Jack Kost

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Born on this day – Angela Lansbury:

Angela Lansbury

Actress

Singer

October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022

Born on this day – Linda Darnell:

Linda Darnell

Actress

October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All Star Revue (1953); America After Dark (1957); America in Color (2018); Angels of Darkness (1954); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Biography (1999); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blood and Sand (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Buffalo Bill (1944); Burke's Law (1964); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Centennial Summer (1946); Chad Hanna (1940); Cimarron City (1958); Cineficción Radio / Podcast Series (2020); City Without Men (1943); Climax! (1957); Dakota Incident (1956); Day-Time Wife (1939); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Everybody Does It (1949); Fallen Angel (1945); Folk Music Theater (1962); Forever Amber (1947); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); G.I. Journal (1944); Hangover Square (1945); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hotel for Women (1939); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Island of Desire (1952); It Happened Tomorrow (1944); It Happens in Roma (1955); I've Got a Secret (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006); My Darling Clementine (1946); MythBusters (2007); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Way Out (1950); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pursuit (1958); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Second Chance (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Show-Business at War (1943); Slattery's Hurricane (1949); Star Dust (1940); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Studio 57 (1958); Summer Storm (1944); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); The 13th Letter (1951); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Castilian (1963); The Costume Designer (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1956–1957); The Great John L. (1945); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Lady Pays Off (1951); The Linkletter Show (1957); The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942); The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Walls of Jericho (1948); This Is My Love (1954); This Is Your Life (1957); Two Flags West (1950); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Train (1958); What's My Line? (1956); You Asked for It (1958); Your First Impression (1962); Yours for a Song (1963); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Molly O'Day:

Molly O'Day

Actress

October 16, 1909 – October 22, 1998

Credits:

Skull and Crown (1935); Lawless Border (1935); The Law of the 45's (1935); Bars of Hate (1935); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Hired Wife (1934); Divorce Sweets (1933); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Playthings of Desire (1933); Get That Venus (1933); Devil on Deck (1932); Sob Sister (1931); Sea Devils (1931); Sisters (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); The Lovelorn (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); The Patent Leather Kid (1927).

Born on this day – Big Joe Williams:

Big Joe Williams

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982

Credits:

Songs:

49 Highway Blues; Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey; Baby Please Don't Go; Big Road Blues; Black Gal; Blues for Gamblers; Bye, Bye, Blues; Crawlin' King Snake; Drop Down Mama; First Meeting; Flour Dough Blues; Hand Me Down My Old Walking; Highway 49; House Lady Blues; I May Be Wrong; I Wanna Die Easy When I Die; If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay; Jivin' Woman; Juanita; King Biscuit Stomp; Little Leg Woman; Mellow Apples; Motherless Children; My Grey Pony; P Vine Blues; Ramblin' On My Mind; She Left Me A Mule To Ride; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Sugar Mama; Tell Me Mama; Vitamin A; Wimmin From Coast To Coast.

Albums:

An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 2 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 4; The Complete Singles 1935-1941 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 5; The Complete Singles 1942-1960 (2021); Baby Please Don't Go (2019); Back To The Country (1964); Back to the Roots (2023); Big Joe Williams (1964); Big Joe Williams at Folk City (1963); Big Joe Williams King Of The Delta Blues (2023); Blues Bash (1973); Blues for 9 Strings; Blues Masters Vol. 6 - Big Joe Williams (2009); Chewred Up Grass (2019); Chicago ‘63 (2023); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1945-1949) (1991); Delta Blues Live (2019); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); Fantastic Music for Christmas (All the Greatest Tracks) (2016); Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues on Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine String Guitar) (Digitally Remastered) (2021); Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (1969); Hell Bound and Heaven Sent Blues (1968); Highway 49 (2018); I Got Wild (2003); Instinctively the Blues - Big Joe Williams (2020); Just the Blues, 1958-1961, (24 Successes) (Blues Left Texas) (2018); Malvina My Sweet Woman (1974); Meet Me Around the Corner (Nothing But the Blues) (2012); Nine Strings (2020); No More Whiskey (1998); Piney Wood Blues (1997); Piney Woods Blues (1958); Po' Joe (1999); Studio Blues (1964); The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (1969); The Blues Collection: Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't Go (1994); The Blues Collective - Big Joe Williams (2023); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 1 (2020); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 2 (2020); The Original Ramblin' Bluesman 1945-1961; The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 - Blues (2 Of 4) (2007); These Are My Blues (Live) (1998); Throw a Boogie Woogie; Watergate Blues (2000); Wild Cow Blues (2018).

Movies, television and video:

AC/DC: Baby, Please Don't Go (1976); American Masters (2005); Archer (2014); Blue Chips (1994); Blues Odyssey (2003); Count Basie at Carnegie Hall (1981); Countdown (1974); Drop Zone (1994); Focus (2015); Friday Night Football (2015); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Metal Evolution (2011); Nightmare Code (2014); Otis (2008); Out of Sight (1966); Passage to Mars (2016); Poor White Trash (2000); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1995); She's Out of Control (1989); Shindig! (1965); Swing In (1968); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festivals: The British Tours 1963-1966 (2007); The Beach Boys (2024); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966); The Buttercup Project (2010); The Devil's Music (1979); The Instigators (2024); The Led Zeppelin Story (2004); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); Treme (2011); Two Weeks to Live (2020); Wild at Heart (1990).