Born on this day – Tampa Red:

Tampa Red

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981

Beatrix Potter, on writing:

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story.

You never quite know where they'll take you.

- Beatrix Potter.

On this day in music history - Clouds Below, by 2002 (2023):

The album Clouds Below,

by 2002,

was released on January 7, 2023.

On this day in music history: Connections, by Sherry Finzer (2022):

The album Connections,

by Sherry Finzer,

was released on January 7, 2022.

On this day in music history - Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway, by Renée Fleming… (2014):

The album Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway,

by Renée Fleming, Staatskapelle Dresden,

Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt,

was released on January 7, 2014.

On this day in music history - The Beautiful Voice, by Renée Fleming (1998):

The album The Beautiful Voice,

by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra,

was released on January 7, 1998.

On this day in movie history - King of the Underworld (1939):

King of the Underworld,

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1939.
A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), directed by William Dieterle.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin, Elliott Sullivan, Alan Davis, John Harmon, John Ridgely, Richard Bond, Pierre Watkin, Charles Trowbridge, Edwin Stanley, Sherwood Bailey, Clem Bevans, Sidney Bracey, Frank Bruno, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, William Gould, John Harron, Lew Harvey, Herbert Heywood, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, Mickey Kuhn, Al Lloyd, Paul M. MacWilliams, Jack Mower, Jimmy O'Gatty, Paul Panzer, Richard Quine, John J. Richardson, Ann Robinson, Cliff Saum, Janet Shaw, Carl Stockdale, Doc Stone, Charles Sullivan, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson.