Kate Bush

As of March 12, however, no release had yet been announced.
. In December 2004, she wrote a Christmas letter to her fans announcing an album release in 2005; additionally, unsubstantiated reports have stated that the album might be released as early as March. Rosemary Clooney had two husbands, José Ferrer (from 1953 until the 1960s) by whom she had five children, including actor,Miguel Ferrer, born in 1955 and Gabriel Ferrer, born 1956, who married Debby Boone, and Dante DePaolo (whom she married in 1997). She was reportedly recording tracks as recently as November 2003 at Abbey Road Studios, but as of fall 2004 no release date for a new album had been announced, more than a decade after her last recordings were released. Many attribute some of Clooney’s extraordinary abilities to her being affected by bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression. She has confirmed that she is at work on a new album, with the title of one track "How to be Invisible" having been discussed on at least one of her fan Web sites. She had a nervous breakdown and serious drug problems.

In 1999, she gave birth to a baby boy, Bertie, fathered by guitarist Danny MacIntosh. The event traumatized her life for years afterward. There were also unconfirmed reports that she had suffered a nervous breakdown. Kennedy, with whom she was a close friend. Bush dropped out of the public eye in the late 1990s, though her name occasionally cropped up in the media in connection with rumours of a new album release. In 1968, Clooney was present at the assassination of Robert F. In 1993, Bush directed and starred in the short film, The Line, The Cross and The Curve, a musical co-starring Miranda Richardson and featuring music from Bush's album The Red Shoes which was inspired by the classic movie The Red Shoes. In 1986 she sang a duet with Wild Man Fischer on "It's a Hard Business".

It was this benefit that was recorded and is the only record of Bush's live performance. In 1966 she went to United Artists Records. Bush held a benefit concert on 12 May, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London’s Hammersmith Odeon for his family. In 1964 she went to Reprise again, shifting the next year to Dot Records. A number of reasons have been suggested as to why she abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying, and the suggestion that the death of 21 year old Bill Duffield, severely affected her. Duffield, her lighting director, was killed in an accident during her April 20 concert at The London Palladium when he fell twenty feet through an open trap door on the stage. Finally, toward the end of 1958, she signed with RCA Victor Records, where she stayed until 1963 except for doing some recordings in 1960 for Reprise Records. Bush's only tour took place in early 1979 (April 3 - May 10 see details below), after which she gave only the occasional live performance. In 1958, Clooney left Columbia, doing a number of recordings for MGM Records and then some for Coral Records.

A wide diversity of respected artists have worked with her on some of her more recent albums ranging from the rock guitarist Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist Ian Bairnson, jazz/rock drummer Stuart Elliot, the classical guitarist John Williams, the folk artists The Trio Bulgarka, and Prince. In 1954 she and Bing Crosby starred in the movie "White Christmas.". She has appeared in duets with Midge Ure, Big Country and others on their albums. In 1951 her record of "Come On-a My House" became a hit, her first of many singles to hit the charts. Harper is another frequent collaborator, appearing on her song Breathing and her on his albums HQ and Once (both also featuring Gilmour). She continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia. Their duet of Roy Harper's Another Day was discussed for release as a single, but this never came to pass. Rosemary Clooney's first recordings, in May of 1946 were for Columbia Records as a singer with the big band of Tony Pastor.

She has worked with Peter Gabriel on two of his albums, most notably on the hits Games Without Frontiers and Don't Give Up, (the latter a duet); and his appearance on her 1979 television special. Her sister Betty sang in a duo with Rosemary for much of her early career. Gurdjieff in Them Heavy People. In 1945 the Clooney sisters won a spot on Cincinnati's radio station WLW as singers. I. Rosemary, Betty, and brother, Nick, as well as her nephew, George Clooney (Nick's son), all became entertainers. Her lyrics are highly literate and reference a wide array of subject matter, often relatively obscure, such as Wilhelm Reich in Cloudbusting, or G. Eventually, when Rosemary was 13, she and her sister Betty went to live with their mother and her brother Nick went with their father.

Kate Bush has tackled sensitive and taboo subjects long before it has become fashionable to do so; Kashka From Baghdad is a song about a gay male couple; Breathing explores the results of nuclear fallout. Her father was an alcoholic and she and her brother and sister were constantly moving back and forth between her parents. The unapologetic use of her voice as an instrument to convey a broad range of emotional intensity and subtlety is one thing that characterizes nearly all that she does. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky, about 60 miles up the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio. It has been observed that even the more joyous of the pieces is often tinged with traces of melancholy, and even the most sorrowful have elements of a unique vitality struggling against all that would oppress it. Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 - June 29, 2002) was an American popular singer and actress. More than one reviewer has used the term surreal to describe much of her music, for many of the songs have a melodramatic emotional and musical surrealism that defies easy categorization. You Make Me Feel So Young.

Even in her earliest works where the piano was a primary instrument, she wove together many diverse influences, melding classical music, rock, and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources, to produce a uniquely impressive amalgalm, and this has continued throughout her career. You'll Never Know (This song was also recorded, in better-known versions, by Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra.). Suede front-man Brett Anderson has stated that Wuthering Heights was the first single he ever bought. This Ole House. Even the iconoclastic punk rocker John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) has declared her work to be "fucking brilliant" and has labelled her "a true original". Tenderly. Though many outside of Europe remain unfamiliar with her work and its profound intensity, others in her profession are willing to declare her works as those of great genius. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.

The trip hop artist Tricky has stated her work has been a significant influence on him and that she should be treasured more than the Beatles. Mambo Italiano. While her range of styles does not appeal to everyone, Bush is nevertheless widely respected by many musicians, and has been noted as an influence and inspiration by artists as diverse as Jewel, Tori Amos, Björk, Suede, Paula Cole, Sinéad O'Connor, Pat Benatar, Happy Rhodes, The Utah Saints, Big Boi of OutKast and others. Hey There. They have since worked together on occasional projects and in concert. Half as Much. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was largely responsible for bringing her to prominence, funding her first demo sessions and attracting the interest of the Floyd's record company, EMI. From This Moment On.

Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on July 30, 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England) is a British singer-songwriter who has acquired a large number of extremely devoted fans since her debut in 1978 with the surprise hit "Wuthering Heights," which was number 1 in the British music charts for 4 weeks. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) (However, the best known version of this song was recorded by Eddie Fisher.). Recorded as Live at the Hammersmith Odeon. Come On-A My House. Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (May 12) Benefit concert. Jarhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (10 May).

Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany (8 May). Theatre de Champs Elysees, Paris, France (6 May). Guerzenich, Cologne, Germany (4 May). Circuskrone, Munich, Germany (3 May).

Leiderhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (2 May). Carré Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (29 April). Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany (28 April). Falkoneer Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (26 April).

Concert House, Stockholm, Sweden (24 April). The Palladium, London, UK (16 April - 20 April). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK (13 April). Empire Theatre, Sunderland, UK (12 April).

Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK (11 April). Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK (10 April). Hippodrome, Bristol, UK (9 April). Gaumont Southampton, UK (7 April).

New Theatre Oxford, UK (6 April). Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK (5 April). Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK (4 April). Empire, Liverpool, UK (3 April).

On Stage - 4 Live Tracks ( EP ) (1979). Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1989). The Line, the Cross and the Curve (1994). The Sensual World (1989).

The Whole Story (1986). Hair of the Hound (1986). The Single File (1983). Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1981).

This Woman's Work 1978-1990 (1990, rereleased in 1998) (a boxed set of her six albums to date, also including two discs of rare b-sides). The Whole Story (1986) (includes a new rendition of "Wuthering Heights"). Title TBA (tentative release 2005) - in December 2004 Bush annnounced a new album was planned for 2005 release. The Red Shoes (1993).

The Sensual World (1989). Hounds of Love (1985). The Dreaming (1982). Never For Ever (1980).

Lionheart (1978). The Kick Inside (1977).