Sheryl Crow

@Singer-songwriter, Birthday and Life

Sheryl Crow is a nine time Grammy Award winning American musician, singer, songwriter and actress

Feb 11, 1962

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: February 11, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Singer-songwriter, Musicians, Guitarists, Singers, Country Singers
  • City/State: Missouri
  • Siblings: Kathy Crow Karen Crow, Steven Crow
  • Known as: Sheryl Suzanne Crow
  • Childrens: Levi James Crow, Wyatt Steven Crow

Sheryl Crow born at

Kennett, Missouri, United States

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Birth Place

Crow has had romantic affairs with many celebrities like Owen Wilson, Eric Clapton, Lance Armstrong, etc.

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Personal Life

She was engaged to Lance Armstrong for some time and Armstrong was quoted many times in public saying that Crow cured his cancer with her music.

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Personal Life

Crow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and went through radiation therapy. Her treatment was successful and was supervised by a Los Angeles based breast cancer surgeon called Kristi Funk. She was later diagnosed with meningioma.

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Personal Life

Sheryl Crow was born on February 11, 1962 in Kennett, Missouri, to Wendell and Bernice Crow. She has two older sisters, Kathy and Karen, and a younger brother, Steve. She began playing piano since the age of 6 and had a natural affiliation to music.

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Childhood & Early Life

She attended the Kennett High School and later went to the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1984. While she was studying at the university, she used to perform with a local band called ‘Cashmere’.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 1986, after finishing university, Crow started working as a music teacher in an elementary school in St. Louis but shortly after that she moved to Los Angeles. In LA, she recorded jingles for advertisements and worked as a back-up singer.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 1987-89, Crow was a part of Michael Jackson’s’ ‘Bad World Tour’ crew and sang as a backing vocalist and often sang ‘I Just Can’t Stop Loving You’ with him. She also worked with artists like Belinda Carlisle, Stevie Wonder, etc.

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Career

She sang in Steven Bochco’s drama ‘Cop Rock’ in 1990. In the same year, she sang the song ‘Heal Somebody’ for the movie ‘Bright Angel’ and sang a duet called ‘I Would Do Anything’ with Kenny Loggins for his album ‘Leap of Faith’.

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Career

In 1992, she recorded a self-titled debut album with the record producer named Hugh Padgham but it was never released, although some of the copies of her albums were leaked and she gained some publicity through that.

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Career

Crow released debut album ‘Tuesday Night Music Club’ in 1993 and the single ‘All I Wanna Do’ became an unexpected huge hit. It sold 7 million copies in America and the United Kingdom. She won 3 Grammy Awards for it.

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She produced and released her second album called ‘Sheryl Crow’ in 1996 and she received two Grammy awards for it. Singles like, ‘If It Makes You Happy’, ‘Home’, etc. from the album became huge hits.

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To this date, Crow’s hit single from the album ‘C’mon, C’mon (2002)’, ‘Soak Up the Sun’ is considered to be her biggest single. It has her trademark country-style peppiness and was at number one on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.

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Major Works