eva cassidy

Eva Cassidy (born in Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA, February 2, 1963 - died in Bowie, Maryland, USA, 2 November 1996 at age 33 years) is an American singer. Eva is the third child of Hugh and Barbara Cassidy Cassidy. He played guitar since age 9 years.
His father Hugh Cassidy is bloody Irish descent, while his mother Barbara Cassidy a mother of German descent. The two met in 1960 in Germany. Eva Cassidy was the third of four children. Among Annete Cassidy (The First relationships of Barbara Cassidy, who where eventually appointed as a child by Hugh Cassidy. Margret Cassidy first child of Hugh Cassidy and the second daughter of Barbara Cassidy. Eva Cassidy and the last Daniel Cassidy.
As little Eva had nearly died from snagged and fell from his bed, his parents Barbara are very worried, because at that time he was not breathing and blue-faced. Fortunately, his parents could give him artificial respiration.
Eva released several live albums and studio. The first album release is The Other Side who in close cooperation with R & B singer Go-go, Chuck Brown. Chuck Brown was fortunate to work with Eva, because the early career of Chuck Brown, begins here.
Eva also play music with his brother, Dan Cassidy. Since high school, he had formed a band called Stonehenge, and renamed the Eva Cassidy Band in 1988. There, Eva play at cafes. One day Eva met a man from Maryland music producer named Chris Biondo, kalu first heard Eva, Chris Biondo thinks that he is a black singer, but it turns out there is a singer Eva white blond and blue eyed. Here is Eva's early career began.
Besides singing she is also gifted in the art of drawing in a mix of colors, he also can do things like making handmade trinkets. Now this work was continued by his sister Eva's own named Margret Cassidy Robinson.
In 1996, Eva in the diagnosis of cancer disease. He underwent chemotherapy, but complications occur up to the thigh bone, causing him paralyzed. In his last appearance in September 1996, she sang the song What a Wonderful World.
Eva Cassidy died on November 2, 1996, and was cremated in Bowie, Maryland. Scattered his ashes in the Lake favorite in Maryland. Table of contents [Hide]

    * 1 Famous after death
    * 2 album which was released after his death
          o 2.1 Some of the songs on the albums of foreign singers
    * 3 External links
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In the United States alone Eva Cassidy is less well known as in England. Eva Cassidy's music was first played on BBC Radio UK. Terry Wogan, the announcers often play a song titled Eva Cassidy Somewhere Over The Rainbow, so many English people like the album, entitled Songbird Eva Cassidy, The combination of all three albums Eva by Heart, Live at Blues Alley, and The Other Side which they assess voice smooth like an angel.
Songbird album sold in the UK to reach one million copies, and then followed by the album is Time After Time to arrive at no.1 top the UK charts in 2000.
And in that year was published a biography of Eva Cassidy is made in book form, entitled Songbird. In 2003, the book is published also in the United States, and made one start in the event by ABC's Nightline in the United States about Eva Cassidy.
At Christmas 2006 penyayi from Georgia named Katie Melua sang a duet with Eva Cassidy, called Duet Impossible. Although only duet in the tape, Katie Melua remain visible appreciate the song Over The Rainbow, As in the know that the inspiration of its own is Katie Melua Eva Cassidy.
At Christmas 2007 Katie Melua back to record songs from the singer Old "Louis Armstrong", titled What a Wonderful World with Eva Cassidy, The song reached the top of the charts no. 1 in the UK in December 2007.
In Indonesia alone are still a few people who know the figure of Eva Cassidy, several people claiming to know Eva Cassidy than from some movie soundtrack, movie using the song Eva Cassidy include: Maid in Manhattan (Kathy's Song), Love Actually (Songbird), Alpha Dog ( Over The Rainbow), Smallville Tv Series (Time After Time).