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ETHERIDGE Melissa
(voc,g,kb)

Personal Data:

Born: 29.05.1961 (Leavenworth, Kansas, USA)
ETHERIDGE Melissa (photo)

Line-Up:

Melissa Etheridge - voc,g,kb
Stuart Smith - g
Mark Goldenberg - g
Kevin McCormick - bg
Craig Crampf - ds
Scott Thurston - kb
Mauricio Fritz Lewak - ds

Former Members:

Waddy Wachtel (g, 1988-cca 1990); Johnny Lee Schell (g, 1988-89); Bernie Larsen (g, 1989-cca 1990)
Wally Badarou (kb, 1988-89)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Melissa Etheridge5/1988 Island 22
2.Brave And Crazy8/1989 Island63 22
3.Never Enough27.04.1992Island56 21
4.Yes I Am9/1993 Island 15
5.Your Little Secret13.11.1995Island85 6
6.Breakdown
produced by: John Shanks		05.10.1999Island 12
7.Skin
produced by: Melissa Etheridge		10.07.2001Island 9
8.Lucky
produced by: John Shanks		10.02.2004Island 15
9.Lucky Live28.09.2004
10.Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled04.10.2005Island 14
11.The Awakening25.09.2007Island 13
12.Awakening Live20.11.2007Island
13.New Thought for Christmas30.09.2008Island
14.Fearless Love
produced by: John Shanks		27.04.2010Island/Def Jam 7
15.Icon01.03.2011Island
16.4th Street Feeling04.09.2012Island 18
17.Uprising of Love28.01.2014Primary Wave
18.Take My Number01.07.2014MLE
19.This Is M.E.30.09.2014MLE 21
20.A Little Bit of Me: Live in L.A.09.06.2015Shout! Factory
21.Live at the Bottom Line '8920.11.2015Air Cuts
22.MEmphis Rock And Soul07.10.2016Stax 34
23.The Medicine Show12.04.2019Concord 95
24.One Way Out17.09.2021

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Similar Features / I Want You
12",CD + Don't You Need		4/1988 Island
2.Don't You Need / Precious Pain
CD + Similar Features		6/1988 Island
3.Like The Way I Do2/1989
4.Bring Me Some Water / Occasionally
12",CD + I Want You		2/1989 Island100
5.Similar Features / Bring Me Some Water3/1989 Island 94
6.No Souvenirs / No Souvenirs (live)
12",CD + Brave And Crazy (live)		7/1989 Island 95
7.The Angels / The Angels (live)
12",CD + Chrome Plated Heart		11/1989 Island
8.You Can Slep While I Drive / The Late September Dogs (live)1990 Island
9.Dance Without Sleeping / Ain't It Heavy
12",CD + Similar Features		1992 Island
10.Ain't It Heavy / The Boys Feel Strange
12",CD + Royal Station 4-16 (live)		4/1992 Island
11.2001 / 2001 (remix)
12" + Meet In The Back / Testify		7/1992 Island
12.Dance Without Sleeping10/1992
13.Like The Way I Do (Live)11/1992
14.Must Be Crazy For Me3/1993
15.I'm The Only One
12",CD + Yea I Am		06.09.1993Island 8
16.Come To My Window / Ain't It Heavy / The Letting Go / I'm The Only One2/1994 Island 22
17.Like The Way I Do / If I Wanted To2/1995 Island 16
18.All American Girl16.05.1994
19.Come To My Window24.10.1994 25
20.I'm The Only One12/1994 Island
21.If I Wanted To / Like His ...2/1995 Island 16
22.Your Little Secret / All American Girl
CD + Bring Me Some Water / Skin Deep		10/1995 Island
23.I Want To Come Over2/1996 Island 22
24.Nowhere To Go24.06.1996Island 40
25.Angels Would Fall30.08.1999 51
26.Stronger Than Me06.03.2000Island
27.Breathe1/2004
28.Cry Baby / Piece Of My Heart
& Joss Stone		3/2005 Grammy 32
29.Message To Myself8/2007 Island
30.Hold On, I'm Coming12.08.2016Stax
31.Respect Yourself (People Stand Up)02.09.2016Stax
32.I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)23.09.2016Stax
33.For The Last Time12.07.2021

Videos:

1. Live And Alone - 4/2004, Sony Music, live
2. Lucky Live - 28.09.2004, live

Awards:

1992 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (track "Ain't It Heavy")
1994 Grammy Awards - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (SP "Come To My Window")
2007 Academy Awards (Oscar) - Best Song ("I Need To Wake Up", from "An Inconvenient Truth")

WWW Links:

http://www.melissaetheridge.com

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Earl Scruggs: Earl Scruggs and Friends (28.8.01, MCA Nashville)
Annie Lennox: Songs Of Mass Destruction (2.10.07, Arista)
Dolly Parton: Rockstar (17.11.23, Butterfly)

Compilation Appearances:
"Come To My Window" / "Born To Run" (27.11.01, Columbia)
"I Will Always Love You" on Dolly Parton tribute LP "Just Because I'm a Woman" (14.10.03, Sugar Hill)

Press References:

Bang!
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19952228.11.199511Bang!aleriealbum review
Big Beng!
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
20011630.08.200144Forum kritikumalbum review
Gramorevue
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
198911 4profile
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19922016.05.199233Albumsalbum review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19941813.09.199425Woodstock '94gig review
19942520.12.199427Recenzealbum review
19951220.06.199516profile
19966 84Recenzealbum review
19991 31ženy v rocku
20002 102Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
20044 72Recenzealbum review
Rock 88
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
7 13profile
Rolling Stone
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19998 70Kytaroví bohovéinterview