* Battistini, Pete ( 2005 ) American Top 40 with Casey Kasem -- The 1970s Authorhouse. com, January 31, 2005 ISBN 1-4184-1070-5

* Battistini, Pete, " American Top 40 with Casey Kasem The 1970s.

* Battistini, Pete, " American Top 40 with Casey Kasem ( The 1970s ).

* 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player

* 1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach ( d. 2008 )

* 1971 – Pete Sampras, American tennis player

* 1933 – Pete Wilson, American politician, 36th Governor of California

* 1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player

* 1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player

* 1968 – Pete Docter, American director

He is of English ( maternal ), Swiss and possibly Native American Modoc Tribe multi-ethnic ( paternal ) ancestry His father, Howard " Pete " Brubeck, was a cattle rancher, and his mother, Elizabeth ( née Ivey ), who had studied piano in England under Myra Hess and intended to become a concert pianist, taught piano for extra money.

* 1968 – Pete Fenson, American curler

* 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor ( d. 1971 )

The first in this list is the American guitarist Jimi Hendrix introduced by Pete Townshend, guitarist for The Who, who was, in his turn, ranked at # 50 of the list.

* 1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player ( d. 1905 )

* 1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinetist

* 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player ( d. 1988 )

* 2012 – Pete Brennan, American basketball player ( b. 1936 )

* 1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer ( d. 2004 )

* 1974 – Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1926 – Pete Rozelle, American professional sports executive ( d. 1996 )

* 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( The Weavers and Almanac Singers )

* 1969 – Pete Droge, American musician

* 1932 – Pete Domenici, American politician

* 1938 – Pete Dawkins, American football player

* 1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician

* 2008 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach ( b. 1915 )

" Though it had little impact on the American charts, The Who's mod anthem presaged a more cerebral mix of musical ferocity and rebellious posture that characterized much early British punk rock: John Reed describes The Clash's emergence as a " tight ball of energy with both an image and rhetoric reminiscent of a young Pete Townshend — speed obsession, pop-art clothing, art school ambition ".

Top musicians who played on Nirvana sessions include: Lesley Duncan, Herbie Flowers, Billy Bremner ( later of Rockpile / Dave Edmunds fame ), Luther Grosvenor, Clem Cattini and the full lineup of rock band Spooky Tooth, Pete Kelly ( Keyboards ) who also co-wrote ' Modus Operandi ' on the ' Local Anaesthetic ' album.

Many Boards of Canada compositions are used in the BBC's motoring show, Top Gear, such as 1969 from the album Geogaddi, and Pete Standing Alone from the predecessor album Music Has the Right to Children.

Pinon Hills Golf Course, designed by Pete Dye, in Farmington is one of the United States ' Top Municipal Golf Courses.

** Pete Robinson won Top Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals at the first Winternats with NHRA's first sub-9 sec pass

Jones has guested as drummer on many recording sessions, which included appearances on albums by the Rolling Stones, Andy Fairweather-Low, Joan Armatrading, Marsha Hunt, Mike Batt, Pete Townshend, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, David Essex, John Lodge, and Wings, He was also on a Top of the Pops performance with Status Quo, performing their 1986 hit single, " Red Sky ".

Connie Kalitta, Pete Robinson, and " Snake " Prudhomme all used the engine in their Top Fuel racers.

* Tom Cruise's Top Gun character Lt. Pete ' Maverick ' Mitchell ( or an ironic inversion of a trait, as in Mark Hamill's by-the-book Wing Commander character, Col. Christopher ' Maverick ' Blair ).

Most of their big R & B hits were recorded from 1952 to 1953 and written by guitarist Lowman " Pete " Pauling ; later cover versions of the band's songs hit the Top 40, including " Dedicated to the One I Love " ( The Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas ), " Tell the Truth " ( Ray Charles ), and " Think " ( James Brown & The Famous Flames ).

It was also chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers including Hal David, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jerry Leiber, and others as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine, and was also winner of " The Award Of Merit " from The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ( ASCAP ) for the song's writers, Miracles members Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin and Smokey Robinson.

Seattle Metropolitans Stanley Cup winning team in 1917 ( Top Row: Harry Holmes, Bobby Rowe, Ed Carpenter, Jack Walker ; Middle: Frank Foyston, Pete Muldoon, mgr.

* One of key characters in the popular film Top Gun was LTJG Nick " Goose " Bradshaw, played by Anthony Edwards, an F-14 Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO ) teamed with LT Pete " Maverick " Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise.

However, after lead-singer Pete Burns ' appearance on UK Celebrity Big Brother, the single was re-released and managed a Top 5 peak on the UK Singles Chart in 2006.

* Pete Mitchell ( Top Gun ), a fictional character from the 1986 film Top Gun

It was at this time that he started to regularly attend Thursday nights at Top Cats in North End ( now the Post Office social club ) where he met DJ Pete Couzens, and his peers ( Dave Nutbeem, Trevor Mann, Ghost, Jake Marsh, Starry, Johnny Pain and others ).

Moore also sung co-lead on a few recordings as well, such as " I Love Your Baby " and the groups ' Billboard Top 40 hit " Doggone Right ". Pete is also an accomplished producer, having produced several hit songs, including The Miracles ' 1965 R & B chart hit, Choosey Beggar, their 1969 hit, Here I Go Again, the group's million-selling Top 10 hit, Baby Baby Don't Cry ( also 1969 ), and the aforementioned City Of Angels album, along with albums by Marvin Gaye, and The Supremes.