Eric Carmen, American singer, songwriter, and musician, was born on Aug. 11, 1949 (d. 2024). #EricCarmen

He "adapted the melody of [Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto's] second movement to write the verse [of "All by Myself"]" (Wikipedia)

Eric Carmen - "All by Myself" (1975), music by Eric Carmen and Sergei Rachmaninoff, lyrics by Eric Carmen
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzoazPPC7b8

June Hutton, American actress and vocalist, popular with big bands during the 1940s, was born on Aug. 11, 1919 (d. 1973). #JuneHutton

June Hutton was the younger sister of Ina Ray Hutton.

Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears - "Truckin'" (between 1934 and 1944)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcVLJDi_SU

June Hutton, American actress and vocalist, popular with big bands during the 1940s, was born on Aug. 11, 1919 (d. 1973). #JuneHutton

June Hutton - "(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman) (1955, I think), written in 1936
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRBgAX4ZoAM

Ronnie Spector, American singer who co-founded and fronted The Ronettes, was born on Aug. 10, 1943 (d. 2022). #RonnieSpector

The Ronettes - "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) (2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQzlASN6lo

Ian Anderson, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, lead vocalist/flautist/acoustic-guitarist of Jethro Tull, was born on Aug. 10, 1947. #IanAnderson

Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick" (Ian Anderson, lyrics by "Gerald Bostock" [Ian Anderson]) (1976)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPqcZGLsmU

Ian Anderson, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, lead vocalist/flautist/acoustic-guitarist of Jethro Tull, was born on Aug. 10, 1947. #IanAnderson

Jethro Tull - "Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) (1976, British TV Show "Supersonic")
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__wmsIn99E

Bobby Hatfield, American singer, one of the Righteous Brothers duo, who sang the tenor part for the duo, was born on Aug. 10, 1940. (d. 2003). #BobbyHatfield

"Dream on / Dream about the world we're gonna live in one fine day // Dream on / Spend the night in heaven, I'll be here to light your way // Someday tomorrow we'll smile / But little girl in the meanwhile / Dream on"

The Righteous Brothers - "Dream On" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) (ca. 1974)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEUH_W47aJc

Bobby Hatfield, American singer, one of the Righteous Brothers duo, who sang the tenor part for the duo, was born on August 10, 1940. (d. 2003). #BobbyHatfield

The Righteous Brothers - "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) (1965)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWLv6lrapZI

#Politics #Trump

2020:
"Investigative journalist Anthony Baxter travels between the US Presidential race and the Scottish countryside to chronicle the troubling confrontation between Donald Trump and a feisty 92-year-old widow, Molly Forbes, as she refuses to make way for his golf course."

The film the Trump Organization tried to suppress | You've Been Trumped Too (2020) | Full Film
(posted Dec 26, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9RweR9EUSg

#Politics #Science
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Scientific American @sciam
(11:49 PM ET · Aug 8, 2024)

"Minnesota governor Tim Walz will promote climate action as Kamala Harris’s vice presidential pick, experts say."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tim-walz-has-a-strong-record-on-climate-change/

#Politics #Education

Jane of the North @JaneotN
(3:16 AM · Aug 9, 2024):

"Support teachers. Vote blue.

🌊📚"

Whitney Houston, American singer and actress, "one of the best-selling music artists of all time" (Wikipedia), was born on August 9, 1963 (d. 2012). #WhitneyHouston

Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) (1994, Concert for a New South Africa)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zII5jwq46j4

Whitney Houston, American singer and actress, "one of the best-selling music artists of all time" (Wikipedia), was born on August 9, 1963 (d. 2012). #WhitneyHouston

Whitney Houston - "The Star-Spangled Banner" (lyrics (1814): Francis Scott Key, music (c. 1773): John Stafford Smith) (1991, Super Bowl XXV, Tampa, Florida)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvYMRs

Harry Mills, baritone with the Mills Brothers (American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet), was born on August 9, 1913 (d. 1982). #HarryMills

The Mills Brothers - "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, lyrics (not in this performance) by Irving Mills)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYSOydYfG4