On this day in music history:

Rossini Recital by Cecilia Bartoli (1991)

Careless Loving by Roxanne Potvin (2004)

Rossini Recital

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released February 8, 1991.

Track list: La Pastorella; Belta Crudele; Il Trovatore; La Regata Veneziana; Mi Lagnero Tacendo; Il Risentimento; La Grande Coquette; Ariette a Lancienne; L'orpheline Du Tyrol; La Legende de Marguerita; Nizza; L'ame Delaissee; Canzonetta Spagnuola; Giovanni D'arco.

Careless Loving

Album by Roxanne Potvin,

released February 8, 2004.

Track list: I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You); Make Me Yours; Ain't It a Shame; If I Can't Have You; Missing You; My Book; Don't Get Close to Me; Careless Loving; Wild Wild Young Men; Long John Blues.

On this day in movie history - Witness (1985):

Witness

directed by Peter Weir,

written by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley,

based on a story by Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace and William Kelley,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1985.
Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Ed Crowley, Timothy Carhart, Beverly May, Richard Chaves, Robert Earl Jones, Sylvia Kauders.

On this day in movie history - Taxi Driver (1976):

Taxi Driver

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1976.

Music by Bernard Hermann.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Steven Prince, Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Diahnne Abbott.

Born on this day – Niels Arestrup:

Niels Arestrup

Actor

Writer

Director

February 8, 1949 – December 1, 2024

Credits:

20 Heures le Journal (1999–2014); 8:30 p.m. on Sunday (2021); 28' (2022); 96 hours (2014); A Private Affair (2002); A Prophet (2009); Albert Savarus (1993); Will in the cinema (1976); Arte Journal (2024); At Eternity's Gate (2018); At the Field of The Night (2014); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Baron noir (2016); Broth culture (1991–1992); By the Sea (2015); C à vous (2011–2021); Calls (2019); Captain Marleau (2017); Champs-Elysées (1982); Charlie Goofy (1987); Cinema 3 (2009–2010); Citizen Langlois (1995); City Empires (1998); Sunday Click (2018); Compression (2024); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Demain les mômes (1976); Diesel (1985); Diplomacy (2014); Diplomacy: Making of (2015); Divertimento (2022); Bittersweet (1987); Dream On (2000); Du blues dans la tête (1981); Breaking and Entering (1986); En aparté (2023); Adieu (2009); Fernando Krapp wrote me this letter (2000); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Fragments of Antonin (2006); The Rise and Fall of a Small Business of Cinema (1987); Abominable Stories / Segment: The Passion of a Heartless Woman (1979); I, You, He, She (1974); Jacques Audiard - Cinema at Heart (2021); The Cherry Orchard (1982); The Dance of Death (1982); La derelitta / Cinema 16 (1977–1988); The Last Map (1974); The Abandoned Woman (1992); The Great Dune (1990); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); The War of One Man (1981); The Caesar Night (2006–2019); La nuit des Molières (1920); The animal share (2007); The Shadow's Share (2000); The Passion of a Woman Without a Heart (1979); Rumba (1987); The Crossing of the Looking Glass (2011); La vie de château (1984); The candidate (2007); The Midnight Circle (1994–1995); Le goûter chez Niels (1986); The great chessboard (1983); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007–2016); The Big Night (1976); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980); The Picnic of Lulu Kreutz (1999); The Rainbow Warrior (2006); The Return of Elisabeth Wolff (1982); The Saturday Novel (1980); Le Temps des Cerises (2008); The Whirlwind of Days (1979); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977); The Last Days of the Victim (1995); The enquêtes by Éloïse Rome (2002); The Heirs (1981); The Wolves Between Them (1985); Black Butterflies (2022); Wild Ponies (1983); The secrets of the Princess of Cadignan (1982); Letters to a Young Poet (2010); The invitation (2009); The Guest (2021); The Blue Bird (1981); Lulu (1978); Lumière (1976); Manon Roland (1989); Meeting Venus (1991); Memoirs of a French Whore (1979); Plural of Monsieur The Jurors (1974); Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men (1974); Myster Mocky Presents (2020); Nowhere Else (1995–2000); On est en direct (2021); One can't please everyone (2001); On n'est pas couché (2015–2016); Our Children (2012); Papa lumière (2015); Parlez-moi d'amour (2002); The more it goes, less (1977); Profession (2018); Rausch der Verwandlung (1989); Return to Montauk (2017); Rewind (1998); Sarah's Key (2010); Second Chance (1976); See You Up There (2017); Alone (1981); Sincerely Charlotte (1985); Small World (2010); Leaving the factory 2017 (2017); Stavisky (1974); Studio Gabriel (1996); Suite black (2009); Tauwetter (1977); Télé Caroline (1989); The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005); The Big Picture (2010); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007); The Dune (2013); The French Minister (2013); The Future Is Woman (1984); Tea or coffee (2001–2015); The Song of Roland (1978); The Woman Cop (1980); Villa Caprice (2020); Foreign City (1988); Vivement dimanche (2015–2019); Briskly next Sunday (2011–2021); War Horse (2011); You Will Be My Son (2011).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).

Born on this day – James Dean:

James Dean

Actor

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

Credits:

The Big Story (1953–1957); Giant (1956); Crossroads (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1955); East of Eden (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Danger (1953–1954); Kraft Theatre (1954); The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Pepsi Commercial (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre (1952–1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Omnibus (1953); Studio One (1952–1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Treasury Men in Action (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); You Are There (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Family Theatre (1951).

Born on this day – Jack Lemmon:

Jack Lemmon

Actor

February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001