SANDY KOZEL

Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) is 54 today.

Actor and producer Tom Cruise grew up in an abusive household
and had planned to become a priest before becoming interested
in acting. He became the most well-known member of the Church
of Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.

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Richard Lee Petty was born in North Carolina.

NASCAR driver Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times over the course
of his legendary career. His racing team Richard Petty Motorsports became one
of the most successful teams on the circuit. He grew up with racing, as his father
was a champion racer himself. Richard is called The King who became a 5-time
Winston Cup Series Champion.

SANDY KOZEL

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997)

Sinatra’s Strangers In The Night reached number one on both the Billboard
Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, it was the title song for Sinatra’s
1966 album of the same name which became his most commercially successful
album. The record won Sinatra the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

"King Porter Stomp" is called one of the greatest compositions of the 20th
century and is considered to be important in the development of jazz. There
are many recorded versions, but this one by Benny Goodman and his
Orchestra is the most popular and influential. It was recorded in New York 
for the Victor label. The song was written by pianist and composer Jelly
Roll Morton around 1905.

 
Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe)
(October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941)