Kate Bush
Written by megarock on July 30, 2018
Happy 60th birthday to Kate Bush, born on 30th 1958, singer, songwriter, who had the 1978 UK No.1 single ‘Wuthering Heights’ (at the age of 19). Her 1985 UK No.1 album ‘Hounds Of Love’ spent 52 weeks on the chart. In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002 an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Bush was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music. Do you have a favourite Kate Bush track? More on Kate here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/kate_bush
In recent years the notion of Kate Bush as a genius has rarely been disputed. In 2006, viewers of BBC 2s Culture Show voted her seventh in a poll to find the top ten living British icons.
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