Carl Gardner (1928)
Carl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song “Yakety Yak”, which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop…
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Kary Mullis (1944)
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