Old Man Birthday

John Fogerty celebrates his 68th birthday, the 45th anniversary of the first Credence Clearwater Revival album, and the first day of release of his new album "Wrote a Song for Everyone", on the stage of El Rey Theatre, May 28, 2013.

A good record is the cure for a bad day. You might be down on your luck, up the creek or on the skids - but it's clinically impossible to stay depressed when Si Cranstoun's Old School plays. In a monochrome world, this album is a spring-heeled burst of technicolor soul, scattering your worries and shaking your feet. "I felt it was time to rip it up, have some all-out retro fun and inject a high-octane dose of energy for the vintage dancefloors," says the London-born soul man.

Don Byas was clearly a rising star when he walked away from fame. He was the first to hold the Lester Young chair in the Count Basie, before his 30th birthday. After two years with Basie he moved to New York City, where he played and recorded with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Coleman Hawkins. In 1946 Byas toured Europe and decided France was the place he wanted to live, and so he did.