Together, Young and Holiday would create some of the greatest jazz recordings of all time. With Hammond’s support, Holiday spent much of the 1930s working with a range of great jazz musicians, including Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, and most importantly, the saxophonist Lester Young. Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Into the West', written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.Ĭonsidered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). She has also been named the 'Brits Champion of Champions'. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. 9 on the US pop charts.Īnn 'Annie' Lennox, OBE is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. Her 2006's album 'Back on Black' was an international hit, and 'Rehab' made No. During the next several years, she survived a period of personal upheaval, a painful relationship, and has been struggling with substance abuse. At age 19, she recorded her debut, Frank (2003), a jazz-tinged album that became a hit and earned her several award nominations. She briefly attended the BRIT School in Croydon, and began her professional career at 16, performing occasional club gigs and recording low cost demos. At that time she pierced her nose and tattooed her body. At age 14, she was expelled from Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London. Young Amy Winehouse was a rebellious girl. Amy was brought up on jazz music she played her brother's guitar and received her own guitar at age 13. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Her father, Mitchell Winehouse, was a taxi driver her mother, Janis Winehouse (nee Seaton), was a pharmacist. She was born Amy Jade Winehouse, on September 14, 1983, in Enfield, London, England to a Jewish family with Russian ancestry on her mother's side.

Alphabetical list of 1970s movies