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Featured Track: "Breathing" ( Bush was never afraid to write songs about sensitive or taboo subjects: and her song Breathing - exploring the results of nuclear fallout from the perspective of an unborn child in the womb - is no exception. Produced by Kate Bush and Jon Kelly).
Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an highly original English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. She is an accomplished musician playing: piano, keyboards (organ), bass guitar, guitar and violin. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years, much admired both by the music profession for her striking originality and her loyal following. In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song. In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002, her songwriting ability was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. During the course of her career, she has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards. After her 1979 tour (the only concert tour of her career) in 1980 Bush released *Never for Ever (see below) her first album to claim the No1 spot.
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She is also the first (and to date) the only female artist to have Top 5 albums in the UK charts in 5 successive decades. In May 2012, Bush's latest album, 50 Words for Snow, won the South Bank Arts Award. The album was also nominated for an Ivor Novello Award and a Brit Award that same year. Outside of music, John her brother was a member of Goldsmiths College Karate Club in London and Kate also trained there; becoming known as "Ee-ee" because of her squeaky kiai! One of the instructors, Dave Hazard, later noted in his autobiography that her dance moves seemed to owe something to karate.
Her Career Break: When only 16 years old, she came to the attention of **David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Impressed with what he heard on the demo, Gilmour helped the sixteen-year-old Bush get a more professional-sounding demo tape recorded that would be more saleable to the record companies. Three tracks in total were recorded and paid for by Gilmour.The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend Andrew Powell - who would go on to produce Bush's first two albums with sound engineer ***Geoff Emerick. Her first album, The Kick Inside was released when she was 19 years old, though some of the songs had been written when she was as young as thirteen. By the second album, disillusioned by the all controlling "suits" in the record industry, she set up her own publishing company; Kate Bush Music, and her own management company, Novercia, to maintain complete control over her work, which the company continues to do 'til this day. Bush herself, along with members of her family, comprise the company's board of directors.
* Never For Ever:The first fruits of being in control was her highly acclaimed third album, which included the featured track Breathing. Released in 1980, it was Bush's first No.1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at Number 1, certified Gold by the BPI. Kate Bush co-produced the album with Jon Kelly. (Wikipedia)
**Dave Gilmour's contribution to Kate Bush's work: * Never For Ever:The first fruits of being in control was her highly acclaimed third album, which included the featured track Breathing. Released in 1980, it was Bush's first No.1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at Number 1, certified Gold by the BPI. Kate Bush co-produced the album with Jon Kelly. (Wikipedia)
(1978) The Kick Inside (EMI CD)executive producer on "The Man With The Child In His Eyes
