Howard Andrew Williams was born in Iowa and started singing professionally with his three brothers as the Williams Brothers Quartet.

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Ms. LOVE: (Singing) I was born by the river in a little tent.

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Mr. FLASH: (Singing) A child is born with no state of mind.

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Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston in 1948, Summer began singing in church, before fronting a series of bands and appearing in stage musicals, at home and abroad.

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Ms. COLLINS: (Singing) I was only 19 the morning you were born, with your hair fine and red, your eyes like my own.

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But she was born into a family that didn't know the first thing about singing.

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Born Clara Ann Fowler into a poor family in 1928, she was discovered singing on local radio.

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Born Feb. 1, 1909, in Winchester, Ontario, George Beverly Shea grew up singing around the family dinner table and then later in his father's church choir.

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