An only kid, given birth to in Dallas and raised in Waxahachie, TX to some swing bandleader dad (Pinky Dawson), Ronnie Dawson launched his music profession while still in his teenagers. Forming a music group, Ronnie Dee as well as the D Guys, he gained a talent competition on the …

Through the latter half of the 1970s, John Travolta was the largest star in Hollywood; following a string of strikes in movies, on tv, and on the air, he had surfaced as a genuine cultural trend, defining preferences in music and style while dominating countless column ins in newspapers, publications, …

The emergence of Dustin Hoffman in 1967 heralded the arrival of a fresh era of Hollywood stardom; diminutive, wiry, and unassuming, he was not the most common matinee idol, however he quickly recognized himself being among the most well-known and celebrated display screen performers of his era. A notoriously tough …

It took actor-singer Wayne Naughton until he was 57 yrs . old release a his debut solo recording, the aptly called ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME, in 2002. But at that time, he previously been a performer for a lot more than 30 years. His main function was dramatic performing on-stage, …

Cher has already established three professions that place her indelibly in the general public awareness, and two have been around in association with her then-husband, composer/manufacturer/vocalist Salvatore “Sonny” Bono (b. Feb 16, 1935, d. January 8, 1998). She charted main hit information in the 1960s and 1970s, employed in idioms …

Years prior to the introduction of Woody Allen, Garry Shandling, or Janeane Garofalo, there is Shelley Berman, the comic who have singlehandedly transformed contemporary neuroticism into large art. Filled with both a distinctive, vignette-styled narrative sensibility along with a mannered, advanced stage existence, Berman introduced a fresh variety of comedian …

Shel Silverstein was one particular rare “multi-threat” performers — composer, singer, cartoonist, illustrator, writer — with popular successes in every of these areas. Created in Chicago in 1930, Sheldon Alan Silverstein 1st attracted see during his military assistance, in Japan and Korea, when he became a cartoonist for the U.S. …

The husband-and-wife comedy duo of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara translated domestic bliss into professional success, mining the main topic of marriage to generate a number of the warmest, most identifiable routines of improv’s golden age. Delivered in NEW YORK on June 8, 1927, Stiller majored in dilemma at Syracuse …

Alternate CCM rockers Chagall Guevara were led by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor, previously known for some well-received single efforts before retiring from Christian music due to the controversy encircling the satirical bent of his lyrics, particularly “We Blew In the Medical center Real Great” from your album We Predict 1990. He …

Jana Pendragon was created in Reno, NV at the same time when the cowboy lifestyle from the wild, wild western world as well as the hip, ultra-cool gambling house showroom blended seamlessly. Inspired by both parents, her dad being truly a cowboy in the cattle business and her mom a …