Quote of the day
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
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)







