(Encyclopedia) Parker, Charlie “Bird” (Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.), 1920–55, American musician and composer, b. Kansas City, Kans. He began playing alto saxophone in 1933 and, shifting from one…
WILSON, Charlie, a Representative from Ohio; born in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio, January 18, 1943; B.G.S., Ohio University, 1980; Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science; business…
Willie NelsonArchive PhotosEntertainer of the YearWillie NelsonSingle of the Year“The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Charlie Daniels BandAlbum of the YearThe Gambler, Kenny Rogers (United Artists)…
architectBorn: 1946Birthplace: Lodz, Poland Born in Poland, Libeskind's family immigrated to Israel when he was 11, and then to New York. He studied music seriously as a teenager, but at age 19…
entrepreneurBorn: 7/29/1797Birthplace: Carmel, N.Y. Having begun his career in the cattle-driving business, he was keenly aware of emerging opportunities and became successively (and successfully…
actor, director, producerBorn: 8/28/1957Birthplace: Bethesda, Maryland Stern gave memorable performances in the films Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Born in East L.A. (1987), as one of the…
news reporterBorn: 3/21/1922Birthplace: New York City After World War II, Meenan began his career as a crime reporter in New York for The Daily News . He later signed on with a local TV station,…
political analystBorn: April 7, 1931Birthplace: Detroit U.S. political analyst who leaked the classified Pentagon papers to the press in 1971, and figured in the Watergate scandal during Nixon's…
