Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades.
Born in Washington, D.C.,
Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe.
Although widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music rather than to a musical genre such as jazz.
Some of the jazz musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are considered to be among the best players in the idiom.
Ellington melded them into the best-known orchestral unit in the history of jazz.
Some members stayed with the orchestra for several decades.
A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format
, Ellington wrote more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, with many of his pieces having become standards.
Ellington also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, for example Juan Tizol's "Caravan", and "Perdido", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.
In the early 1940s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion.
With Strayhorn, he composed many extended compositions, or suites, as well as additional short pieces.
Following an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, in July 1956, Ellington and his orchestra enjoyed a major revival and embarked on world tours.
Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era, performed in several films, scored several, and composed a handful of stage musicals.
Ellington was noted for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and for his eloquence and charisma.
His reputation continued to rise after he died, and he was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.
Got It Goin' On
" Got It Goin' On" is the debut single by Australian group Human Nature.
The song peaked at No. 19 in Australia and No. 30 in New Zealand.
It was released internationally under the name" You Got It".
If That Ain't Country (song)
" If That Ai n't Country" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Anthony Smith.
It was released in April 2002 as the first single and title track from the album" If That Ai n't Country".
The song reached# 26 on the" Billboard" Hot Country Singles& Tracks chart.
The song was written by Smith and Jeffrey Steele.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
That Ain't Right
" That Ai n't Right" is the 1942 debut single by The King Cole Trio.
" That Ai n't Right" hit number one on Billboard magazine's Harlem Hit Parade chart for one week.
Although the song was the King Cole Trio's first successful record, it would be their only release for Decca, as the contract with the company expired before" That Ai n't Right" became a hit.
The song is featured in the musical film" Stormy Weather"( 1943), sung by Ada Brown and Fats Waller.
Frankie Laine included the song on his album" Rockin'" in 1957.
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
" Gee, Baby, Ai n't I Good to You" is a 1929 song written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman.
It was recorded by the Redman- led McKinney's Cotton Pickers on Victor on November 5, 1929 as" Gee, Ai n't I Good to You."
It was later performed by The King Cole Trio.
The single peaked at# 20 on the national charts and was the group's final# 1 on the Harlem Hit Parade.
The A- side of the song," I Realize Now" peaked at# 9 on the Harlem Hit Parade.
It is usually played in E flat blues.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Dayna Kurtz
Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/ songwriter.
Her music is a blend of jazz, folk, pop and blues.
She began her career in 1989, touring small stages up and down the East Coast, promoting her work with a sparse but haunting self- recorded demo tape.
She was named Female Songwriter of the Year in 1997 by the National Academy of Songwriters.
Norah Jones( who duets on Duke Ellington's" I Got It Bad And That Ai n't Good" on Kurtz's 2004 album" Beautiful Yesterday") and Bonnie Raitt have raved about Kurtz in interviews, and she's performed on the radio shows World Café, Mountain Stage and NPR's Morning Edition and Tell Me More.
She has toured as a supporting act with Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Mavis Staples, Dr. John, B.B. King, Richie Havens, Rufus Wainwright, Keren Ann, Chris Whitley, and The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Kurtz has recorded two" Secret Canon" albums, collecting obscure standards and blues and R&B gems originally recorded in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Critic James
Reed of the Boston Globe wrote in a review of" Beautiful Yesterday" that" there's no logical reason why singer- songwriter Dayna Kurtz is not a full- blown star".
In 2015 Dayna Kurtz released Rise and Fall, which features “ You ’re Not What I Needed( But You ’re All That I Want), ” which she called her Dan Penn song.
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941.
It was introduced in the musical revue "Jump for Joy" by Ivie Anderson, who also provided vocals for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on single Victor 27531.

Question: When did the composer of song I Got It Bad (And That Ain'T Good) die?
Answer: May 24, 1974