Happy birthday to entertainers like Don McLean, Sting, and Kelly Ripa! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Singer Don McLean (1945) rode all eight and a half minutes of "American Pie" to four weeks at No. 1 and paid tribute to Van Gogh with "Vincent." He's in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and is taking "American Pie" on tour Down Under for its 55th anniversary this month.
Musician Sting (1951) wrote "Every Breath You Take" for the Police and answered it as a solo act with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." He's collected 17 Grammys and returned to the shipyards of his Wallsend childhood in "The Last Ship" this year.
Actress Lorraine Bracco (1954) picked up an Oscar nomination for "Goodfellas" and lobbied to play Dr. Jennifer Melfi instead of Carmela on "The Sopranos." She joined "Rizzoli & Isles" and cooked as a Sicilian nonna in "Nonnas" last year.
TV host-actress Kelly Ripa (1970) played Hayley Vaughan on "All My Children" and has worked through four co-hosts on "Live" since 2001. She shared the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host with her husband for "Live with Kelly and Mark," and the show is up for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series this month.
Singer Tiffany (1971) turned a shopping mall tour into a No. 1 hit with her cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" and hit the top again with "Could've Been." "Stranger Things" dropped the song into its fifth season last year.
Singer Brittany Howard (1988) took Alabama Shakes from covers in Alabama bars to a No. 1 album with "Sound & Color." She grabbed the Grammy for Best Rock Song with "Stay High" and co-wrote "Pale, Pale Moon" for last year's "Sinners."
Bassist Ron Meagher of the Beau Brummels (1941), Actor Avery Brooks (1948), Fashion designer Donna Karan (1948), Photographer Annie Leibovitz (1949), Singer-bassist Richard Hell (1949), Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics (1950), Actor Ian McNeice (1950), Actress Robin Riker (1952), Singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong (1953), Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart (1954), Singer Phil Oakey of Human League (1955), Singer Freddie Jackson (1956), Voice actor Charlie Adler (1956), Singer-producer Robbie Nevil (1958), Hockey player Glenn Anderson (1960), Writer-producer Terence Winter (1960), Voice actor Jeff Bennett (1962), Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars (1967), Musician Gillian Welch (1967), Actor Joey Slotnick (1968), Singer Kelly Willis (1968), Singer Dion Allen of Az Yet (1970), Actress Maribel Verdú (1970), Guitarist Jim Root of Slipknot (1971), Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape (1973), Singer Lene Nystrom of Aqua (1973), Actor Efren Ramirez (1973), Writer-director Lee Sung Jin (1981), Voice actor John Morris (1984), Actress Camilla Belle (1986), Actress Samantha Barks (1990), Actress Elizabeth McLaughlin (1993), Actress Ambika Mod (1995)
Film critic Rex Reed (1938-2026)
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