|
Singer and actress.
Had a string of highly successful country and pop singles during the 1970s, including "When Will I Be Loved" (a 1975 No. 1 country hit); "Heat Wave" (also 1975); "Tracks of My Tears" (1976); and "Blue Bayou" (1977).
With country performers Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, formed the Trio, releasing two successful albums--in 1987 and 1999. Only their first song, "To Know Him is to Love Him" (1987) would go to No. 1 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart.
Has 11 Grammy Awards
Ranked #21 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Brother Peter is former police chief of Tucson, Arizona.
In an interview published on 15 July 2004, she told the San Diego Union-Tribune that the presence of a "Republican or fundamental Christian" in her concert audience "can cloud my enjoyment."
Was nominated for Broadway's 1981 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "The Pirates of Penzance," a role she recreated in the film version of the same title, The Pirates of Penzance (1983).
Revealed in a late 1970s Rolling Stone magazine interview that she was battling severe depression.
Mother is English, Dutch, and German. Father is Mexican, English, and German.
Has recorded and performed in the widest diversity of genres in popular music such as country, rock, standards, rock 'n' roll, reggae, New Wave, rhythm and blues, folk, big band, jazz, Cajun, opera, Broadway, Latin American, Mexican and Afro-Cuban, children's music, acoustic rock, adult contemporary, art rock, and gospel.
She has two adopted children, Carlos (born 1994) and Mary (born 1991). |
| 
| |
![[ Login ]](/themes/EPW_20/images/button_login.png)
![[ Register ]](/themes/EPW_20/images/button_register.png)
