Random the Most Famous Musician From Every Stat (50 items)

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  (#10) Billy Joel

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  Billy Joel was born in 1949 in the Bronx, NY. His father was a trained pianist and Joel was pushed by his mother to take lessons as a very young boy. By the time the "Piano Man" was a teenager, he had mastered the instrument and was starting various rock bands. Joel has gone on to become one of the most successful pop-rock singer-songwriters of all time. His home state is well-represented in his music with songs like "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017."

   
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  (#38) Wiz Khalifa

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  Cameron Jibril Thomaz was born in 1987 in Minot, ND. The future rap star showed an early interest in music and began writing his own lyrics at the age of nine. By the time the "Say Yeah" singer was a teenager, Wiz Khalifa was recording his own tracks.

   
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  (#29) Chris LeDoux

  • Dec. at 57 (1948-2005)

  Chris LeDoux was born in 1948 in Biloxi, MS, but moved to Cheyenne, WY, as a teenager. The country singer made his home in Kaycee, WY, and stayed there until his death in 2005. LeDoux was a professional rodeo cowboy who began to compose songs to pay for his traveling expenses. LeDoux eventually recorded his own album and went on to make over 30 albums.

   
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  (#48) Shawn Colvin

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  Shawn Colvin was born in 1956 in Vermillion, SD. The folk singer taught herself how to play the guitar at ten years old. Colvin gained popularity during the late 1980s as part of the "new folk movement." She achieved international fame with her 1997 Grammy Award winning single "Sunny Came Home."
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  (#23) Britney Spears

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  Britney Spears was born in 1981 in Mississippi but moved to Kentwood, LA by the age of three. The "...Baby One More Time" vocalist started performing as a singer, dancer, and actress since she could walk. Spears found her first taste of fame as a Mousketeer at the age 11. Pop super stardom followed as Spears dominated the music charts for most of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

   
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  (#17) John Denver

  • Dec. at 54 (1943-1997)

  John Denver was born in 1943 in Roswell, NM. The folk singer got his first guitar as a teenager as a gift from his grandmother. Denver had his initial success in music when the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary recorded a song he wrote called, "Leaving on a Jet Plane." The singer-songwriter catapulted into the mainstream with his 1970s hits "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High."

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