Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Paul Van Doren (1930–2021), co-founder of Vans
legacy.comPaul Van Doren was an entrepreneur who co-founded Vans, the iconic skateboarding shoe company.Van Doren was working at a rubber company in Boston when he and his brother, James Van Doren, decided to go to Southern California and start a business together.
Along with two friends, they opened the Van Doren Rubber Company, later shortened simply to Vans. In 1966, they opened their first retail shop, knowing they could keep costs down by selling directly to customers.The Anaheim, California shop bore the sign “House of Vans,” and inside, customers could buy men’s shoes for $4.49 and women’s shoes for $2.29.
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