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Singer/songwriter Janis Ian
Janis Ian (innate April 7, 1951) is a Grammy-winning American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumental musician. Born Janis Eddy Fink in a Bronx hospital (she was raised in New Jersey), she changed her name spell however the infant. She got the successful cantabile career in the 1960s and 1970s. She wrote & sang her foremost hit individual at age Xv, a song "Society's Child", which told a story of an interracial romance forbidden per teller's parents. She too legally freed herself from either her parents at age Xv. Her virtually all successful individual was "At Seventeen", freed within 1975, a bittersweet comment in adolescent cruelty and teenage angst, as reflected upon from either a maturity of adulthood. She has as well managed the sustained career as a songster. She is an outspoken critic of the RIAA, a record industry organization which she sees when acting against a interests of musicians & consumers. When such, she has volitionally freed many of her songs, including a popular "Walking in the Rain", gratis download from either her site (understand following for the hyperlink). A immense chart profits "Fly Too High" (1980) was her contribution to the soundtrack of the Jodie Foster film Foxes & it earnt her the Grammy nomination. Besides existence an award winning singer/songwriter, Ian writes science fiction. Her works keep around been published within an assortment of anthologies & she is co-editor, by having Mike Resnick, of Stars: original stories based on a songs of Janis Ian, published inside 2003. Ian married her long-instance partner Patricia Snyder in August 27, 2003. Discography:
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Janis Ian Official site includes updates, tour schedule, lyrics, articles, speeches, photos, equipment information, and bulletin board. The Unofficial Janis Ian Page Features reviews, biography, discography, and samples of Ian's column for The Advocate. Celebrity Cafe: Janis Ian Interview with the folk singer/songwriter. Rollingstone.com: Janis Ian Includes biography, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, and message board. Janis Ian On Cooking Vinyl Label site includes biography, discography, audio samples, and tour dates. |
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