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Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
96 today.
The musician, actor, film producer and Rolling Stones front man
Mick Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent, England on July 26, 1943.
Raised in a middle-class English family, Michael Philip Jagger
attended the London School of Economics but left without
graduating in order to pursue a career in music. In the early
1960s, Jagger, along with Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Ian
Stewart, founded the Rolling Stones, which would become one
of the world’s most popular and enduring rock and roll bands.
The group’s many hit songs include “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
Brian Douglas Wilson is a musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded The Beach Boys. He is widely known as
one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century.
Singer Sir James Paul McCartney gained worldwide fame as co-
lead vocalist, co-songwriter, and bassist for the Beatles, His
songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most
successful in history,
Gladys Maria Knight is a singer/songwriter,actress,
businesswoman, and author. A seven-time Grammy
Award–winner. Knight is known for the hits she
recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with
her group The Pips, which also included her brother
Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest
and Edward Patten.