Bruce Springsteen
Occupation: Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Date of Birth: September 23, 1949
Place of Birth: Freehold, N.J., USA
Sign: Sun in Libra, Moon in Libra
Relations: Wife: Patti Scialfa; ex-wife: Julianne Phillips (actress); kids: Evan, Jessica, Sam Ryan
Education: Attended Ocean County Community College for one year
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard “Hoagy” Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing “Stardust” (1927), “Georgia On My Mind,” and “Heart and Soul”, three of the most-recorded American songs of all time. Read the rest of this entry »
Dooley Wilson
Arthur “Dooley” Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an African American actor and singer. He was born in Tyler, Texas, and is most famous for playing “Sam” in the 1942 film Casablanca.
Career:Wilson’s precise year of birth is unknown: it may have been anywhere between 1884 and 1887.
Ringo Starr
Musician, singer, songwriter, actor. Born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in Liverpool, England. Known for his easy-going personality, Ringo Starr first rose to fame in the early 1960s as the drummer for the legendary rock group the Beatles. He grew up poor in Liverpool, and his father left the family when Starr was only [...]
Ben Vereen
Actor, singer, dancer. Born October 10, 1946, in Miami, Florida. While still an infant, Vereen and his family relocated to the poverty-stricken neighborhood of Bedford-Styvesant in Brooklyn, New York. During his pre-teen years, he exhibited an innate talent for drama and dance and often performed in local variety shows. At the age of 14, Vereen [...]
Frank Oz
Though his place in pop culture was assured in the early 1960s when he began operating and voicing many of the most memorable Muppets – including Cookie Monster, Bert, Fozzie the Bear, and his most famous creation, Miss Piggy – puppeteer Frank Oz established an impressive second career as a director of such eclectic films [...]
Scatman Crothers
Benjamin Sherman “Scatman” Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the [...]
Paul Simon
I’m neurotically driven. . . . I lay off for awhile and then I get panicky. . . . I say to myself . . . , I can’t write anymore. It’s over.
— Paul Simon
FROM “The Sounds of Silence” to “The Obvious Child,” Paul Simon has proved to be one of the most talented songwriters [...]
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
George Michael Cohan, played by James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy is one of the most unique that has produced the world of American entertainment. Cohan was an actor, dancer, singer, playwright, musician, entrepreneur and fifty things besides a fancy kind, sentimental, and incredibly boastful worker. His optimism and aggressive visceral [...]
Neil Young
Ain’t singin’ for Pepsi/ Ain’t singin’ for Coke/ Don’t sing for nobody/ Makes me look like a joke/ This note’s for you.
— Neil Young
IN the course of his over-thirty-year career as a recording artist, Neil Young has experienced as many extreme low points of critical and commercial success as he has [...]
