Sheryl Suzanne Crow born February 11, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and actress. She is noted for her optimistic and idealistic subject matter, and incorporation of genres including rock , pop , country , folk , and blues. Crow has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide [ 3 ] and won nine Grammy Awards from 32 nominations.
Crow β While studying at Kennett High School, Crow was a majorette and an all-state track athlete, winning medals in the meter low hurdles.
She also joined the pep club, the National Honor Society , and the National FFA Organization , and was crowned Paperdoll Queen in a celebrity-judged beauty contest [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ better source needed ] during her senior year. She then enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia and in received a BS Ed degree [ 14 ] in music education. She was later introduced to local musician and record producer Jay Oliver.
He had a studio in the basement of his parents' home in St. Louis and helped her by using her in advertising jingles. Her first jingle was a back-to-school spot for the St. Louis department store Famous-Barr. Soon after, she sang in commercial jingles for McDonald's and Toyota. In , Crow recorded her first attempt at a debut album with Sting 's record producer Hugh Padgham. This album has been widely dispersed via file sharing networks and fan trading. Crow began dating Kevin Gilbert and joined him in an ad hoc group of musicians known to themselves as the "Tuesday Music Club".
Her relationship with Gilbert became acrimonious soon after the album was released, and disputes arose about songwriting credits. The album was slow to garner attention, until " All I Wanna Do " became an unexpected smash hit in October In , Crow released her self-titled second album. The album was banned from sale at Walmart , because in the lyrics to "Love Is a Good Thing" Crow says that Walmart sells guns to children.
