); Willie: The Life and Music of Willie Nelson (1996); Wisdom (2008); Wogan (1987); Wooly Boys (2001); Young Ones (2014); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).

Born on this day – Louis Alter:

Louis Alter

Composer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 18, 1902 – November 5, 1980

Born on this day – Richard M. Sherman:

Richard M. Sherman

Songwriter

June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:

Carmine Coppola

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

Born on this day – Hattie McDaniel:

Hattie McDaniel

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Comedian

June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952

Credits:

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

Born on this day – Skip James:

Skip James

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

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

Albums:

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

Movies and television:

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

Born on this day – Memphis Minnie:

Memphis Minnie

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973

Credits:

Songs:

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

Albums:

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

Born on this day – Papa Charlie McCoy:

Papa Charlie McCoy

Blues musician

Songwriter

May 26, 1909 – July 26, 1950

Credits:

Music:

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

Born on this day – Kansas Joe McCoy:

Kansas Joe McCoy

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950

Credits:

Songs:

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

Born on this day – Ted Bogan:

Ted Bogan

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

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

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).

Born on this day – Sonny Curtis:

Sonny Curtis

Singer

Songwriter

May 9, 1937 – September 19, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Beatle Hits Flamenco Style Guitar (1964); Love Is All Around (1980); Rollin' (1981); Sonny Curtis (1979 / 2007); Spectrum (1987); The 1st of Sonny Curtis (1968); The Sonny Curtis Style (1969).

Songs:

A Beatle I Want to Be; Atlanta Georgia Stray; Buddy Holly Medley; Cowboy Singer; Day Drinker; Destiny's Child; Do Your Remember Roll Over Beethoven, Eager for the Edge; Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover; How Little Men Care; Hung Up in Your Eyes; I Fought the Law; I Like Your Music; I Wanna Go Bummin' Around; It’s Not Easy Being Fifteen; Love Is All Around; Married Women; My Little Girl; Now I’ve Got a Heart of Gold; Peggy Sue; Rock 'n' Roll; Soul Fever; Talk About My Baby; The Collector; The Mary Tyler Moore Show / Them; The Real Buddy Holly Story; The Straight Life; This Is the Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing; This Time Tomorrow; Walk Right Back; You Made My Life a Song.

Movies and television:

55th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2020); 7th Heaven (1999); A Good Year (2006); A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010); A.P. Bio (2018); Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007); Arena (1984–1985); Ashes to Ashes (2008); Attachments (2000); Aurora Borealis (2005); Badge '69' (1974); Bees Make Honey (2017); Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert (2020); Broadcast News: James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice (2011); Brothers: The Return (2006); Buddy Holly: Rave On (2017); Buffalo Gun (1961); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Cannonball (2017); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022 / 2025); Cheers (1990); Christine (2016); City on a Hill (2022); Classic Albums (2019); CODA (2021); Convoy (1978); Cook Off! (2007); Crossing Jordan (2007); Daddy's Home (2015); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011); Dawson's Creek (2002); Donkey Xote (2007); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); EastEnders (2006); El camino de Martín Negri (2021); Evening Shade (1990–1991); Family Guy (2000–2009); Family Switch (2023); Femme Fatales (2011); Firehouse Dog (2007); For All Mankind (2021); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2021); Get It Together (1978); Gila! (2012); Glory Daze (2010); GLOW (2018); Go Fact Yourself (2023); Gone (2006); Hawaii Five-0 (2012); Hee Haw (1980); Hellfest (2019); History of the Euros (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Rod (1979); In Living Color (1993); Intermission (2003); Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Live! (2001); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Just for Fun (1963); Killer Elite (2011); Kings of Rock 'n' Roll (2008); Kiss the Future (2023); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Leo Sayer: More Than I Can Say (1980); Les invincibles (2005); Love & Kisses (1965); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mafia III (2016); Man of the House (2005); Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (2015); Mary and Rhoda (2000); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Masterminds (2016); Miami Vice (1985); Mooch (1974); Motive (2016); My Dead Boyfriend (2016); My Family (2025); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993–1994); Ocean's Eight (2018); Orphan Black (2016); Poor Little Rich Girl (1965); Por Ahora (2013); Prima che la notte (2018); Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Real Wild Child: Joan Jett Music Video Anthology (2003); Reckless Kelly (1993); RoboCop (2014); Rogue Heroes (2022); Rökrock - The Non-History of Rock'n Roll (1990); Rude Boy (1980); She's the Man (2006); Shindig! (1965); Sing a Country Song (1973); Sing Street (2016); Sleeping Dogs (2012); St. Vincent (2014); Stillwater (2021); Strictly Come Dancing (2004); Swingin' Along (1961); Tatort (2014); The '70s (2000); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1965); The Brass Teapot (2012); The Brothers O'Toole (1973); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Clash: I Fought the Law (1988); The Doctor J & Dangerous Dave Dog & Pony Show (2023); The Electric State (2025); The Final Day (2000); The Good Guys (2010); The Help (2011); The Hunting Party (2007); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Love Punch (2013); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Midnight Special (1980–1981); The Muppet Show (1980); The Project (2023); The Simpsons (1995–2003); The Skull (2010); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1961); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Wonder Years (1991); This Life (1997); Top of the Pops (1979–1980); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tracy Beaker Returns (2010); Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006); Travelin' Light (1971); Unforgettable: The Sweeney (2012); Union Square (1997–2000); Unzipped (1995); War on Everyone (2016); We Can Be Heroes (2020); Wine Dancing (2015); Young Sheldon (2017).

Born on this day – Robert Johnson:

Robert Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Harmonic player

Songwriter

May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938

Credits:

Album:

Robert Johnson: The Centennial Collection (2011).

Movies, video and television:

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

Born on this day – Angela Bofill:

Angela Bofill

Singer

Songwriter

May 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Angel of the Night (1979); Angie (1978); Angie / Expanded Edition (1978); Carl Anderson (1986); I Wanna Love Somebody (1993); Intuition (1988); Let Me Be the One (1984); Live from Manila (2006); Love in Slow Motion (1996); Something About You (1981); Something About You / Expanded Edition (2002); Teaser (1983); Tell Me Tomorrow (1985); The Best of Angela Bofill (1986); The Definitive Collection (1999); The Essential Angela Bofill (2014); Too Tough (1983).

Movies and television:

Body Electric (2004); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Friends in Love (1983); Nina Live! (2005); Soul Train (1983); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); Unsung (2012).

Born on this day – Johnny Tillotson:

Johnny Tillotson

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

April 20, 1938 – April 1, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 All-time Greatest Hits (2001); Afternoon Party (2014); All His Early Hits - And More!!! (1990); Color Blocking (2014); Country Classics (1962); Dreamy Eyes (2017); Earth Angel (2022); Greatest Hits (1988); Here I Am (2019); I Fall To Pieces (2016); In Italiano (2023); It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' (1962); Johnny Tillotson (1972); Johnny Tillotson Live From Church Street Station (2017, EP); Johnny Tillotson on Broadway (2018); Johnny Tillotson Sings (1965); Johnny Tillotson Sings Love Songs and Standards (2003); Johnny Tillotson: The Early Years (2003); Johnny Tillotson's Best (1961); No Love at All (1966); Poetry in Motion (2013); Raining In My Heart (2011); Scrapbook (1984); She Understands Me (1965); Sings (1966); Take a Coffee Break (2014); Talk Back Trembling Lips (1963); Talk Back Trembling Lips / The Tillotson Touch (1991); Tears on My Pillow (1969); Teatime With (2014); Teen Idol Best (2011); Ten songs for you (2018); That's My Style (1965); The Best of Johnny Tillotson (1968); The Christmas Touch (1966); The Complete Releases 1958-62 (2018); The Golden Recordings (2007); The Outtakes (2011); The Pillow & Other Successes (2020); The Tillotson Touch (1964); The Very Best Of (2015); Travelin' on Foreign Grounds (2014); Why Do I Love You So (1962); Without You (2008); Words & Music (1959); You Can Never Stop Me Lovin' You (2018 / 1962); You're the Reason: The Best of the MGM Years (1996).

Songs:

Angel; Back in Love with You; Burnin'; Cling to Me; Dreamy Eyes; Earth Angel; Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands; Heartaches by the Number; I Rise, I Fall; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'm Watching My Watch; Island of Dreams; Jimmy's Girl; More Than Before; My Gidget; Our World; Out of My Mind; Pledging My Love; Poetry in Motion; Princess, Princess; Send Me the Pillow You Dream On; Tears on My Pillow; That's What You Do to Me; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Things; True True Happiness; Well I'm Your Man; Why Do I Love You So; Without You; Worried Guy; Worry; You Can Never Stop Me Loving You.

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); American Bandstand (1958–1971); American Masters (2012); Bandstand (1962); Big Beat (1960); Call the Midwife (2016); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Day Break (2006); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); England Is Mine (2017); Fanfare (1965); Festival di Sanremo (1965); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Get It Together (1970); Gidget (1965–1966); Girls (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Bubblegum (1981); Hylands hörna (1962); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Juke Box Jury (1963–1965); Just for Fun (1963); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Mad Men (2015); Music City USA (1967); Namida kun sayonara (1966); New Dimensions (2025); Now! (1966); On Strike for Christmas (2010); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Rock & Chips (2010); Rock and Roll at Fifty (2003); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Seventh Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1971); Sha Na Na (1978); Shindig! (1965); Shivaree (1965); Swingin' Country (1966); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1962–1965); That'll Be the Day (1973); The Bob Braun Show (1968–1972); The Call of the Wild (1976); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1967); The David Frost Show (1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Clark Show (1959–1960); The Fat Spy (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Midnight Special (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1976); Tough Enough (1983); Tunnel Vision (1995); Upbeat (1965); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Why Women Kill (2019).

Born on this day – Doctor Clayton:

Doctor Clayton

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 19, 1898 – January 7, 1947

Credits:

Albums:

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

Born on this day – Gary Moore:

Gary Moore

Musician

Songwriter

April 4, 1952 – February 6, 2011

Born on this day – Lucille Bogan:

Lucille Bogan

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948

Credits:

Albums:

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

Movies and television:

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

Born on this day – Sonny Boy Williamson:

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues singer

Harmonicist

Songwriter

March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948

Credits:

Music:

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

Movies and television:

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