Thông tin về Kate Bush và các bài hát hay nhất của Kate Bush

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AKA Catherine Mary Bush

Born: 30-Jul-1958
Birthplace: Bexleyheath, Kent, England

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Musician

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Hounds of Love There is perhaps no other creative vision of a more distinctive and unusual character to emerge from the popular music field of the twentieth century than that of Kate Bush: an artist who not only accomplished the rare feat of combining musical innovation with commercial success, but who also managed to do so while operating largely on her own terms, maintaining creatve control of her output when even the largest names in the industry were unable to do so. Add in the fact that Kate began her career as a teenager, performing entirely self-created material at a time when precious few women had overcome the still male-dominated nature of the music business, and you have a truly remarkable story. Kate's supportive family lies at the heart of her many accomplishments, as well as her care in surrounding herself with constructive personalities rather than becoming enmeshed in the ego traps that are the downfall of most pop performers.

The youngest child of country doctor Robert Bush and his wife Hannah, Catherine Mary Bush was born in Bexleyheath and raised on the family farm at East Wickham. Kate's mother, who was working as a nurse at the time of her marriage to Robert, had formerly been an Irish folk dancer and encouraged the musical interests of all of her children. Her father was an accomplished pianist and provided her with her first lessons on the instrument. Both of Kate's older brothers became active in the local folk music scene, and as a result the young girl was constantly surrounded by music and music-making. For a brief period in the early 1960s the Bush family relocated to Australia, but less than a year later they would return to East Wickham, and it was here that Kate's own musical talent was given its opportunity to unfold.

During her first year at grammar school Kate was compelled to study the violin, but the piano always remained the focus of her enthusiasm and she switched her attention to it full-time as soon as she was able. Despite her aversion to school, a youthful interest in English literature and writing also made itself apparent at this time; by the age of 13 she had already come up with the basis of what would eventually become her second top 10 single The Man With The Child In His Eyes. With the help of her brothers, Kate began to make demo recordings of original material, and in 1975 she left school with the hopes of securing a publishing deal and becoming a professional songwriter. It was family friend Ricky Hopper that was instrumental in making this hope a reality: the previous year Hopper had played a cassette of Kate's demos to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, who was impressed enough with the material that he immediately arranged for her to record some more professional-sounding demos at his home studio in Harlow.