Amy Belle
Amy Belle is a Scottish singer who resides in Glasgow, Scotland. She is best known for her duet with Rod Stewart on "I Don't Want To Talk About It" during his concert at the Albert Hall in October 2004 [1].
Biography
Belle was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest sibling of three. [2] She started out busking covers of R.E.M. and Alanis Morrissette[3].
At 17 she left Glasgow for London to try to make a career in music. In 2001, she was signed to a short-lived manufactured pop-folk group called the Alice Band. [4] In 2004, Belle was spotted by a friend of Stewart's when she was busking outside an underground station.[5]
After the duet with Stewart, Belle moved to Los Angeles through contacts she made via Stewart's manager. There she recorded a track with Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek from The Doors[1], and wrote two songs for Miley Cyrus, "Talk Is Cheap" and "Giving You Up"[6].
Personal life
She is married to an English solicitor.[7]
References
- ^ a b Booth, Samantha (9 November 2007). "Amy Belle Busking Again As She Waits For Break". dailyrecord. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Amy Belle biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Rod's Belle has busked her own way back to the Albert Hall", Victoria Allen, Scottish Daily Mail, 18 May 2015
- ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Amy Belle". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Amy: Writing for Miley Cyrus beats busking". 8 December 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Rod's Belle has busked her own way back to the Albert Hall", Victoria Allen, Scottish Daily Mail, 18 May 2015