Born on this day – Scrapper Blackwell:

Scrapper Blackwell

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962

Credits:

Albums:

A Blues (2018); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); Blue Night Blues (2000); Blues Before Sunrise + Mr. Scrapper's Blues (2014); Blues Night Blue (2019); Kokomo (2021); Penal Farm Blues (2021); Presenting Scrapper Blackwell (1929); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Scrapper Blackwell - Music History (2021); Scrapper Blackwell 1959-1960 (2005); Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 1 (1928-1932) (2005); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Very Best Of (2009); The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell (2006); Trouble Blues (2019); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Back Door Blues; Be-Da-Da-Bum; Blue Day Blues; Blue Night Blues; Blues Before Sunrise; Cold Blooded Murder; D Blues; Down and Out Blues; Down South Blues; Four Day Rider; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; Hard Time Blues; How About Me; How Long Blues No. 1; I Believe I'll Make a Change; I Won't Miss You When You're Gone; Lifeboat Blues; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama; My Dream Blues; My Heart Struck Sorrow; My Old Pal; My Old Pal Blues; Naptown Blues; Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Pack Up Her Trunk Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Scrapper Blackwell; Shady Lane; When the Sun Goes Down; Whiskey Man Blues.

Born on this day – Celia Lovsky:

Celia Lovsky

Actress

February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979

In Star Trek (1967).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Aimee De Rivery (1955); Airport (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Arrest and Trial (1964); Because You're Mine (1952); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965–1966); Bonanza (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bright Leaf (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Champ for a Day (1953); Channing (1963); Checkmate (1961); Chicago Deadline (1949); Crash Landing (1958); Crusader (1955); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); Dragnet (1953–1959); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); Emergency! (1974); Fireside Theatre (1952); Flaming Fury (1949); For the Love of Spock (2016); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Foxfire (1955); Front Row Center (1956); G.E. True (1963); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); General Electric Theater (1957–1960); Going My Way (1962); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Gunslinger (1961); Hank (1965); Harlow (1965); Harrigan and Son (1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hitler (1962); Hong Kong (1960); I Mobster (1959); Insight (1965); It Takes a Thief (1970); Johnny Staccato (1960); Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Make Haste to Live (1954); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1974); Me and the Colonel (1958); Michael Shayne (1961); Mr. Lucky (1960); Mystery Is My Business (1954); New York Confidential (1955); Night Into Morning (1951); One Step Beyond (1959); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Passport to Danger (1954); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Producers' Showcase (1956); Public Defender (1955); Rhapsody (1954); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Riverboat (1960); Rumble on the Docks (1956); Run for Your Life (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sealed Verdict (1948); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Soylent Green (1973); Star Trek (1967); Steve Canyon (1958–1959); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1948); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Telephone Time (1956–1957); Texas Lady (1955); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1963); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Heat (1953); The Big Valley (1966); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Californians (1958); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doomsday Flight (1966); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1960); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Flying Nun (1967); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Garment Jungle (1957); The Gene Krupa Story (1959); The Great Adventure (1963); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Jumping Jack (1930); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Lineup (1957); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Millionaire (1957–1959); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963); The Opposite Sex (1956); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Power (1968); The Scarf (1951); The Snake Pit (1948); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Star and the Story (1955); The Story of Three Loves / Segments: The Jealous Lover / Mademoiselle (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Texan (1960); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Untouchables (1960); The Waltons (1973); This Is the Life (1955); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); Tightrope (1960); Trooper Hook (1957); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Wagon Train (1958); While the City Sleeps (1956); Whirlybirds (1958); Zweimal Hochzeit (1930).

Born on this day – Léo Delibes:

Léo Delibes

Composer

February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891

Recommended reading - The Garden Murder Case (1935):

The Garden Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

# 9 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1935.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1631942050

ISBN-13: 9781631942051

Description:

In the ninth novels in the series, "The Garden Murder Case," Philo Vance investigates a murder and other suspicious events connected with the rooftop garden of the Garden’s New York penthouse, where a group friends gather to listen to the result of horse races.

According to one review, Garden runs on “passion, avarice, ambition and horse-racing.” It also runs on pure 1930s octane, because this is a classic house-party murder mystery, that staple of the Golden Age. As befitting a Philo yarn, of course, it’s a very Manhattan house-party, with an actress and a socialite on hand, and a bookie on the telephone. There’s also a losing bet on the ponies, and an ensuing suicide…but Philo, natch, is not sure just who pulled the trigger. A joy, as always, for readers who delight in Philo’s spectacular brand of awfulness – is there anyone snootier’ Snobbier’ More taken with himself’ – but also for fans of the Impossible Crime.

E. L. Konigsburg, on writing:

Finish.

The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish.

Don't talk about it.

Do it.

Finish.

- E. L. Konigsburg.

On this day in music history - Poèmes, by Renée Fleming (2012):

Poèmes

Album by Renée Fleming,

released February 20, 2012.

Track list:

Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 7. Les deux guerriers; Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 8. Le collier; Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 9. Prière exaucée; Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou - Il n'y avait que des troncs dechirés...; Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou - J'ai revé que je vous portais entre mes bras...; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le temps l'horloge; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le masque; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le dernier poème; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge – Interlude; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Envirez-vous; Renée Fleming - Poèmes - Ravel, Messiaen, Dutilleux.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Star Witness.

Released February 20, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by Leonard Kantor.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Virginia Vincent, Paul Picerni, Terry Becker, Abbey Shelton, Sidney Clute, Mary Gregory, John Perri.