Myra Ellen "Tori" Amos (born August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.
She studied classical piano at Peabody from 1968 to 1974.
Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music, coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music. In 1972, the Amos family moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, where her father became pastor of the Good Shepherd United Methodist church.
She studied classical piano at Peabody from 1968 to 1974.
In 1974, when she was eleven, her scholarship was discontinued, and she was asked to leave.
At thirteen, Amos began playing at gay bars and piano bars, chaperoned by her father. Amos won a county teen talent contest in 1977, singing a song called "More Than Just a Friend".
Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s.
The song did not win the contest but became her first single, released as a 7-inch single pressed locally for family and friends in 1980 with another Amos-penned composition as a B-side, "Walking With You".
Eventually, Atlantic Records responded to one of the tapes, and, when A&R man Jason Flom flew to Baltimore to audition her in person, the label was convinced and signed her. In 1984, Amos moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career after several years performing on the piano bar circuit in the D.C.
area. In 1986, Amos formed a musical group called Y Kant Tori Read, named for her difficulty sight-reading.
Finally, in July 1988, the band's self-titled debut album, Y Kant Tori Read, was released.
In the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good. ===1990–1995: Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink=== Despite the disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read, Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, which, in 1989, wanted a new record by March 1990.
Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s.
In the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good. ===1990–1995: Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink=== Despite the disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read, Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, which, in 1989, wanted a new record by March 1990.
This album became her commercial and artistic breakthrough, entering the British charts in January 1992 at Number 15.
Little Earthquakes was released in the United States in February 1992 and slowly but steadily began to attract listeners, gaining more attention with the video for the single "Silent All These Years". Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under the Pink.
Little Earthquakes was released in the United States in February 1992 and slowly but steadily began to attract listeners, gaining more attention with the video for the single "Silent All These Years". Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under the Pink.
However, the album found its biggest success in the UK, debuting at number one upon release in February 1994. ===1996–2000: Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel, and To Venus and Back=== Her third solo album, Boys for Pele, was released in January 1996.
However, the album found its biggest success in the UK, debuting at number one upon release in February 1994. ===1996–2000: Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel, and To Venus and Back=== Her third solo album, Boys for Pele, was released in January 1996.
She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at #71. ==Early life and education== Amos is the third child of Mary Ellen (Copeland) and Edison McKinley Amos.
In addition to Amos, the group was composed of Steve Caton (who would later play guitars on all of her albums until 1999), drummer Matt Sorum, bass player Brad Cobb and, for a short time, keyboardist Jim Tauber.
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