See also: Lennox

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer born on December 25th, 1954. She in particular was the singer of the duet Eurythmics.

Childhood and formation

Artistically early, she attends a school for children Surdoué S. She also studies the Flûte with the Royal Academy off Music of London.

Career

After having been during three years the singer of the group The Tourists, Annie Lennox reaches the celebrity as a singer of the Duo Eurythmics, at the origin of pieces which count among greatest successes of the Années 1980 ( Sweet Dreams , Here Comes The Rain Again , Would I Binds To You? , There Must Be Year Angel , Missionary Man , You Have Placed has Chill In My Heart , Don' T Ask Me Why , The Miracle Off Coils and well others…). After its rupture with Dave Stewart (other half of the duet) in 1991, it starts a career solo.

Its first album solo, Diva in 1992 is a great success carried by individual the Why inter alia, of many rewards and a participation in the original soundtrack of the Dracula of Francis Ford Coppola. Three years later appears Medusa , album of Reprise again S, with the satisfactory sales. In 1997 it re-records the song of Eurythmics Angel for the homage to Diana, princess of Wales. In 1998 it renews contact with Dave Stewart and reforms the Eurythmics group in 1999 for the album Peace . In 2003, it left its third album solo, Bare .

In 2004, Annie Lennox gained the Oscar better song for the title Into the West of third film of the Trilogie of the Seigneur of the Rings, the Return of the King. It had also recorded Use Well the Days for the film, titrates whose words take again many quotations of Tolkien. This song was not used in film, but it appears on a DVD no-claims bonus included with an special edition of the original soundtrack.

In July 2005, Annie Lennox took part in the concert of the Live 8 with Hyde Park, with London. In 2005, she sings Hush, Hush, Hush , a Reprise again of Paula Cole that one finds on the album Possibilities of Herbie Hancock.

Discography (career solo)

• 1992 Diva

• 1995 Medusa

No More “I Coils You' (The Lover Speaks)

Take Me To The River (Al Green)

has Whiter Shade off Blade (Procol Harum)

Don' T Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young)

Train in Vain (The Clash)

I Can' T Get Next to You (The Temptations)

Downtown Lights (Paul Buchanan, The Blue Nile)

has Thin Line Between Love and Hate (The Persuaders)

Waiting in Vain (Bob Marley)

Something So Right (Paul Simon)

• 2003 Bare , its third album.
• 2007 Songs Off Farmhouse Destruction , its fourth album. A signal on the state of planet, the environment which disaggregates and the health issues which touch the most stripped. It is defined as singer concerned more than committed singer.

Individual

• 1988 Could has Little Love In Your Heart (Duo with Al Green)

• 1992 Why
• 1992 Precious
• 1992 Walking One Broken Glass
• 1992 Cold
• 1993 Little Bird
• 1993 Love Song For has Vampire
• 1995 No More 'I Coils You' S
• 1995 has Whiter Shade Of Blade (Reprise again of Procol Harum)
• 1995 Waiting In Vain (Taken again of Bob Marley)
• 1995 Something So Right (Duet with Paul Frederic Simon)
• 2003 Pavement Aces
• 2004 1000 Beautiful Things
• 2004 Wonderful
• 2007 Dark Road

Rewards

In 2004, Annie Lennox gained the Oscar better song for the title Into the West of third film of the Trilogie of the Seigneur of the Rings.

Private life

It supports the foundation " 46664" created by Nelson Mandela to fight against the AIDS.

External bond

• Official site
• http://www.myspace.com/annielennox

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