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Best 25 Fantastic Amy Winehouse Facts

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1- Amy Winehouse was born on 4 September 1983.

Amy Winehouse childhood

2- Her full name is Amy Jade Winehouse.

3- Amy Winehouse married Fielder-Civil on 18 May 2007, in Miami Beach, Florida.

4- Winehouse’s childhood dreams was to be a roller-skating waitress

Amy Winehouse waitress

5- She received her first guitar when she was 13, and began writing music a year later.

Amy Winehouse first guitar

6- Prince was a fan of Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse Prince

7- Bob Dylan was a fan of Amy Winehouse

8- Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, is a retired taxi driver.

Amy Winehouse father

9- Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch, often sang Frank Sinatra songs to her

10- Her mother, Janis Collins, is a retired pharmacist.

Amy Winehouse mother

11- In July 2000, Amy Winehouse became the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra

12- Winehouse loved cats so much that at one time it was rumored she had 11 cats

Amy Winehouse cats

13- By the age of 16, Amy Winehouse had acquired her first tattoo and was smoking cannabis.

14- Amy Winehouse dated chef-musician Alex Clare in 2006

15- Amy made her first television appearance in 1997 when with other children from the Sylvia Young School, she appeared in an episode of the BBC comedy sketch series The Fast Show.

16- Amy Winehouse appeared in an episode of The Fast Show, 1997

Amy Winehouse The Fast Show

17- Amy Winehouse was nominated for a 2008 MTV Europe Award in the “Act of the Year” category.

18- Amy makes a surprise appearance with Mark Ronson in 2010.

19- Amy Winehouse’s parents separated when she was nine

20- Amy Winehouse’s ancestors were Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants to London

21- VH1 ranked Amy Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

22- Amy Winehouse’s debut album, Frank (2003), was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.

23- Winehouse’s last public appearance took place at Camden’s Roundhouse, London on July 20, 2011

Amy Winehouse grave

24- Many of Winehouse’s maternal uncles were professional jazz musicians

25- Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, aged 27.


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