Sting. My favourite musician. Author: Marta Kutt.
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Sting.My favourite musician.
Author: Marta Kutt
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Introduction
• His real name is Gordon Matthew Sumner.• He was born 2 October 1951 in Wallsend
(England).
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Why ‘Sting’?
• It was on performance with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Gordon Sumner was wearinga black and yellow sweater with hooped stripes. Bandleader, Gordon Solomon, noticed that he looks like a bumblebee and Sumner became ‘Sting’.
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Before solo career…
• From an early age he wanted to be a musician. At start he played with local jazz band such as Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.
• In 1977 he moved to London and with Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani form a new band – The Police.
• Between 1977 and 1983 they released5 albums. After last album, Synchronicity, members of group concentrated on solo careers.
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The Police
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Sting solo
• Sting has released 22 albums and a lot of singles. He has sold over 100 million records!
• He received sixteen Grammy Awards – first in 1980, last in 2003.
• He received Oscar nominations too. For songs ‘My Funny Friend And Me’, ‘Until’ and ‘You Will Be My Ain True Love’ (two first he only sang, the last is his own).
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After performances…
• Sting isn’t only musician.
• He act in films and TV programs too. His film debut was in 1979 in Quadrophenia. His most famous role was in Dune (1984).
• Sting appeared on TV sitcom Ally McBeal as… himself
• Musician strongly supported humanitarian movements, such as Amnesty International.
• And last but not least he is a writer – he wrote his autobiography ‘Broken Music’.
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Why I love Sting?
• Answer is very simply – he is the best musician I know
• He’s not a stupid singer, he is interested in help others (for example – he support Amnesty International).
• He is very gentlemanly man.• Despite of his age, he is still handsome • And he has very beautiful voice. I love
hearing his songs – Desert Rose is my favourite.
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