John William "Johnny" Carson
                  (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)

Johnny Carson was host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 
for thirty years on NBC (1962 – 1992). He was awarded six Emmy Awards,
and was inducted in the the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. 

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is 86 today and continues to perform
live.

1957

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a stock car driver and team owner, currently
driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for
Hendrick Motorsports. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame legend Dale
Earnhardt. Dale Jr. won the 2004 Daytona 500 and has also won the Most
Popular Driver Award nine times.

Dale Earnhardt with son Dale Jr.

John Mellencamp is a rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor 
who has sold over 40  million albums worldwide, has had 22 Top 40 hits and holds
the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number-one on the Hot
Mainstream Tracks chart, with seven. Mellencamp has been nominated for
13 Grammy Awards, winning one.

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1980