Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)