Born on this day – Butterfly McQueen:

 

Actress

January 8, 1911 – December 22, 1995

Credits:

The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Mosquito Coast (1986); American Playhouse (1986); ABC Afterschool Specials (1972); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Amazing Grace (1974); The Phynx (1970); The Green Pastures (1957); Beulah (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Studio One (1948); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); Mildred Pierce (1945); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Since You Went Away (1944); I Dood It (1943); Cabin in the Sky (1943); Affectionately Yours (1941); Gone with the Wind (1939); The Women (1939).

Born on this day – Tampa Red:

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981

 

Beatrix Potter, on writing:

 
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story.

You never quite know where they'll take you.

- Beatrix Potter.

On this day in music history - The album Connections, by Sherry Finzer (2022)

Connections

by Sherry Finzer

was released on January 7, 2022.

On this day in music history - The album Clouds Below, by 2002 (2023)

Clouds Below

by 2002

was released on January 7, 2023.

On this day in music history - The album Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway, by Renée Fleming, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt (2014)

Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway

by Renée Fleming, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt

was released on January 7, 2014.

On this day in music history - The album The Beautiful Voice, by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra (1998)

The Beautiful Voice

by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra

was released on January 7, 1998.