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Doug Sahm
Doug Sahm sang on San Antonio radio at five, fronted the Sir Douglas Quintet, won a Grammy with the Texas Tornados and died in Taos, New Mexico, in 1999.
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Bruce Welch
Bruce Welch of The Shadows co-wrote Summer Holiday, produced Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John, and started a publishing company in 1960.
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Sunny Ozell
Singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell sang in a Reno opera chorus as a child, moved to New York in 2004, and made the albums Take It With Me and Overnight Lows.
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Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel, the Simon & Garfunkel singer, turns 85. His Columbia years, the 1970 split, solo hits, the long walks, the 2010 voice loss and the 2026 tour.
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Alexz Johnson
Instant Star lead Alexz Johnson won a Gemini, saw Epic Records shelve her debut album, and now funds her own records through Kickstarter and Patreon.
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Gary Ross
Gary Ross co-wrote Big, wrote Dave, and directed Pleasantville, Seabiscuit and The Hunger Games. How a Penn dropout earned four Oscar nominations.
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Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy voiced Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and riffs with RiffTrax. His Wisconsin start, a year of daily movies, and the live shows.
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Mark Sheehan
Mark Sheehan, guitarist and co-founder of The Script, from the Liberties in Dublin and Mytown to six chart-topping albums and his death in 2023 at 46.
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Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels, the fiddler from Wilmington, North Carolina, on his Nashville session years, his 1979 hit, his 2010 copyright fight and the sale of his masters.
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Charlie Landsborough
Charlie Landsborough spent 22 years in Merseyside pubs and taught primary school before What Colour Is The Wind topped the Irish album chart in his fifties.
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Ronald Bell
Ronald "Khalis" Bell co-founded Kool & the Gang and co-wrote nearly all its hits. Paint cans in Youngstown, the Apollo, Celebration, the Fugees and his credits.
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Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman, Rolling Stones bassist from 1962 to 1993, turns 90 with a London photo show. His Stones years, marriages, Rhythm Kings and later work.
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Larry Mullen Jr.
Larry Mullen Jr. founded U2 with a school notice in 1976. This profile covers the kitchen audition, his dyscalculia, neck surgery, and his return for 2027.
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Mike O'Malley
Mike O'Malley went from hosting GUTS to Yes, Dear and Glee, then created Survivor's Remorse and ran Heels. How a game show host became a showrunner.
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Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart, creator and star of the BBC sitcom Miranda, on her road from a 2008 script reading to Call the Midwife, Lyme disease, and The Celebrity Traitors.
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Barbara Palvin
Barbara Palvin, the Hungarian model scouted in Budapest at 13, on L'Oreal Paris, Victoria's Secret, her marriage to Dylan Sprouse and her 2026 runway return.
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Dylan Sprouse
Dylan Sprouse, the Suite Life twin who studied game design at NYU, on his shared child roles, his Brooklyn meadery, his adult films and his marriage.
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Hunter Schafer
Hunter Schafer joined the HB2 lawsuit as a North Carolina high school junior, modeled for Dior, played Jules in Euphoria and now stars in Blade Runner 2099.
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Lux Interior
Lux Interior, born Erick Purkhiser in Stow, Ohio, formed The Cramps with Poison Ivy in 1976 and sang for them until 2009, from a record-store basement to CBGB.
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Nathan Fielder
Vancouver-born comedian Nathan Fielder made Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, then co-directed A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything.
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Schoolboy Q
Schoolboy Q, born Quincy Hanley in Wiesbaden and raised on Hoover Street, took Oxymoron to No. 1, earned five Grammy nominations and is now finishing Thank Que.
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Dianne Reeves
Jazz singer Dianne Reeves turns 70 on October 23, 2026. How a Denver school band, her uncle's records and Blue Note led to five Grammys and an NEA Jazz Master.
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Imran Khan
Actor Imran Khan quit films after Katti Batti in 2015 and came back in 2026. An October 2026 police notice now asks him to leave India by October 28.
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Anna Sawai
Anna Sawai, born in Wellington and raised in Japan, went from the J-pop group FAKY to Pachinko and Shogun, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Mariko.
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