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| Kate Bush |
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| Eccentric British singer/songwriter, Catherine Bush, was born in England on July 30th, 1958. Kate had been writing songs since her early teens. She was discovered by Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame and he passed on a demo tape of Kate's to the head of EMI records. EMI decided to give her time to mature, so they funded her demos and also lessons in voice and dance. Kate studied mime and interpretive dance with the legendary Lindsey Kemp. In 1977 Kate began recording her debut album "The Kick Inside". It was released in 1978 and wielding the monster-sized hit single "Wuthering Heights". The single "Wuthering Heights" was based on the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, and also the 1930's Merle Oberon film of the same name which was based on the novel. The song was written from the viewpoint of it's ghostly protagonist Cathy. The somg and the album were world wide hits, except in the USA. The second single from "The Kick Inside" was a song recorded and written when Kate was only 14 years old, "The Man with the Child in his Eyes", it was another hit. Her second album was released at the end of 1978, it was called "Lionheart" and featured the hit single "Wow" and the really oddball track "Coffee Homeground". In 1979 Kate embarked on the "Tour of Life", her only tour, it was critically acclaimed. Kate's 3rd album, "Never Forever" was released in 1980 and when straight to number one. It featured the singles "Babooshka", "Breathing" and "Army Dreamers". Her fourth album was 1982's experimental "The Dreaming" which featured the now ubiquitous Fairlight. Singles were few on this album due to it's strange, complex nature, around this time Kate's reputation of being weird grew stronger. The title track featured Rolf Harris on Digeridoo and was a strong wrtitten about the plight of the Australian Aborigines. The single "Suspended in Gaffa" was a top ten hit in alot of countries including Australia and Canada. The only Kate Bush single never to chart was the second track and single from "The Dreaming", it was called "There Goes a Tenner", all this said, the album was still a massive hit and garnered alot of praise. "The Dreaming" was followed up in 1985 by the amazing "Hounds of Love" album. One side of the album was a concept album called "The Ninth Wave", the title being derived from a Tennyson poem. "Hounds of Love" included such hit singles as "Running up that Hill", "Hounds of Love", "The Big Sky" and "Cloudbusting". The video to "Coudbusting" featured actor Donald Sutherland. "Hounds of Love" was Kates first hit album in the US and "Running up that Hill" was her first Top 30 single in the US. 1986 saw the release of a greates hits project "The Whole Story" which featured one new song "Experiemnt IV", the video to which included such names as Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Kate's sixth album was released in 1989, it was called "The Sensual World", the title track and first single was inspired by Molly Bloom's closing speech at the end of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses". Her seventh album was called "The Red Shoes" and was released to critical acclaim in 1993 and was Kate's Biggest Hit in The US. It featured collaboration with Prince, Eric Clapton, The Trio Bulgarka and others. Kate also released a film version of "The Red Shoes" based loosely on the old Hans Christian Anderson story. The film is called "The Line, The Cross and The Curve", it was written and directed by Kate and starred Kate and Miranda Richardson. Kate recently had a baby boy named Albert (Bertie) and is currently working on her eighth album. She recently made a guest appearance at a Pink Floyd concert, singing "Comfortably Numb". |
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