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Cheryl Ladd Biography (1951-)
Published on 15 Jun, 2011 at 11:21 in Biography | Viewed 2,755 times | No Comments
Actress/singer Cheryl Jean Stopelmoor billed herself as Cherie Moore when she performed as a backup singer on the 1970 Hanna-Barbera animated TVer Josie and the Pussycats. She reverted to her given name when appearing as a regular on the prime-time programs The Ken Berry WOW Show and Search (both 1972), and in various TV guest assignments. Stopelmoor was…
Barbara Mandrell Biography (1948-)
Published on 15 Jun, 2011 at 9:07 in Biography | Viewed 57 times | No Comments
Barbara Mandrell came from a musical family, and by her teens was a multi-instrumentalist (including sax, steel guitar, banjo and bass). In the 1970s she began to gain national attention with hits like “Sleeping Single In A Double Bed” and “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right.” The Country Music Association chose her as…
Barry Manilow Biography (1946-)
Published on 15 Jun, 2011 at 8:04 in Biography | Viewed 11 times | No Comments
Singer, songwriter. Born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York, June 17, 1943. Best known for his romantic and borderline saccharine songs, Barry Manilow was a whipping boy for the critics through much of the 1970s even as he sold millions of albums and gained a huge audience base. Though he didn’t always write the songs, even when…
Darren Criss Biography (1987-)
Published on 13 Jun, 2011 at 9:30 in Biography | Viewed 1,081 times | No Comments
Actor/musician Darren Criss joined the cast of Glee in November 2010. Originally hired as a guest star, he became a series regular several weeks after his first episode, when the Glee version of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” — featuring Criss on lead vocals, with backup harmonies from collegiate a cappella group the Beelzebubs — because the show’s first…
Golshifteh Farahani Biography (1983-)
Published on 11 Jun, 2011 at 9:18 in Biography | Viewed 1,191 times | No Comments
A native of Tehran, Iran, actress Golshifteh Farahani began life on July 10, 1983, and gravitated to formal music lessons (voice and piano) by the age of five, exhibiting prodigious talent in this arena. She sought to capitalize on her abilities by entering music school full-time at the age of 12, and subsequently gained admission to the prestigious…
Kiely Williams Biography (1986-)
Published on 9 Jun, 2011 at 11:14 in Biography | Viewed 1,005 times | No Comments
To describe Kiely Alexis Williams as a “triple threat” would be an understatement! Although Williams is most well known as a prominent member of the hit teen trios 3LW (Three Little Women), whose debut LP sold 2 million copies upon its release, and The Cheetah Girls, she has been captivating audiences since the age of five, when she…
Jason Aldean Biography (1977-)
Published on 9 Jun, 2011 at 6:50 in Biography | Viewed 44 times | No Comments
Country singer and guitarist Jason Aldean was born in Macon, GA, in 1977. His parents separated when he was three years old, and he spent his childhood with his mother in Macon through the school year while spending the summers with his father in Homestead, FL. He fell early under the spell of country music and made his…
Schuyler Fisk Biography (1982-)
Published on 7 Jun, 2011 at 11:45 in Biography | Viewed 4 times | No Comments
Schuyler Fisk (pronounced sky-ler) grew up in a small farm community in Virginia, far away from the L.A. limelight she would grow to crave. While she was located quite a distance from her goal to become a Hollywood actress, the biz was in her blood, and the distance would be overcome. Born on July 8, 1982, to actress…
Vonda Shepard Biography (1963-)
Published on 7 Jun, 2011 at 10:23 in Biography | Viewed 204 times | No Comments
Singer/songwriter Vonda Shepard enjoyed one of the more unique career breakthroughs in pop music history; while most performers rely on radio airplay or relentless touring to win fans, Shepard instead shot to fame as a result of the hit television series Ally McBeal, which featured her performing live on an almost weekly basis. Shepard was born in New…
Ariana Grande Biography (1993-)
Published on 4 Jun, 2011 at 7:14 in Biography | Viewed 1,263 times | No Comments
Ariana Grande currently stars as Cat, on the hit Nickelodeon show VICTORIOUS. Most recently, she created the original role of Miriam in the reading of the new musical, Cuba Libre, written and produced by Desmond Child. Ariana made her Broadway debut in 2008 in the original role of Charlotte in 13 the musical, for which she won a National…
Stephanie McIntosh Biography (1985-)
Published on 3 Jun, 2011 at 13:30 in Biography | Viewed 242 times | No Comments
Stephanie McIntosh parlayed her success on the long-running Aussie soap opera Neighbours into a pop music career, scoring a Top Ten hit in her native land with 2006′s “Mistake.” Born July 5, 1985, in Malvern, Australia, McIntosh was the product of a show business family. Her mother, Sue, was a former ABC News anchor, while half-brother Jason Donovan…
