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Tori Amos
An eccentric musician whose highly individual songwriting and dynamic stage
performances made her a platinum-selling artist throughout the 1990s, Tori Amos
was born in Newton, North Carolina, on August 22, 1963. Already a seasoned live
performer by her late teens, she moved to Los Angeles and formed the glam rock
band Y Kant Tori Read in 1984. When the group's first major-label album flopped,
she rebranded herself as a solo singer-songwriter and moved to the UK. This
resulted in her striking breakthrough as a solo artist, Little Earthquakes,
featuring highly personal and critical...
