Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, born 25th December 1954, in Aberdeen Scotland. Dorothy Farquharson and Thomas Allison Lennox are her parents. Lennox was accepted into the Royal Academy of Music in London during the 1970s when she learned the flute piano and harpsichord for three years. She managed to make it by surviving on a student stipend, while working part time jobs. Lennox believed that her abilities weren't as good as those of her Royal Academy classmates. So she began thinking about other paths she could take. Lennox was a part of a group known as Dragons Playground as the flute player in 1976. She left the band before they appeared as a guest on I.T.V's Talent program New Faces. She was the vocalist in The Tourists a British pop band from 1977 to 1980. It was here that she met Dave Stewart and together they created the duo Eurythmics. Lennox started working on her first solo album Diva and it was released around 1992. The album garnered a lot of praise from critics and the public. Nostalgia Lennoxs six-album solo, released in October 2014 is Nostalgia Lennox. The C.D. is a selection of Lennoxs favorite blues and soul tracks from her early years. Lepidoptera includes four keyboard improvised tracks. The E.P. This is the companion album to her Now I let the door open... art installation that was exhibited at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The album is her first independent album. Annie Lennox (born December 25 in 1954) is a Scottish political activist and singer. The latter part of the 70s was when she achieved minor fame as part the group known as The Tourists. She and Dave Stewart then gained international notoriety in the 80s under the name Eurythmics. In 1992, Lennox began her solo career, releasing her debut album Diva with a variety of successful songs, such as Why and Walking through Broken Glass. Medusa the studio album released in 1995 has cover versions of songs like No MoreI I Love Yous as well as A Whiter Shade of Pale. The singer is acknowledged with six studio albums solo as well as a compilation.