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These music industry personalities are frequently associated with Michigan, but were not born here.
| Name |
Michigan Connection |
Birthplace |
Date |
| Anita Baker |
R&B Grammy winning vocalist; raised in Detroit |
Toledo, OH |
1958 |
| Carrie Jacobs Bond |
Composer, lived in Iron River 1888-1895 |
Janesville, WI |
1862-1946 |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles |
Jazz and Motown musician; played saxophone and flute; helped create Motown Revue touring show |
South Bend, IN |
1926?-2000 |
| Eminen (Marshall Mathers III) |
Rapper; moved to Detroit with his mother at age 12; star of film 8 Mile, made in Detroit about his life |
St. Joseph, MO |
1972 |
| Aretha Franklin |
Singer, grew up in Detroit |
Memphis, TN |
1942 |
| Tommy James (Thomas
Gregory Jackson) |
Grew up in Niles, Mich., which he considers his hometown |
Dayton, OH |
1947 |
| Jewel (Jewel Kilcher) |
Attended Interlochen Arts Academy, 1990-1992 |
Payson, UT |
1974 |
| Noel Paul Stookey |
Paul, of the folk trio "Peter, Paul, and Mary," moved to Birmingham, MI, with his family in 1949. He attended Michigan State University. |
Baltimore, MD |
1937 |
Updated 04/11/2008
Michigan
Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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