Saturday, March 8, 2025

On this day in music history - Out of Time, by R.E.M. (1991):


Out of Time

Album by R.E.M.,
released March 8, 1991.

Track list:

Radio Song; Losing My Religion; Low; Near Wild Heaven; Endgame; Shiny Happy People; Belong; Half A World Away; Texarcana; Country Feedback; Me In Honey.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Velvet Stakeout.
Released March 8, 1960.
Directed by William Witney.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Whitney Blake, John Shay, Malcolm Atterbury, Oliver McGowan.

On this day in music history - Blues, by Lonnie Johnson (1960):


Blues

Album by Lonnie Johnson,
recorded March 8, 1960.

Track list:

Don't Ever Love; No Love for Sale; There's No Love; I Don't Hurt Anymore; She-Devil; One-Sided Love Affair; Big Leg Woman; There Must Be a Way; She's Drunk Again; Blues 'Round My Door; You Don't Move Me; You Will Need Me.

Born on this day – Cass Warner:


Cass Warner


Director

Producer

Writer

March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2024


Credits:

23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards (2013); American Masters (2008); Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (2005); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); HOPPER: In His Own Words (2012); Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights (1998); Switch (1977); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Dini Petty Show (1989); The Joan Rivers Show (1993).

Born on this day – Matthew Lewis:


Matthew Lewis


Photographer

Photojournalist

March 8, 1930 – October 2, 2024

Credits:

Awarded Pulitzer Prize for work with The Washington Post in 1975.

Born on this day – Lore Segal:


Lore Segal


Writer

Translator

Teacher

Actress

March 8, 1928 – October 7, 2024

Credits:

Books:

All the Way Home (1973); An Absence of Cousins (2024); Half the Kingdom (2013); Her First American (1985); Ladies' Lunch (2023); Lucinella (1976); More Mole Stories and Little Gopher, Too (2005); Morris the Artist (2003); Mrs. Lovewright & Purrless Her Cat (1993); Other People's Houses (1973); Shakespeare's Kitchen (2007); Tell Me a Mitzi (1977); Tell Me a Trudy (1977); The Best American Short Stories 1990 (1990); The Book Of Adam To Moses (1987); The Journal I Never Kept (2019); The Story of King Saul and King David (1991); The Story of Old Mrs. Brubeck (1981); Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories (2004).

Movies and television:

Crossing Delancey (1988); Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000); My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports (1996); Vielleicht habe ich Glück gehabt / Maybe I was lucky (2003).

Born on this day – Cyd Charisse:


Cyd Charisse


Actress

Dancer

March 8, 1922 - June 17, 2008

Credits:

Empire State Building Murders (2008); Frasier (1995); Burke's Law (1995); Swimsuit (1989); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Glitter (1984); Sentimental Journey (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Portrait of an Escort (1980); The Love Boat (1979); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Medical Center (1975); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Maroc 7 (1967); The Silencers (1966); Assassination in Rome (1965); Something's Got to Give (1962); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Checkmate (1961); Five Golden Hours (1961); Black Tights (1960); Party Girl (1958); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Deep in My Heart (1954); Brigadoon (1954); Easy to Love (1953); The Band Wagon (1953); Sombrero (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Wild North (1952); The Mark of the Renegade (1951); ast Side, West Side (1949); Tension (1949); Words and Music (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); On an Island with You (1948); The Unfinished Dance (1947); Fiesta (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By / Roberta (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); This Love of Mine (1944); In Our Time (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Something to Shout About (1943); This Love of Mine (1942); The Gay Parisian (1941); Escort Girl (1941).