Art Garfunkel Was Born On November 5, 1941

Art Garfunkel was born as Arthur Ira Garfunkel on November 5th of 1941 in the Queens borough of New York City.

He is best known for being half of the folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel with Paul Simon. He met Simon in the 6th grade.

Simon and Garfunkel had many hits including 1965's "The Sounds of Silence" which reached #1 in the US, 1966's "I Am A Rock" which reached #3 in the US (and #17 in the UK), 1968's "Mrs. Robinson" which reached #1 in the US (and #4 in the UK) and 1970's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" which reached #1 in both the US and the UK.

After Simon & Garfunkel broke up in 1970, Garfunkel went on to release many solo albums. 1973's Angel Clare was his first solo album and it charted at a career high #5 on the US charts. His peak in the UK came with 1979's Fate for Breakfast which charted at #2 thanks primarily to the #1 UK single "Bright Eyes." He also had a #1 UK single with 1975's "I Only Have Eyes For You."

Garfunkel has been primarily a singer throughout his career. He never wrote any of his own songs until 2002's Everything Waits to be Noticed.

"The Sound of Silence"



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Diddy Was Born On November 4, 1969

Diddy was born as Sean John Combs on November 4th of 1969 in Missouri.

Diddy is a successful record producer and rapper and an even more successful business man (his net worth is estimated at over $300 million.) Diddy is his current performing name but he was previously known as P. Diddy and before that Puff Daddy. He has had his biggest hits thus far under the name Puff Daddy.

Combs was already known as a music promoter and producer when he came out with his first album of his own 1997's No Way Out. It went straight to #1 in the US with sales of over 500,000 copies in the first week.

The recently deceased Notorious B.I.G. appeared on four tracks.

No Way Out featured the #1 US singles "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" which featured Ma$e & and "I'll Be Missing You" which was about The Notirious B.I.G. as Combs had worked with The Notorious B.I.G. on his albums. The album also included the #2 US singles "It's All About The Benjamins" & "Been Around The World." The album won the Best Rap Album Grammy in 1998.

While his albums since then have done well commercially (all selling at least one million copies in the US and reaching at least #2 on the US album charts) they have not reached the same level of success as his debut.

Music videos:

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"


"I'll Be Missing You"


"It's All About The Benjamins"


"Been Around The World"


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Adam Ant Was Born On November 3, 1954

Adam Ant was born as Stuart Leslie Goddard on November 3rd of 1954 in England.

He is most well known for his 1982 hit "Goody Two Shoes" which reached #1 in the UK, #1 in Australia, and #12 in the US. In the UK he is also known for his career with his band Adam & the Ants.

Adam and the Ants released a studio album in 1979, 1980, and in 1981 with 1980's Kings of the Wild Frontier being the most successful. It charted at #1 in the UK and #44 in the US.

Adam and the Ants had two #1 UK singles in 1981; "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming." Adam and the Ants never had a single chart in the US.

Music videos:

"Prince Charming" with Adam and the Ants



"Goody Two Shoes"



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K.D. Lang Was Born On November 2, 1961

K.D. Lang was born Kathryn Dawn Lang on November 2nd of 1961 in Canada.

Lang is known professionally as a country music singer-songwriter. She is also known for some aspects of her personal life as she is an animal rights vegetarian and a lesbian (she "came out" in 1992.)

Her most commercially successful album to date in the US and the UK has been 1992's Ingenue which charted at #18 in the US and #3 in the UK. It also charted #13 in her home country of Canada, #3 in Australia, and #1 in New Zealand.

She's probably best known for 1992 song "Constant Craving" which was written by Lang and Ben Mink and included on the aforementioned album Ingenue. The song won Lang a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993.

The Rolling Stones' 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby" was musically similar to "Constant Craving." Once the Stones realized this similarity they willingly (without a court battle) added Lang and Mink as co-authors of the song.

Below is the music video for "Constant Craving"



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Anthony Kiedis Was Born On November 1, 1962

Anthony Kiedis was born on November 1st of 1962 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up in Grand Rapids until age 11 when he moved to Los Angeles.

He is best known as the lead singer of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers which was formed in 1983.

Red Hot Chili Peppers had little commercial success until their 4th album, Mother's Milk, which charted at #52 in the US in 1989. Their big break through came with their next album 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik which reached #3 in the US. It was also the first Chili Peppers album to have success worldwide as they reached the UK, French, German, and Australian charts for the first time. It has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

Since then the Chili Peppers have released four more studio albums each of which has been successful commercially:

1995's One Hot Minute charted at #5 in the US and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
1999's Californication charted at #3 in the US and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
2002's By the Way charted at #2 in the US and has sold over 9 million copies worldwide.
2006's Stadium Arcadium charted at #1 in the US and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

Their most successful singles to date have been:

1991's "Under the Bridge" which charted at #2 in the US, #13 in the UK, and #1 in Australia
1999's "Scar Tissue" which charted at #9 in the US, #15 in the UK, and #3 in New Zealand.
2003's "Dani California" which charted at #6 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #2 in Sweden.

1990's "Give it Away," 1993's "Soul to Squeeze," 1995's "My Friends," 1999's "Scar Tissue," & "Otherside," 2000's "Californiacation," 2002's "By the Way," & "Can't Stop," 2003's "Dani Califorinia," 2006's "Tell Me Baby," and 2006's "Snow ((Hey Oh))" have all reached #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

A sampling of Red Hot Chili Pepper's music videos for their #1 US Modern Rock songs from over the course of their career:

"Give it Away"


"My Friends"


"Scar Tissue"


"Otherside"


"Dani California"


"Snow ((Hey Oh))"


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