Post by valerie davenport on Aug 21, 2007 11:45:11 GMT -5
Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is an Oscar, BRIT, Grammy and Golden Globe award-winning Scottish pop musician and vocalist. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the duo Eurythmics, often hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" (VH1, 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll 1999)
After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s electronic pop duo Eurythmics with English musician David A. Stewart. Early in Eurythmics' career, she was known for her androgyny, wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis Presley. The duo released a long line of classic singles in the 1980s: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Who's That Girl?", "Would I Lie to You?", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "Missionary Man", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart", "Don't Ask Me Why", among others. Though Eurythmics never officially disbanded, Lennox made a fairly clear break with Stewart in 1990, and began a long and equally successful solo career.
From the beginning, Lennox has experimented with her image as an artist and as a woman. She matured as a public figure in the late 20th century, just as MTV and the medium of video were beginning as the obvious vehicles for selling contemporary popular music, and she has used image astutely, both as a means of interpreting and marketing her music.
Annie Lennox has admitted that she hates being called a celebrity - because she feels that the term is "beneath" her.
The 'Walking On Broken Glass' star insisted that she should be labeled an “artist” after winning seven Brit Awards, four Grammy gongs and an Oscar during her 25-year music career.
She told the Radio Times: "The term (celebrity) is beneath me. I'm an artist. I've done something to earn recognition."
However, she admitted that she is prepared to use her notoriety to promote a good cause, saying: "I think it's an intelligent use of fame - but you have to choose carefully and learn your subject."
no tour dates as yet for Miss Lennox but I will update this when I have them ok.
Annie Lennox has admitted that she finds life as a single mother "immensely painful".
The Eurythmics singer has raised her two daughters single-handedly since her eleven-year marriage to German film-maker Uri Fruchtmann ended in 2000.
"As a heterosexual, to be a mother unsupported and not sustained emotionally by a male figure is the last thing I ever wanted," she told the Radio Times.
"It's been immensely painful, but I'm doing it. I adore my children. I think they love me back. And there comes a stage where you must accept things for what they are."
After three years as lead singer of The Tourists, Lennox achieved her most notable fame as the alto, soul-tinged lead singer of the 1980s electronic pop duo Eurythmics with English musician David A. Stewart. Early in Eurythmics' career, she was known for her androgyny, wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis Presley. The duo released a long line of classic singles in the 1980s: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Who's That Girl?", "Would I Lie to You?", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "Missionary Man", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart", "Don't Ask Me Why", among others. Though Eurythmics never officially disbanded, Lennox made a fairly clear break with Stewart in 1990, and began a long and equally successful solo career.
From the beginning, Lennox has experimented with her image as an artist and as a woman. She matured as a public figure in the late 20th century, just as MTV and the medium of video were beginning as the obvious vehicles for selling contemporary popular music, and she has used image astutely, both as a means of interpreting and marketing her music.
Annie Lennox has admitted that she hates being called a celebrity - because she feels that the term is "beneath" her.
The 'Walking On Broken Glass' star insisted that she should be labeled an “artist” after winning seven Brit Awards, four Grammy gongs and an Oscar during her 25-year music career.
She told the Radio Times: "The term (celebrity) is beneath me. I'm an artist. I've done something to earn recognition."
However, she admitted that she is prepared to use her notoriety to promote a good cause, saying: "I think it's an intelligent use of fame - but you have to choose carefully and learn your subject."
no tour dates as yet for Miss Lennox but I will update this when I have them ok.
Annie Lennox has admitted that she finds life as a single mother "immensely painful".
The Eurythmics singer has raised her two daughters single-handedly since her eleven-year marriage to German film-maker Uri Fruchtmann ended in 2000.
"As a heterosexual, to be a mother unsupported and not sustained emotionally by a male figure is the last thing I ever wanted," she told the Radio Times.
"It's been immensely painful, but I'm doing it. I adore my children. I think they love me back. And there comes a stage where you must accept things for what they are."
