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| Birth Name(s) : Catherine Bush |
Date of Birth: July 30, 1958 |
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Kate Bush began playing piano at a young age, and by her mid-teens had composed over 200 songs. Her talent caught the notice of David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) who assisted in arranging her contract with EMI. The first song she released, "Wuthering Heights", soared to #1 in England in 1979.
Since then Kate has achieved a notable career as a singer and musician. Kate began producing her own albums and videos early on. Her growing interest in film was highly evident in the 1985 video for her song "Cloudbusting" which starred Donald Sutherland, which is a mini-film in itself. Another 1985 video, "Hounds of Love", is a tribute to Hitchcock.
Following the release of her 1993 album "The Red Shoes", influenced by filmmaker Michael Powell, Kate produced the short film Line, the Cross & the Curve, The (1993), using five songs from the album as a basis for the film in a mysterious, mythical retelling of the tale of The Red Shoes. |
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Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. Bush was signed by EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. In 1978, at age 19, her début song "Wuthering Heights" topped the UK charts for four weeks and made her the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song.
As part of her preparation for entering the studio, Bush toured pubs with the KT Bush Band. However, for the album she was persuaded to use established session musicians, some of whom she would retain even after she had brought her bandmates back on board. On The Kick Inside, her brother Paddy Bush played the harmonica and mandolin, unlike on later albums where he would play more exotic instruments such as the balalaika and didgeridoo. Stuart Elliot played some of the drums and would become her main percussionist on subsequent albums, along with session drummer Charlie Morgan, who later went on to work regularly with Elton John. Preston Heyman was credited with some subsequent studio work but mostly performed on Bush's live tour of 1979.
Released in September 1980, Never for Ever saw Bush's second foray into production, co-producing with Jon Kelly. Her first time as a producer was on her Live On Stage EP, released after her tour the previous year. The first two albums had resulted in a definitive sound evident in every track, with orchestral arrangements supporting the live band sound. The range of styles on Never for Ever is much more diverse, veering from the straightforward rocker "The Wedding List" to the wistful waltz of hit single "Army Dreamers". Never for Ever was the first Kate Bush album to be composed on synthesizers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI, to which she was introduced when providing backing vocals on Peter Gabriel's third album in early 1980. It was her first record to reach the top position in the UK album charts, also making her the first female Briton ever to achieve that status. The top-selling single from the album was "Babooshka", which reached number five in the UK singles chart.
"Sat in Your Lap" was the first single from the album to be released. It pre-dated the album by nearly a year and peaked at #11 in the UK. The following singles fared much worse. "The Dreaming", the album's title track featuring the talents of Rolf Harris and Percy Edwards, stalled at number 48, while the third single, "There Goes a Tenner", failed to chart at all, despite promotion from EMI and Bush.
The title track, "The Sensual World", drew its inspiration from James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Bush realised that the text from Molly Bloom's Soliloquy fitted the music she had created. When the Joyce estate refused to release the text, Bush wrote original lyrics that echo the original passage, as Molly steps from the pages of the book and revels in the real world. The song also alludes to William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time" with the line "And my arrows of desire rewrite the speech."
The Red Shoes was released in November 1993. The album takes its title from the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; the story of the film (the same as the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired it) concerns a dancer, possessed by her art, who cannot shake off the eponymous shoes and find peace. The album sold more than three million copies worldwide.
In March 1987, Bush sang "Running Up That Hill" at The Secret Policeman's Third Ball, with David Gilmour on guitar. In January 2002, Bush appeared with David Gilmour singing "Comfortably Numb" at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England.
A wide diversity of respected artists have worked with Bush on some of her more recent albums ranging from the rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour and Ian Bairnson, bassists Mick Karn and John Giblin (bass player for Elkie Brooks), jazz/rock drummer Stuart Elliot, jazz bassist Eberhard Weber, violinist Nigel Kennedy, classical guitarist John Williams, folk artists The Trio Bulgarka, Gary Brooker, Prince as well as numerous Irish traditional/folk musicians such as various members of Planxty. Bush provided vocals on two of Peter Gabriel's albums, most notably on the hits "Games Without Frontiers" and the duet "Don't Give Up". He also appeared on her 1979 television special, where they sang a duet of Roy Harper's "Another Day". Harper is another frequent collaborator, appearing on her song "Breathing" and she on his albums HQ, Once and The Unknown Soldier. |
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