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1. He was born February 5, 1954 and may be best remembered as the drummer for the band, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, yet his talents are many and varied. He has earned tremendous respect for his work as a musical composer. Who is this American Aquarian?
2. She was born the youngest of three daughters in March of 1954. Roughly, ten years later she and her older sister, Ann, watched the Beatles perform on television's "The Ed Sullivan Show". She has said it was at that very moment she knew what her career path would be. Indeed she must have known something - her band, Heart, has sold over 35 million records worldwide. Who celebrates her birthday the day before St. Patrick's Day (March 16th)?
3. Ray Parker, Jr. was born May 1, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan and was employed as a session musician while he was still in his teens. He gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a member of the band Raydio but he may always be remembered for writing and performing the theme of an iconic 1984 movie that starred Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver. Which movie theme song?
4. One life story that spurs the thoughts of "what might have been" is the one of the country music star who was born July 1, 1954. His career ended much to soon when he died at age 34. Which native of Kentucky recorded and had chart success in the 1980s with the songs "Miami, My Amy", "Don't Close Your Eyes" and "When You Say Nothing At All"?
5. He is a native of London (England) and has enjoyed musical success as a singer and songwriter in a wide variety of genres. He is a Grammy Award winner who was born as Declan Patrick MacManus on August 25, 1954 and along with his band, the Attractions, became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. We know him better as who?
6. This musician should be well known to fans of the rock band Van Halen. He was featured as singer and guitar player with them for a more than twenty years. The Indiana native has enjoyed definite success as a solo performer - apart from Van Halen - as well. He was born October 10, 1954 and he may have told you, "Eat 'Em and Smile" in 1986. Who is he?
7. He is the Adam of the English rock band Adam and the Ants. From many accounts his personal life has played as dramatically as have his musical aspirations. His publicized bouts of depression and manifestations of a bipolar condition have often overshadowed his musical talent. What was the birth name of "Goody Two Shoes" singer?
8. This future Grammy Award winner was born November 8, 1954 near Chicago, Illinois but would find her earliest musical recognition almost twenty years later when living as a penniless runaway near Los Angeles, California. Her name was within the top thirty of those names listed by VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll (in 1999). Whose self-titled album was released in 1980 and included the songs: "Chuck E.'s in Love", "Weasel and the White Boys Cool" and "The Last Chance Texaco"?
9. The unmistakable sound of this singer and musician has been apparent whether he performed as a solo artist or the member of a group. He toured as a member of the Grateful Dead, The Range, The Noisemakers and with Ricky Skaggs. He has played piano, keyboards, accordion and the mountain dulcimer. No pigeonholing this Virginia native who was born November 23, 1954; who is he?
10. Described as a gifted and powerful singer, VH1 once labeled her the "Greatest White Soul Singer Alive". While that may have been true, it echoed only one aspect of this amazing woman who was born Christmas day in 1954 near Aberdeen Scotland. Whose voice do you hear in the songs "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Here Comes the Rain Again" and a 1995 cover of Procol Harum's hit, "Whiter Shade of Pale"?
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