Texas singer/guitarist Cas Haley burst upon the music scene with his easygoing reggae tunes and was voted runner-up on Season 2 of the NBC reality television series America’s Got Talent. On August 31, 2007, Haley lost to Terry Fator, a ventriloquist/impressionist/singer and fellow Texas native.

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Singer, pianist, composer, musical archivist Michael Jay Feinstein was a child prodigy who, at age 5 (about 1961), developed an interest in the piano and could play a song by ear having just heard it one time. At age 20 the Columbus, Ohio native was introduced to Broadway lyricist legend Ira Gershwin, who hired him to catalogue his extensive collection of phonograph records.

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Best known for his song “Dream Weaver,” musician Gary Wright began his entertainment career as a child actor, appearing in the 1954 original Broadway production of the long-running musical Fanny, playing Florence Henderson’s (The Brady Bunch) son Cesario.

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Co-founder of the new wave band DEVO, musician, composer, singer, and artist Mark Mothersbaugh was born on May 18, 1950. The DEVO lead singer’s other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games.

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