Dana Fuchs
Dana Fuchs was born in New Jersey, United States on January 10th, 1976 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 48, Dana Fuchs biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, and networth are available.
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Dana Fuchs (pronounced Fyooks, born January 10, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter known for a mix of Southern rock, soul, roots, and blues.
She is also an actor.
The New York Times' Stephen Holden called Fuchs' performance in the film Across the Universe, "triumphal".
Early life
The youngest of six children, Fuchs was born in New Jersey and raised in the small rural town of Wildwood, Florida. When she was twelve, she sang in the First Baptist Gospel Choir. Her father was an alcoholic and her grandfather died by suicide, which was the start of a series of family tragedies. In her teens she performed in drama class and in a guitar group. She began using illegal drugs, dropped out of school, left home, and worked as a stripper. After moving to New York City, she took a job as a legal secretary before returning to stripping. She entered psychotherapy and group meetings to begin to deal with her struggles. Soon after, her sister, an alcoholic and drug addict, died by suicide and her oldest brother died from brain cancer.
Her experience with death and loss became a theme in her music.
Career
Fuchs began focusing on singing and songwriting inspired by Esther Phillips and Etta James' love in 1998. She performed in blues clubs, and after meeting Jon Diamond, they formed the Dana Fuchs Band and released the album Lonely for a Lifetime (2004). Her raspy voice prompted comparisons to rock singer Janis Joplin, and she appeared in Love, Janis, an Off-Broadway musical about Joplin that ran from 2001 to 2003. When Julie Taymor wanted to make a film about someone with a voice like Joplin's, she hired Fuchs for Across the Universe (2006). At the Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for Best Picture.
Bliss Avenue (2013) and Songs from the Road (2014), Fuchs' albums, reached the top 10 of Billboard's Blues Album Chart.
Fuchs wrote and performed songs on the soundtrack for Laurie Collyer's independent film Sherrybaby's big beach production, including the opening and closing title songs. She appeared on TV in the 1990s and 2000s as the voice of several of MTV's on-air promotions.
Fuchs founded Get Along Records after fulfilling her contractual obligations with Ruf Records. Love Lives On, PledgeMusic's funding campaign, she funded the recording and launched the album in May 2018. Kevin Houston produced the album in Memphis and co-written with guitarist and band member Diamond.