Sheryl Crow Profile

Birth Name: Sheryl Suzzane Crow

Birth Date: February 11th 1962

Birth Place: Kennet, Missouri

Raised In: Kennet, Missouri

Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m)

Education:
University of Missouri (degree in music)
Honorary doctorate from the Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Genre:Pop, Blues Rock, Pop/Rock, Alternative Rock, Roots Rock

Instruments Played:Vocals, Guitar, Bass guitar & Piano

Big Break: As a backup singer for Michael Jackson and Don Henley

Parents: Bernice (mom plays piano) and Wendell (dad plays the trumpet)

Debut Album: Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Breakthrough Single: "All I Wanna Do" (1994)

Did You Know:
The Crow family had 3 pianos at home, so the 3 girls practiced at the same time.
A Hammond B-3,according to Sheryl, is her instrument of choice since she was 15.
In a band called "Cashmere" during college
Suffers from "sleep paralysis" (phobia of dying in sleep)
Sheryl took off to L.A. when she was 24.
Worked as a waitress and did jingles for companies like McDonald's.
She has a dog, called Scout which accompanies her on tour and in the studio,
Member of Sigma Alpha Iota, a women's music fraternity
Engaged to Lance Armstrong [September 5th, 2005 - February 3rd, 2006]
Underwent surgery for minimally invasive breast cancer [February 15th, 2006].