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Below are a list of notable April 7ers who pale in comparison to you !
Birthdays - April 7
1770 - William Wordsworth (poet: The Prelude: Growth of a Poet’s Mind; died Apr 23, 1850)
1786 - William King (13th U.S. Vice President: 1st VP to have served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate; took the only presidential or vice presidential oath ever administered outside of the United States [Havana, Cuba]; died Apr 18, 1853 [a month after taking that oath])
1873 - John (Joseph) ‘Mugsy’ McGraw (‘Little Napoleon’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Baltimore Orioles [1891-1899/champs: 1894-1897], SL Cardinals [1900], Baltimore Orioles [1901-1902], NY Giants [1902-1906]; manager: NY Giants: most World Series losses [6]; former baseball commissioner; died Feb 25, 1934)
1897 - Walter Winchell (vaudeville performer, journalist, gossip columnist: New York Mirror, radio commentator: “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.”; died Feb 20, 1972)
1908 - Percy Faith (Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader, composer: The Theme from "A Summer Place" [1960]; My Heart Cries for You [Guy Mitchell hit], Delicado, Song from Moulin Rouge, Theme for Young Lovers; died Feb 9, 1976)
1915 - Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) (‘Lady’: jazz singer: Lover Man, They Can’t Take that Away from Me, Fine and Mellow, Don’t Explain, Strange Fruit, God Bless the Child; died July 17, 1959)
1917 - Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria (bandleader, composer, musician: conga drums: Afro Blue, Watermelon Man; appeared in film: Made in Paris; played with Perez Prado and Tito Puente; died Feb 1, 2003)
1919 - Ralph Flanagan (pianist/arranger: Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa, Tony Pastor, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey, Tony Martin, Mindy Carson, Perry Como Supper Club radio show; bandleader: Nevertheless, Rag Mop, Harbor Lights, Slow Poke, Hot Toddy; theme song: Singing Winds)
1920 - Ravi Shankar (sitarist: played at Woodstock [1969] and with George Harrison in the Bangla-Desh Benefit concerts [1971]; was George Harrison’s sitar teacher; was resident lecturer at CCNY)
1928 - James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) (actor: The Rockford Files, Maverick, The Americanization of Emily, Victor/Victoria, Tank, A Man Called Sledge, Duel at Diablo, The Distinguished Gentleman, My Fellow Americans, Space Cowboys)
1931 - Daniel Ellsberg (author: known for releasing Pentagon Papers to the NY Times)
1933 - Wayne Rogers (actor: M*A*S*H, Cool Hand Luke, Passion in Paradise, Pocket Money, The Killing Time, Chiefs, The Gig)
1935 - Bobby Bare (Grammy Award-winning country singer: Detroit City [1964]; All America Boy [as Bill Parsons], Shame on Me, 500 Miles Away from Home; actor: A Distant Trumpet)
1937 - Gail Cogdill (football: Detroit Lions [one of the Lion’s all-time receiving champs], Baltimore Colts)
1938 - Spencer Dryden (musician: drums: group: Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit; died Jan 11, 2005)
1939 - Francis Ford Coppola (Academy Award-winning director: The Godfather: Part II [1974], screenwriter: Patton [1970], The Godfather [1973], The Godfather: Part II [1974]; The Godfather: Part III, Apocalypse Now, Finian’s Rainbow, Peggy Sue Got Married)
1939 - David Frost (TV host: That Was the Week that Was, The David Frost Show)
1943 - Mick Abrahams (musician: guitar: groups: Blodwyn Pig; Jethro Tull: Serenade to a Cuckoo)
1947 - Patricia Bennett (singer: The Chiffons: Tonight’s the Night, He’s So Fine, One Fine Day, A Love So Fine, I Have a Boyfriend, Sweet Talkin’ Guy)
1949 - John Oates (songwriter, singer: group: Hall and Oates: She’s Gone, Sara Smile, Rich Girl, I Can’t Go for That, Private Eyes, Maneater)
1951 - Janis Ian (Fink) (Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter: At Seventeen [1975]; Society’s Child)
1952 - Bruce Gary (musician: drums: group: The Knack: My Sharona, Good Girls Don’t, Baby Talks Dirty)
1954 - Tony Dorsett (Pro Football Hall Famer: University of Pittsburgh: career record: for yards gained: Heisman Trophy winner [1976]; Dallas Cowboys running back: Super Bowls XII, XIII)
1960 - James ‘Buster’ Douglas (boxing champion: defeated Mike Tyson)
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