Tuesday 19 January 2021

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer and songwriter who was born on Christmas day. Before the 90s, she was notably in the Eurythmics with Dave Stewart. In the 90s, she released her first solo project, "Diva", which borne "Why", "Walking on broken glass" and "Little Bird". The video for "Walking on broken glass" particularly notable for featuring John Malkovich (reprising his role from Dangerous Liasons) and Hughie Lawrie (reprising his role Prince Regent from Blackadder the 3rd).

An album of covers, "Medusa" yielded #2 hit "No more I love yous". Towards the end of the 90s, Eurythmics were re-united after the death of a mutual friend, Peet Coombes).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1990   29   The King And Queen Of America (as Eurythmics)
May 1990   23   Angel (as Eurythmics)
Mar 1992    5	Why
Jun 1992   23	Precious
Aug 1992    8	Walking On Broken Glass
Oct 1992   26	Cold
Feb 1993    3	Little Bird / Love Song For A Vampire
Feb 1995    2	No More I Love Yous
Jun 1995   16	A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Sep 1995   31	Waiting In Vain
Oct 1999   11   I saved the world today (as Eurythmics)

What happened next?
Annie continued to record and have more success. Her most recent offering was the Lepidoptera EP in 2019, which served as a companion piece to her art installation, "Now I let you go..."

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