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Name: Meredith Brooks  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 12th June 1958
   
Place of Birth: Oregon City, Oregon, USA
   
Profession: Singer
 
 
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Meredith Brooks and guitar

Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA) is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist. She grew up in Corvallis. After graduating from Corvallis High School at age 15 in 1974, she worked in the Pacific Northwest music scene, performing and making independent records.

In the early 1980s, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue further her career in music. At that time, she recorded the songs that later appeared on See It Through My Eyes. In the later 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of The Graces, which recorded one album A Perfect View in 1989.

In the wake of the enormous success of Alanis Morissette in 1995, Brooks landed a major label contract with Capitol Records. Her first single, "Bitch", became a 1997 hit and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Her album Blurring the Edges achieved platinum sales and peaked at 22 on the Billboard 200. She toured in the US and Europe in 1997 and 1998 to support the album.

Brooks recorded her second major album Deconstruction in 1999. It was a stylistic and thematic shift away from Blurring the Edges. Due to a flood of records by female musicians at the time and the record label's decision to have her tour in Europe instead of promoting in the US, the album tanked. She originally wrote the song "Sin City", which appears on this album, for the movie Snake Eyes, directed by her friend Brian De Palma.

In 2002, Brooks worked on her third solo album Bad Bad One on Gold Circle Records, an independent label. Immediately after releasing the album, the label folded and prevented the record from getting promoted or achieving much of any sales. The label's demise also prevented her from going on tour with Melissa Etheridge that summer. Also in 2002, Brooks produced Jennifer Love Hewitt's album, BareNaked, and appeared on the VH1 Divas Las Vegas program as a guest guitar soloist with Celine Dion and Anastacia.

In 2004, Brooks signed a new contract with the SLG Records label and released the material of Bad Bad One as Shine. Television psychologist Dr. Phil chose the song "Shine" as the theme for his show.

As of August 2005, Brooks was working on a children's album.

Trivia

  • Her favorite guitar is the Fender Telecaster.
  • Her favorite philosopher is Carl Jung.
  • Her father was a county sheriff in Oregon.

Discography

  • Blurring the Edges (1997)
  • See It Through My Eyes (1997)
  • Deconstruction (1999)
  • Bad Bad One (2002)
  • Shine (2004)

Singles

  • "Bitch" (1997) US #2 3 weeks Top 40 Mainstream
  • "What Would Happen" (1998) US Top 10 Top 40 Mainstream
  • "Stop" (1998) US Top 10 Top 40 Mainstream
  • "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (1999) US #1 Top 40 Mainstream
  • "Shine" (2002) US #35 Adult Top 40
  • "Shine Remix" (2004) used as the theme song to The Dr. Phil Show.

External link

  • The Official Meredith Brooks Website
  • Meredith Brooks Top 40 Mainstream Page

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