BAY CITY, MI – It was 1987, and the singer Madonna was being interviewed by Jane Pauley on the “Today” show when it happened. She began her description of her hometown of Bay City by calling ...

Madonna, the eldest of her siblings, was born in Bay City and spent summers there with ... she didn’t go back home. “Have you ever been to Rochester, Michigan?” Madonna responded.

An icon turns 66 today! Born Madonna Louise Ciccone, in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna changed the pop culture landscape as soon as she came out with her eponymous debut album back in 1983.