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Brandy Norwood is an African-American singer-songwriter and actress from McComb, Mississippi. She is known for her roles in Moesha, Osmosis Jones and Cinderella. She has released many R&B albums and singles since the 1990s. She is known as "The Vocal Bible". She gave birth to a daughter named Sy'rai Iman Smith in June 2002.- Music Artist
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Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. As a child, Britney attended dance classes, and she was great at gymnastics, winning many competitions and the like. But, most of all, Britney loved to sing. At age 8, Britney tried out for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989), but was turned down due to her young age. This directed her to an off-Broadway show, "Ruthless", for a 2-year run as the title character. At age 11, she again tried for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) and, this time, made it as a mouseketeer alongside many stars of today (Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez of *NSYNC and Ryan Gosling). Her big break, however, came when she was signed as a Jive Recording Artist in the late 90s. With the release of her debut album, "...Baby One More Time" in early 1999, Britney became an international success, selling 13 million copies of "Baby" and 9 million (as of July 2001) of her sophomore album, "Oops!...I Did It Again", released in May of 2000.- Actress
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Jamie Lynn Spears was born on April 4, 1991 in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana to Lynne Spears & Jamie Spears. Her family also includes her older brother, Bryan Spears, and her older sister, Britney Spears. Jamie Lynn has always been a performer, like her sister Britney. She loved gymnastics, dance, acting, and singing growing up. Jamie Lynn's first on-screen role was in her sister's movie, Crossroads (2002). She is the proud mother of Maddie Briann Aldridge, who was born on June 19, 2008. Her daughter's father, Casey Aldridge is her ex-fiancé. Jamie Lynn Spears now resides in Louisiana, with her husband Jamie Watson and her daughter, where she is pursuing a country music singing career.- Actor
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Ray J was born on 17 January 1981 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mars Attacks! (1996), Set It Off (1996) and Black Sash (2003). He was previously married to Princess Love Norwood.- Actor
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Jimmy Boyd was born on 9 January 1939 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Inherit the Wind (1960), A Dirty Shame (2004) and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974). He was married to Anne Elaine Forrey, Sheila Kae Lauritsen and Yvonne Craig. He died on 7 March 2009 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
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Ever heard "I Want Candy" or "Not Fade Away" or "Willie & The Hand Jive", Shirley & Company's "Shame, Shame, Shame" or U2's "Desire" or George Michael's "Faith"? If you have, then you've heard the "Bo Diddley beat", the most famous beat in the world! One of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll, Bo Diddley's innovative pounding and hypnotic, Latin-tinged beat, his vast array of electric custom-built guitars, his use of reverb, tremelo and distortion to make his guitars talk, mumble and roar, his use of female musicians, his wild stage shows, and his on-record and on-stage rapping, pre-date all others. Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates on Sunday December 30, 1928, on a small farm near the town of McComb, Mississippi, in rural Pike County, close to the Louisiana border, the only child of Ethel Wilson and Eugene Bates, he had three half-brothers and a half-sister. He was adopted by his mother's cousin, Mrs. Gussie McDaniel, along with his cousins Willis, Lucille and Freddie, and adopted the name Ellas McDaniel. In the mid-1'30s the family moved to the south side of Chicago. Soon after, he began to take violin lessons from Professor O.W. Frederick at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. He studied the violin for 12 years, composing two concertos for the instrument. For Christmas in 1940, his sister Lucille bought him his first guitar, a cheap Harmony acoustic. It was at this time that he acquired the nickname "Bo Diddley" (" . . . Bo Diddley is me; to tell ya the truth, I don't know what it [the name] really is . . . ") from his fellow pupils at the Foster Vocational High School in Chicago. The newly named Bo Diddley had long been fascinated by the rhythms that he heard coming from the sanctified churches. A frustrated drummer, he tried to translate the sounds that he heard into his own style. Gradually he began to duplicate what he did with his violin bow by rapidly flicking his pick across his guitar strings: "I play the guitar as if I'm playing the drums . . . I play drum licks on the guitar." He continued to practice the guitar through his early teens. Shortly before leaving school he formed his first group, a trio named The Hipsters, later known as The Langley Avenue Jive Cats, after the Chicago street where he lived. Upon graduation he pursued a variety of low-paid occupations including truck driving, building site work and boxing, playing locally with his group to supplement his income. Around this time he married his first wife, Louise Woolingham, but the marriage did not survive. A year later he married Ethel "Tootsie" Smith, a marriage that lasted just over a decade. In 1950 maracas player Jerome Green joined the group, followed a year later by harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold. After more than a decade of playing on street corners and in clubs around Chicago, Bo Diddley finally got the chance to cut a demo of 2 songs that he had written; "Uncle John" and "I'm A Man". After various rejections from local record labels (most notably VeeJay), in the spring of 1955 he took the recordings to brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, owners of Chess Records, with studios located at 4750-2 South Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago. They suggested that he changed the title and the lyrics of "Uncle John" to more reflect his own unique personality. The twp songs were re-recorded at Bill Putnam's Universal Recording Studio at 111 E. Ontario in Chicago on Wednesday, March 2, 1955, and released as a double A-side disc "Bo Diddley"/"I'm A Man" on the Chess Records subsidiary label Checker Records. It went straight to the top of the R&B charts, establishing him as one of the most exciting and original new talents in American music. With musical influences of his own ranging from Louis Jordan to John Lee Hooker, and from 'Nat 'King' Cole' to Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley was now set to help shape and define the sound and presentation of rock music for all time. From Elvis Presley to George Thorogood, from The Rolling Stones to ZZ Top, from The Doors to The Clash, from Buddy Holly to Prince, and from The Everly Brothers to Run DMC, all acknowledged the unique influences of Bo Diddley upon their styles of music. Now in his early 70s, he is still very much active in the recording studio and in the clubs and the concert halls around the world. He performed a rousing version of his classic song "Who Do You Love" with George Thorogood & The Destroyers in front of a TV audience of millions at the Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia in 1985. A couple of years later he was deservedly an early inductee into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. In 1996 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm 'n' Blues Foundation and in 1998 received another Lifetime Achievement Award, this time from The Recording Academy at that year's annual Grammy Awards Ceremony. In 2000 yet another honor was justifiably awarded to him when he was inducted into The Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. In the words of one of his many famous eponymous songs, "Bo Diddley Put The Rock in Rock 'n' Roll", and remember . . . Bo Knows!- Producer
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Bryan James Spears was born on April 19, 1977 in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana to Lynne Spears & Jamie Spears. He has 2 little sisters, Britney Spears & Jamie Lynn Spears. After Britney became famous, Bryan started working as a manager for Spears family interests, also as a producer for a number of Jamie Lynn's projects.- Additional Crew
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Sonja Norwood was born on 5 December 1950 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. She is a producer and talent agent, known for For the Love of Ray J (2009), Moesha (1996) and Double Platinum (1999). She has been married to Willie Norwood since 3 September 1976. They have two children.- Mikell Dover was born on 9 March 1998 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for Project Wingman (2020).
- Maddie Aldridge was born on 19 June 2008 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for Jamie Lynn Spears & Chantel Jeffries: Follow Me (2020), Entertainment Tonight (1981) and Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out (2016).
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Eric Kohn is the New York-based Executive Editor & Chief Critic at IndieWire, where he has worked since 2007. In addition to overseeing operations for IndieWire's New York film team, he reviews films throughout the year, oversees festival strategy, and reports on the industry. Kohn travels to film festivals around the globe and interviews a wide range of film and TV talent. He also launched the Critics Academy initiative, a series of educational workshops for aspiring entertainment journalists, and teaches film criticism at NYU. Prior to joining IndieWire, Eric contributed to the New York Times and other outlets. He is the editor of "Harmony Korine: Interviews," published by the University of Mississippi Press in 2014. He served as the 2018-19 chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle and as a member of the jury for Critics Week at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.- Additional Crew
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Jessie Maple was born on 14 February 1937 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Will (1981), Twice as Nice (1989) and Pure Payton (1997). She was married to LeRoy Patton. She died on 30 May 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.- Music Department
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Floyd Huddleston was born on 19 August 1918 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Robin Hood (1973), The Aristocats (1970) and 101 Dalmatians (1996). He was married to Nancy Adams. He died on 27 September 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Bob Roper was born on 29 March 1891 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932) and Under Texas Skies (1930). He died on 23 June 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jarrod Dyson was born on 15 August 1984 in McComb, Mississippi, USA.
- Steve Broussard was born on 19 July 1947 in McComb, Mississippi, USA.
- Robert 'Squirrel' Lester was born on 16 August 1942 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Louise Lester. He died on 21 January 2010 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Glover Quin was born on 15 January 1986 in McComb, Mississippi, USA.
- Sam McCullum was born on 30 November 1952 in McComb, Mississippi, USA.
- Bud Harrison was born on 1 October 1893 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Drums of the Desert (1940) and Pete and Repeat (1931). He died on 27 January 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.