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Singer Joan Osborne was born on July 8, 1962, in the town of Anchorage, KY, but it wasn’t until relocating to New York City in the early ’90s (to study at N.Y.U.’s film school) that she began to take a singing career seriously after singing Billie Holiday’s classic “God Bless the Child” at a local bar’s “open mic night.” In addition to Holiday, Osborne looked to such legendary vocalists as Etta James and Ray Charles as role models, as the up-and-coming singer decided not to cater to major record companies and formed her own label, Womanly Hips, which resulted in such releases as 1992’s in-concert Soul Show, among others. But eventually, Osborne decided to sign on with a major label, Mercury, which in turn issued the singer’s next release, ‘Relish’, in March of 1995. The album proved to have a long life, as almost a year after its initial release the track “One of Us” became a massive MTV and radio smash, camping out at the number one spot on the U.S. singles chart for two weeks and Relish eventually racked up sales of three million copies. Further tracks (“Right Hand Man” and “St. Teresa”) failed to match the success of Osborne’s first hit, but the singer still managed to connect with a large and appreciative audience, especially during touring as part of the 1997 edition of Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair tour. Osborne also received numerous Grammy nominations in both 1996 and 1997.

Producing a worthy follow-up to Relish proved to be a time-consuming challenge for Osborne.

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4	Crazy Baby full track	199
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6	Pensacola full track	182
7	Lumina full track	168
8	Spider Web full track	163
9	Dracula Moon full track	137
10	Ladder	128
11	Let's Just Get Naked full track	95
12	Help Me full track	85
13	Safety in Numbers full track	57
14	I'll Be Around	55
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jenovatrix wrote:
Saturday morning

@Jan-Willem.... because One of Us is actually one of her weakest songs. Compare that song with any of her other songs and you'll be able to tell straight off how awkward her voice sounds; higher and more breathy than is natural for her and it just sounds like "trying too hard".

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merymay wrote:
last month

♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ What if god was one of us! ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥

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nechaev-misha wrote:
last month

What if God smoked Cannabis? [1]

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beancos wrote:
last month

I'll be around... ♪ ♥

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Jan-Willem90 wrote:
last month

Because...everyone knows her now? She just should've made a second big hit and it would've been great.

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jenovatrix wrote:
last month

Releasing One of Us was the worst thing she ever did for her career.

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SunRay1991 wrote:
December 2009

One Of Us <333

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PhoenixBloom wrote:
December 2009

All of her albums are so different and she actually sounds different on them all! :o She's very versatile, it's not even funny! Love her! x

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Bulykin17 wrote:
November 2009

:)

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Nasty_Nasty513 wrote:
November 2009

One of us <333333333

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karrieann wrote:
October 2009

i adore the relish disc. need to check out the others

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ShiningLife wrote:
October 2009

one of us <З eeee!

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katia111 wrote:
September 2009

Nice

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kaloethes wrote:
September 2009

Give St. Teresa a try. Love that song.

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na8el wrote:
September 2009

One of us - one of the most lovely track from Vanilla Sky :) +1

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Suuryykatka wrote:
September 2009

I love her Dylan cover!

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Eldars wrote:
August 2009

One of us - one of the most lovely track from Vanilla Sky :)

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Vesanial wrote:
July 2009

One Of Us^^ [2]

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PhoenixBloom wrote:
July 2009

Joan is phenomenal, one of the best voices around today, truly underated vocalist! I adore her that's all that matters! And yay she's had over 1 million plays! x

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iwc2ufan99 wrote:
July 2009

very underrated [2]

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John Lennon Songwriting Competition

14 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/joanosborne

December 15th is the deadline for the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. The link below is where you can download your original songs - something I highly encourage you to do, I've been a supporter . …

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Notes from the Road: 10/28-10/30
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/joanosborne
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Joan Playing at the 29th Annual John Lennon Tribute
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Notes from the Road - 10/22
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