Aimee Mann Songwriter, rock guitarist, singer and actress. Date of Birth: 08.09.1960 Country: Great Britain

Biography of Amy Mann

Amy Mann is a singer-songwriter, rock guitarist, singer, and actress. She was born on September 8, 1960, in Midlothian County, Scotland, United Kingdom, near the southern coast of the Firth of Forth bay. She currently resides with her husband Michael Penn, who has a son from a previous marriage. After completing high school, she enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Boston. However, she dropped out before completing her studies and formed her first punk rock band, "The Young Snakes," in 1982. The band released their first EP album in the same year.

In 1983, Amy and her classmate and friend Michael Hausman formed a new band called "'Til Tuesday." The band gained popularity in 1985 with their debut album, "Voices Carry." The album's title track, which was about Amy and Michael's break-up, became the main music video on MTV and earned the group the "Best New Artist" award at the MTV Video Music Awards. Around the time of her first album's release, Amy began a romantic relationship with American singer Jules Shear.

From 1986 to 1988, Amy worked with the rock band "Rush" on the song "Time Stand Still," both as a backing vocalist and appearing in the music video for the track. Amy became increasingly in demand for "'Til Tuesday" and began writing lyrics for the band. They released two more full-length albums, "Welcome Home" in 1986 (featuring the song "J For Jules" about her split with Jules Shear) and "Everything's Different Now" in 1988. Musician Jon Brion joined the band for their final album and tour.

In 1990, the band disbanded, and Amy set off in search of opportunities to start her own solo career. In 1993, she released her debut solo album, "Whatever." Despite facing challenges due to the collapse of the music label "Imago," the album received positive reviews from critics, paving the way for her second album, "I'm with Stupid," in 1995, under the support of Geffen Records. Despite the favorable reviews, sales were not as successful as anticipated.

Amy recorded "Bachelor No. 2," but her record company did not see a hit single worthy of release. In 1998, she was offered a role as a German nihilist in the film "The Big Lebowski." In 1999, director Paul Thomas Anderson became a close friend of Amy. That year, she received the most recognition of her career for the album "Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture" and won a Grammy for the song "Save Me."

In 2000, the shelved album "Bachelor No. 2" was eventually released and became successful despite initial assessments. The album included some songs from "Magnolia" as well as new material. Amy and other musicians developed the subculture around the Los Angeles club Largo and coined the term Acoustic Vaudeville.

In 2002, she released the album "Lost in Space," followed by "The Forgotten Arm" in 2005 and an EP album with the cover single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Amy was invited to appear in an episode of the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in 2006 and became a guest star in the series "Love Monkey" in the same year.

In 2007, the music video for her song "31 Today" was released, followed by her album "Smilers" in 2008. In 2008, she portrayed herself in Lewis Black's "Root of All Evil."

Overall, Amy Mann has established herself as a talented and versatile artist, with a successful career as a poet, songwriter, rock guitarist, singer, and actress.