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| Birth Name(s) : Amanda Marshall |
Date of Birth: August 29, 1972 |
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Born in Toronto, Canada, Amanda Marshall began to show an interest and talent in music that far exceeded many of her peers. Showcasing quite the vocal range at the tender age of only three, her parents were so taken aback with their daughter's talent that they immediately enrolled her in the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music. It was here that Amanda was first introduced to varying styles of music, and where she began to harness her vocal power through classical training.
Yet even as her talent and dedication towards her art impressed both her family and her instructors, Amanda found her interest in classical music was depleting. In search for a new musical genre to satisfy her inner "hunger", a friend of Amanda introduced her to old-school jazz, and she immediately took a liking to it. In fact, of all the artists that Amanda would later site as having given her inspiration in her youth, she would highlight the likes of jazz "queen" Ella Fitzgerald with having had the most influence. |
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Marshall studied music extensively in childhood, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. While performing on the Queen Street West bar scene in her teens, she met guitarist Jeff Healey, who was struck by her powerful voice and took her on tour. She was offered a record deal by Columbia Records in 1991, but chose to wait a few years before releasing her debut album.
She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family to a Caucasian father and a Caribbean-Canadian mother. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on her racial identity and also on the fact that many people don't know that she's actually biracial.
In 1995, Marshall signed to Sony Records, and released her debut album Amanda Marshall the same year. The album was a major success in Canada, generating a great deal of airplay and spawning six Top 40 hits -- "Let It Rain", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Dark Horse", "Fall From Grace", "Sitting on Top of the World" and "Birmingham", which remains her biggest hit internationally.
In 1999, she released a successful follow-up album, Tuesday's Child. It followed in the same vein as her debut, with a mix of soulful pop songs and ballads, characterizing her powerful voice. Her song "Ride" from that album would be featured in the The Replacements and on its soundtrack. Another single from that album, "Believe In You," was featured on one episode of Touched By An Angel, while Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me".
In 2001, she released her third album, Everybody's Got a Story. It marked a change in style and sound for Marshall, with a noticeable R&B influence. Her singles "Everybody's Got a Story" and "Sunday Morning After" received some Canadian airplay and for the album, Marshall worked with the likes of Peter Asher and Billy Mann.
Marshall has received 11 Juno Award nominations, between 1996 and 2002 in all of the major categories, including Album of the Year (for her first two albums), Single of the Year (for "Birmingham", "Dark Horse" and "Everybody's Got a Story") and Artist of the Year. However, she has yet to win her first Juno Award. |
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