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SHERYL CROW BIOGRAPHY |
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Singer, pianist and guitarist, born Sheryl Suzanne Crow, on
February 11, 1962, in Kennett, Missouri, to Wendell and Bernice
Crow. She has two older sisters, Kathy and Karen, and one
younger brother, Steve. Crow began playing piano at age six. She
graduated from Kennett High School in 1980 and the University of
Missouri at Columbia in 1984, where she majored in music
education. During college, she spent her weekends performing
with a local band, Cashmere.
After college, Crow worked as a music teacher in an elementary
school in St. Louis before moving to Los Angeles in 1986. She
began recording jingles for advertising clients, including
McDonald’s, and worked as a back-up singer. In 1987-88 she sang
on Michael Jackson’s “Bad” world tour. She later sang back-up
for Sting, Rod Stewart and Don Henley. In 1991 Crow recorded an
album for A&M Records which she shelved because it sounded too “slick.”
She began playing with the band The Tuesday Music Club,
comprised of Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald, David Ricketts, and
Sheryl’s then-boyfriend Kevin Gilbert. In 1993 the group
released the multi-platinum album Tuesday Night Music Club which
included the smash hit, “All I Wanna Do.”
In 1995, she won three Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Record
of the Year (for “All I Want to Do”), and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance for Tuesday Music Club. She also performed a MTV
Unplugged session in 1995. Crow released the album Sheryl Crow
in 1996, winning two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Best
Female Rock Vocal Performance. She spent much of 1997-98 on
tour, playing select dates on the Rolling Stones’ Bridges to
Babylon tour and performing at the 1998 Lilith Fair concerts.
She released her third album The Globe Sessions in the fall of
1998, which won a Grammy for Best Rock Album. During 1999, Crow
performed in Europe and toured with Lilith Fair throughout the
United States. At the Grammy Awards in February 2000, Crow won
for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, for her rendition of the
Guns 'n Roses hit "Sweet Child o'Mine." |
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