Sammy Davis Jr

Me:nu Du Jour June 24 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Wyclef Jean, Mavis Staples, James Brown, Beyoncé, Jackson Browne, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Paul Desmond, Joe Zawinul, Wes Montgomery, Eliane Elias We...

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Me:nu Du Jour June 20 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To George Benson, Roberta Flack, Jamiroquai, Prince, Rolling Stones, Foreigner, Nelly Furtado, Neil Young, Bobby Brown, Maroon 5, Deftones, Elvis Presley, The Verve, Faith No...

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Atlantic Records release Aretha Franklin’s ‘Aretha Now’ (1968)

Aretha Franklin's 'Aretha Now' is an album produced by Jerry Wexler and released on June 14, 1968, less than six months after 'Lady Soul' by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.Think...

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Me:nu Du Jour May 12 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Snoop Dogg, Black Crowes, Swans, Weather Report, Art Pepper We Celebrate Steve Winwood, Greg Phillinganes, Burt Bacharach, Bebel Gilberto We...

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On TV today, Elvis Presley vs Frank Sinatra (1960)

May 12, 1960 - the guests at "The Frank Sinatra Show" on ABC are Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr., Nancy Sinatra and Elvis Presley, just out of the army.

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We remember Count Basie. ‘For The Count’

This day (April 26, 1984), in Hollywood, Florida, died William 'Count' Basie a.k.a Count Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Sarah Vaughan,Tony Bennett,George...

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Me:nu Du Jour Apr.18 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Lou Reed, Elliott Smith, Jean-Luc Ponty, Esperanza Spalding, Sammy Davis Jr., Michel Petrucciani, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Count Basie, Nick Cave, Pulp We Celebrate Madeleine...

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We wish Happy Birthday to Diana Ross. ‘La Ross’

This day (March 26, 1944), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Diana (Ernestine Earl) Ross a.k.a. Diana Ross , an American singer, who was lead singer of The Supremes.Tracklist : 1...

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Me:nu Du Jour Mar.15 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Earth Wind & Fire, James Taylor, Kiss, Blur, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Richard and Linda Thompson, Al Di Meola, Modern Jazz Quartet, Etta James...

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Happy Birthday Quincy Jones. ‘Today is ‘Super Q’s Day”

This day (March 14, 1933), in Seattle, Washington, is born Quincy Delightt Jones a.k.a. Quincy Jones, an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, ..Tracklist : 1 . w/ Big...

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Singing Broadway

Eighty six famous artists sing seventy songs lifted from sixty-one Broadway Shows. This is our special "Singing Broadway" in video

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella in Japan: ‘S Wonderful’ a live album for Verve (1964)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Ella in Japan:'s Wonderful' is a live album recorded on January 19 and 22, 1964 at Hibiya Public Hall and Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Japan and released in...

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Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Crescent City Christmas Card’ is a holiday album featuring Kathleen Battle and Jon Hendricks (1990)

Wynton Marsalis' 'Crescent City Christmas Card' is a holiday album featuring Kathleen Battle and Jon Hendricks and released in January, 1990 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Carol Of The Bells (Mykola...

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Frank Sinatra records the album ‘A Man and His Music’ for Reprise (1965)

Frank Sinatra's 'A Man and His Music' is a double album recorded from December 19, 1960 till October 21, 1965, with various conductors and released in 1965 by Reprise.Track Listing...

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Four Jazz Messengers Euro Gigs

On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.

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Motown publish The Temptations’s ‘For Lovers Only,’ their final album with Melvin Franklin (1995)

The Temptations's 'For Lovers Only' is an album (featuring the final recordings of Melvin Franklin) released on September 26, 1995 by Motown.Track Listing : 1.Some Enchanted Evening (Oscar Hammerstein Ii,...

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We remember Andy Williams. ‘Across The Moon River’

This day ( September 25, 2012) in Branson, Missouri, U.S., died Howard Andrew Andy Williams, an American singer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Henry Mancini – Moon River 2 . Love Story...

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Me:nu Du Jour August 19 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Miles Davis, Dr. John, Barbra Streisand, Manhattan Transfer, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, Lady Gaga, The Carpenters We Celebrate Ginger Baker, Cedar Walton...

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Happy Birthday Patti Austin. ‘Austin Power’

This day (August 10, 1950), in Harlem, New York, is born Patti Austin, an American R&B and jazz music singer who made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age...

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Me:nu Du Jour August 8 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, N.W.A, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, M.I.A., Oscar Peterson, Julie London We Celebrate The Edge, U2, Julian Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter,...

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