Clydie Mae King (August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019) was an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist. King also recorded solo under her name. In the 1970s, she recorded as Brown Sugar, and her single “Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together Again)” reached No. 44 on the Billboard R&B…
Steven Bruce Smith (born August 21, 1954 Whitman, MA) is an American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Journey across three stints: 1978 to 1985, 1995 to 1998 and 2015 to 2020. Modern Drummer magazine readers have voted him the No. 1 All-Around Drummer five years in a row. In 2001,…
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999 Council Bluffs, IA) was an American jazztrumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while at high school in Los Angeles. Art gained greater attention…
William James “Count” Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984 Red Bank, NJ) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating…
Tuesday August 20th 2024 NATIONAL PUBLIC DATA-SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND PERSONAL DATA BREACH EMERGENCY National Public Data a consumer data broker was hacked a few days ago and possibly 3 billion social security numbers and personal data were released to the public and the dark web. So I checked with pentester.com a cyber security company…
Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. Soaring high in northern summer night skies, it’s located some 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing,…
Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their breakup in 1980; since then he has had a successful solo career, sometimes collaborating with other artists such as Alison Krauss….
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