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RCA Records artists
- David BowieDavid Robert Jones was born on the 8th of January 1947 in Brixton, London. His mother worked as a waitress at a cinema while his father managed promotions…
- Taylor SwiftTaylor Alison Swift was born on the 13th of December 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her parents chose a unisex name hoping it would help her succeed in…
- Aretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin was born on the 25th of March 1942, at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman was born on the 5th of December 1932 in Macon, Georgia. He grew up as the third child among twelve siblings in a household where his…
- Wu-Tang ClanIn the late 1980s, cousins Robert Diggs, Gary Grice, and Russell Jones formed a group named Force of the Imperial Master in Staten Island.
- Dr. SeussTheodor Seuss Geisel arrived in Springfield, Massachusetts on the 2nd of March 1904. His father managed a family brewery that closed during Prohibition…
- John WayneMarion Robert Morrison entered the world on the 26th of May 1907 at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa. The local newspaper reported his birth weight…
- Will SmithWillard Carroll Smith II arrived in the world on the 25th of September 1968. He grew up in the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia with his mother…
- ShakiraOn the 2nd of February 1977, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her father worked as a jeweler and her mother taught English.
- Ringo StarrRichard Starkey arrived at 9 Madryn Street in Dingle, Liverpool on the 7th of July 1940. His early years were defined by poverty and severe health crises…
- London Symphony OrchestraOn the 9th of June 1904, Hans Richter stood on a platform at Queen's Hall to conduct the first concert of a new ensemble.
- KeshaKesha Rose Sebert arrived in the world on the 1st of March 1987. Her mother Pebe Sebert struggled to raise her and older brother Lagan on welfare payments…
- Bo DiddleyEllas Bates McDaniel arrived in the world on the 30th of December 1928, inside a small town called McComb, Mississippi. He was the only child of Ethel…
- Gil Scott-HeronGilbert Scott-Heron arrived in Chicago on the 1st of April 1949. His mother Bobbie Scott was an opera singer who performed with the Oratorio Society of New…
- Donald GloverDonald McKinley Glover Jr. arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in California on the 25th of September 1983. His father worked as a postal worker stationed…
- Diana RossDiana Ross was born on the 26th of March 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. Her family lived at 635 Belmont Street in the North End section of the city before…
- Marian AndersonMarian Anderson was born on the 27th of February 1897 in Philadelphia. Her father sold ice and coal at the Reading Terminal while her mother worked as a…