Sitemap - 2023 - Frank Beacham's Journal
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harper is 54 years old today
Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas was born 109 years ago today
Mahalia Jackson — “The Queen of Gospel Music” — was born 112 years ago today
Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, was born 142 years ago today
Bill Wyman, former English bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones, is 87 years old today
Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam is 67 years old today
Psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary was born 103 years ago today
Dizzy Gillespie, one of the great trumpeters in jazz history, was born 105 years ago today
Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rockabilly music, is 86 years old today
Jeannie C. Riley is 78 years old today
Chuck Berry, pioneer of rock and roll, was born 97 years old today
On this day in 1930 — 93 years ago — Duke Ellington recorded "Mood Indigo.”
Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, is 76 years old today
Singer-songwriter Paul Simon is 82 years old today
Southern soul and R&B singer Sam Moore is 88 years old today
On this day in 1975 — 48 years ago — Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC
Singer-songwriter John Prine was born 77 years ago today
John Lennon, founder of the Beatles, was born 83 years ago today
Screwball comedy queen Carole Lombard was born 115 years ago today
Steve Miller, guitarist and singer-songwriter, is 80 years old today
Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose on this day in 1970 — 53 years ago
Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born 69 years ago today
Gillian Welch - master of Appalachian, Americana and bluegrass music - is 56 years old today
Jimmy Carter - America's oldest living president - is 99 years old today
Marty Stuart - country musician, musicologist and photographer - is 65 years old today
Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis was born 88 years ago today
Brigitte Bardot is 89 years old today
Bebop jazz pianist Bud Powell was born 99 years ago today
Composer and pianist George Gershwin was born 125 years ago today
Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia was born 90 years ago today
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Texas blues singer and guitarist, was born 130 years ago today
Bruce Springsteen — “the Boss” — is 74 years old today
The first Farm Aid concert was held on this day in 1985 — 38 years ago
Poet and singer Leonard Cohen was born 89 years ago today
Italy's most awarded actress - Sophia Loren - is 89 years old today
Folksinger David Bromberg is 78 years old today
Film star Greta Garbo was born 118 years ago today
Hank Williams - master of country love songs - was born 100 years ago today
Bluesman B.B. King was born 98 years ago today
The most iconic photo of Marilyn Monroe was made 69 years ago today on a New York subway vent
Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music, was born 112 years ago today
Country singer George Jones was born 92 years ago today
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is 80 years old today
Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano is 78 years old today
Soul man Otis Redding was born 82 years ago today
Country music singer Patsy Cline was born 91 years ago today
Jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 93 years old today
The Mostly Unknown Story of a Mill Town Murder
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was published 66 years ago today
Danny Gatton, guitarist who fused rockabilly, jazz and country, was born 78 years ago
The Texas Cannonball, Freddie King, was born 89 years ago today
Soul and R&B singer Joe Simon is 80 years old today
Lily Tomlin is 84 years old today
Van Morrison is 78 years old today
R. Crumb is 80 years old today
Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist and composer, was born 103 years ago today
The March on Washington made history 60 years ago today
Modernist artist Man Ray was born 133 years ago today
On this day — 55 years ago — the 1968 Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago
Musical maestro Leonard Bernstein was born 105 years ago today
Musician and actress Ronee Blakley is 78 years old today
Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, was born 77 years ago today
Father of photojournalism - Henri Cartier-Bresson - was born 115 years ago today
Guitarist James Burton is 84 years old today
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant is 75 years old today
Ginger Baker, wild man drummer for Cream, was born 84 years ago today
Woodstock is over, the cleanup begins...
Poet, novelist and short story writer Charles Bukowski was born 103 years ago today
David Crosby was born 82 years ago today
Bluesman Jimmy McCracklin was born 102 years ago today
Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 55 years old today
Electric guitar pioneer Leo Fender was born 114 years ago today
The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia died 28 years ago today
American honky-tonk vocalist Webb Pierce was born 102 years ago today
Country singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell is 73 years old today
Jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress Abbey Lincoln was born 93 years ago today
Marilyn Monroe died 61 years ago today
Louis Armstrong, American music icon, was born 122 years ago today
Actor Martin Sheen is 83 years old today
Garth Hudson, principal architect of the unique sound of The Band, is 86 years old today
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American folk troubadour, is 92 years old today
Ahmet Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in American music, was born 100 years ago today
Blues singer and guitarist Buddy Guy is 87 years old today
Master blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield was born 80 years ago today
New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell was born 115 years ago today
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is 80 years old today
Folk singer-songwriter Steve Goodman was born 75 years ago today
Alison Krauss, who brings sophistication to blue grass music, is 52 years old today
Edward Hopper, American visual artist, was born 141 years ago today
Don Knotts, master TV funnyman, was born 99 years ago today
Fifty-four years ago today, the first man walked on the moon
Folk blues artist Karen Dalton was born 86 years ago today
The pioneer of "gonzo" journalism — Hunter S. Thompson — was born on this day 86 years ago
James Cagney, stage and film actor, was born 124 years ago today
Linda Ronstadt, singer-songwriter, is 77 years old today
Woody Guthrie, American troubadour, was born 111 years ago today
Singer-songwriter Roger McGuinn is 81 years old today
Henry David Thoreau was born 206 years ago
E. B. White, master writer, was born 124 years ago
Mavis Staples, musician from a storied legacy, is 84 years old today
David Hockney, British visual artist, is 86 years old today
Joan Osborne, singer-songwriter, is 61 years old today
Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles, is 83 years old today
Rock pioneer Bill Haley was born 98 years ago today
On July 5, 1946 — 77 years ago — French designer Louis Reard unveiled the bikini
Harvey Brooks, master bass player for Bob Dylan to Miles Davis, is 79 years old today
Ken Russell, flamboyant English film director, was born 96 years ago today
The historic 1964 Civil Rights Act became law 59 years ago today
Music from Big Pink, the Band's debut album, was released 55 years ago today
Dave Van Ronk, folk musician nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street," was born 87 years ago today
Mel Brooks, master of comedy, is 97 years old today
The iconic cross-American highway — Route 66 — was decertified 38 years ago today
Big Bill Broonzy, prolific blues performer, was born 120 years ago today
Carly Simon, singer-songwriter, is 78 years old today
Jeff Beck, master guitarist, was born 79 years ago today
June Carter Cash, member of music's Carter Family, was born 94 years ago today
Kris Kristofferson, musician and actor, is 87 years old today
Brian Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, is 81 years old today
Lester Flatt, member of the Flatt & Scruggs bluegrass duo, was born 109 years ago today
Paul McCartney is 81 years old today
Igor Stravinsky, composer extraordinaire, was born 141 years ago today
Waylon Jennings, country musician, was born 86 years ago today
Burl Ives, prominent folk singer and actor, was born 114 years ago today
Weegee — photographer of realistic scenes from urban life — was born 124 years ago
Hank Williams first appeared on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry 74 years ago today
Howlin' Wolf — master of the blues — was born 113 years ago today
Music and sound pioneer Les Paul was born 108 years ago today
Derek Trucks, guitarist and songwriter in the Tedeschi Trucks Band, is 44 years old today
Tom Jones, popular vocalist since the British Invasion, is 83 years old today
Laurie Anderson, performance artist, is 76 years old today
Michelle Phillips, the last survivor of the Mamas & the Papas, is 79 years old today
Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, was born 97 years ago today
Charlie Watts, longtime drummer for the Rolling Stones, was born 82 years ago today
Marilyn Monroe — beauty icon of the 1950s and 60s — was born 97 years ago
Peter Yarrow, member of Peter, Paul and Mary, is 85 years old today
Benny Goodman, King of Swing, was born 114 years ago today
Miles Davis, jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, was born 97 years ago today
Blues pioneer Sonny Boy Williamson II died 58 years ago today
Bob Dylan is 82 years old today
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, was born 89 years ago today
Milt Gabler, innovative record producer, was born 112 years ago today
Jimmy Stewart, American film actor, was born 115 years ago today
Joe Cocker was born 79 years ago today
George Gobel, guitarist and comedian, was born 104 years ago today
In Search of a Perfect “Forever” Archival Storage Medium for Audio and Video
On this day in 1973 — 50 years ago — Paul Simon released his hit song, “Kodachrome”
Pete Townshend, guitarist and primary songwriter for The Who, is 78 years old today
Mickey Newbury, singer-songwriter, was born 83 years ago today
Malcolm X was born 98 years ago today
Wynn Handman, acclaimed acting teacher and theatre director, was born 101 years ago today
After 55 Years, the Tragedy of the Orangeburg Massacre Lives On
Big Joe Turner — The Boss of the Blues — was born 112 years ago today
Film director Frank Capra was born 126 years ago today
Meredith Willson, the Music Man, was born 121 years ago today
Dwayne Hickman — TV's Dobie Gillis — was born 89 years ago today
Film Director Richard Brooks was born 111 years ago today
Dennis Hopper was born 87 years ago today
Taj Mahal is 81 years old today
Jesse Winchester was born 79 years ago today
New York City began its love affair with bicycling 204 years ago
Studs Terkel was born 111 years ago today
Liberace was born 104 years ago today
Henry Fonda was born 118 years ago today
Billy Cobham, fusion drummer, is 79 years old today
Woody Herman was born 110 years ago today.
Pet Sounds, a classic Beach Boys album, was released 57 years ago today
Richard Avedon, fashion and portrait photographer, was born 100 years ago today
Ralph Steadman is 87 years old today
Joseph Cotten was born 118 years ago today
Jasper Johns is 93 years old today
Eddy Arnold was born 105 years ago today
K. T. Oslin was born 81 years ago today
Brian Eno is 75 years old today
Trini López was born 86 years ago today
Wavy Gravy is 87 years old today
Cate Blanchett is 54 years old today
Bobby Darin was born 87 years ago today
Sidney Bechet, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer, was born 126 years ago today
Charlie Gracie, rock and roll pioneer from Philadelphia, was born 87 years ago today
David Byrne is 71 years old today
George Lucas is 79 years old today
Stevie Wonder is 73 years old today
Stephen Colbert is 59 years old today
Ritchie Valens was born 82 years ago today
Gil Evans, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, was born 111 years ago today