Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of
Amy Winehouse
on 23rd July 2011 aged 27. The British media in particular relished
documenting her demise, and must hold some responsibility for it as she was
simply not prepared to cope with the fame that was thrust upon her due to
the success of her sophomore album "Back To Black" in 2006.
Many love her, many don't but undoubtedly she is already a legend and still
much emulated by many 'wannabes'.
For any who doubt her roots in jazz and soul I've posted, what I
believe to be a couple of her best live performances, singing a tribute
to Donny Hathaway at the
Union Chapel 24th Nov 2006, where she sang "We're Still Friends" and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". The second clip is footage of a performance at Zenith, Paris October 29, 2007 as I can't find a suitable clip at
Union Chapel (there is one
here
but the sound is poor).
Donny Hathaway recorded both tracks in 1972. "We're Still Friends" is a
live recording only, I don't believe that a studio version was ever
recorded?
We will never know whether Amy would have gone on to match the success of
"Back To Black". It may be surprising to know that, despite all the 'hype'
surrounding her, she only had two UK Top 10 singles ("Rehab" and "Back To
Black") from seven Top 40 hits, although "Back To Black" was a worldwide #1
album and "Frank" #3 in UK.
It's quite sickening, and shocking, to witness how she declined since this
interview on Jonathan Ross in 2004, aged 20, after the release
of her debut "Frank".
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