Ella Mae Morse

"Cow Cow Boogie” was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride’ Em 
Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The song was
recorded by 17- year-old Ella Mae Morse with the music of Freddie Slack
& his Orchestra.  It was the first release by Capitol Records and their first
million seller. Ella never obtained a huge following, but continued to record
until 1957. She died of respiratory failure in 1999 at age 75.

       
             Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013)

(Fox News) – Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular actor 
played a cop on "Law & Order," has died.

Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after suffering
a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist, Lori De Waal.

For three decades, Farina was a character actor who displayed remarkable
dexterity, charm and, when called for, toughness, making effective use of
his craggy face, steel-gray hair, ivory smile and ample mustache.

Farina appeared in films including "Get Shorty," ”Saving Private Ryan,"
”Midnight Run" and "Out Of Sight."

Among his many TV portrayals was Detective Joe Fontana on "Law & Order"
during the 2004-06 seasons. He eventually left the show to pursue other
projects. He also starred in the 1980s cult favorite "Crime Story" and was
a regular in the 2011-12 HBO drama "Luck." He recently completed shooting
a comedy, "Lucky Stiff."

Estelle Louise Fletcher

Fletcher won Best Actress for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 
where she played mean Nurse Ratched. Before Fame she worked as a
secretary by day and took acting lessons by night.

Louise as asylum Nurse Ratched

Elvis was in basic training at Fort Hood Army post in Texas when this
song hit the top of the Billboard chart. It was recorded as part of the
soundtrack for the motion picture King Creole. It also went to number
two for two weeks on the R&B chart. It was the first rock and roll single
to earn the RIAA designation of Gold Record.

Robin McLaurin Williams is 62 today

1987