Born on this day – Muddy Waters:

 

Muddy Waters

Blues singer

Musician

April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983

Credits:

Albums:

“Unk” in Funk (1974); After the Rain (1969); Can’t Get No Grindin’ (1973); Electric Mud (1968); Fathers and Sons (1969); Folk Singer (1964); Hard Again (Blue Sky, 1977); I’m Ready (1978); King Bee (1981); London Revisited (1974); Mud in Your Ear (1973); Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” (1960); Muddy, Brass & the Blues (1966); The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972); The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975).

Movies, television and video:

A Girls Night Out (2009); Adam Ruins Everything (2019); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); All the Way (2003); All You Need Is Love (1977); Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who (2007); American Masters (2003–2005); Anarchy in Manchester (2014); Beat-Club (1970); Bedford Springs (2002); Better Off Dead (1985); Birthmarked (2018); Black Snake Moan (2006); Black, White and Blues (1971); Blues America (2013); Blues and Gospel Train (1964); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Born in Chicago (2020); Breaking All the Rules (1985); Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017); Cadillac Records (2008); Casino (1995); Chicago Blues (1970); Chuck Brown: We Got This (2010); Daddy Day Care (2003); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Denise Calls Up (1995); Dogfight (1991); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990–1991); Entourage (2011); Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel (1981); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Family Guy (2020); Fire Down Below (1997); Fire in Babylon (2010); Flimra (1977); Foolproof (2003); Frankenstein (2015); Frank’s Place (1988); Fresh Off the Boat (2019); Get Crazy (1983); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Glory Road (2006); Going the Distance (2010); Goodfellas (1990); Great Performances (2005); Gunsmoke Blues (2004); Hendrix on Hendrix (2013); History Detectives (2005); I Hear the Blues (1963); I’m a Man (1969); It Might Get Loud (2008); Jerry and Tom (1998); Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Le grand échiquier (1972); Little Big League (1994); Mafia II (2010); Mandingo (1975); Midco Chu in Soundstage (1974); Misfits (2009); Mockingbird Lane (2012); Muddy Waters - Live at Rockpalast (1978); Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge 1981 (2012); Muddy Waters at Chicagofest (1998); Musikladen extra (1977); Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (1999); New England Music Hall of Fame (2019); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Nostalgia Critic (2008); Omnibus (1971); Once More with Felix (1968); Öronaböj (1978); Overlord (2018); Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow (2007); Prague Lounge Trio: Got My Mojo Workin’ (2019); Proof (2005); Put Your Hands Up!: The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown (2002); Rebel Highway (1994); RED (2010); Risky Business (1983); Rock-a-bye (1973); Rogue Heroes (2022); Sex Education (2019); Shakes the Clown (1991); Shine a Light (2008); Singles (1992); Smart (1985); Sneaky Pete (2017); So You Think You Can Dance (2005); Soul Man (1986); Soundstage (2003); Stand Up Guys (2012); Starbuck in Rock Concert (1977); Street Girls (1975); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966–2003); The Color of Money (1986); The David Frost Show (1971); The Devil’s Rejects (2005); The Express (2008); The Girl Next Door (2004); The Good Fight (2017); The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997); The Last Waltz (1978); The Legendary Fillmore Slim Playing the Blues (2012); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); The Man in the High Castle (2019); The Midnight Special (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Quiet One (2019); The Rainmaker (1997); The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger’s Glory Years (2011); The Shipping News (2001); The Sopranos (1999–2007); The Soul of a Man (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2021); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); The Wonder Years (1989); The Zodiac (2005); Tohuwabohu (1995–1997); True Blood (2011); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Undercover Blues (1993); Unplugged (1992); What Love Is (2007); Where the Road Runs Out (2014); Willy / Milly (1986).

On this day in movie history - The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003)

The Howlin' Wolf Story

documentary directed by Don McGlynn,

was released in the United States on November 4, 2003.

Cast:

Howlin' Wolf (a.k.a. Chester Burnett), Hubert Sumlin, Barbra Marks, Bettye Kelly, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Gordon, Mark Hoffman, Richard Shurman, Sam Phillips, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Burlison, Marshall Chess, Jody Williams, Evelyn Sumlin Goodwin, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Billy Boy Arnold, Brian Jones, Jack Good, Mick Jagger, James Cotton, John Estes (a.k.a. Sleepy John Estes), Clifton James, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mississippi John Hurt, Sunnyland Slim, Charlie Watts, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman.

On this day in movie history - Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)

Warming by the Devil's Fire

documentary directed and written by Charles Burnett,

part 4 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 1, 2003.

Additional music by Stephen James Taylor.

Cast:

Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Carl Lumbly, Ivy Cassel, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Big Bill Broonzy, Sam Chatmon, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Gary Davis, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Brownie McGhee, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, T-Bone Walker, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson.