Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
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)