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Tori Amos
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1963
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Artist Biography
Born Myra Ellen Amos, the daughter of Reverend Edison Amos and Mary Ellen Amos, on August 22, 1963, in North Carolina. She was a piano prodigy from the beginning, playing by ear at age 2 1/2, and writing her own songs by age 4. It's been said that by age 5, she could play anything on the piano after hearing it only once. She won a scholarship at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland - the youngest person ever to be admitted there. She always ran into trouble there, as they discouraged her from composing her own music. She was kicked out at age 11.
She started playing clubs at the age of 13, accompanied by her father as a chaperone, which continued through high school. In 1977, she won a local (Montgomery County, Maryland) talent contest. In 1980, at the age of 17, she even released her first single, Baltimore/Walking With You, on the MEA label (her initials). She received a citation from the mayor of Baltimore for the song.
Artist Discography
Albums
American Doll Posse (2007-05-01)
Boys for Pele (1996-01-22)
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998-05-04)
Little Earthquakes (1992-01-13)
Scarlet's Walk (2002-10-28)
Strange Little Girls (2001-09-17)
The Beekeeper (2005-02-21)
To Venus and Back (1999-09-20)
Under the Pink (1994-01-31)
EPs
Crucify (1992-07-07)
Hey Jupiter (1996-08-20)
Me and a Gun (1991)
Scarlet's Hidden Treasures (2004)
Singles
1000 Oceans (1999-09-28)
A Sorta Fairytale (2002-10-14)
Bliss (1999-08-24)
Caught a Lite Sneeze (1996-01)
China (1992-01-20)
Concertina (2000-02-07)
Cornflake Girl (1994-01-10)
Crucify (1992-06-08)
Cruel / Raspberry Swirl (1998-11-24)
Don't Make Me Come to Vegas (2003-06)
Glory of the 80's (1999-11-01)
God (1994-08)
Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow (1996-07)
Jackie's Strength (1999-02-23)
Past the Mission (1994-05)
Pretty Good Year (1994-03-07)
Professional Widow (1996)
Raspberry Swirl (1998-08-24)
Silent All These Years (1992-08)
Spark (1998-04-28)
Strange Little Girl (2001-10-09)
Talula (1996-03)
Winter (1992-03-16)
