Annie Lennox - Biography

Last Editor: pam-pam69				Annie Lennox Biography -   Name : Annie Lennox Date of birth : 25 December 1954 Place of birth : Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK Profession : Singer-songwriter Instruments : Vocals, keyboards, flute Height : 5' 9"

Annie Lennox Trivia -

Was with the Eurythmics. She has a 4 octave voice. Has two daughters with Uri Fruchtmann: Lola and Taia Was with the Tourists with David A. Stewart and others before forming the Eurythmics with David. When she was 17 years old, she enrolled at the "Royal Academy Of Music" in London. Credits Motown as one of her major influences Her first husband, Radha Raman, was a Hare Krishna monk. Is currently at work on her yet-to-be-titled third solo album. Is a vegetarian Is an avid fan of the Buddhist religion. Sadie Frost is a staunch friend and fan. Her albums of all-original material include 'In the Garden' - 1980, 'Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)' - 1983, 'Touch' - 1984, 'Be Yourself Tonight' - 1985, 'Revenge' - 1986, 'Savage' - 1987, 'We Too Are One' - 1989, 'Peace' - 1999 (with Eurythmics); 'Diva' - 1992 and 'Bare' - 2003 (solo). She also released an album of covers songs in 1995 titled 'Medusa.' Ranked #9 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll Left the Eurythmics in 1990 to work with the homeless, and did not speak to David A. Stewart again until 1997, after the death of a mutual friend, and in 1999, they reunited for the Eurythmics' Peace album.

Annie Lennox Detailed Biography -

Following the disbandment of Eurythmics in 1991, vocalist Annie Lennox began a solo career that Born and raised in Aberdeen, Scotland, Annie Lennox began playing music as child, learning how to play both the piano and flute. In her late teens, she won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music but she dropped out of the school before she took her finals. For the next several years, she worked around London, performing various jobs during the day and singing at night. In the late '70s, she met guitarist Dave Stewart through a friend. Stewart, who had previously played with Longdancer, asked Lennox to join a new band he was forming with a songwriter named Peet Coombes. The band was named the Tourists, and they released three albums between 1979 and 1980 and scored a number four U.K. hit with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You." While they were collaborating together in the Tourists, Lennox and Stewart became lovers. Soon, tensions within the band grew and by 1980, the pair had left the band to begin Eurythmics. During the early '80s, the sleek synth pop of Eurythmics became one of the most popular sounds of new wave, racking up a number of hits in both the U.S. and U.K., including "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," "Love Is a Stranger," "Who's That Girl," and "Here Comes the Rain Again." Midway through their career, Eurythmics began pursuing a harder, more straightforward rock & roll sound. In 1990, following the release of Eurythmics' commercial disappointment We Too Are One, Lennox announced that she was taking a two-year sabbatical to have a child. During this time, the group quietly dissolved, Lennox had a baby, and she began working on her first solo album. Diva, her solo debut, arrived in 1992 and showcased a calmer, more mature vocalist designed to cross over into the adult contemporary audience. On the strength of the singles "Walking on Broken Glass" (number 14) and "Why" (number 34), Diva sold over two million copies in the U.S. alone; the album was also nominated for three Grammy awards. Annie Lennox delivered her second solo album, a covers collection entitled Medusa, in 1995. Peaking at number 11, Medusa spawned the hit single "No More I Love You's," and went platinum by the end of 1995.