On this day in music history - Signature – Solo, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2015)

Signature – Solo,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on April 30, 2015.

Born on this day – Jill Clayburgh:

 

Actress

April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); ABC Wednesday Night Starter Kit (2008); Ally McBeal (1999–2001); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Biography (1996 / 1999); Bridesmaids (2011); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Crowned and Dangerous (1997); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 (2011); De Palma (2015); De película (1987); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Dolce cinema (1984); Eligible Dentist (1993); Everything's Relative (1999); Falling (2001); Fear Stalk (1989); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); First Monday in October (1981); Fools Rush In (1997); For the Love of Nancy (1994); Frasier (1998); Gable and Lombard (1976); Going All the Way (1997); Going Places (1973); Good Morning America (1979–1993); Griffin and Phoenix (1976); Hanna K. (1983); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994); Hustling (1975); I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982); In Our Hands (1983); It's My Turn (1980); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Law & Order (1998); Le grand pardon II (1992); Leap of Faith (2002); Lincoln (1992); Love & Other Drugs (2010); Luna (1979); Madonna in The Eighties (2016); Maude (1974); Medical Center (1974); Miles to Go... (1986); My Little Assassin (1999); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked in New York (1993); Never Again (2001); Nip/Tuck (2004); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991); Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991); Rich in Love (1992); Running with Scissors (2006); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Search for Tomorrow (1969–1970); Semi-Tough (1977); Sex: The Revolution (2008); Shock-a-bye, Baby (1973); Shy People (1987); Silver Streak (1976); Sins of the Mind (1997); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Starting Over (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Art of Crime (1975); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Choice (1969); The Face on the Milk Carton (1995); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Movies (2019); The Only Living Boy in New York (2000); The Only Thrill (1997); The Practice (2004); The Rockford Files (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1972); The Telephone Book (1971); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The Wedding Party (1969); The Wonderful World of Disney (2003); Theater Talk (2010); Today (1979); Trial: The Price of Passion (1992); Trinity (1998–1999); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unspeakable Acts (1990); Untitled Eric Gilliland Project (2002); When Innocence Is Lost (1997); Where Are the Children? (1985); Whispers in the Dark (1992); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Working in the Theatre (1976).

Born on this day – Burt Young:

Actor

Writer

Painter

April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023

Credits:

The Final Code (2021); Tomorrow's Today (2021); Whack the Don (2021); Beckman (2020); Road to the Lemon Grove (2019); Bottom of the 9th (2019); Vault (2019); Epiphany (2019); The Brawler (2019); Tapestry (2019); The Amityville Murders (2018); Sarah Q (2018); The Selfish Ones (2018); Kevin Can Wait (2018); The Neighborhood (2017); King Rat (2017); Horace and Pete (2016); The Dicks (2016); Fall 4 You (2015); Irene & Marie (2015); Lostland (2015); The Elevator (2015); Tom in America (2014); Zarra's Law (2014); Rob the Mob (2014); Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958 (2013); Ci vediamo domani (2013); Abigail Harm (2012); The Shoemaker (2012); Win Win (2011); Hot Hot Heat: Goddess on the Prairie (2010); Kingshighway (2010); Medium Rare (2010); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); New York, I Love You (2008); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Hack! (2007); Go Go Tales (2007); Blue Lake Butcher (2007); Rocky Balboa (2006); Revoloution (2006); Nicky's Game (2005); Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005); Transamerica (2005); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); Land of Plenty (2004); The Wager (2004); Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004); I'm with Her (2004); The Handler (2003); Crooked Lines (2003); And She Was (2002); Alternate Realities (2002); Kiss the Bride (2002); The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002); Checkout (2002); Cugini (2001); Plan B (2001); The Sopranos (2001); The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001); Never Look Back (2000); The Boys Behind the Desk (2000); The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000); Gioco di specchi (2000); Very Mean Men (2000); Table One (2000); L'uomo della fortuna (2000); Blue Moon (2000); The Wasteland (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Loser Love (1999); The Florentine (1999); Thinking About Africa (1999); One Deadly Road (1998); Stone Cutter (1998); Cuori in campo (1998); Heaven Before I Die (1997); The Good Life (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–1997); Before Women Had Wings (1997); The Deli (1997); The Undertaker's Wedding (1997); She's So Lovely (1997); The Last Don (1997); Kicked in the Head (1997); Law & Order (1997); The Outer Limits (1997); Hit & Run (1997); Firehouse (1996); North Star (1996); Bless This House (1995); Undercover (1994); Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993); Double Deception (1993); Berlin '39 (1993); Excessive Force (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Bad Girls (1992); Alibi perfetto (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Americano rosso (1991); Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990); Bright Angel (1990); Rocky V (1990); Diving In (1990); Backstreet Dreams (1990); Club Fed (1990); Betsy's Wedding (1990); Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989); Going Overboard (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Blood Red (1989); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Medium Rare (1987); Roomies (1987); Back to School (1986); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); Rocky IV (1985); The Equalizer (1985); A Summer to Remember (1985); Miami Vice (1984); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984); You and Me Kid (1983); Lookin' to Get Out (1982); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Rocky III (1982); ...All the Marbles (1981); Blood Beach (1980); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); Rocky II (1979); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Convoy (1978); The Choirboys (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Rocky (1976); The Rockford Files (1976); Baretta (1975–1976); Woman of the Year (1976); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Serpico (1976); The Killer Elite (1975); Murph the Surf (1975); Hustling (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); The Gambler (1974); The Great Niagara (1974); Chinatown (1974); Cinderella Liberty (1973); M*A*S*H (1973); The Connection (1973); Across 110th Street (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); Born to Win (1971); Carnival of Blood (1970); The Doctors (1969).

Born on this day – Cloris Leachman:

Actress

Comedienne

April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2002 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2002); 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2006); 2009 Game Show Awards (2009); 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (2011); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Brand New Life (1973); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); A Little Piece of Heaven (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Troll in Central Park (1994); A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016); ABC Afterschool Specials (1973); ABC Late Night (1976); Access Hollywood (2017); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Adam-12 (1968); Adult World (2013); Adventure Time (2012); Adventure Time (2016); Advice to the Lovelorn (1981); AFI Life Achievement Award (2004–2016); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alex & Emma (2003); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962); America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976); American Cowslip (2009); American Gods (2017–2019); American Masters (2013); American Playhouse (1985); Annabelle's Wish (1997); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (2020); Baby, Baby, Baby (2015); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bad Santa (2003); Beach Girls (2005); Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996); Beerfest (2006); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Being and Nothingness (2019); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (2013); Between Love and Honor (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1951); Biography (1995–2005); Blind Alleys (1985); Blue Mountain State (2010); Bob's Burgers (2016); Brando (2007); Bravo Profiles (2001); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Buzz (2005); Cain's Hundred (1961); Carnegie Hall (1947); Castle in the Sky (1986); Castle in the Sky: Character Sketches (2010); Castle in the Sky: Creating 'Castle in the Sky' (2010); Castle in the Sky: The World of Laputa (2010); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2021); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015); Celebrity Wife Swap (2015); Champ Kind vs. Dorothy Mantooth (2014); Charley and the Angel (1973); Charlie Wild, Private Detective (1950–1952); Checkmate (1960); Chelsea Lately (2010); Cher (1975); Cities for People (1975); Clarence (2016); Climax! (1955–1958); Comedy Central Roasts (2008); Crazy Love (2003); Crazy Mama (1975); Creative Galaxy (2014–2016); Crime Club (1973); Crook & Chase (1996); Cubed (2010); Daisy Miller (1974); Dancing with the Stars (2008–2009); Danger (1951–1953); Deadly Intentions (1985); Death Scream (1975); Death Sentence (1974); Diagnosis Murder (2001); Dillinger (1973); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dying Room Only (1973); Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom (2003); Elena of Avalor (2018–2020); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2021); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie, Madge and Artie (1974); Expecting Mary (2010); Fade to Black (1993); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Family Dinner (2009); Family Guy (2005); Ferris Bueller (1990); Fine Things (1990); Food, Wine & Friends (1979–1980); Foodfight! (2012); Foolin' Around (1980); Franklin & Bash (2014); Frontier Circus (1961); Frontier Justice (1959); Gambit (2012); Gen¹³ (1998); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Gilbert (2017); Girl Meets World (2014–2015); Going My Way (1962); Going to the Chapel (1988); Good Morning America (1975 / 2021); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Gunsmoke (1956–1961); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Hanging Up (2000); Hansel and Gretel (1987); Happy Ending (2013); Happy Family (2003); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawthorne (2009); HBO First Look (2004); Hellbent for Heaven (2002); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Anxiety (1977); High Holiday (2021); History of the Sitcom (2021); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009); Hitchhike! (1974); Hold It Please (1949); Hollywood Squares (2002); Hot in Cleveland (2013); Hour Magazine (1981–1986); I Can Only Imagine (2018); In Broad Daylight (1991); In the Cutz (2006); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Intimate Portrait (2003); Ironside (1969); Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016); It Happened One Christmas (1977); It's Who You Know (2018); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jump, Darling (2020); Justice League Action (2017–2018); Justice League Action Shorts (2017); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2010); Katie (2013); Kirstie (2013); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); Ladies of the Corridor (1975); Lake Placid 2 (2007); Lancer (1969); Laramie (1962); Larry King Live (1990–1993); Lassie (1957–1958); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2018); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lez Bomb (2018); Listen to Me Marlon (2015); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2011); London Garcia Entertainment Show (2013); Long Journey Back (1978); Love & Money (2000); Love Hurts (1990); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love Takes Wing (2009); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Mad About You (2019); Making a Scene (2010); Making American Cowslip (2010); Malcolm in the Middle (2001–2006); Manna from Heaven (2002); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maury (1996–1997); Maybe This Time (1995); Mel and His Movies (2012); Men at Law (1971); Miracle Child (1993); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Miss America: Beyond the Crown (1994); Monty Hall's Variety Hour (1976); Mr. Novak (1965); Mrs. Harris (2005); Mrs. R's Daughter (1979); Music of the Heart (1999); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); My Strange Uncle (1981); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2021); NBC Presents (1949); Never Too Late (1996); New York, I Love You / Joshua Marston (2008); NFL Players Association Awards Dinner (1973); Night Gallery / You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972); Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995); Norm (2000); Not to Forget (2021); Now and Then (1995); Obsession: Letters to David Lynch (2011); Of Thee I Sing (1972); On Marlon Brando: George Englund & Cloris Leachman (2017); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Step Beyond (1959); Our House (1987); Outlaws (1960); Password (1972); Perfectly Frank (1982); Perry Mason (1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1974); Phineas and Ferb (2009–2014); Phyllis (1975–1977); Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991); Pioneers of Television (2011–2019); Piper's Picks TV (2020); Ponds Theater (1953–1954); Ponyo (2008); Prancer (1989); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); Promised Land (1996–1997); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Raising Hope (2010–2014); Rawhide (1960); Recalculating (2016); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Rhoda (1974); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rome Is Burning (2007–2008); Route 66 (1962); Royal Pains (2016); Run for Your Life (1967); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Saints and Sinners (1962); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015); Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration (1984); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Shadow Play (1986); She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (2002); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); Sky High (2005); So B. It (2016); Someone I Touched (1975); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Spanglish (2004); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Speechless (2008); Spies (1993); Star Stage (1955); Stoney Burke (1962); Studio One (1951); Studio One Documentary (2002); Suddenly Single (1971); Sunday Dinner (1991); Super Night at the Super Bowl (1976); Suspense (1951–1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); Teachers (2019); Telephone Time (1957); Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976); Texasville (1990); Thanks (1999); That Girl (1970); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 26th Annual Genesis Awards (2012); The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974); The 27th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1975); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Acorn People (1981); The Amati Girls (2000); The Animal (2001); The Arsenio Hall Show (1990 / 2014); The Associates (1979); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Picture (2007); The Big Valley (1967); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Bob & Ray Show (1951–1953); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008–2009); The British Academy Awards (1979); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Californians (2005); The Chapman Report (1962); The Clock (1950); The Comedian (2016); The Croods (2013); The Croods: A New Age (2020); The David Frost Show (1972); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Defenders (1964); The Demon Murder Case (1983); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctors (2013); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Eleventh (2016); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Factor (2009–2014); The Facts of Life (1986–1988); The Facts of Life Down Under (1987); The Fields (2011); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990); The Gliksmans (2017); The Great Malones (2006); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020–2021); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Iron Giant (1999); The John Kerwin Show (2009); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2010); The Little Troll Prince (1987); The Longest Yard (2005); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Loretta Young Show (1960–1962); The Love Boat (1976–1985); The Love Boat (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Man in the Moon (1960); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Mask (1954); The Megan Mullally Show (2006); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1976); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Millers (2015); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Mouse and His Child (1977); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppet Show (1978); The Name of the Game (1968); The Nanny (1994); The New Breed (1962); The New Original Wonder Woman (1975); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Office (2009); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour (1977); The People Next Door (1970); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Rack (1956); The Road West (1967); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (1991); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Steagle (1971); The Talk (2011–2012); The Titanic Chronicles (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2004–2012); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno / Cop 'n Kitty (2010); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1961 / 2003); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Virginian (1967–1969); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way They Were (1981); The Web (1954); The Wedding Bells (2007); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2011); The Women (2008); The Year: 2021 (2021); This Is Happening (2015); This Is Your Life (1987); Thriller (1960); Thursday's Game (1974); To Tell the Truth (2017); Today (1975–2015); Today (2021); Top Gear USA (2012); Totally Tracked Down (2010); Touched by an Angel (1997–2003); Tournament of Roses Parade (2009); TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (2008); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Two and a Half Men (2005); Unity (2015); Wagon Train (1962); Walk Like a Man (1987); Walter & Emily (1991–1992); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2012); When We Last Spoke (2019); Willa (1979); Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993); WUSA (1970); Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977); Yesterday (1981); You Again (2010); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: Building the Perfect Beast (1999); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Eve Arden:

 

Actress

April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990

Credits:

A Child Is Born (1939); A Gift of Music (1981); A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); A Very Missing Person (1972); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1987); Alice (1980); All My Darling Daughters (1972); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amazing Stories (1986); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); At the Circus (1939); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Bedtime Story (1941); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Bewitched (1966); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Town Czar (1939); Biography (2001); Bloopermania (1987); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (1978); Cactus Creek (1950); CBS: On the Air (1978); Checkmate (1961); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Climax! (1956); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Comrade X (1940); Cover Girl (1944); Crawford at Warners (2008); Dancing Lady (1933); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dinah! (1978); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Eternally Yours (1939); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); Flying High (1979); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Grease (1978); Grease 2 (1982); Great Performances (1983); Gypsy (1967); Hart to Hart (1980); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Help, Inc. (1972); Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hour Magazine (1984); I Love Lucy (1955); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); In Name Only (1969); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1972); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Laredo (1965); Last of the Duanes (1941); Let's Face It (1943); Letter of Introduction (1938); Life with Linkletter (1970); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love, American Style / Love and the Contact Lens / Love and the New Roommate (1971); Manpower (1941); Masquerade (1983); Maude (1977); Mildred Pierce (1945); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Reputation (1946); My Three Sons (1962); Night and Day (1946); No, No, Nanette (1940); Nuts and Bolts (1981); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Oh, Doctor (1937); One Touch of Venus (1948); Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956); Our World (1987); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Paid in Full (1950); Pan-Americana (1945); Pandemonium (1982); Password (1962–1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Patrick the Great (1944); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1960); Personality (1967); Philbin's People (1970); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Run for Your Life (1966); San Antonio Rose (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); She Couldn't Say No (1940); She Knew All the Answers (1941); Sing for Your Supper (1941); Slightly Honorable (1939); Song of Love (1929); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Stage Door (1937); Star Bloopers (1979); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Tea for Two (1950); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Costume Designer (1950); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Show (1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1959); The Doughgirls (1944); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Eve Arden Show (1957–1958); The Forgotten Woman (1939); The George Gobel Show (1959); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Grease Yearbook (1998); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Liberace Show (1969); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Milton Berle Show (1948); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1969); The Movie Game (1971); The Name's the Same (1953); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pet Set (1971); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986); The Strongest Man in the World (1975); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1967); The Unfaithful (1947); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); This Is Your Life (1972); Three Husbands (1950); Today (1982); Under the Rainbow (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Vega$ (1979); We, the People (1949); We're Not Married! (1952); What's It All About, World? (1969); What's My Line? (1955); Whiplash (1948); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Women in the Wind (1939); You Don't Say (1966); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004).

Mark Twain, on reading:

 

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain.

On this day in music history - By a Wire, by Jennifer DeFrayne (2014)

By a Wire

by Jennifer DeFrayne

was released on April 29, 2014.

On this day in movie history - Tolkien (2019)

Tolkien

directed by Dome Karukoski,

written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Al Bollands, Kallum Tolkien, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Laura Donnelly, Guillermo Bedward, Nia Gwynne, Pam Ferris, Adrian Schiller, Albie Marber, Ty Tennant, Adam Bregman, Tony Nash, Michael Bryceson, Andrew Bissell, Owen Teale, Mimi Keene, Sian Crisp, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney, Antony Barlow, James MacCallum, David Puckridge, David Bromley, Lara Maguire, Holly Dempster, Jane Dixon-Rowland, Genevieve O'Reilly, David Birkbeck, Colin Burnie, Derek Jacobi, Andy Orchard, Frank Kerr, Rob Rhys Bond, Joel Phillimore, John Bradfield, Mia Woods, Sienna Woods, Paul Gurcel Escudero, Harry Webster, Jack Riley.

On this day in movie history - Bad Country (2014)

Bad Country

directed by Chris Brinker,

written by Jonathan Hirschbein,

based on a story by Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, Tom Abernathy and Jonathan Hirschbein,

was released in the United States on April 29, 2014.

Music by Jeff Danna and John Fee.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Don Yesso, Kevin Chapman, Christopher Denham, Alex Solowitz, John Edward Lee, Ritchie Montgomery, Frederick Weller, Patrick Brinker, Jeff Leaf, Bill Duke, Tom Berenger, Lazarus Jackson, Aldo Juliano, Dane Rhodes, Lex D. Geddings, Jake La Botz, Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, John Lafayette, JD Evermore, Pat Fisher, Ron Gural, Matt Thompson, Hugh Wilson, Eddie Matthews, Dylan Yesso, John Braymer, Erika Bruun-Andersen, Gayle James, Caitlin Kearney, Mike Quintana, James Lew, Roger Behle, Mary Lane Haskell, Duane Cothren, Jarvis Green, Stephanie Carpenter, Garth Currie, Bobby Greer, Zach Hartman, Luke Hawx, Charles Hunt, De'Cha LaVeau, Hans Marrero, J. Travis Merendino, Gustavo I. Ortiz, James Ourso, Rehnan Overmiller, Michael Rhoads, Jason Stanly, Ronn Surels, Shirley Tregre, Joseph Uzzell, Bob Walker, Glen Warner, Jesse Yarborough.

On this day in movie history - The Hunger (1983)

The Hunger

Directed by Tony Scott,

written by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas,

based on the novel by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on April 29, 1983.

Music by Howard Blake, Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.

Song in opening scene: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.

Additional music includes:

• Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
• Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert.

Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Rufus Collins, Suzanne Bertish, James Aubrey, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill, Shane Rimmer, Bauhaus, Douglas Lambert, Bessie Love, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, Sophie Ward, Philip Sayer, Lise Hilboldt, Michael Howe, Edward Wiley, Richard Robles, George Camiller, Oke Wambu, Kent Miller, Fred Yockers, Susan Hunter, James Wassenich, Allan Richards, Hilary Six, Carole-Ann Scott, Howard Blake, Jane Leeves, Derek Lyons, Peter Murphy, James Payne.

Born on this day – Lane Smith:

 

Actor

April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005

Born on this day – Irvin Kershner:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010