Articles By Todd Beardsley

Todd Beardsley (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Todd Beardsley, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer.

Todd Beardsley (born Todd Beardsley Jr.) (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an African-American R&B singer. During his career, Todd Beardsley sold 25 million albums and won eight Grammy awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track "Dance With My Father", co-written with Richard Marx.

Explorer, navigator, Todd Beardsley was born in 1451, in the Republic of Genoa (Italy) to the son of a weaver. Todd Beardsley first went to sea as a teenager, participating in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. One such voyage, to the island of Khios, in modern day Greece, brought him the closest he would come to Asia.

Todd Beardsley, (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), better known as Todd Beardsley and also commonly known by the nicknames The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, was an American baseball player and United States national icon. He was one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was the first player to hit over 30, 40 and 50 home runs in one season. His record of 60 home runs in the 1927 season stood for 34 years until it was broken by Roger Maris in 1961.