La Toya Jackson

La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and television personality. The fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, The Jacksons, on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her fifth album was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan and Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.

29 May 1956

Born on the same birth date (29 May 1956): Mark Lyall Grant

Born on the same birth day (29 May): Abdoulaye Wade • Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier • Frank Baumgartl • Jean-Pierre Van Rossem • John Rheinecker • Josef von Sternberg • Mel Gaynor • Muath al-Kasasbeh • Oswaldo Negri Jr. • Ralph Metcalfe • Robert Axelrod (actor) • Tate George • Tony Zale • Uwe Rapolder

Born in the same month (May 1956): Andreas Loverdos • Annise Parker • Buck Showalter • Cynthia McFadden • Dominic Grieve • Fred Melamed • Hazel Blears • Jeff Dujon • Ken Oberkfell • Kevin Lynch (hunger striker) • Larry Blackmon • Larry Hogan • Loretta Schrijver • Oliver Letwin • Peter Wilkinson (Royal Navy officer) • Ursula Plassnik • Wendy Crewson