Cheryl Crowe. Soundtrack to life

For a quarter of a century, Cheryl Crow's music has been so popular in the United States that critics have called it the soundtrack to many Americans. Sometimes, this applies mainly to her fastest and most energetic compositions, she makes the listener smile broadly and stamp his foot in the rhythm of the song. Other works of the heroine of this article lead people to think about life and how to change it for the better.

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Work with other artists

Singer Cheryl Crow took part in the recording of many compositions by other artists. The list of artists with whom she worked, is quite impressive, and includes such names as Jerry Lee Lewis, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti, BB King and others. The joint performance of Cheryl Crowe and Vince Gill was videotaped. The video was watched by many fans of the stars, and the song became one of my favorites.

Biography

Cheryl Crowe was born in Missouri. Her mother gave piano lessons, and her father was a lawyer and played the trumpet in his spare time. While studying at school, the heroine of this article was engaged in gymnastics and martial arts. She even joined the state team for the last of these sports. After school, the future singer graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor of arts. Her specialty was musical composition, performance and teaching in music schools.

Musical addictions

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Cheryl Crow once said that she is not fond of any one genre, but loves all the songs, where there is a rhythmic part of percussion instruments. The star also admitted that she poorly remembers musical works where there are no powerful drums.

Carier start

After graduating from the University of Missouri, Cheryl Crow worked as a music teacher at the school. On weekends, she sang in various ensembles. After some time, the heroine of the article met with musician and producer Jay Oliver. He had a studio in the basement of his parents' house in St. Louis. There were recorded commercials for McDonald's and Toyota with Cheryl Crowe.

Backing vocalist

The heroine of this article worked alongside Michael Jackson during his Bad Tour from 1987-1989. During these concerts, the artist performed a duet with him, I just can't stop loving you. She has also recorded backing vocals for artists such as Stevie Wonder, Belinda Carlisle and Don Henley.

Bad album

In 1992, Cheryl recorded several songs for her debut album. However, representatives of the label concluded that this material does not need to be published. The singer agreed with them. Cheryl Crowe said the songs were too "commercial." Several copies of this album were stolen from the studio, and these recordings were widely distributed. After some time, Celine Dion, Tina Turner and Winna Judd performed their versions of these compositions.

International popularity

Crow with a guitar

In the mid-nineties, Cheryl Crow met with producer Kevin Gilbert and became part of his band Tuesday Music Club. The singer’s debut album recorded with these musicians received the same name. After in the American magazine Rolling Stone in 1994 there was a publication about her in the section "New Faces". The single All I wanna do rose to the first lines of the American charts in the fall of 1994. This song was written by Cheryl Crow on a poem from an old book that she bought at a second-hand bookshop in Los Angeles.

Producer

In 1996, the singer recorded the second album with the simple name "Cheryl Crow". She herself acted as a producer of this disc and played the parts of most instruments (various guitars, bass, organ and piano). The album was awarded the Grammy Award.

Third album

In 1998, The globe sessions was released. At that time, several articles appeared in the press that one of the most striking songs from the new disc, My favorite mistake, was written about Eric Clapton, with whom the artist was rumored to have a short romance. Cheryl Crow herself refused to answer journalists' questions about this song. In an interview, she said that she never discusses her personal life with the press, or even with her close friends.

New disc

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Cheryl Crow recorded 10 solo albums, the last of which was released in 2017. This disc is called Be Myself and has a more rhythmic, rock and roll sound, while most of the songs from the previous album are written in country style. On Allmusic, Cheryl Crowe's new CD is described as "a series of great songs with intelligent lyrics."


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