The song "People Are Strange" was released by The Doors from their second
album Strange Days which was also released in September 1967. The single
peaked at the number 12 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and made it
to the top ten in the Cash Box charts. It was written by Jim Morrison and Robby
Krieger although credit was given to The Doors.  

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is 67 years old today.

According to reports, Springsteen felt deep alienation while attending
high school and did not appear at his graduation. He failed his physical
examinations after being drafted to fight in Vietnam and never served.

Bruce Springsteen performed with the power trio Earth in the late 1960s
and, in 1971, he performed with Steve Van Zandt and Steel Mill.

        Cover painting by Gerald Scarfe.

Artist Gerald Anthony Scarfe turned 80 in June.

Deborah Anne "Debby" Boone

Pop singer Debby Boone, whose single "You Light Up My Life" was a #1 hit
has won multiple Grammy Awards for her contributions to contemporary
music and Christian albums. She began touring with her father, singer Pat
Boone at the age of fourteen. Debby pursued a solo career after being
encouraged by record company executive Mike Curb.

ED DANAHUE

Sophia Loren  (Sofia Villani Scicolone) is 82 years young today.

Sophia Loren was a finalist for a beauty pageant in Naples at the age of
fourteen. She voiced the character Mama Topolino in the 2011 Disney
feature Cars 2 (below).