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Kate Bush was born Catherine Bush on July 30, 1958 in Bexley, Kent, ENGLAND,
where she grew up with her father, an avid spare time piano player, her
mother and two older brothers with an open mind to artistic experiments.
She began violin lessons around the age of nine but show great interest
in the piano, by the age of fourteen Bush had already written many songs
and a few years later, Pink Floyd lead
guitarist David Gilmour helped her record a professional demo tape that
got her signed to EMI in 1976.
Two years later, in February 1978, Kate Bush released her debut album,
"The Kick Inside"; the first single "Wuthering Heights"
became a surprise worldwide smash hit, reaching the #1 on the U.K. Pop
chart and helped push the album into the top 3 in Britain; the second
single, "The Man With The Child In His Eyes", rose to #5 in
England and also entered the U.S. Pop chart at #85.
In November of the same year she released her second album "Lionheart",
the record debuted at #6 in the U.K. however, it failed to match the sales
figures of its predecessor.
In September of 1980 Kate Bush returned with "Never For Ever",
highlighted by the U.K. top 5 hit single "Babooshka", this album
peaked at #1 on the British Official chart.
Two years later was released Bush's first effort in the production seat,
"The Dreaming", on which she had Dave Gilmour doing backing
vocals on "Pull Out The Pin"; although the album reached #3
in Britain was not received warmly by critics; "The Dreaming"
was her first album to enter the U.S. Top 200 LPs & Tapes chart, reaching
#157.
Almost exactly three years later, "Hounds Of Love", was released,
this album marked her breakthrough into the American charts, it reached
the #33 on The Billboard 200 list, helped on its way by the smash single
"Running Up That Hill" which hit #30 on The Billboard Hot 100;
her fifth album debutet at #1 in U.K. and generated four British top 40
singles, including the #3 "Running Up That Hill", the title-tack,
"Cloudbusting" and "The Big Sky".
In November 1986 Bush released a best-of collection entitled "The
Whole Story", the set shot to #1 in the U.K. and reached the #76
on The Billboard 200 chart, the compilation featured two previously unreleased
recordings, "Wuthering Heights" with an improved, re-recorded
vocal track and "Experiment IV", the latter of which cracked
the top 20 of the British Singles chart.
After three years' absence, Kate Bush re-emerged in October 1989 with
her exquisite album "The Sensual World", it went straight into
the top 3 of the British Pop Sales chart and reached the #43 slot on the
U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums list, the first American single, "Love
And Anger" which features guitar riffs by David Gilmour, peaked at
#1 on The Modern Rock Tracks chart; the title-track rose to #6 in the
same chart and hit #12 on the U.K. Pop Singles list; the third single,
"This Woman's Work", reached the top 30 in her native England.
She scored another hit with her rendition of Elton John's "Rocket
Man", the song appeared on the 1991 tribute album "Two Rooms",
peaking at #11 and at #12 respectively on the U.S. Modern Rock airplay
and U.K. Pop Sales Singles charts.
November 1993 saw the release of "The Red Shoes", the album
included guest appearances from Eric Clapton,
Prince, Gary Brooker, Jeff Beck among others; it climbed into the top
30 of The Billboard 200 and peaked at #2 in Britain spawning five singles:
"Rubberband Girl" rose to #7 on The Modern Rock chart and hit
#12 in the U.K. where she scored three more mid-chart hits with the title-track,
"And So Is Love" and "Moments Of Pleasure"; the second
American single, "Eat The Music", was another top 10 hit on
the Billboard's Modern Rock chart.
Kate Bush's first studio album in twelve years, "Aerial", was
released in November 2005; it contains the single, "King Of The Mountain".
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