Kate Bush - Wikipedia. Catherine "Kate" Bush, CBE (born 3. July 1. 95. 8[1][2]) is an English singer- songwriter, musician and record producer.

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Bush first came to note in 1. UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number- one with a self- written song.[1. She has since released twenty- five UK Top 4. The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and "King of the Mountain".

She has released ten studio albums, all of which reached the UK Top 1. UK number- one albums Never for Ever (1. Hounds of Love (1. The Whole Story (1. She is 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- one.[1.

Bush has received widespread critical acclaim for her eclectic, experimental and idiosyncratic music as well as her theatrical performances. Despite being nominated 1. British Phonographic Industry accolades,[1. Brit Award for Best British Female Artist in 1. She has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards during the course of her career. In 2. 00. 2, she was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Bush was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2. New Year Honours for services to music.[1. A diverse range of artists have claimed Bush as an influence on their work. Early life[edit]Bush was born in Bexleyheath, Kent,[1. London Borough of Bexley) to English medical doctor Robert Bush (1. Hannah Daly (1. 91. County Waterford, Ireland).[1.

She was raised as a Roman Catholic[1. East Wickham, an urban village in the neighbouring town of Welling, with her older brothers, John and Paddy.[2. Bush came from an artistic background: her mother was an amateur traditional Irish dancer, her father was an amateur pianist, Paddy worked as a musical instrument maker, and John was a poet and photographer. Both brothers were involved in the local folk music scene.[2. John was a karateka at Goldsmiths College karate club and Kate also trained there, becoming known as "Ee- ee" because of her squeaky kiai – the loud verbalisation accompanying some martial arts attacking manoeuvres. One of the instructors, Dave Hazard, later noted in his autobiography that her dance moves seemed to owe something to karate.[2.

Her family's musical influence inspired Bush to teach herself the piano at the age of 1. She also played the organ in a barn behind her parents' house and studied the violin.[2. She soon began composing songs, eventually adding her own lyrics.[2. Musical career[edit]1. Beginnings[edit]Bush attended St Joseph's Convent Grammar School, a Catholic girls' school (later part of St Mary's and St Joseph's School, Sidcup), in Woolwich Road, Abbey Wood, south east London, in the mid- 1.

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During this time her family produced a demo tape with over 5. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd received the demo from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of Gilmour and the Bush family. Impressed with what he heard, Gilmour helped the sixteen- year- old Bush get a more professional- sounding demo tape recorded that would be more saleable to the record companies.[2.

Three tracks in total were recorded and paid for by Gilmour.[2. The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend Andrew Powell, who would go on to produce Bush's first two albums,[2. Geoff Emerick.[2. The tape was sent to EMI executive Terry Slater.[2. Slater was impressed by the tape and signed her.[2. The British record industry was reaching a point of stagnation.[2. Progressive rock was very popular and visually oriented rock performers were growing in popularity, thus record labels looking for the next big thing were considering experimental acts.[2.

Every female you see at a piano is either Lynsey de Paul or Carole King. And most male music – not all of it but the good stuff – really lays it on you. It really puts you against the wall and that's what I like to do.

I'd like my music to intrude. Not many females succeed with that."[2.

Bush, speaking to Melody Maker magazine in 1. Bush was put on retainer for two years by Bob Mercer, managing director of EMI group- repertoire division. According to Mercer he felt Bush's material was good enough to be released but felt that if the album failed it would be demoralising and if it was successful Bush was too young to handle it.[3. However, in a 1. 98. Gilmour disputed this version of events, blaming EMI for initially using "wrong" producers.[3. For the first two years of her contract, Bush spent more time on school work than making an album.

She left school after doing her mock A- levels and having gained ten GCE O- Level qualifications.[3. In 2. 00. 5, Bush stated in an interview with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 that she believed EMI signed her before she was ready to make an album so that no other record company could offer her a contract.

After the contract signing, EMI forwarded her a sizeable advance which she used to enroll in interpretive dance classes taught by Lindsay Kemp, a former teacher of David Bowie,[3. Adam Darius.[3. 4]Bush also wrote and made demos of close to 2. Phoenix Recordings.[3. From March to August 1.

KT Bush Band at public houses around London – specifically at the Rose of Lee public house (now Dirty South) in Lewisham. The other three band members were Del Palmer (bass), Brian Bath (guitar), and Vic King (drums).

She began recording her first album in August 1. The Kick Inside and Lionheart[edit]As part of her preparation for entering the studio, Bush toured pubs with the KT Bush Band. However, for her début album, The Kick Inside (1. Her brother Paddy played the harmonica and mandolin, unlike on later albums where he would play more exotic instruments such as the balalaika and didgeridoo. Stuart Elliott played some of the drums and would become her main drummer on subsequent albums.[3. Bush released The Kick Inside when she was 1.

EMI originally wanted the more rock- oriented track "James and the Cold Gun" to be her debut single, but Bush insisted that it should be "Wuthering Heights". Even at this early stage of her career, she had gained a reputation for her determination to have a say in decisions affecting her work.[2.

Wuthering Heights" topped the UK and Australian charts and became an international hit.[3. Bush became the first woman to reach number one in the UK charts with a self- penned song. Despite her considerable subsequent chart success it is still her only No. A second single, "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", reached number six in the UK charts.[4. It also made it onto the American Billboard Hot 1. Ivor Novello Award in 1. Outstanding British Lyric.[4.

Bob Mercer felt that Bush's relative lack of success in the United States compared to the rest of the world was due to her music being a poor fit for American radio formats, and that there were no outlets for the visual presentation central to Bush's appeal.[3. EMI capitalised on Bush's appearance by promoting the album with a poster of her in a tight pink top that emphasised her breasts. In an interview with NME magazine in 1. Bush criticised this marketing technique, stating: "People weren't even generally aware that I wrote my own songs or played the piano. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've had to prove that I'm an artist in a female body."[2. In late 1. 97. 8, EMI persuaded Bush to quickly record a follow- up album, Lionheart, to take advantage of the success of The Kick Inside.

Bush has often expressed dissatisfaction with Lionheart, feeling that she had needed more time to get it right. The album was produced by Andrew Powell, assisted by Bush. While it had spawned several hit singles, most notably "Wow", it did not garner the same reception as her first album, reaching number six in the UK album charts.[4. Bush was displeased with being rushed into making the second album.