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touring her song hit number one on the radio. From their she was famous and

Best selling author, Michelle McNamara, wrote some of the greatest crime novels of our time, but few people knew about her secret life. Michelle had her own private drug den filled with a variety of prescription and illegal drugs.

She battled death and fame at the same time and is dealing with the repercussions 20

She was also a singer who sang in “Happy Feet”, which was a 2006 hit movie. (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Vol. 105.).

Not everyone is blessed with musical talent but when someone has an extraordinary ability, he or she should get the chance to please others with it. Sometimes a career can be made out of musical endowment, and that is what Billie Holiday did. Billie had a life that she may not have dreamed of since it started out rough with her mistreatment from adults and discouraging misfortunes, but she was ambitious and that showed through her singing career. Billie could usually adapt to her life’s problems except for her drug addiction and alcohol abuse, which unfortunately led to her demise. She was a talented woman who sang and helped create hit songs that aided her to rise to fame. Billie Holiday bravely stood up to racism, showed the world her talent, and inspired many of her beloved fans, all while continuing to be herself and not allowing the issues in her life hold her back.

Mary Lou Retton was born on January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Lois and Ronnie Retton and the youngest of five children. At the age of four, she began studying dance and acrobatics, then started gymnastics training a year later. After she started developing a great love of gymnastics as a girl, Mary Lou Retton moved to Houston, Texas, to train with the amazing Romanian coach, Bela Karolyi. Mary Lou grew

She began singing solo’s at New Bethel Church. At the age of fourteen Aretha’s talent for singing was recognized by her father, and he started managing her shortly after, so he could get her a recording deal. She started off by going on the road with her father and singing at various churches while he preached. This resulted in Aretha Franklin getting signed to her first record deal with J.V.B. Records Label. Her first studio album was titled “Songs Of Faith”. Although this did not put her on the map as the Queen of Soul. Aretha decided at the age of 18 that she wanted to go in the direction of Sam Cooke and sing Pop music. It was not until she signed with the Columbia Records in 1960, that she had her first single chart the Billboard on the Hot 100 with her song “Won’t Be Long” off her first pop studio album Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo. With her talent Franklin was able to record in diverse genres such as vocal jazz, blues, standards, rhythm and blues and doo-wop. In 1962, she released two more studio albums: ‘The Electrifying Aretha Franklin’ and ‘The Tender,The Moving,Swinging Aretha Franklin’. Her number-one R&B singles are “Respect” in 1967, “Chain Of Fools” in 1967, “Think” in 1967, and “Share Your Love With Me” also in 1967. In 1968 Aretha performed at Dr. Martin Luther King’s Funeral. She also performed at the presidential inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Doing her music is the reason why Franklin is where she is now and why she is known as the queen of

Aretha was born into a family that attended church, her father who was a Baptist preacher and gospel singer parents. She was the fourth of five children, and lost her mother from a heart attack, four years after her parents had gotten divorced. Aretha was then moved with her dad and siblings to Michigan where they attended a church named, Detroit’s New Baptists. Her father was recognized as a preacher and her talent was starting to peek out when she would sing at her Father’s congregation. She was mostly self-taught herself and was known to be a child prodigy, with a nice voice and a gifted pianist.

Whitney Houston grew up in humble beginnings, with fame on her side, helping her to become the modern-day tragic hero that the public knows. According to Biography, “Born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New

Boone was singing Gospel materials in 70’s. Her daughter also rose in the charts for her singing. Boone hosted some radio shows too. Some of his other hit songs are Let Me Live, Smoke on the Water and Stairway to Heaven.

Growing up, she never had formal signing lessons (La Bella 12). She performed in local town events and at the Free Will Baptist Church in Checotah. In 2004, Carrie auditioned for the television show American Idol. Passing the audition, Carrie went on to become the season four finalist (Fabian). In addition to winning American Idol, she was offered a recording contract, where she later released her very first single “Inside Your Heaven”.

Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas, 1892,few years later she moved to Waxahachie,Texas where she is living on a farm. When she was nine,her dad left to go back to the Indian Territory,and her mom didn’t want to go with him , so he left. All the time she would skip school to help her mom pick cotton. Years later when Coleman graduated from high school, she went to college at Langston University in Oklahoma. After the first semester she was forced to dropped out because she didn’t have enough money to stay in college.

Toni Michele Braxton was born on October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland to parents Michael and Evelyn Braxton. The eldest of six siblings, Toni was raised in a strict Pentecostal home. She is most known as an American R&B singer-songwriter. Her other credits include pianist, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine on February 2, 1892. She was the first daughter of three girls; her parents, Cora Buzzelle Millay and Henry Tolman Millay. Millay's parents divorced in 1900 and her mother

Katy Perry is a well-known pop singer, songwriter and musician from America. She was born on 25 October 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. She has a pair of pastor parents and two siblings include an elder sister and a younger brother. As growing up in a deeply religious family, there was much common teenage stuff that not allowed to do by Perry and her siblings. For example, they only can listen to gospel instead of any other music when being in the house and therefore she had to secretly listen to other sorts of music which provided by her friends. She started to take the singing lessons around the age of 9 and learned to play guitar when she was 13. A passion for music grew around that time and thus she soon pursues a career in music at