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Detail of Young Girl Writing a Love Letter (1755) by Pietro Antonio Rotari This week, we've got a bunch of holidays crowded togeth...

Eartha Kitt in St. Louis Blues (1958) Many a week has passed on by since we last celebrated a classic female vocalist's birth date...

Marriott Hotel in Torrance Honestly, my mind just hasn't been up to blogging over the past few days. But it's a passing state...

Busy in Redondo Beach. Yeah, that's Alfred E. Neuman overlooking the street. So, I was driving down Artesia Blvd. in Redondo Beach...

Dusty Springfield was born on April 16, 1939  Another quick hit to celebrate the birth date of a lady with a meltingly smooth and war...

Sarah Vaughan was born on March 27, 1924  We can't let this day pass without paying tribute to Sassy, the Divine One, the wondrou...

Dandelion in a field I don't have much to post right now, but I figured we could listen to some music. Throughout the day, I tak...

Nat King Cole was born on March 17, 1919 Who's the smoothest, coolest cat to ever croon a classy tune? Let's put down the Gu...

Schubertiade (1868) by Moritz von Schwind Franz Schubert is my favorite composer. He has influenced me more than any other creative g...

Edith Piaf was born on December 19, 1915.  I never liked the sound of Edith Piaf's voice, back in the days when I was obsessed w...

Diana Krall was born on November 16, 1964  When I first heard Diana Krall in the early nineties, her voice, so smooth, silky, and se...

Image from the video of Enya's Caribbean Blue (1991)  Twenty years ago, Enya's Shepherd Moons album was released. I wasn...

Anita O'Day from her album " Incomparable " (1964) With a style that was as cool as the other side of the pillow, Anita ...

Julie London from the cover of Lonely Girl Whenever I think of " torch songs " or the cool jazz/blues vocal standards of the...

The Lady of Shalott (1888) by John William Waterhouse Alfred Tennyson was born on this date in 1809. His works have become the paragon...

Blossom Dearie (1957) Blossom Dearie was born on this date in 1924. A jazz singer and pianist, she was never a blockbuster name. Certainly,...

I guess one song isn't enough to celebrate Ella. So here are a couple more, playing against type this time. I could have linked to ...

Ella Fitzgerald performing in Chick Webb's Orchestra I'm a Jazz enthusiast. So I could let the day pass without celebrating the bir...

On this date in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit." It is a song about the lynching of African-Americans in t...