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Linda Chavez-Thompson Biography

Linda Chavez-ThompsonLabor leaderBorn: 8/1/1944Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Linda Chavez-Thompson, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO since 1995, is the first person of color to hold an…

Buddy Holly Biography

Buddy Holly(Charles Hardin Holley)rock and roll singer, guitaristBorn: 9/7/1936Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Singer and guitarist who was one of the first rock and roll musicians. With his band, The…

Mac Davis Biography

Mac Davissinger, songwriterBorn: 1/21/1942Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Singer-songwriter who penned rock and country hits such as “In the Ghetto” and “I Believe in Music” for Elvis Presley,…

Mac Davis

Mac Davissinger, songwriterBorn: 1/21/1942Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Singer-songwriter who penned rock and country hits such as “In the Ghetto” and “I Believe in Music” for Elvis Presley,…

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings had a long career on the country music charts and he's a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, but he made his name as a Nashville outsider. A radio DJ and guitarist since his…

Dixie Chicks Biography

Dixie Chickscountry-music group The all-girl band from Dallas started out with a traditional country sound, but personnel changes and a more contemporary country sound earned them their…

The Chicks

The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) are an all-female trio whose 1998 album Wide Open Spaces made them, for a time, one of the top acts in country music. The group was founded as a quartet in…

15 Biggest and Best Cities in Texas

Top of Page Source: iStockThey say that everything is bigger in Texas. But the Lone Star State is more than its size. It’s a dynamic place filled with natural beauty, friendly people, and lots of…

Profiles of the <i>Columbia</i> Astronauts

by Borgna Brunner and Erin Martin Space Shuttle Columbia crew, from left to right, David M. Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William McCool, and…