Sting (musician)

In early 2005 Sting proclaimed he now liked Hinduism and wants to spend lot more time in India and that he loves Indian Culture. His words in an Interview are :. In the 1990s, interest in Tiny Tim seemed to pick up a little. Sting embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. He briefly lived in Australia, then moved to Des Moines, Iowa before marrying for the third time (his second marriage had lasted for just one month) and moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also in 2003, Sumner was placed 81st on the 100 Worst Britons list by polls conducted by Britain's Channel Four. He continued to play around the United States, and got several lucrative gigs in Las Vegas before things got so bad that in 1985, he resorted to joining a circus for eight months. Later that year, he published his autobiography, Broken Music. After that, however, the television appearances dried up, and he became rather more obscure.

In the summer of 2003, Sumner was made a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Also in 1969, he married Victoria May Budinger ("Miss Vicki") on the Johnny Carson show, a publicity stunt which attracted 40 million viewers (the two divorced eight years later). According to some reports he did this because he wanted to help people who really have this disease. The following year, he recorded and released two more albums, Tiny Tim's Second Album, and For All My Little Friends, a collection of children's songs. He has written also a song entitled "Lithium Sunset", which appears to refer to lithium carbonate, a treatment for the disorder. Another notable track was a cover of "Stay Down Here where You Belong," written by Irving Berlin in 1914 to protest the Great War. It is unclear whether he was serious or (rather) not when he referred to himself as "manic-depressive". "On the Old Front Porch" extends this to a trio, including a boy, the girl he is courting, and her father.

Though Sting reportedly owns several properties in the United Kingdom and the United States, he currently calls Tuscany his home. On one track, a version of "I Got You Babe", he sang a duet with himself, taking one part in falsetto, and the other in the baritone range. His son with Frances, Joseph, is following in his father's footsteps as a musician. The other songs displayed his wide-ranging knowledge of the American songbook, and also allowed him to demonstrate his baritone voice, which was less often heard than his falsetto. Sting and Trudie have had four children. It contained a version of what was his signature song, "Tiptoe Thru The Tulips", which was a hit when released as a single. Soon after, he began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler but did not marry until 1992. In 1968, his first album, God Bless Tiny Tim, was recorded.

The couple had two children before their divorce in 1982. As well as his extraordinarily high falsetto voice, his appearance - long curly hair, large nose, six foot one in height and clutching his relatively tiny ukulele - helped him in standing out from the crowd. Sting married actress Frances Tomelty in 1976. Appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason followed, and he made a name for himself as a novelty performer. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. This led to a booking on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, which turned out to be his big break. 2003 also saw the release of Sacred Love, an original studio album with racier beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist Mary J. Tiny Tim already had something of a cult following around New York when he appeared in the film You Are What You Eat.

Late in the year, it was announced that The Police would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. He used a number of pseudonyms, but eventually settled on naming himself Tiny Tim, after the character from Dickens' A Christmas Carol (see above). In June, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Legend has it that he first sang in a lesbian cabaret bar; whatever the truth of this, he certainly went on to sing in a very wide variety of clubs and bars, as well as entering a large number of talent competitions in an attempt to be discovered. He won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for his second Academy Award for his song "Until..." from the film Kate & Leopold. He was born in New York City, the son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother. 2002 was a year of awards for Sting. Tiny Tim's year of birth is unclear - he lied about his age on a number of occasions, and various sources give 1933, 1932, 1930, 1926, 1923, or 1922, although shortly before his death he said he was 64 years old, which would put his year of birth at 1932. According to www.tinytim.org, and photos taken of his passport and birth certificate, Tiny was born on April 12, 1932.

All This Time featured jazzy reworkings of Sting favorites like "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". He was sometimes deridingly referred to as the master of the disturbing. His live album, All This Time, recorded on a moonlit night in Tuscany, was released in November but did not gather healthy sales figures. He is generally thought of as a novelty act, though his records display a wide knowledge of American songs and genuine musical talent. On September 11, he recorded a new live album in Italy, but the Internet simulcast was canceled after the terrorist attack on New York. Later, Sting performed "Fragile" for the fundraiser America: A Tribute to Heroes. He is most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" sung in his distinctive high falsetto. His song "After the Rain has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. Herbert Khaury (April 12, probably 1923 or 1932 - November 30, 1996), better known by the pseudonym Tiny Tim, was an American singer and ukulele player.

He added another Grammy to his collection in February. Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips from his 1968 album, God Bless Tiny Tim (ogg format, 16 seconds, 84KB). Sting kicked off 2001 with a performance during the Super Bowl's half time show. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami.

In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. Sting made a (partial) comeback with the September 1999 album Brand New Day, including the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" (Top 10). (Sting was also featured on Toby Keith's country cover-version of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", on Keith's 1997 "Dream Walkin'" album.) In 1998, he appeared in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Yet, he reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December). Sting's 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly, but dropped quickly on the charts. Finally in November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which was eventually certified Double Platinum. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May.

In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. charts. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. The song stayed at the top of the U.S.

Together with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, they performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" from the film The Three Musketeers. Sting reached a pinnacle of success in 1994. In May, he released a remix of The Police's song "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year.

The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. The album eventually went Platinum. His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the top 10 song "All this Time" and the Grammy winning "Soul Cages". His support for these causes continues to this day.

With long-time girlfriend Trudie Styler and a Kayapó Indian leader in Brazil, he founded the Rainforest Foundation to help save the rainforests. In the late 1980s, Sting strongly supported environmentalism and humanitarian movements, including Amnesty International. Soon thereafter, in February of 1988, he released Nada Como el Sol - a selection of 5 songs from Nothing Like the Sun sung (by Sting himself) in Spanish and Portuguese. It eventually went Double Platinum and was recognized as one of the most important rock & roll albums of the 1980s.

Sting released Nothing Like the Sun (1987), including the hit songs "We'll Be Together" and "Be Still My Beating Heart", dedicated to his recently deceased mother. Within a year, it reached Triple Platinum. It included the hit single "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuring a star-studded cast of jazz musicians, was Sting's first solo album.

Most of his later credits in films and TV are for his music. He has also made appearances on television (including guest spots on The Simpsons and Ally McBeal) and stage. More recently, he appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Apart from playing a devil-like character in Brimstone and Treacle (1982), one of his more famous roles was that of Feyd-Rautha in the 1984 film adaptation of Dune.

He made his film debut in 1979's Quadrophenia. Sting has occasionally ventured into acting. The Police attempted a reunion in 1986 with re-recording of their song "Don't Stand So Close to Me", but did not stay together. Their last album, Synchronicity was released in 1983.

The group had several chart topping albums and won six Grammy Awards in the early 1980s, including their arguably best well-known song, Every Breath You Take. In 1977, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers, formed the rock/pop band The Police in London. He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. He once performed wearing a black and yellow striped jersey that fellow band member Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bee, thus he became Sting.

It is most likely that he gained his nickname while with the Jazzmen. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen and Last Exit. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job. Before playing music professionally, Sumner worked as a ditch digger and a teacher of English.

He has a brother, Phil, and two sisters, Anita and Angela. From 1971 to 1974, he attended Northern Counties Teacher Training College. He attended the University of Warwick in Coventry, but did not graduate. From an early age, he knew that he wanted to be a musician.

Sumner was born in Newcastle, England to Audrey and Ernie, a milkman, and raised a Roman Catholic. Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. 2003 "Send Your Love" #30 UK. Sting) #2 UK.

2003 "Rise & Fall" (Craig David feat. 2000 "After the Rain Has Fallen" #31 UK. Cheb Mami) #15 UK, #17 US. 2000 "Desert Rose" (feat.

1999 "Brand New Day" #13 UK. 1997 "Roxanne '97" (remix) (with The Police) #17 UK. 1996 "I Was Brought to My Senses" #31 UK. 1996 "You Still Touch Me" #27 UK.

1996 "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" #15 UK. Sting) #36 UK. 1996 "Spirits in the Material World" (Pato Banton feat. Pato Banton) #15 UK.

1995 "This Cowboy Song" (feat. 1994 "When We Dance" #9 UK, #38 US. 1994 "Nothing 'Bout Me" #32 UK. 1994 "All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart) #2 UK, #1 US.

1993 "Demolition Man" #21 UK. 1993 "Fields of Gold" #16 UK, #23 US. 1993 "Seven Days" #25 UK. 1993 "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" #14 UK, #17 US.

1992 "It's Probably Me" (with Eric Clapton) #30 UK. 1991 "All This Time" #22 UK, #5 US. 1990 "Englishman In New York" (remix) #15 UK. 1988 "Be Still My Beating Heart" #15 US.

1987 "We'll Be Together" #7 US. 1985 "Love Is the Seventh Wave" #17 US. 1985 "Fortress Around Your Heart" #8 US. 1985 "Russians" #12 UK, #16 US.

1985 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" #26 UK, #3 US. 1982 "Spread a Little Happiness" #16 UK. 2003 "Sacred Love" #3 UK, #3 US, US Sales: 500,000. 2001 "All This Time" (live) #3 UK, #32 US, US Sales: 500,000.

1999 "At the Movies" (Japanese release). 1999 "Brand New Day" #5 UK, #9 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. 1997 "The Very Best of Sting & The Police" #1 UK, #46 US (both positions for the 2002 re-issue). 1996 "Mercury Falling" #4 UK, #5 US, US Sales: 1,000,000.

1994 "Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994" #2 UK, #7 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. 1993 "Ten Summoner's Tales" #2 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. 1991 "Soul Cages" #1 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. 1988 "Nada Como el Sol".

1987 "Nothing Like the Sun" #1 UK, #9 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. 1986 "Bring On the Night" #16 UK. 1985 "The Dream of Blue Turtles" #3 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 3,000,000.