Stephanie Mills
March 22, 1957 (age 60)
After winning Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater six weeks straight at age 11, she went on to become the opening act for the Isley Brothers. She rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original Broadway run of the musical The Wiz from 1975 to 1977. In 1980 her song "Never Knew Love Like This Before" won a Grammy Award for best R&B vocal performance.