– reggae-influenced rock/pop group Tickle Me Pink (formed in Fort Collins) – signed to Wind-Up Records; debut album Madeline Townes Van Zandt (lived in Boulder; briefly attended the University of Colorado) – country singer and songwriter Velvet Acid Christ (based in Denver) – electro-industrial band Chuck E. Weiss (grew up in Denver) – musician and subject of the 1979 Rickie Lee Jones song "Chuck E.'s in Love" Paul Whiteman (born in Denver) – considered by some the "King of Jazz"; after selling two million records with the song "The Japanese Sandman", Whiteman added to his fame by being one of the first nationally broadcast jazz musicians; remembered for his ability to fuse jazz and classical in hits like Rhapsody in Blue and "Whispering" Kip Winger (born in Denver) – singer and bassist for the 1980s hair metal band Winger, which had hit songs such as "Seventeen" and "Headed for a Heartbreak"; since band's breakup in 1994, Winger has continued as a solo artist Andrew Woolfolk (attended East High School in Denver) – musician/alto saxophone, Earth, Wind and Fire Yonder Mountain String Band (based in Nederland) – bluegrass jam band whose fan base has been fueled primarily through live performances since their inception in 1998; self-titled 2006 studio album was the band's first release with a major label Ace Young (born and raised in Denver) – American Idol finalist Politicians Madeleine Albright (spent her teen years in Denver; graduated from the Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village) – U.S. Secretary of State during the presidency of Bill Clinton Frank Bogert (born in Mesa, Colorado) - rodeo announcer, actor, author, Mayor of Palm Springs California, Walk of Stars honoree William B. Ebbert (lived in Rocky Ford, Pueblo and Cortez) – served in Colorado General Assembly, 1889–1890 (Republican); 1907–1908 (Democrat); 1911–1912 (Democrat); rancher, farmer, poet and American Civil War veteran Gerald Ford (lived in Vail) – 38th President of the United States Trent Franks (born in Uravan) – U.S. Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district John Kerry (born in Aurora) – U.S. Secretary of State since 2013; longtime U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1985–2013; ran as the Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 2004 Golda Meir (spent part of her adolescence in Denver) – fourth prime minister of Israel Chief Ouray (lived in Colorado) – Native American leader of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe of southwestern Colorado Dana Perino (grew up