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Sheryl Crow
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Biography
Birthday: February 11th 1962
Birthtown: Kennett, Missouri, USA
Family:
Parents: Bernice & Wendell Crow, who played piano & trumpet in a jazz band.
Career History:
1.Piano lessons from age 5
2.Composed first song at age 13
3.Majored in music composition, perfomance & teaching at the University of Missouri, in Columbia
4.Taught music classes for children with special needs for a few years in St. Louis
5.Part-time bar singer
6.18 months on road with Michael Jackson's BAD tour
7.Composed songs performed by Eric Clapton, Wynnona Judd, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
8.Session work with numerous people, including Sinead O'Connor and Stevie Wonder
9.Period of depression for 2 years waiting around for a record contract, until she got a jumpstart through therapy &
anti-depressants and got invited to join the Tuesday Night Music Club
10.Recorded & scrapped her first album as she thought the music was 'too mature'. Reviewers who have heard it say she made the
right choice...
11.Teamed up with Bill Botrell to produce Tuesday Night Music Club
12.Toured with artists such as Crowded House & took part in Woodstock '94
13.Nominated for 5 Grammys, won Best new Artist, Female Vocal and Record of the year (for All I Wanna do)
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Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Her music blends rock, folk and pop into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a liberal political activist.
She has performed with the Rolling Stones and has sung duets with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti, John Mellencamp, Kid Rock, Michelle Branch and Sting among others, and appeared on backing vocals for Tina Turner and Don Henley. Crow has released six studio albums, two compilations, and a live album, as well as contributing many songs to film soundtracks. She has sold 16 million in United States and 35 million albums worldwide and her newest album, 100 Miles from Memphis, is slated for release on July 20, 2010. Crow has won nine Grammy Awards in her career. Recently she appeared on NBC's 30 Rock.
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Sheryl Crow
For Sheryl Crow, the title of her seventh album isn’t just a location; it’s a state of mind. “I grew up in a small town 100 miles from Memphis, and that informed not only my musical taste, but how I look at life,” she says. “The drive to Memphis is all farmland, and everyone is community-oriented, God-fearing people, connected to the earth. The music that came out of that part of the world is a… Read more in Amazon's Sheryl Crow Store
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