Profile
Phoebe Snow
Singer + Songwriter and Guitarist
Female
Born
Jul 17, 1950
Hometown
New York City
Died
Apr 26, 2011
Death Place
Edison, New Jersey
Genres
Soft rock + Folk ...
Instruments
Vocals + Guitar
Performed With
The Sisters of Glory
Phoebe Snow was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for her chart-topping 1975 hit "Poetry Man". She was described by The New York Times as a "contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves."
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The Everlasting Phil Ramone And Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Richter Scale Day PlaylistHuffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Michael Giltz: Music: Grammys Preview The Fifty Best Albums Of 2012Huffington Post - Feb 08, 2013
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Mike Ragogna: Sunken Condos: A Conversation With Donald Fagen & Michael LeonhartHuffington Post - Oct 15, 2012
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CHILDHOOD
1950
Birth
She was born in New York City in 1950, and raised in a musical household in which Delta blues, Broadway show tunes, Dixieland jazz, classical music, and folk music recordings were played around the clock.
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1960
9 Years Old
Also, a DL&W passenger train called the Phoebe Snow ran from Hoboken to Buffalo between 1949 and 1960.
TWENTIES
1972
21 Years Old
It was at The Bitter End club in 1972 that Denny Cordell, a promotions executive for Shelter Records, was so taken by the singer that he signed her to the label and produced her first recording.
Snow was briefly married to Phil Kearns, and in December 1975 she gave birth to a severely mentally impaired daughter, Valerie Rose.
Legal battles took place between Snow and Shelter Records. Snow ended up signed to Columbia Records. Her second album, Second Childhood, appeared in 1976, produced by Phil Ramone.
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THIRTIES
1981
30 Years Old
In 1981, Snow, now signed with Mirage Records, released Rock Away, recorded with members of Billy Joel's band; it spun off the Top 50 hit "Games".
1983
32 Years Old
The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide summed up Snow's career so far by saying: "One of the most gifted voices of her generation, Phoebe Snow can do just about anything stylistically as well as technically...
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Snow returned to recording with Something Real in 1989 and gathered a few more hits on the Adult Contemporary charts.
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1990
39 Years Old
In 1990, she contributed a cover version of the Delaney & Bonnie song "Get ourselves together" to the Elektra compilation Rubáiyát which included Earth Wind & Fire guitarist Dick Smith.
FORTIES
1992
41 Years Old
In 1992, she toured with Donald Fagen's New York Rock and Soul Revue and was featured on the group's album recorded live at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
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1997
46 Years Old
In 1997, she sang the Roseanne theme song a cappella during the closing moments of the final episode.
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1998
47 Years Old
In May 1998, Snow received the Cultural Achievement Award by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
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1999
48 Years Old
Snow performed for U.S. President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and his cabinet at Camp David in 1999.
FIFTIES
2003
52 Years Old
In 2003, Snow released her album Natural Wonder on Eagle Records, containing ten original tracks, her first original material in fourteen years.
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2007
56 Years Old
Snow resolved not to institutionalize Valerie, and cared for her at home until Valerie died on March 18, 2007 at the age of 31.
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2008
57 Years Old
Snow performed at Howard Stern's wedding in 2008, and made a special appearance in the film Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom as herself.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2010
60 Years Old
Phoebe Snow suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on January 19, 2010 and slipped into a coma, enduring bouts of blood clots, pneumonia, and congestive heart failure.
2011
61 Years Old
Snow died on April 26, 2011 at age 60 in Edison, New Jersey.
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