nPostednMay 29, 2015
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nTodaynwe celebrate a talented rock singer-songwriter, Melissa Etheridge.nBorn on this date in 1961, in Kansas, her first album was annunderground hit but made it all the way to #22 on the Billboard 200.nShe earned her first Grammy Award nomination for the lead single ofnthat album – but it took her another half decade before she won hernfirst Grammy award and had a mainstream breakthrough hit.
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nShenhas now earned 2 Grammys and 15 nominations! She has also won annAcademy Award for Best Original Song and has received a star on thenHollywood Walk of Fame.
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nEtheridgenis famous for two other things, aside from her music:
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1. She is a breastncancer survivor, and she was brave enough to perform a tribute tonJanis Joplin even though she was bald from chemotherapy! Another songnwriter praised her courage with a song called “I Am Not My Hair.”
1. She is a breastncancer survivor, and she was brave enough to perform a tribute tonJanis Joplin even though she was bald from chemotherapy! Another songnwriter praised her courage with a song called “I Am Not My Hair.” n
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n2. Also, Etheridge is also an activist for LGBT rights.
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nToday,ncheck out Melissa Etheridge:
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nAlsonon this date:
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Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Dayn
Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Dayn
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nAnniversarynof Rhode Island’s and Wisconsin’s statehood
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nPatternninventor Ebenezer Butterick’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof a solar eclipse confirming the Theory of Relativity
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Bats Day
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nAnniversarynof the first successful climb of Mount Everest
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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