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February 11, 1962

Sheryl Suzanne Crow

1993 Tuesday Night Music Club

1996 Sheryl Crow

1998 The Globe Sessions

2002 C'mon C'mon

2005 Wildflower

2008 Detours

Soundtrack

Top 20 Country Countdown (TV series) (3 episodes, 2011)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Hannah Montana (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010)

The 5 O'Clock Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Late Show with David Letterman (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2010)

Desperate Housewives (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Cougar Town (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

EastEnders (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie) (2010)

Best of CMT Music Awards (TV movie) (performer) (2009)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2010)

30 Rock (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2009)

Californication (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2008)

True Blood (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2008)

Fields of Fuel (documentary) (writer) (performer) (2008)

Bee Movie (performer) (2007)

Cold Case (TV series) (performer) (2 episodes, 2007)

Grace Is Gone (writer / performer) (2007)

Home of the Brave (writer / performer) (2006)

40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special) (writer / performer) (2006)

Desire (TV series) (performer) (2006)

The Sopranos (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2006)

Cars (writer / performer) (2006)

The Eight (TV series) (performer) (2006)

Charmed (TV series) (performer / writer) (2005)

Saturday Night Live (TV series) (performer) (3 episodes, 1996-2005)

Rescue Me (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2005)

Must Love Dogs (performer) (2005)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (performer) (2005)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2005)

The Wire (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2005)

De-Lovely (performer) (2004)

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos (video) (writer) (2004)

Crossing Jordan (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 2004)

One Tree Hill (TV series) (writer) (2 episodes, 2004)

Sheryl Crow: C'mon America 2003 (video documentary) (writer) (2003)

Kangaroo Jack (writer / performer) (2003)

Sweet Home Alabama (performer) (2002)

White Oleander (writer / performer) (2002)

Enough (writer / performer) (2002)

Murder by Numbers (writer / performer) (2002)

Un paso adelante (TV series) (writer / performer) (2002)

Crossroads (writer / performer) (2002)

I Am Sam (performer) (2001)

Shallow Hal (writer / performer) (2001)

K-PAX (writer / performer) (2001)

Bridget Jones's Diary (writer / performer) (2001)

Roswell (TV series) (performer) (2 episodes, 2000)

Erin Brockovich (writer / performer) (2000)

Steal This Movie (performer) (2000)

MTV Unplugged: Ballads (video short) (writer / performer) (2000)

Sheryl Crow: Rockin' the Globe Live (video) (writer) (2000)

Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (TV documentary) (writer / performer) (1999)

Big Daddy (performer) (1999)

Message in a Bottle (writer / performer) (1999)

ER (TV series) (performer) (1999)

Dawson's Creek (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 1999)

The Faculty (writer / performer) (1999)

Practical Magic (performer / producer) (1998)

Hurlyburly (writer) (1998)

Hope Floats (producer) (1998)

Daria (TV series) (performer) (1 episode, 1998)

Tomorrow Never Dies (writer / performer) (1997)

For Hope (TV movie) (performer) (1996)

Phenomenon (writer / performer) (1996)

The Pallbearer (writer / performer) (1996)

Up Close & Personal (writer / performer) (1996)

The Pompatus of Love (performer) (1995)

Boys on the Side (writer / performer) (1995)

Confessions of a Sorority Girl (TV movie) (performer) (1994)

Melrose Place (TV series) (performer) (1993)

Kalifornia (writer / performer) (1993)

Point Break (writer / performer) (1991)

Stone Cold (writer / performer) (1991)

Bright Angel (writer / performer) (1990)

Actress

“Hannah Montana” (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

"Cougar Town" (TV series) (3 episodes, 2010)

Cars (voice) (uncredited) (2006)

A Home for the Holidays (TV movie) (2005)

De-Lovely (2004)

The Minus Man (1999)

54 (1998)

Fairway to Heaven (1996) (TV)

"Cop Rock" (TV series) (1 episode, 1990)

Composer

Chicks with Sticks, Part 2 (short) (2002)

Dill Scallion (1999)

Home (video) (1999)

Director

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos (video "A Change Would Do You Good") (2004)

Music

For Hope (TV movie) (composer: additional music) (1996)

Appearances

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (10 episodes, 1996-2011)

2011 CMT Music Awards (TV special) (2011)

The Wendy Williams Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series) (3 episodes, 2005-2011)

Rachael Ray (3 episodes, 2008-2011)

CMT Insider (TV series) "CMT Insider" (7 episodes, 2006-2011)

ES.TV HD (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special) (2010)

Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV special) (2010)

CMA Country Christmas (TV special) (2010)

2010 American Music Awards (TV special) (2010)

The 44th Annual CMA Awards (TV special) (2010)

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (TV movie) (2010)

Lopez Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Tavis Smiley (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Live with Regis and Kelly (TV series) (2 episodes, 2007-2010)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010)

“The 5 O'Clock Show” (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Late Show with David Letterman (6 episodes, 1997-2010)

2010 CMT Music Awards (TV special) (2010)

Stones in Exile (documentary) (2010)

Disappointment Valley (2010)

“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

America: The Story of the US (TV series documentary) (3 episodes, 2010)

“The Marriage Ref” (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Wild Horses and Renegades (documentary) (2010)

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) (2010)

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV special) (2010)

2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival (video) (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The National Christmas Tree Lighting (TV special) (2009)

The Jay Leno Show (TV series) (3 episodes, 2009)

Breast Cancer: The Path of Wellness & Healing (documentary) (2009)

VH1 Divas Live 2009 (TV movie) (2009)

'Hick' Town (documentary) (2009)

2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (TV special) (2009)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (TV special) (2009)

“30 Rock” (1 episode, 2009)

Entertainment Tonight (7 episodes, 2007-2009)

Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) (video) (2009)

Backstory: Sara Evans (TV movie) (2009)

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special) (2009)

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV special) (2009)

"Larry King Live" (TV series) (4 episodes, 2008)

Fuel (documentary) (2008)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series) (4 episodes, 2006-2008)

Johnny Cash's America (2008)

"Private Sessions" (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

Stand Up to Cancer (TV special) (2008)

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV special) (2008)

"Live from Abbey Road" (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

"Last Call with Carson Daly" (TV series) (3 episodes, 2008)

"Breakfast" (TV series) (3 episodes, 2003-2008)

Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
(1 episode, 2008)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

"III nach neun" (TV series) (1 episode, 2008)

Later with Jools Holland (TV series) (3 episodes, 1995-2008)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (6 episodes, 1993-2008)

The View (TV series) (2 episodes, 2005-2008)

Elmo's Christmas Countdown (TV movie) (2007)

The 9th Annual a Home for the Holidays (TV special) (2007)

CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (TV special) (2007)

Saving the American Wild Horse (documentary short) (2007)

Crossroads Guitar Festival (TV documentary) (2007)

Ellen's Really Big Show (TV movie) (2007)

41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special) (2007)

Control Room Presents (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate Crisis (TV special) (2007)

Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2007 Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2007)

TV Land: Myths and Legends (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2007)

Biography (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2007)

40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special) (2006)

CMA Red Carpet 2006 (TV special) (2006)

"Corazón de..." (TV series) (3 episodes, 2005-2006)

"VH1: All Access” (TV series) (1 episode, 2006)

"Howard Stern on Demand" (TV series) (1 episode, 2006)

Trail Mix (TV movie) (2006)

"The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments" (TV mini-series documentary) (2005)

The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (TV Special) (2005)

Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV Special) (2005)

2005 American Music Awards(TV Special) (2005)

Richard & Judy (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

"The Frank Skinner Show" (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

Saturday Night Live (TV series) (3 episodes, 1996-2005)

Top of the Pops (TV series) (7 episodes, 1994-2005)

Tickled Pink (2005) (TV documentary)

"The Paul O'Grady Show" (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

CMT: 100 Greatest Duets Concert (TV special) (2005)

TV Total (TV series) (2 episodes, 2003-2005)

React Now: Music & Relief (TV movie) (2005)

Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (video) (2005)

All We Are Saying (2005) (TV documentary)

The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) (2005)

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV special) (2005)

The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special) (2005)

Wildflower (video) (2005)

MADtv (TV series) (1 episode, 2004)

The 2004 Billboard Music Awards (TV special) (2004)

American Music Awards

2004 Won American Music Award Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist

2004 Won American Music Award Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

2003 Won American Music Award Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

ASCAP Awards

2005 Won ASCAP Award Most Performed Song "The First Cut Is the Deepest"

Brit Awards

1999 Nominated Brit Award Best International Female Solo Artist

1997 Won Brit Award Sheryl Crow Best International Female Solo Artist

Golden Globes, USA

2007 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture for: Home of the Brave (2006) for the song "Try Not to Remember"

1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture for: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Shared with: Mitchell Froom for: the song "Tomorrow Never Dies"

Grammy Awards

1999 Nominated Grammy Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television for: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Shared with: Mitchell Froom for: the song "Tomorrow Never Dies"

2009 Nominated Grammy Detours Best Pop Vocal Album

2007 Nominated Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "You Can Close Your Eyes"

2007 Nominated Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Always on Your Side" (with Sting)

2006 Nominated Grammy Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "Building Bridges" (with Brooks & Dunn and Vince Gill)

2006 Nominated Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Good Is Good"

2006 Nominated Grammy Wildflower Best Pop Vocal Album

2005 Nominated Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "The First Cut Is the Deepest"

2003 Nominated Grammy Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "Flesh and Blood" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmylou Harris)

2003 Nominated Grammy C'mon C'mon Best Rock Album

2003 Nominated Grammy Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

2003 Won Grammy Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "Steve McQueen"

2003 Nominated Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Soak Up the Sun"

2003 Nominated Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "It's So Easy" (with Don Henley)

2002 Nominated Grammy Best Female Country Vocal Performance "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"

2001 Won Grammy Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "There Goes the Neighborhood" (live)

2001 Nominated Grammy Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "Strong Enough" (with Dixie Chicks)

2001 Nominated Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "The Difficult Kind" (with Sarah McLachlan)

2000 Won Grammy Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "Sweet Child O' Mine"

1999 Nominated Grammy The Globe Sessions Album of the Year

1999 Won Grammy Best Rock Album

1999 Nominated Grammy Producer of the Year

1999 Nominated Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "My Favorite Mistake"

1999 Nominated Grammy Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "There Goes the Neighborhood"

1999 Nominated Grammy Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or TV "Tomorrow Never Dies"

1998 Nominated Grammy Record of the Year "Everyday Is a Winding Road"

1997 Won Grammy Best Rock Album

1997 Won Grammy Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "If It Makes You Happy"

1995 Won Grammy Best New Artist
1995 Won Grammy Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "All I Wanna Do"

1995 Won Grammy Record of the Year

1995 Nominated Grammy Song of the Year

1995 Nominated Grammy Rock Female Vocalist "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"

MTV Video Music Awards

1994 Nominated MTV Video Music Award Best Female Video "Leaving Las Vegas"

Orville H. Gibson Awards

2003 Nominated Orville H. Gibson Award Best Female Acoustic Guitarist

2002 Nominated Orville H. Gibson Award Best Female Acoustic Guitarist

2001 Nominated Orville H. Gibson Award Best Female Rock Guitarist

2000 Won Orville H. Gibson Award Best Female Acoustic Guitarist

People’s Choice Awards

2007 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Song from a Movie for: Cars (2006) for: the song "Real Gone"

2005 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Remake "The First Cut Is the Deepest"

2005 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Female Musical Performer

Satellite Awards

1998 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Outstanding Original Song for: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Shared with: Mitchell Froom for: the song "Tomorrow Never Dies"

Other recognitions

2008 Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years" included Sheryl Crow at #39

2003 VH1's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years included "All I Wanna Do" at #56

2002 Crow ranked #41 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists

2001 Crow received an honorary degree during the commencement ceremony at Southeast Missouri State University

1999 Crow ranked #45 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll

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Once a backup singer for Michael Jackson and Don Henley, Sheryl Crow gained mass popularity as a solo artist almost a year after the release of her 1993 debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club. Two more well-received records brought her respect for her rootsy pop rock.

Crow grew up in a rural farming community in Missouri. Exposed to music all her life - her parents were amateur musicians who often played in big bands in Memphis, Tennessee - she started singing in rock groups at 16. After receiving a degree in classical piano from the University of Missouri, Crow taught music at a St. ouis elementary school. Then, in 1986, the aspiring singer/songwriter moved to L.A. to pursue a career in the music business. Her first big gig was singing backup on Michael Jackson's 1987-88 Bad tour. She was also a backup singer for Don Henley, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, and Rod Stewart.

In 1991 Crow signed with A&M. She recorded a self-titled debut album the next year but then convinced the record company to scrap it because of its slick production. She replaced it with the rawer Tuesday Night Music Club (#3, 1994), which was recorded with a loose-knit group of musicians that gathered on Tuesday nights at producer Bill Bottrell's L.A. studio. The supportive atmosphere encouraged Crow to focus her writing on her personal experiences: The album's "What I Can Do for You" discusses sexual harassment, and "No One Said It Would Be Easy" deals with a relationship's dissolution. The often-boozy evenings also produced more lighthearted songs, including "Leaving Las Vegas," a group collaboration written on the first Tuesday get-together, and "All I Wanna Do" (#2, 1994). The latter received a Grammy as 1994's Record of the Year; Crow also received the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance awards that year. Bolstered by that song's huge success and Crow's constant touring (she played 542 shows between September 1993 and December 1995), the album went on to sell 9 million copies worldwide.

But while Crow was receiving critical accolades and commercial success, she also had a bitter falling-out with the members of the Tuesday Night Music Club, who accesed her of trying to take sole credit for what they felt had been a collaborative effort.

Crow addressed her critics head-on by writing and recording most of her next album, symbolically named Sheryl Crow (#6, 1996), on her own. Yet controversy struck again almost immediately. In "Love Is a Good Thing," the singer wrote about children killing each other "with a gun they bought at a Wal-Mart discount store," leading the chain to pull the record from its stores in protest. In spite of that, the album showed that its predecessor was no fluke. A critical success, it also went on to sell 6 million copies with the help of the singles "If It Makes You Happy" (#10, 1996) and "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (#11, 1997). Brow, who had relocated from L.A. to New York, then released the confessional The Globe Sessions (#5, 1998) and its flagship single "My Favorite Mistake" (#20, 1998).

Testifying to the respect in which she is held by her peers, the "frineds" on the 1999 live recording Sheryl Crow and Friends incuded Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Chrissie Hynde, and Stevie Nicks (the latter of whom Crow has produced).

Crow had been involved with the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) since the late 1990s, performing at fund-raisers and befriending Sharon Monsky. In 2002, as a result of her friend Kent Sexton dying from scleroderma, she interrupted work on her new album C'mon C'mon to record the traditional hymn "Be Still, My Soul", to be played at his funeral. In November of that year it was released as a single, with the proceeds going to SRF. Crow's "Steve McQueen" won the Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy.

Crow opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, wearing a shirt that read "I don't believe in your war, Mr. Bush!" during a performance on Good Morning America and posting an open letter explaining her opposition on her website. Crow, performing with Kid Rock at the 45th annual Grammy Awards, wore a large peace sign and a guitar strap with the words "No War."

Crow recorded the song "Kiss That Girl" for the film Bridget Jones's Diary. She also recorded a cover version of the Beatles' song "Mother Nature's Son" for the film I Am Sam. Crow duetted with rapper Kid Rock on the crossover hit single "Picture". She also assisted Rock on the track "Run Off to L.A."

Crow collaborated with Michelle Branch on the song "Love Me Like That" for Branch's second album, Hotel Paper, released in 2003. Crow was featured on the Johnny Cash album American III: Solitary Man in the song "Field of Diamonds" as a background vocalist, and also played the accordion for the songs "Wayfaring Stranger" and "Mary of the Wild Moor". In 2003, Crow released a greatest hits compilation called The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. It featured many of her hit singles, as well as some new tracks. Among them was the ballad "The First Cut is the Deepest" (originally a Cat Stevens song), which became her biggest radio hit since "All I Wanna Do". She also released the single "Light In Your Eyes", which received limited airplay. "The First Cut is the Deepest" earned her two American Music Awards for Best Pop/Rock Artist and Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year, respectively.

In 2004, Crow appeared as a musical theater performer in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely.

Her fifth studio album Wildflower was released in September 2005. Although the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, it received mixed reviews and was not as commercially successful as her previous albums. In December 2005, the album was nominated for a Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy, while Crow was nominated for a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for the first single "Good Is Good". However, she ultimately lost in both categories to Kelly Clarkson. The album got a new boost in 2006 when the second single was announced as "Always on Your Side", re-recorded with British musician Sting and sent off to radio, where it was quickly embraced at Adult Top 40. The collaboration with Sting resulted in a Grammy-nomination for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. As of January 2008, Wildflower sold 949,000 units in the U.S.

In 2006, Crow contributed the opening track, "Real Gone", to the soundtrack for Disney/Pixar's animated film Cars. She also voices Elvis in the film. Crow was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in mid-February 2006, her doctors stating that "prognosis for a full recovery is excellent."

Crow's first concert after her cancer diagnosis was on May 18 in Orlando, Florida where she played to over 10,000 information technology professionals at the SAP Sapphire Convention. Her first public appearance was on June 12, when she performed at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The singer also appeared on Larry King Live on CNN on August 23, 2006. In this show she talked about her comeback, her breakup with Lance Armstrong, her past job as Michael Jackson's backup singer, and her experience as a breast cancer survivor.


In late 2006, Crow was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the song "Try Not To Remember" (Best Original Song category) from the film Home of the Brave.


Crow wrote a foreword for the book Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, author Kris Carr's book that was based on her 2007 documentary film Crazy Sexy Cancer. Crow contributed her cover of the Beatles's "Here Comes the Sun" on the Bee Movie soundtrack in November 2007. She contributed background vocals to the Ryan Adams song "Two" from the album Easy Tiger.

Crow returned with her sixth studio album Detours which was released on February 5, 2008. Detours debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 92,000 copies in its first week and an additional 52,000 copies in its second week.


Detours was recorded at Crow's Nashville farm. Her son, Wyatt, makes an appearance on the song "Lullaby for Wyatt," which is featured in the movie Grace Is Gone. "The songs are very inspired by the last three years of events in my life," Crow said of a time that found her battling breast cancer and splitting with partner Lance Armstrong.


"Shine Over Babylon" was the first promotional single from the album (download only). The first 'official' single to be released from the album was "Love Is Free", followed by "Out of Our Heads".


Crow has also recorded a studio version of "So Glad We Made It" for the "Team USA Olympic Soundtrack" in conjunction with the 2008 U.S. Olympic team sponsors AT&T. Crow has also stated that $1 of each ticket purchased for her 2008 tour will be donated to the United Nations World Food Programme. Sheryl's next studio album is expected for a late spring 2010 release


A&M Records have re-released Sheryl's debut album, "Tuesday Night Music Club" as a deluxe version 2CD/DVD set on November 17, 2009. The bonus CD contains unreleased songs and B-sides, and a new mix of "I Shall Believe". The DVD features music videos for each of the album's singles.

On the red carpet at the 2006 CMA Awards, Crow reported that she was working on a country music album. According to Entertainment Weekly, Wildflower, at one point was to be followed, in about six months, by a "pop record." According to Crow, Wildflower was the "art record," which she felt she had earned the right to make, following the success of The Very Best of Sheryl Crow.


Crow began dating cyclist Lance Armstrong in 2003. The couple announced their engagement in September 2005 and their split in February 2006.


In 2006 Crow was treated for breast cancer, and had "minimally invasive" surgery in Los Angeles in February 2006, followed by radiation therapy.


At the 2006 CMA Awards, Crow performed the songs "What You Give Away" with Vince Gill, and "Building Bridges" with Brooks & Dunn and Vince Gill.


Crow is due to appear in a series of magazine advertisements in February for Revlon. In this, she uses the Buddy Holly classic "Not Fade Away" to sell the cosmetics of her sponsor. The iTunes page states that net proceeds will benefit breast cancer research.


Crow was featured in the February 21, 2008 issue (#1046) of Rolling Stone. The article discusses how the singer beat cancer and returned with Detours. Rolling Stone says "Detours is Crow's most powerful and most personal record yet."


On May 11, 2007, Crow announced on her official website that she had adopted a two-week-old boy named Wyatt Steven Crow. The child was born on April 29, 2007. She and Wyatt make their home on a 154-acre (0.62 km2) farm outside Nashville, Tennessee.


Global warming activist Laurie David and Crow participated in a "Virtual March" that began on April 9, 2008. at SMU in Dallas, Texas and continued on to select cities, including: College Station, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; New Orleans; Birmingham, Alabama; Auburn; Gainesville, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Charlottesville, Virginia; Nashville, Tennessee; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; College Park, Maryland and Washington, D.C.. The 90-minute presentation will include remarks by David, a short performance by Crow, clips from An Inconvenient Truth, clips from top comedians, and a dialogue with students. She worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for the Stop Global Warming tour.


At the 2007 White House Correspondents Dinner, Crow engaged Karl Rove in a heated exchange about the Bush administration's policies on global warming.


Crow lent her voice to the 2008 song, Just Stand Up. The proceeds benefited Stand Up to Cancer. As a result of SU2C fundraising endeavors, the SU2C scientific advisory committee, overseen by the American Association for Cancer Research was able to award 73.6 million dollars towards novel, groundbreaking cancer research.


Crow participated with First Lady Michelle Obama in a forum for promising girls in the Washington, D.C. public schools in March 2009.


Crow was a main stage act at Lilith Fair and has contributed many songs to movie soundtracks and special projects that were never made available elsewhere. They include: "D'yer Mak'er" (Encomium: Led Zeppelin Tribute), "Solitaire" (from The Carpenters' tribute album If I Were A Carpenter), "Là Ci Darem la Mano" from Don Giovanni (Pavarotti & Friends For War Child), and "Resuscitation" (The Faculty). In 2006, Crow contributed the opening track, "Real Gone", to the soundtrack for Disney/Pixar's animated film Cars. She also voices Elvis in the film.


The song "All Kinds of People," from Tina Turner's 1996 album Wildest Dreams, was penned by Crow, Kevin Gilbert, and Eric Pressly , but Crow's version was never released. However, Crow contributed her vocals to the song on Turner's album.


In 1996 Crow recorded the song "On The Outside" for The X-Files TV show's soundtrack Songs in the Key of X.


Crow participated in a charity concert for Don Henley's Walden Woods. The concert was released to AT&T customers on a limited edition CD.


Crow recorded the song "Kiss That Girl" for the film Bridget Jones's Diary. She also recorded a cover version of the Beatles' song "Mother Nature's Son" for the film I Am Sam.


Crow recorded "Old Habits Die Hard" as a duet with Mick Jagger on the soundtrack for the movie remake Alfie in 2004.


She collaborated with Stevie Nicks, producing and performing on several tracks on Nicks' 2001 album, Trouble in Shangri-La, and later toured with her. Crow also appears with Nicks in her video for Sorcerer. Another track, "It's Only Love", was written by Crow and she later released her own version on C'Mon C'Mon. Nicks had also worked with Crow on the soundtrack to the film Practical Magic (1998). Nicks had also covered Crow's song "Somebody Stand By Me", which was used on the soundtrack to Boys on the Side (1995). Nicks wrote the lyrics to, and performed backing vocals on the song "You're Not the One", which Crow released as a B-side to "Soak Up the Sun" in 2002. Crow and Nicks are close friends and Crow inducted Fleetwood Mac into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.


Crow provided backing vocals for the Counting Crows song "American Girls" off their 2002 album Hard Candy.


Crow collaborated with US singer-songwriter Michelle Branch on the song "Love Me Like That" for Branch's second album, Hotel Paper, released in 2003.


Crow has also recorded duets with Tony Bennett, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, Steve Earle and Willie Nelson, all of which have been released on various albums. She claims the Stones to be an early influence.


Crow and John Mayer co-headlined a tour in late 2006.


Starbucks' "Hear Music" label released a deluxe edition of Crow's favorite songs in 2006, featuring Crow's own versions of James Taylor's "You Can Close Your Eyes", Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", and Jeff Trott's "The Few That Remain". "You Can Close Your Eyes" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Female in 2006.


Crow was also featured on the Johnny Cash album American III: Solitary Man. She was featured in the song "Field of Diamonds" as a background vocalist, and also played the accordion for the song "Wayfaring Stranger".


Crow collaborated on Scott Weiland's 1998 solo album, 12 Bar Blues.


Crow supplied background vocals to the song "The Garden of Allah", a single from Don Henley's 1995 album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits.


"Favorite Year", on the Dixie Chicks album Taking the Long Way words and music are credited to Sheryl Crow, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines.


She most contributed background vocals to the Ryan Adams song "Two" from the album Easy Tiger.


She also contributed her cover of Beatles' Here Comes The Sun on the Bee Movie soundtrack in November 2007.


On July 15, 2008 she sang the National Anthem at the All Star Game at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY. On July 14, 2009 she repeated the performance at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. On January 22, 2010 Sherly Crow, Kid Rock, and Keith Urban sang "Lean On Me" on Hope for Haiti Now.



She also performed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention on August 28, 2008. Afterwards she was one of the major performers on the Get Out And Vote tour headlined by Beastie Boys, along with Tenacious D, Santogold, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Ben Harper among others. The artists taking part urged show-goers to register to vote. The tour mostly targeted swing states, with Crow performing at shows in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.


Her first-ever Christmas album, Home for Christmas, hit HALLMARK stores on September 30, 2008.

Part of biography courtesy of Wikipedia, partial from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll Third Edition

Her album "Come On Come On" was supposedly composed in the wake of a break-up with Owen Wilson.

Was an All-State track athlete, medaling in the 75 low hurdles.

She suffers from Sleep Paralysis.

Her lower lip scar is from being bitten by a dog as a child.

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