Chris Isaak

Singer Chris Isaak’s love for roots rock ’n’ can be traced back to the womb—his mother, Dorothy, says she was singing “Blue Suede Shoes” in the delivery room when he was born.

∙ In his senior year of high school, he was student body president, class valedictorian, and head of the all-male cheer squad.

∙ Isaak was once a light heavyweight boxer in Japan and speaks Japanese fluently.