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Arp 105 is in a spectacular field of galaxies.  It’s in the class E and E-like Galaxies Connected to Spirals.  The Arp is the long structure running N-S, about halfway from the center of the field to the east edge.  The brighter galaxy to the south is NGC 3561 and the companion, about 1′ north,…

Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a Cuban-born composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist. Born in Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa began studying marimba at the age of eight, then switched to piano at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Havana, where he studied jazz. Sosa moved to Quito, Ecuador, in 1993, then San Francisco, California, in 1995….

Neville O’Riley Livingston, OM (born 10 April 1947), best known as Bunny Wailer, is a Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He is…

Rosco N. Gordon III (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002) was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known for his hit songs “Booted” and “No More Doggin’” (1952) and “Just a Little Bit” (1960). Gordon was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style and in the…

Hoag’s Object is a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy. The galaxy is named after Arthur Hoag who discovered it in 1950 and identified it as either a planetary nebula or a peculiar galaxy with eight billion stars. A nearly perfect ring of young hot blue stars circles the older yellow…

Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the most well-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd’s performance on Paul Simon‘s “50 Ways to Leave Your…

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Amongst his best-known songs are ‘Blue Suede Shoes‘, ‘Matchbox‘ and ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby‘. According to Charlie Daniels, “Carl Perkins’ songs personified the rockabilly era, and…