American singer-songwriter and pianist

Siedah Garrett

Siedah Garrett is an American singer, songwriter, and composer who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, Wang Chung, the Pointer Sisters, Brand New Heavies, Quincy Jones, Tevin Campbell, Donna Summer, Madonna, Jennifer Hudson among others. Garrett has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for co-writing "Love You I Do" for the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls. She co-wrote Jackson's hit song "Man in the Mirror", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

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1960

June 24

Died

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1960s

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1960 Born

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109 Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
474 Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
637 The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.

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The world in 1960

When Siedah arrived

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

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Ariel Pink 1978– American singer-songwriter Colin Blunstone 1945– English singer-songwriter Elish Angiolini 1960– Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland Floris V 1254–1296 Count of Holland (died 1296) Iain Glen 1961– Scottish actor Jean Deslauriers 1909–1978 Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978) Johannes Bugenhagen 1485–1558 German priest and theologian (born 1485) Julia Kristeva 1941– Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author Mindy Kaling 1979– American actress and producer

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Aaron Allston 1960–2014 American game designer and author (died 2014) Akbar Ganji 1960– Iranian journalist and author Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II Annabella Sciorra 1960– American actress Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Cem Uzan 1960– Turkish businessman and politician Craig Hodges 1960– American basketball player and coach

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