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1. I was born on the 10th May 1946 in Maryhill, Scotland, and from an early age was influenced greatly by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan among others, and by my teens had developed a distinctive style of folk singing with my guitar and ability to write songs. At nineteen I had released two songs that both reached number four in the UK Charts but only just caused a ripple in the US. However, twelve months later I hit the top of the Billboard Charts with a song that also went to number two in the UK and number four in Australia. Three months later my next song took second place on Billboard, beaten only by The Monkees' huge hit "I'm A Believer".
2. I came into the world on the 12th April 1946 in Youngtown, Ohio, and showed much promise as a footballer in my teens and was able to make the Pittsburgh Steelers list before being cut. After majoring in history at Ohio Uni. and becoming a school teacher, I became interested in acting and enrolled in a theatre program where I was initially involved in stage productions and TV movies, before I was offered a leading role in what was to become a television blockbusting sitcom about a dysfunctional family in Chicago. The show screened for eleven seasons and earned me two Golden Globe nominations.
3. Born 6th July 1946 in New York City and after scoring badly at school I stumbled into acting with cameos and minor parts in TV shows before I decided to write my own movie script. Upon presentation of this idea to movie makers it was extremely well received with big cash offers for the rights being offered. The sticking point, however, was that the movie makers didn't want me playing the lead role - instead going for a Robert Redford or a Burt Reynolds. I stuck to my guns and eventually a deal was struck with this movie going on to win three Oscars and seven other Academy Award Nominations.
4. Born on the 9th of July 1946 in Forfar, Scotland and migrated to Australia at six years of age, I formed my first band at the age of eighteen as a drummer and part-time singer. My big break came in 1974 when I replaced the vocalist of an up-and-coming rock band which then developed into an act of world acclaim, with great following on tour. However I departed this world in 1980 due to misadventure, just as the band had reached its pinnacle of success and was in the throes of compiling an album which would become one of the greatest albums of all time with 22 million sales in the US alone.
5. Born in New York City on the 20th December 1946 I began my career as an advertising copywriter while, behind the scenes, writing screenplays in the hope of developing a future in movies and TV. I eventually moved to Los Angeles where I was able to find success as a television producer and as a staff writer I was nominated for an Emmy for an episode of Hill Street Blues. Moving on, I had my biggest success in 1990 with a police and legal drama series on TV, which ran for twenty years and equalled "Gunsmoke" as the longest running series on TV.
6. On November 6th 1946 I made my first appearance in Pasadena, California, and after being a cheerleader in high school went on to get a role as a beach loving surfer-girl. Unfortunately the show only lasted one season before being canned, but I was offered a part as a "religious person" in a series that lasted 82 episodes and really set me up for a long career in movies and TV that culminated in my winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress in 1978 and 1984.
7. Born on October 11th 1946 in Pottstown Pennsylvania, my musical partner and I have been together since 1967. We write our own songs and are rated second to the top selling duo of the Rock Era. Since 1975 we have topped the Billboard Charts five times and had sixteen of our songs claiming a Top Ten place.
8. On December 14th, 1946 I was born in Queens, New York, and after an unhappy childhood was turned over to talent managers by my mother and became a very young actress with my debut in the soap opera "The Brighter Day" and the TV adaption of the movie "Meet Me In Saint Louis" when twelve years old. Four years later I became, what was then, the youngest ever Oscar winner with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The next year I was given my own TV show that went for 104 episodes.
9. I was born on the Isle of Man on the 1st of September 1946 and moved to Australia with my parents when twelve years old. I quit school at fifteen and, along with my brothers, started performing at hotels and clubs on the Queensland Gold Coast before moving to Sydney where we auditioned to some of the top names in the music industry. My songs were also being recognized by promoters and after being signed to a contract by music entrepreneur Robert Stigwood our careers really took off and we produced eight number one records on the Billboard Charts during the disco era between 1975 and 1979.
10. I was born on 15th July in 1946 in Tucson Arizona and not surprisingly became interested in bluegrass folk and country rock and teamed up with a band in Los Angeles that called themselves "The Stone Poneys" that produced a number thirteen on the Billboard Charts with "Different Drum". After going solo it took five years to make it to the Top Ten on the US charts and my only number one came in 1975, ahead of nine other Top Tens I was going to have over the years, with the revival of a 1963 Betty Everett hit.
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