SUCH FRANK AMY WINEHOUSE

The career of Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) - an English singer and songwriter - spanned eight years and she achieved huge critical acclaim for her albums and live performances. Her worldwide success brought many plaudits including Grammy, BRIT and Ivor Novello awards. In 2011Back to Black was the best-selling album in the UK in the 21st century.

She grew up in a family that loved jazz. Her musical talents were clear to see from a very young age. Aged ten, she formed a rap group called Sweet 'n' Sour with a childhood friend. She got her first guitar when she was 13 and she began writing music. She signed to a major record label after they heard her distinctive voice.

Big show business opened Amy Winehouse in 2000, when she was only 16 years old. Through the efforts of her boyfriend pop singer Tyler James her demo fell into the hands of managers Island / Universal, who sought young jazz vocalists. She immediately signed a contract and began performing as a professional singer.

But before the debut album was still far. It took more than three years before the end of 2003. Amy Winehouse introduced the first studio album «Frank». Producing records fell on the shoulders keyboardist and hip-hop producer Sallam Remi. Jazz harmonies fused with elements of soul, pop, rhythm and blues and hip-hop, sensuous and ironic performance, magnificent vocal, criticism catch it similarities with Nina Simone and Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Macy Gray, - all at once attracted attention of the music industry to Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse was popular person of yellow pages, not only through music talent, mostly her aggressiveness and rebel behavior, addictions to drugs and alcohol burned up interest of tabloids. Relationship Amy with her husband were difficult and sever divorce deteriorated situation and addiction. Such desperate life was the cause of creative problems. Amy pulled yourself together and refused rehabilitation. Instead she started to work on her second album plunging into songwriting. Her track "Rehab" explained why Amy don't require and don't want medicaid.
At that time Amy collaborated with Mark Ronson as well as continued work with Sallam Remi. Trios was successful. Amy Winehouse got reward at Brit Award as best solo singer and the disk «Back to Black» was nominated for Best British Album. At the end of 2006 readers of Elle magazine admitted Amy Winehouse as Best British Artist.

Charismatic actress had all to be superstar: gorgeous voice, good acting skills, composing music talent. But close acquainting with Amy talent and art discovers all contradictions and difficulties. Englishwoman Jewish blood, she sang as African-American. Looked very sexy, but didn't use it. Subtle sense of music and causing roughness in communication. She wrote sensitive melody and saucy lyrics. And, perhaps, the strangest: neither fame no many were not bother her. Music was at the first place. She assured that in ten years forget about the scene, and with the head goes into caring for her husband and their seven children. But life took otherwise.

July 23, 2011 Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment in London. According to preliminary data, Winehouse had committed suicide. Another version, Another version, she got drug overdose.

After the deaf Amy have beed enrolled into 27 Club, being with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and others talented musicians. The world has lost an amazing talent who had so much more incredible music to offer.