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Joan Osborne
Birth name Joan Elizabeth Osborne
Born July 8, 1962 (1962-07-08) (age 46)
Anchorage, Kentucky, U.S.
Genre(s) Rock
Folk
Country rock
Blues
Instrument(s) Vocals
Guitar
Voice type(s) Contralto
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Womanly Hips Records
Blue Gorilla Records
Mercury Records
Interscope Records
Website http://www.joanosborne.com/

Joan Osborne (born Joan Elizabeth Osborne, July 8, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us", and for her work with members of The Grateful Dead.

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Biography

Originally from the Louisville suburb of Anchorage, Kentucky, Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s, where she formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few independent recordings before signing to Mercury Records; Soul Show: Live at Delta 88 (1991) was her first album. Her second (and first major label) album was Relish (1995), which became a hit on the strength of the single "One of Us". The song was much more pop-oriented than the rest of the album, which was steeped in country, blues and folk music. "Right Hand Man" and "St. Teresa" were minor hits following the success of "One of Us". Her audience grew significantly with her appearance at Lilith Fair, which placed her in the same school of female singer-songwriters as Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlancitation needed. Her third studio album was Righteous Love, a long-delayed release, which fell off the charts quicklycitation needed.

She was featured in the 2002 documentary film, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, and toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers. She and her band accompanied the Dixie Chicks for a national tour in the summer of 2003, during which time she also joined veteran San Francisco jam-rockers the Dead as a vocalist, and released her fourth album, titled How Sweet It Is, a collection of classic rock and soul covers.

During 2005 and 2006, Osborne performed on numerous occasions with Phil Lesh and Friends. In February 2007, she appeared on the Grand Ole Opry.

In November 2006, she released Pretty Little Stranger, her self-described "Nashville album".citation needed

In May 2007, she issued Breakfast in Bed, a return to the soul music that she had covered on How Sweet It Is. Breakfast in Bed also featured the two songs ("Heatwave" and "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted") that she had covered for the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

She sang lead vocals on the cover of "Spoonful" on Vivian Campbell's solo album Two Sides Of If. She also provided some vocals for "Wayfaring Stranger" on Spearhead's 1997 album Chocolate Supa Highway. She is featured on the Holmes Brothers 2007 collection State of Grace performing "Those Memories of You", an old Allan O'Bryant and Bill Monroe bluegrass tune.

Osborne's latest album, Little Wild One, was released in September 2008.

Personal life

In a 2003 interview, Joan talked about her bisexuality. "I definitely have had far more encounters with men, but I’ve had a few erotic encounters with women. I always kind of thought of myself as straight, but then there were exceptions to that of women who I thought were particularly sexy and attractive and they felt the same about me. So I thought ‘Why not?’ I will say that the women I’ve been attracted to have been on the more voluptuous side of the curve."[3]

In December 2004 she gave birth to her first child, a daughter. It is not her daughter, but her niece, who appeared on the album cover of Little Wild One.citation needed

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart Positions Label
U.S. U.S. Heat U.S. Net U.S. Indie U.S. Country UK1
1991 Soul Show: Live at Delta 88 Womanly Hips
1995 Relish 9 1 5 Blue Gorilla
1996 Early Recordings Mercury
2000 Righteous Love 90 9 Interscope
2002 How Sweet It Is 19 Compendia
2005 One of Us Artemis
Christmas Means Love Time Life
2006 Pretty Little Stranger 58 Vanguard
2007 Breakfast in Bed 160 Time Life
2008 Little Wild One 193

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
U.S. U.S. AC U.S. Hot AC U.S. Mainstream Rock U.S. Modern Rock UK1 AUS Top Fifty Singles
1995 "One of Us" 4 20 16 26 7 6 1 Relish

References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 410. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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