Curated playlist
20th-century Baptists
- Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston sold more than 220 million records and carried a nickname that needed no first name: "the Voice". She was born in 1963 and died in 2012. In between, she became one of the most awarded performers in history. In 2023, Rolling…
- Aretha FranklinOtis Redding said Aretha Franklin took his song "Respect" away from him. Her version hit number one in 1967.
- Bill ClintonBill Clinton was born three months after his father died in a car crash.
- Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter once was lowered into a crippled nuclear reactor for 90 seconds at a time. He later ran for president.
- Al GoreAl Gore won the 2000 popular vote but lost the presidency by 537 Florida votes.
- John GrishamJohn Grisham hid in a restroom during a gunfight at 17. That scare pushed him toward college, law and novels.
- Muriel LesterMuriel Lester gave up university to live in poverty in London's East End. Japan knew her as "Mother of World Peace."
- Wilt ChamberlainNo camera filmed Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in one game. Only a radio broadcast of the fourth quarter survived.
- Diana RossDiana Ross got her name from a birth certificate mistake. Her mother had planned to name her Diane.
- Cornel WestYale punished Cornel West for a protest arrest by canceling his 1987 spring leave. He then commuted to Paris to teach.