Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Jimmy Rushing
Born: August 26, 1901
Died: June 8, 1972 (aged 70)
Bio: James Andrew "Jimmy" Rushing was an American blues shouter, balladeer, and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
Known for:
- Brubeck & Rushing
- Rushing Lullabies
- Five Feet of Soul (1963)
- Time Further Out (1961)
- Dave Digs Disney (1957)







