Phoebe Snow

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Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub, 1950) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her hit 1975 albums "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues."

"Contralto grown in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves," The New York Times described her as a "contempo grounded in a sweeping sweep of four octaves."

Early life, family and education

Phoebe Ann Laub was born in New York City in 1950 and grew up in a musical household in which Delta blues, Broadway show tunes, Dixieland jazz, classical music, and folk music recordings were all played around the clock. Merrill Laub, a licensed exterminator, had an encyclopedic knowledge of American film and theater, as well as an avid collector and restorer of antiques. Lili Laub's mother, a dance instructor who had worked with the Martha Graham company, had been a dance teacher. She was Jewish.

Snow was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated from Teaneck High School in 1968. She later attended Mount Carroll, Illinois, but did not graduate from Shimer College. She played and performed on amateur nights as a student, transporting her highly coveted Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar from club to club in Greenwich Village. Her stage name derives from an early 1900s cartoonist portrayal of a female character in Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western railroad advertisements. The young woman 'Phoebe Snow' in printed and later photographic print photos was dressed entirely in white to emphasize the cleanliness of the line's passenger trains. (Lackawanna's locomotives at the time used anthracite coal, which produced less soot than bituminous coal).

Personal life and death

Snow was married to Phil Kearns between 1975 and 1978 (who later came out as gay). Valerie Rose, her daughter, was born with severe brain damage. Valerie was not to institutionalize Valerie, and she cared for her at home until she died on March 19, 2007, at the age of 31. Valerie Snow's attempts to care for her daughter almost ended her career. She continued to take voice lessons, and she took opera classes informally.

Snow lived in Bergen County, New Jersey, and in later years she adopted Buddhism.

Phoebe Snow died of cerebral hemorrhage on January 19, 2010, and she went into a coma, enduring bouts of blood clots, pneumonia, and convulsion heart failure. She died in Edison, New Jersey, on April 26, 2011, at the age of 60.

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Career

Denny Cordell, co-owner (with Leon Russell) of Shelter Records, was so taken by the artist that he signed her to the label and made her first album, recording at The Church Studio in 1972. Phoebe Snow, her mother's album, was released in 1974, and featured guest performances by The Persuasions, Zoot Sims, Teddy Wilson, David Bromberg, and Dave Mason.

"Poetry Man" was the album's top-five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, earning her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Although she appeared as the opening act for tours by Jackson Browne and Paul Simon, the front page of Rolling Stone magazine followed. (She appeared on the Hot 100 as a contributing guest vocals backing Simon on his gospel-tinged hit single "Gone at Last" later in 1975, ranked #23 on the Hot 100.) Snow performed both solo and in duets with Simon and Linda Ronstadt on Saturday Night Live in 1975, the first of many appearances as a musical guest. Valerie, a seven-month-old girl at the 1975 appearance, was seven months pregnant with her daughter Valerie. On Simon's hit song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," she and Valerie Simpson and Patti Austin from 1975 can perform. Both "Gone at Last" and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" appear on Simon's Grammy Award-winning 1975 album "Now Crazy After All These Years" featuring James Coveney.

Snow and Shelter Records were involved in court fights. Snow was signed to Columbia Records, which was the beginning of his career. Second Childhood, Phil Ramone's second album, came in 1976. It was more jazzy and more reflective, and it was a RIAA Gold Album for Snow from 1977, with the Gold Album winning on July 9, 1976. With David Rubinson's production, she transitioned to a more modern sound for It Looks Like Snow, which was released later in 1976. Never Letting Go, again with Ramone, was released in 1977, but Barry Beckett's 1978's Against the Grain was helmed by Barry Beckett. Snow left Columbia after that; she would later admit that the pressures of her parenthood hampered her ability to make music. She toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada in 1979, with well-known guitarist Arlen Roth as her lead guitarist and musical director. "Every Night" was a hit on Paul McCartney's January 1979 album "Every Night" was no. 1. In the United Kingdom, there are 37. Snow, a 1981-born musician who later signed with Mirage Records, released the album Rock Away, but Geoffrey Himes, a music critic, was dissatisfied.

"Phoebe Snow, one of her generation's most gifted voices, can do just about every part stylistically as well as technically," the Rolling Stone Record Guide summed up Snow's career. ... The question that is unanswered is how to best market such talent.'

Snow spent long stretches away from recording and often performing commercial jingles for AT&T, General Foods International Coffees, Salon Selectives, Stouffer's, Hampton Bay Ceiling Fans, and others to help herself and her children. Snow performed the theme tune for the first season of the TV series 9 to 5. (Dolly Parton's vocals were used for the remainder of the show's run). During the show's first season (1987–88), Snow also performed the theme song for NBC's A Different World.

"Dreams I Dream," a duet with Dave Mason in 1988, reached No. 1. On the US adult contemporary charts, there are 11 on the list. Snow returned to recording with Something Real in 1989 and had a few more hits on the Adult Contemporary charts. In addition, Snow wrote "Go 4 It" for WDIV-TV (Detroit) in the Detroit area. In 1980, Joyce ran for president. On Reading Rainbow's tenth episode, "Ancient Places, Sacred Lands," composed by Steve Horelick, she performed "The Gift of the Sacred Dog." The episode was based on Paul Goble's book of the same name and narrated by actor Michael Ansara. In 1983, it was shot in Crow Agency, Montana.

Snow appeared on stage at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City in 1989 as part of Our Common Future, a five-hour live television broadcast originating from several countries.

She contributed a defuse & Bonnie song "Get Ourselves Together" to the Elektra compilation Rubéiya, which also included Earth Wind & Fire guitarist Dick Smith in 1990. She appeared on the group's album "Live at the Beacon Theater in New York City in 1992." She made numerous appearances on Howard Stern radio shows throughout the 1990s. She appeared on specials and birthday shows. During the final moments of the series, she sang the Roseanne theme song a cappella.

In 1995, Snow appeared in "If I Only Had a Brain; a Nerve; and In The Wizard of Oz" at the Lincoln Center in New York City, singing a unique medley of "If I Only Had a Brain; a Heart; the Nerve." In addition, the concert featured performances by Jewel, Joel Grey, Roger Daltrey, and Jackson Browne, among others. On Rhino Records as catalog number R2 72405, an album of the concert was released on compact disc.

In an impromptu duet on the PBS series Sessions at West 54th, Snow joined Zap Mama, who produced its own version of Snow's "Poetry Man." In 1999, the Hawaiian girl group N Leo Pilimehana had a hit on the Adult Contemporary chart with its cover version of "Poetry Man."

Snow was named recipient of the Cultural Achievement Award from New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in May 1998.

At Camp David in 1999, snow was performed by US President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and his cabinet.

Snow released her album Natural Wonder on Eagle Records in 2003, which featured ten original tracks, her first original material in 14 years. In 2008, Snow appeared at Howard Stern's wedding and made a special appearance in the film Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom as herself. On the soundtrack of the film, several of her songs were also included. "Live in My Life" (2008) featured many of her hits as well as a a look at "Piece of My Heart."

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