What was the name of the America's got Talent judge that was born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi?
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America's Got Talent (season 2) The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 5, 2007 with a two-hour episode. Tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer succeeded Regis Philbin as host. Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff returned as judges, joined by newcomer Sharon Osbourne. Brandy Norwood voluntarily stepped down as judge after a wrongful death lawsuit was brought against her for her involvement in a fatal car collision.
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Brandy Norwood Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, she began her career as a child and performed as a backing vocalist for teen groups. In 1993, Norwood signed with Atlantic Records. The following year, she released her self-titled debut album, which was certified quadruple Platinum in the US, selling six million copies worldwide. Norwood starred in the UPN sitcom "Moesha" as the title character, which lasted six seasons and resulted in numerous other roles. She resumed her music career in 1998 with the widely successful duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, "The Boy Is Mine", which went on to become the best selling female duet of all time, and one of the longest running number one singles in history. Her second album, "Never Say Never", sold 16 million copies worldwide, featured two number one singles, and earned Norwood her first Grammy Award. This launched her into international stardom, with films, endorsements, sold out concert tours, and her own line of Barbie dolls.
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Vy Higginsen Vy Higginsen is an American theater producer, playwright, former disc jockey, and radio and television personality. She is the founder and executive director of the Mama Foundation for the Arts, and the co-writer of the 1983 musical "Mama, I Want to Sing!", the longest running black off-Broadway musical in American history.
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American Idol American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, and ended its first-run on April 7, 2016. In 2018, the show will make its debut on ABC. It started off as an addition to the "Idols" format based on the British series "Pop Idol", and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by the viewers in America through telephones, Internet, and SMS text voting. Winners chosen by viewers in its fifteen seasons were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, and Trent Harmon.
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Mighty Sam McClain Samuel McClain (April 15, 1943 – June 15, 2015), billed as Mighty Sam McClain, was an American soul blues singer and songwriter.
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Miko Marks Miko Marks is an American country singer. She was born in Mississippi, but grew up in Flint, Michigan. She later moved to San Francisco. Marks was named "Best New Country Artist" at the 2006 New Music Weekly Awards.
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Theodore Howard McCaleb Theodore Howard McCaleb (February 10, 1810 – April 29, 1864) was a United States federal judge.
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Dynamike Michael Lackey (born c. 1963), better known as Dynamike, is a professional African American children's entertainer based in Southeast Michigan who is best known for his appearance on "Judge Mathis" and his performance at the 2014 & 2015 White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Keb' Mo' Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is a three-time American Grammy Award-winning blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that travelled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America". His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz and pop. The moniker "Keb Mo" was coined by his original drummer, Quentin Dennard, and picked up by his record label as a "street talk" abbreviation of his given name.
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Rick Lawson Rick Lawson (born 1973, Raymond, Mississippi, United States) is an American soul, blues and R&B singer. He began his singing career at the age of four, singing as the lead vocalist for the "W&W Jr. Spirituals" of Raymond, Mississippi. When Rick became an adult, he ventured into singing Southern Blues, and in 1994, the Jackson Music Awards of Jackson, Mississippi presented him with an award as the "Most Outstanding New Artist of the Year."
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Omar Kent Dykes Omar Kent Dykes (born Kent Dykes, 1950, McComb, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer, living in Austin, Texas. In 1973 he formed the band, Omar & the Howlers. The band plays electric Texas blues, rock and roll and blues-rock. Dykes has also had a successful career as a solo artist, and regularly toured European countries.
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Susan Powell (Miss America) Susan Carol Powell (born March 24, 1959) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. A native of Elk City, Oklahoma, Powell began her career as a successful beauty pageant contestant, winning the Miss Oklahoma pageant in 1980 and proceeded to the Miss America crown for the year 1981. A coloratura soprano, she has performed in musical theater and on opera stages around the world. In 1993, Powell embarked on a new television career, becoming the co-host of Discovery Channel's "Home Matters" home and garden program in 1993.
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Quentin Alexander Quentin Alexander ( years old) is an American singer and artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2015 he came to national attention competing on 14th season of singing talent reality show "American Idol" both for his soulful vocals and "his original fashion sense - head scarves, furry jackets and all." After finishing in sixth place he plans to continue film and fashion projects that were in process before he was chosen for the show as well as performing.
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Amanda Ayala Amanda Ayala is an American singer from New York who made her first appearance on the national scene on NBC's Emmy Award-winning show "The Voice." Her first performance on the show was a rendition of Mississippi Queen by Mountain (band). Three out of the four judges on the panel turned their chairs for Amanda, including Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. Ayala chose to join Team Adam where she was mentored by John Fogerty. Amanda also performed a rendition of Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks. Both of Ayala's singles charted on the iTunes Rock Charts. Her performances garnered attention from stars like Brad Paisley and Leslie West via Twitter. Her audition video has over 1.2 million views and counting.
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Trenyce Lashundra Trenyce Cobbins ( ; born March 31, 1980) is an American singer and actress best known as a finalist on the second season of "American Idol" and for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Trenyce won one of the categories of the NAACP ACT-SO as a teenager, and attended the University of Memphis on a music scholarship.
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Uncle Jimmy Thompson Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson (1848 – February 17, 1931) was an American old-time fiddle player. He is best remembered as the first performer to play on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry (then called the WSM "Barn Dance"), appearing with founder and host George D. Hay on the evening of November 28, 1925. The positive response generated by Thompson's performance would be an important influence on the show's creative direction in its formative years. While Thompson made only a handful of recordings late in his life, his cantankerous and eccentric personality and his fiddle skills have made him one of the best-known icons of early country music.
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Nick Simmons Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons is a reality television personality, and the son of musician Gene Simmons. He is best known for starring in the A&E network "Gene Simmons Family Jewels".
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Miss B Hollywood Miss B Hollywood (born June 26, 1989) is an American self-styled singing and songwriting hip hop artist, hailing from Memphis, Tennessee.
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Jim Ed Brown James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the "Country Music Greats Radio Show", a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
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Don Rone Jr. Donald Rone Jr. (born December 21, 1944) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A lifelong resident of Portageville, Missouri, he served as mayor of Portageville, Missouri, for 10 years. In 2014, he was elected as a Republican to serve as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing the represents the 149th District, which includes all of New Madrid County as well as portions of Mississippi County and Pemiscot County. In 2014, he defeated local opera singer and "America's Got Talent" winner Neal E. Boyd in the Republican primary and former U.S. Congressman Bill Burlison in the general election.
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Paul K. Holmes III Paul Kinloch Holmes III (born November 10, 1951) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
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Jeremy McComb Jerome "Jeremy" McComb (born in Idaho) is an American country music artist and former tour manager for comedian Larry the Cable Guy. In 2008, he signed to Parallel/New Revolution Records and released his debut album "My Side of Town" that year. This album produced the singles "Wagon Wheel", "This Town Needs a Bar" and "Cold". Although the first two singles did not chart, "Cold" has become his first entry on the "Billboard" country charts, debuting at No. 58 in November.