Kate Bush

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Biography

Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song. She has since released ten albums, three of which topped the UK Albums Chart, and has had 25 UK Top 40 hit singles including the Top 10 hits "Wuthering Heights", "Running Up that Hill", "King of the Mountain", "Babooshka", "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", and "Don't Give Up". In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002, her songwriting ability was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. During the course of her career, she has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards. After her 1979 tour - the only concert tour of her career - Bush released the 1980 album Never for Ever, which made her the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at Number 1. She is also the first (and to date only) female artist to have Top 5 albums in the UK charts in 5 successive decades. In May 2012, Bush's latest album, 50 Words for Snow, won the South Bank Arts Award. The album was also nominated for an Ivor Novello Award and a Brit Award that same year.

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Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1975
Number of Albums 16
Record Label Concord Records
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What year was Kate Bush born?

30.06.58

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What is the name of Kate Bush's debut single?

Wuthering Heights

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Kate Bush has a net worth of what?

60 million USD

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What did Bush study at a young age?

karate

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What was the name of the Catholic girls' school in London in the 1970s?

St Joseph's Convent Grammar School

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Where was St Joseph's Convent Grammar School located?

London

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When did Bush write compositions that she wanted to record and release?

While at school

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Who signed Bush for a record deal?

EMI Group

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How long did it take for Bush to start recording an album?

two years

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What year was Kate Bush's hit single Running Up That Hill released?

1985

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Who played the piano for Kate Bush?

Her father

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What profession did Bush's mother compete in in her native Ireland?

folk dancer

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At what age did Bush begin writing her own compositions?

14

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Who was the Pink Floyd guitarist that helped Bush win a contract with EMI Records?

David Gilmour

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In what year did Bush release her first single, Wuthering Heights?

1978

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Whose novel was Bush inspired by?

Emily Brontë

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What was the name of Bush's 1978 album?

Lionheart

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Which album was the first that Bush produced entirely on her own?

The Dreaming

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How many brothers does Kate have?

two

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When was John Carder born?

1944

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What instrument does she teach herself to play?

piano

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What is Kate's elder brother's name?

John Carder

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Kate is heavily influenced by an interest in what?

Greek mythology

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Who suggested that Kate put demo tapes of her songs with a record company?

Ricky Hopper

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Kate considers herself more of a writer than what?

singer

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What was the name of the album released in 2011?

50 Words for Snow

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What was Bush's first album?

The Kick Inside

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What school did Bush attend?

St. Joseph's Convent Grammar School

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Where was St. Joseph's Convent Grammar School located?

Abbey Wood in South London

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How many songs had Kate Bush composed by her midteens?

over 200

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Who starred in the 1985 video for Cloudbusting?

Donald Sutherland

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What was Paul Shaffer's profession?

rock keyboardist

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Who dropped in to watch the performance?

Paul Simon

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Kate Bush is a British singersongwriter, musician and what else?

record producer

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What was Catherine Bush's father's profession?

medical doctor

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What was her mother's occupation?

dancer

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In what country did Catherine Bush grow up?

England

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What two instruments did Bush learn at the age of 11?

piano and violin

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Who introduced Kate Bush to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour?

a family friend

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How long would it take for Kate to release her next album?

seven more years

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What was Kates next album called?

Aerial

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When was Aerial released?

2005

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Who wrote a detailed review of Kates career?

Peter FitzgeraldMorris

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Kate develops a talent for writing poetry and what else?

putting her words to music on the piano

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What year was Passing Through Air released as a Bside of Army Dreamers?

1980

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How old was Bush when she topped the UK Singles Chart in 1978?

19

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How many UK Top 40 singles has Bush released?

25

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When did Bush begin writing songs?

11

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What was Bush's first album to reach number 1 on the Top Alternative Albums from Billboard?

Hounds of Love

... seventh and eighth albums, The Red Shoes (1993) and Aerial (2005). Hounds of Love , the album containing Running Up That Hill, also rose on various ch...