People from Long Island

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 210. Chapters: Mariah Carey, Chris Jericho, Theodore Roosevelt, Mick Foley, Peter David, Francis Ford Coppola, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Crichton, Billy Joel, Alan Keyes, David Falk, Mark LoMonaco, Zack Ryder, P. G. Wodehouse, Robert Moses, Barbara McClintock, Meg Whitman, Pamela Geller, Patti LuPone, Andy Kaufman, Everlast (musician), Cindy Sherman, Rick Pitino, Pat Benatar, Christie Brinkley, Childe Hassam, David Nesenoff, Ashley Massaro, Melissa Joan Hart, Ron Jeremy, Sue Bird, Joseph Hooker, Eric Martin (musician), LL Cool J, John Myung. Excerpt: Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and released her self-titled debut studio album, Mariah Carey. The album went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records, including Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994), established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. Daydream (1995), made music history when the second single, "One Sweet Day" a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history. During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings, and slowly traversed into hip hop. After her separation from Mottola, this musical change was evident with the release of Butterfly (1997). Carey left Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records. Carey ventured into film with Glitter (2001). Before the film's release she suffered a physical and emotional breakdown and was hospitalized for...