On this day in music history - Dog & Butterfly, by Heart (1978):

Dog & Butterfly

Album by Heart,

released October 7, 1978.

Track list:

Cook With Fire; High Time; Hijinx; Straight On; Dog & Butterfly; Lighter Touch; Nada One; Mistral Wind; Heartless (Live); Feels; A Little Bit.

On this day in movie history - Rolling Thunder (1977):

Rolling Thunder

directed by John Flynn,

written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould,

based on a story by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1977.
Music by Barry De Vorzon.
Song San Antone performed by Denny Brooks.

Cast:

William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, Carol Sowa, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew, Lawrason Driscoll, Lisa Blake Richards, Randy Hermann, James Victor, Charles Escamilla, Pete Ortega, Cassie Yates, Jordan Gerler, Jacque Burandt, Paul A. Partain, James N. Harrell, Jane Abbott, Jerry Brown, Anthony Castillo, Rudy T. Gonzales, Robert K. Guthrie, Ray Gutierrez, Michael Nakamura, James Conner, Cheyenne Rivera, Robert Raymond Reyes, Arturo R. Tamez Jr., Bob Tisdale, Autry Ward, West Ward, William Vance White, Michael R. Witte, Alan Wong, Janet Quist.

On this day in movie history - Monte Walsh (movie & novel):

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

Recommended reading:

Monte Walsh

By Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

On this day in movie history - The Last Ride (1944):

The Last Ride

directed by D. Ross Lederman,

written by Raymond L. Schrock,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1944.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker, Jack La Rue, Cy Kendall, Wade Boteler, Mary Gordon, Harry Lewis, Tod Andrews, Leah Baird, Eddy Chandler, Clancy Cooper, Ross Ford, Eddie Foster, Jack Gardner, Creighton Hale, John Harmon, Howard Hickman, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Hank Mann, John Maxwell, Frank Mayo, Dolores Moran, Jack Mower, Pat O'Malley, Virginia Patton, Harry Strang, Charles Sullivan, Elliott Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, Norman Willis.

On this day in movie history - Meet the Girls (1938):

Meet the Girls

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart, Wally Vernon, Erik Rhodes, Constantine Romanoff, Jack Norton, Emmett Vogan, Paul McVey, Harlan Briggs, Carol Adams, Billy Bevan, Ralph Brooks, James B. Carson, Alan Davis, Larry Dods, Lester Dorr, Dick Elliott, Allen Fox, Jack Gargan, Creighton Hale, Harry Hayden, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Fred Kohler Jr., Stanley Mack, David Newell, William Newell, Tom O'Grady, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, William Wagner, Bruce Warren, June Wilkins.

Born on this day – Austin Stoker:

Austin Stoker

Actor

October 7, 1943 – October 7, 2022

Credits:

Give Till It Hurts (2022); Fire and Ice (2021); Double Down (2020); 3 from Hell (2019); Descention (2016); Shhhh (2014); Machete Joe (2010); Between the Lines (2006); Sleeper Cell (2005); Black Leather Soles; The District (2003); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); Mach 2 (2000); Two Shades of Blue (1999); Arli$$ (1997); The Bold and the Beautiful (1991–1992); A Girl to Kill For (1990); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Falcon Crest (1989); Uninvited (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1984–1986); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Airwolf (1985); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Hotel (1984); Time Walker (1982); Lou Grant (1977–1981); Terror Among Us (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Roots (1977); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975–1977); Riding with Death (1976); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Bronk (1975); Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); 'Sheba, Baby' (1975); Police Story (1975); Abby (1974); Airport 1975 (1974); The Rookies (1972); The Get-Man (1974); Chopper One (1974); Kojak (1974); McCloud (1974); Horror High (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Monty Nash (1971); Men at Law (1970); The Aquarians (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Mod Squad (1969).

Born on this day – Martha Stewart:

Martha Stewart

Actress

October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021

Credits:

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Are You with It? (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Convicted (1950); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Doll Face (1945); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); In a Lonely Place (1950); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Musical Chairs (1955); My Three Sons (1965); Our Man Higgins (1963); Songs for Sale (1952); Surf Party (1964); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); The Stork Club (1955); Those Two (1952–1953).