On This Day April 26
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1874 – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost (d. 1963)
1940 – Actor James Caan (“The Godfather,” “Brian’s Song,” “Rollerball,” “Alien Nation,” “Misery”)
1944 – Legendary Motown singer-actress Diana Ross, formerly of The Supremes
1948 – Rock singer-songwriter and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler
1950 – Comedian-actor and “SCTV” and “SNL” alum Martin Short
1950 – R&B soul singer Teddy Pendergrass (d. 2010)
1968 – Country music singer-songwriter and producer Kenny Chesney
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1963 – The Rooftop Singers stroll to the top of the singles chart with “Walk Right In.”
1974 – “You’re Sixteen” by Ringo Starr is the No. 1 single. The song is from the ex-Beatle’s “Ringo” album, which also contains the hits “Photograph” and “Oh My My.”
2002 – “U Got It Bad,” by Usher, is in the midst of a five-week ride on top of the singles chart.
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1922 – Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (d. 2000)
1933 – Grammy, Tony and Emmy-winning singer-actor Robert Goulet (d. 2007)
1938 – Impressionist-comedian Rich Little, known as “the man of a thousand voices”
1981 – British pop star Natasha Bedingfield (“Unwritten,” “Soulmate,” “I Wanna Have Your Babies”)
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1935 – First female U.S. vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (d. 2011)
1945 – Singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson of the Ashford & Simpson husband-wife songwriting team
1960 – Grammy-winning saxophonist-bandleader Branford Marsalis
1980 – Actor Macaulay Culkin, best known for the “Home Alone” movie franchise
1989 – NBA All-Star and Houston Rockets guard James Harden, a.k.a. “The Beard”
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