Born on this day – Vincent Gardenia:

Vincent Gardenia

Actor

January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992

Credits:

The Super (1991); L.A. Law (1986); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); Age-Old Friends (1989); Skin Deep (1989); Cavalli si nasce (1989); Cheeeese (1988); Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987); Moonstruck (1987); American Playhouse (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985); Brass (1985); Movers & Shakers (1985); Dark Mirror (1984); Kennedy (1983); Charley's Aunt (1983); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Ciao nemico (1982); Death Wish II (1982); Thornwell (1981); Breaking Away (1980); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980); That's Life (1979); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Marciano (1979); The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979); Home Movies (1979); Insight (1960); Firepower (1979); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Greased Lightning (1977); Fire Sale (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); Luna di miele in tre (1976); The Big Racket (1976); La banca di Monate (1976); Bordella (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Kojak (1973); Dean's Place (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Front Page (1974); Death Wish (1974); All in the Family (1971); The Carpenters (1973); Lucky Luciano (1973); Bang the Drum Slowly (1973); Cops (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); The Rookies (1972); Maude (1972); Love, American Style (1969); Hickey & Boggs (1972); McCloud (1970); Sarge (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Little Murders (1971); Where's Poppa? (1970); Jenny (1970); This Town Will Never Be the Same (1969); Mission: Impossible (1966); Ironside (1967); Coronet Blue (1967); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Mannix (1967); The Rat Patrol (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); I Spy (1965); The Fugitive (1963); The Monkees (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Hawk (1966); Seaway (1965); Ben Casey (1961); New York Television Theatre (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Third Day (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Memorandum for a Spy (1965); The Rogues (1964); The Defenders (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); East Side/West Side (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); Ride with Terror (1963); A View from the Bridge (1962); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Untouchables (1959); The Hustler (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1959); The Edge of Night (1956); Murder, Inc. (1960); Deadline (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Naked City (1958); Kraft Theatre (1947); Cop Hater (1958); Decoy (1957); Studio One (1948); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The House on 92nd Street (1945).

Lawrence Clark Powell, on writing, speaking and reading:

Write to be understood,

speak to be heard,

read to grow.

- Lawrence Clark Powell.

On this day in music history - Distant Light, by Renée Fleming (2017):

Distant Light

Album by Renée Fleming,

was released on January 6, 2017.

Track list:

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.24; Hillborg: 1. Black Sea [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 2. Dark Harbor XX [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 3. Dark Harbor XXXV [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 4. Dark Harbor XI [The Strand Settings]; Sigurdsson, Guðmundsdóttir: Virus; Sigurdsson, Guðmundsdóttir: Joga; Guðmundsdóttir: All Is Full of Love.

On this day in movie history - Dillinger (1991):

Dillinger

directed by Rupert Wainwright,

written by Paul F. Edwards,

was released in the United States on January 6, 1991.
Music by David McHugh.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Yvonne Suhor, John Philbin, Amy Yasbeck, David Neidorf, Vince Edwards, Lawrence Tierney, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Krawic, Ramsay Midwood, Ralph Wood, Tom White, Malcolm Rothman, Kurt Naebig, Rod Sell, Peggy Roeder, Lucy Childs, Joe Greco, Will Zahrn, Larry Brandenburg, Tim Grimm, Laurel Cronin, Mike McKune, Bob O'Donnell, Greg Kinnear, Larry Gittelson, Rebecca Borter, Jim Ortlieb, Gary Houston, Lance Alberti, Bill Belongia, Ernest Capponi, Laurence S. Chess, Bart Heimburger, Michelle Radish, Tom Simons, Mark Smith, Steven Marcus Smith, Neil Willenson, Sam Younghans.

Born on this day – Doris Troy:

Doris Troy

R&B singer

Songwriter

January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Another Look (2024); Doris Troy (1970); I'll Do Anything - The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (2011); Just One Look (1963); Sings Just One Look (2023); Soul Legend (2011); Stretchin' Out (1974).

Songs:

Ain’t That Cute; All That I’ve Got; But I Love Him; Can't Hold On; Dearest Darling; Don’t Call Me No More; Exactly Like You; Face Up to the Truth; Games People Play; Get Back; Give Me Back My Dynamite; Gonna Get My Baby Back; He Don't Belong to Me; Heartaches; Hurry; I'll Do Anything; Jacob’s Ladder; Just One Look; Lazy Days; One More Chance; Please Little Angel; So Far; Soul Legend; Special Care; Stretchin' Out; Tell Him I'm Not Home; Tomorrow Is Another Day; Trust in Me; What You Will Blues; What'cha Gonna Do; What'cha Gonna Do About It; You Give Me Joy Joy; You Tore Me Up Inside.

Movies and television:

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1970); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Bandstand (1965); Blood Ties (2013); Buster (1988); Calendar Girl (1993); Caught (2018); Clickbait (2021); Cold Case (2005); Colour My Soul (1973); Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011); Festival of Entertainment (1974); Get Crazy (1983); Gossip Girl (2021); Hjälten (1990); In Concert (1974); Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971); Lift Off (1970); Loot (1970); Lost Girl (2012); Love Child (2014); Mama I Want to Sing (2011); Mermaids (1990); Murder Trial (1996); My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (2010); Nashville (2016); Now! (1966); Radio Wonderful (1974); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965–1966); Redfern Now (2013); Ringo Starr: Sentimental Journey (1970); Shindig! (1964); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Sounds for Saturday (1972); That's the Way of the World (1975); The '70s (2000); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961); The All Together (2007); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Price of Fame or Fame at any Price (1969–1970); The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020); They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop (2008); Top of the Pops (1970); We Are Who We Are (2020); Werner and the Wizard of Booze (1990); Where the Action Is (1966).

Born on this day – E. L. Doctorow:

E. L. Doctorow

Writer

January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015

Credits:

Welcome to Hard Times (1960); Big As Life (1966); The Book of Daniel (1971); Ragtime (1975); Drinks Before Dinner (1979); Loon Lake (1980); American Anthem (1982); World's Fair (1985); Billy Bathgate (1989); The Waterworks (1994); City of God (2000); The March (2005); Homer & Langley (2009); Andrew's Brain (2014); Lives of the Poets (1984); Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake (2003); Sweet Land Stories (2004); Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry (2011); All the Time in the World (2011); Essays and Conversations (1983); Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 (1993); Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92 (1994); Lamentation: 9/11 (2002); Reporting the Universe (2003); Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 (2006); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); Writing New York (1998); The Best American Short Stories 2000 (2000); The Good Parts (2000); Writers on Writing (2001).

Born on this day – Vic Tayback:

Vic Tayback

Actor

January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990

Credits:

MacGyver (1985); Horseplayer (1990); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Act Naturally (1989); Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers (1989); Criminal Act (1989); Loverboy (1989); Tales from the Darkside (1983); The Under Achievers (1987); The Three Kings (1987); Adderly (1986); The Love Boat (1977); Treasure Island (1986); Weekend Warriors (1986); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Alice (1976); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); Hotel (1983); Fantasy Island (1977); Matt Houston (1982); Mysterious Two (1982); The Shape of Things (1982); T.J. Hooker (1982); The Time Crystal (1981); Flo (1980); The Night the City Screamed (1980); CHiPs (1977); Gridlock (1980); Rage! (1980); This Year's Blonde (1980); Portrait of a Stripper (1979); Time Express (1979); Supertrain (1979); Sweepstakes (1979); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); Vega$ (1978); The Cheap Detective (1978); Getting Married (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1968); James at 16 (1977); The Choirboys (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); The Shaggy D.A. (1976); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); McCloud (1970); Special Delivery (1976); The Big Bus (1976); Family (1976); Bronk (1975); The Practice (1976); Medical Center (1969); No Deposit, No Return (1976); Dark Victory (1976); The Black Bird (1975); The Blue Knight (1975); Cannon (1971); Switch (1975); On the Rocks (1975); Insight (1960); Khan! (1975); Barney Miller (1975); Lepke (1975); Report to the Commissioner (1975); The Rookies (1972); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); The Gambler (1974); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); All in the Family (1971); Griff (1973); Maxie (1973); Papillon (1973); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Blue Knight (1973); The Alpha Caper (1973); Cops (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Partners in Crime (1973); Emergency! (1972); The Partridge Family (1970); Honor Thy Father (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); Mod Squad (1968); Gunsmoke (1955); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Super (1972); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Arlene Golonka in Call Holme (1972); The F.B.I. (1965); Longstreet (1971); Ironside (1967); Death Follows A Psycho (1972); Arnie (1970); They Call It Murder (1971); Mannix (1967); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); Columbo (1971); Blood and Lace (1971); Bewitched (1964); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); The Young Lawyers (1969); The Silent Force (1970); Bonanza (1959); Here Come the Brides (1968); Lancer (1968); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Land of the Giants (1968); The Outsider (1968); The Good Guys (1968); The Felony Squad (1966); That Girl (1966); Mission: Impossible (1966); Bullitt (1968); With Six You Get Eggroll (1968); Star Trek (1966); Judd for the Defense (1967); The Monkees (1965); Cimarron Strip (1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Get Smart (1965); Captain Nice (1967); Occasional Wife (1966); Family Affair (1966); Gambit (1966); Daniel Boone (1964); Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966); Love on a Rooftop (1966); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); F Troop (1965); Rawhide (1959); The Lieutenant (1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Dr. Kildare (1961); Saints and Sinners (1962); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Surftide 77 (1962); Five Minutes to Live (1961); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); North to Alaska (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959); Gangster Story (1959); Lock Up (1959); T-Bird Gang (1959); The Power of the Resurrection (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); Buckskin (1958).