Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow , actually Phoebe Ann Laub (born July 17, 1950 in New York City , † April 26, 2011 in Edison , New Jersey ) was an American singer and composer .
Career
Growing up in Teaneck , New Jersey , Phoebe Snow took guitar lessons at an early age and also learned to play the piano as a teenager. Like so many singer-songwriters, she roamed New York clubs and bars from around 1970 , singing her self-composed songs and accompanying herself on her Martin guitar . On the occasion of a performance in Bitter End in Greenwich Village , a talent scout from the small Shelter label discovered the singer with the alto voice , who then got a contract with the company that was then part of MCA . DC their first LP ( Phoebe Snow , published in July 1974) (the LP charts 4th place), awarded a commercial success with gold and contained the decoupling Poetry Man and a top five hit in the Billboard - pop single -charts .
Her compositions were strongly influenced by jazz influences, and worked already with their first album musicians such as Bob James , Zoot Sims , Dave Mason , Hugh McDonald , bassist Chuck Delmonico , harpist Margaret Ross , electric guitarist Steve Burgh and drummer Steve Mosley than their Studio tape; The Persuasions acted as backing vocalists in Sam Cooke's Good Times - one of only two third-party compositions on this LP . On Easy Street , the B-side of her first 45-record Harpo's Blues , she was accompanied by two legendary jazz instrumentalists, Stan Getz and Teddy Wilson . The first LPs were therefore also listed in the jazz and blues charts (see below ) .
Snows has already published her first recordings under her stage name, which goes back to a popular, fictional character who advertised the Lackawanna Railroad on posters with little poems at the beginning of the 20th century . It is not known exactly when Phoebe Laub adopted this stage name.
She soon moved to Columbia , toured the USA in 1975 with Paul Simon, among others, and recorded the song Gone at Last with him ; this also hit the charts (up to number 23) as did their second long-playing record, Second Childhood , released a year later , which reached number 13 and was again gilded. Also, It looks like Snow (also 1976), it brought even into the top 30, while the decline in sales of its two subsequent LPs Never Letting Go (1977) and Against the Grain (1978) seemed to indicate an end to their acceptance by the plate buyers. But even in the late 1970s, the singer always found her audience in concerts. With the single Every Night , the artist was also listed for the first time in Great Britain in 1979 (number 37). After she switched to Mirage around 1980 , commercial success also came back: Rock Away (1981) and Something Real (1989, on Elektra ) achieved better positions on the Billboard LP charts again.
In the 1990s she toured the USA with Donald Fagens New York Rock and Soul Revue and is also featured on their live LP. During these years she also appeared repeatedly solo in Europe and East Asia. In the last episode of the television series Roseanne , she was heard in the final scene with an a cappella version of the title song. In 1999 she gave a private concert at Camp David for Bill Clinton , Phoebe Snow's favorite singer, and his wife Hillary .
In 2003 - after 14 years - she released a long-playing record (Natural Wonder) with new, own songs for the first time , and in 2008 another album titled Live . Most recently she lived in New Jersey , took singing lessons and was very interested in opera . Her daughter, Valerie Rose Laub, died on March 18, 2007 at the age of 31 as a result of a serious illness that had existed since her birth. In January 2010, Phoebe Snow suffered a stroke and was operated on; a planned concert tour had to be canceled. Her management then announced that the healing process was going well. <At the end of April 2011 she died of the effects of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Performances with other artists
Phoebe Snow has performed with a large number of well-known colleagues or has made records with them; In addition to the aforementioned Jewel , Billy Joel , Queen , Jackson Browne , Linda Ronstadt , Bonnie Raitt , Michael McDonald , Boz Scaggs , Cyndi Lauper , Roger Daltrey , Chaka Khan , CeCe Peniston , Take 6 , Michael Bolton , Thelma Houston , Mavis Staples , Laurie Anderson and the Sisters of Glory (with whom she was seen and heard at the second Woodstock Festival ). She sang the title song on the 1997 tribute album Time and Love , recorded for her late friend and role model Laura Nyro .
Awards
In May 1998, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani presented her with the Cultural Achievement Award . Phoebe Snow also received the Don Kirschner Rock Award , several Playboy Music Poll Awards , New York Music Awards and the Clio Award .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
|
 US
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| 1974 | Phoebe Snow | - |
US4th  (58 weeks)US |
First published: July 1974
|
| 1976 | Second childhood | - |
US13 (22 weeks)US |
First published: January 1976
|
| It looks like snow | - |
US29 (21 weeks) US |
First published: November 1976
|
|
| 1977 | Never letting go | - |
US73 (15 weeks) US |
First published: November 1977
|
| 1978 | Against the grain | - |
US100 (7 weeks) US |
First published: November 1978
|
| 1981 | Rock Away | - |
US51 (18 weeks) US |
First published: May 1981
|
| 1989 | Something real | - |
US75 (20 weeks) US |
First published: May 1989
|
more publishments
- 1978: Inter-chords
- 1981: The Best of
- 1998: I Can't Complain
- 2001: The Very Best of
- 2003: Natural Wonder
- 2008: Live
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
|
US
|
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| 1974 | Poetry Man Phoebe Snow |
- |
US5 (18 weeks) US |
First published: December 1974
|
| 1975 | Gone at Last Still Crazy After All These Years |
- |
US23 (10 weeks) US |
First published: July 1975
with Paul Simon |
| 1976 | Shakey Ground It Looks Like Snow |
- |
US70 (4 weeks) US |
First published: December 1976
|
| 1978 | Every Night Against the Grain |
UK37 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1978
|
| 1981 | Games Rock Away |
- |
US46 (10 weeks) US |
First published: February 1981
|
| Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Rock Away |
- |
US52 (8 weeks) US |
First published: April 1981
|
|
literature
- Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul . 3rd revised edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 623f - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .
Web links
- Phoebe Snow at Allmusic (English)
- Phoebe Snow at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to LA Times , she was born in 1950, and in 1952 according to her own website.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Snow, Phoebe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foliage, Phoebe Ann (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 2011 |
| Place of death | Edison , New Jersey |