She still wishes that things could have been better but, thinks that her childhood has shaped her to be who she is today. Tonya was born on November 12, 1970 in the city of Portland, Oregon. She is the child of LaVona Golden and Al Harding. Both of the parents did not make alot for money, in fact the family lived in a trailer outside of Al’s mother's house. The relationship between her parents didn’t last, resulting in a divorce.
Selena was born in Lake Jackson near Houston on April 16, 1971. She was the youngest of Abraham and Marcelle Quintanilla. Her father, Abraham started a band with his kid’s band and his wife after he heard Selena singing and he thought she was special. He thought she could make it into the music business.
Carrie’s daughter, Vivian Alice Elaine Buck, went to live with Carrie’s foster parents, the Dobbs. Vivian was evaluated at the age of seven months, and was also deemed to be feeble minded due to not progressing as fast as society felt that she should.
Born in a small town near Ripon, Wisconsin on January 9, 1859. Carrie moved to and grew up in Charles City, Iowa. Carrie had one sibling, a brother named Charles Lane. Her father's name was Lucius Lane, her mothers was Maria Lane. For the next eleven years, Carrie lived with her family on a farm.
When investigating the origins of country music, there are multiple different country music stars that could be recognized for their recording success, and innovation, which contributed to the progress of country music as one of the most popular genres in the 20th century. The pioneers for country music consisted of both men, women, and multiple different ensembles providing to country music’s success. Without the help of the founders of country music, this genre might not be as successful as it is today. One of the first country music stars is a man by the name of Jimmie Rodgers. In the later half of his career Jimmie was incredibly successful, with recording over 100 different pieces of music, he was labeled by many as “The father of Country
Garth Brooks Imagine yourself standing above thousands of people singing the lyrics of your song back to you. How does it feel? Growing up in the backwoods of Oklahoma, Garth Brooks only had a dream for his reality. Through his hard work and dedication to his music, Garth Brooks, one of the top-selling solo artists and ranked among the biggest stars of his generation, will leave a legacy people only dream to achieve.
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas to Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart. Amelia’s childhood was perfect until her father became an alcoholic in 1914, Amelia’s mother split with her husband and took her children with her, due to this Amelia didn’t have a relationship with her father; along the way they told her that she wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything because she was a woman. Amelia went to ten different high schools but graduated from Hyde Park high school in 1916, due to her father’s addiction to alcohol, Amelia never touch alcohol in her lifetime.-Neil Morris Amelia wasn’t very lady-like when she was little; she was very interested about women who had the same jobs as males; she participated in world war by volunteering as a nurse
She was a loving mother, but struggled heavily with alocholism, depression, anxiety, hoarding behaviours and OCD. Inevitably, Carroll’s tendency to lie ultimately landed her son in jail. In
Garth Brooks was born Troyal Garth Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 7, 1962. He grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma, however. He attended Yukon High School and then received a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University. He was an
Born Michael Dale Huckabee, on August 24,1955, Huckabee was born in the small town of Hope, Arkansas where his parents raised him (Biography). As a teenager, he gave his first sermon and was student council president at Hope High School (Explore Huckabee). After graduating high school,
Annie Clark Tanner was born on September 24, 1864 in Farmington Utah. Annie was born into a polygamist family and grew up her entire life centered around polygamy. She was proud to be born into a family that practiced this type of life style. She was an obedient young child and always look forward to spending time with her parents.
“The real-life story of Tyler Perry plays out with almost as much drama as one of his films.” Tyler Perry was born September 13, 1969 New Orleans, Louisiana.
Carrie Underwood may be an amazing country singer and now she is speaking out about her time on American Idol. Underwood got her start on the show, but she is admitting that it was actually a very scary situation for her. Carrie is a girl from a small town in Oklahoma and this was a huge change for her. Yahoo actually shared what Carrie Underwood had to say about it all and how it was "horrifying" to her dealing with all of it. Carrie spoke out to Parade Magazine recently about the show that changed her life.
When first discovering her womanhood under the pear tree, Janie describes how “she wanted to struggle in life but it seemed to elude her” (11). Struggle seemed to be all around Janie, yet she didn’t let it affect her. After a pressured marriage to a man that she wasn’t attracted to, Janie kept looking forward and found a way out. However, that way out was even more difficult than the first. For 20 years, Janie waited for something to change in her abusive relationship to Jody, except it only ended when he died.
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi (MS) on January 9th, 1954. Oprah Winfrey came from a disadvantaged background, but she worked really hard to overcome poverty and discrimination. Oprah was a hard working student, and that hard work paid off. In High School she was an Honors Student. She got a full scholarship to Tennessee State University.
