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Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Ross Doughty is an American singer-songwriter and author. He founded the band Soul Coughing in 1992, and as of The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns (2016), has released 18 studio albums, live albums, and EPs, all since 2000. Warner Brothers had rejected the record in 1996.
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Mike Doughty was born in 1970. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Mike Doughty's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1970 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.36 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $17,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $11,400 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $1.60 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $1.55 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.06 | $0.73 |
| Population | 205.1M | 341 million |
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