John Allan "Jack" Jones is a jazz and pop singer who was
very popular during the 1960s. He won two Grammy Awards
and is most known for his recordings of “Wives and Lovers”
(1963), “Lollipops and Roses (1962), and in 1977 “The Love
Boat Theme”. Jones continues to perform concerts and is
featured often in Las Vegas.

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart is 68 today. He is one of the best selling
artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. He has
had sixteen top ten singles with four of them reaching number-on on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, Billboard ranked him the 17th most successful
artist on their Top All-Time Artists list. Stewart was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

The award winning country singer Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb) is best 
known for her 1977 country-pop hit,"Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". She
had 20 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. Crystal is the
youngest sister of Loretta Lynn by 19 years.

Nicolas Cage (Nicolas Kim Coppola) won the Academy Award for Best Actor
in 1995 for “Leaving Las Vegas”. His most famous role came in 1996 with
the thriller “The Rock”, which also starred Sean Connery. Before fame,
Cage sold popcorn at a Los Angeles theater after dropping out of high
school at age 17. His uncle is director, Francis Ford Coppola.

     
         Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967)

Carl Sandburg was a writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He
received three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and another for his
biography of Abraham Lincoln. Before fame, Sandburg flunked out
of the West Point military academy after poor grades on math and
grammar exams.

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Carl Sandburg with Marilyn Monroe in 1961