On This Day April 7
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1735 – American Revolution patriot Paul Revere (d. 1818)
1938 – Tony-winning actor Frank Langella (“Dracula,” “Dave,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Unknown”)
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, lead singer of the 60s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish
1943 – Actor-comedian Don Novello, best known as Father Guido Salducci on “Saturday Night Live”
1969 – Actor Morris Chestnut (“Boyz n the Hood,” “The Best Man,” “Ladder 49”)
1959 – Country music legend Johnny Cash (a.k.a. “The Man in Black”) plays his first of many free concerts at California’s San Quentin Prison. The captive audience of inmates included future country music great Merle Haggard, who, at 19, was serving time for grand theft auto and armed robbery.
1966 – Simon & Garfunkel are No. 1 on the singles chart with “The Sounds of Silence.”
1983 – Hall & Oates dominate the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week with “Maneater.”
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1940 – Emmy-winning actress Donna Mills (“Play Misty For Me,” “Knot’s Landing,” “General Hospital”)
1944 – Pop and country singer Brenda Lee (“I’m Sorry,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”)
1947 – Actress Teri Garr (“Young Frankenstein,” “Tootsie,” “Mr. Mom”)
1954 – Singer Jermaine Jackson, formerly of the Jackson 5
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1934 – Game show host Wink Martindale (“Tic Tac Dough,” “Gambit,” “Dedt”)
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Wrestler”)
1966 – Comedian Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia”)
1969 – Grammy-winning rapper-record producer Jay Z, born Shawn Corey Carter
1954 – The Chordettes settle in at No. 1 on the singles chart for seven weeks with “Mr. Sandman.”
1965 – The Byrds kick off three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
1993 – Cancer claims the life of rock composer-guitarist Frank Zappa at the age of 52.
2004 – The Usher-Alicia Keys duet, “My Boo,” enters its sixth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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1904 – Surrealist artist Salvador Dali (d. 1989)
1927 – Comedian and political satirist Mort Sahl, considered the first modern stand-up comedian
1941 – Rock singer-songwriter Eric Burdon, former lead vocalist for the bands The Animals and War
1959 – Former MTV VJ and Sirius XM “80s on 8” DJ Martha Quinn