Toni Childs
Toni Childs ( born October 29, 1957 in Orange, California) is an American singer- songwriter. The most successful she was so far in New Zealand, where she was able to record six top 40 singles and three platinum albums. In Germany it was known by the title Stop Your Fussin ' (1988).
Life
Childs grew up in the American states, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nevada. Their religious parents forbid her listening to pop music and cinema. With 15 years - after she had attended a Pink Floyd concert - they ripped off from home to become a musician.
Childs joined in 1979 the newly formed band to Berlin, but left it before the recording of the first album, to start their own band. Members were Jack Sherman ( later Red Hot Chili Peppers ) and Michael Steele (later The Bangles ). The band toured until 1981 to publish without an album, and then broke up. Childs signed a recording contract with Iceland Music, moved to London and played in various clubs, but it did not come to a publication. In 1985, she returned to Los Angeles and signed a contract with A & M Records. In 1988 the debut album under the title Union was published. It reached # 63 in the album charts and was awarded a gold record for selling 500,000 units. The album was also number 1 in New Zealand and reached five times platinum status. This year she was nominated for two Grammy Awards as best new artist and best female rock singer. They also toured as the opening act for Bob Dylan.
The next album, House of Hope reached platinum in New Zealand and contained with I've Got to Go Now a Top 5 hit in Australia; since the album but did not sell well in the U.S., the record company of her parted. Childs moved to a label of Geffen Records and released in 1994 The Woman's Boat. As a guest musician, she has collaborated on I Met a Man by Peter Gabriel. Although they received another Grammy nomination, but there is also this album sold poorly, her contract was terminated again. For their next album with the working title Bare it took place in 1996 no record company. This appeared in the same year best-of album The Very Best of Toni Childs became the fifth best-selling album of the year in Australia and reached triple platinum in New Zealand. 1997 Childs retired from the tour business after she was diagnosed with Graves' disease. In 2004 she wrote the title Because You're Beautiful for the film documentary Until the Violence Stops and won an Emmy Award for it.
Childs lives in Hawaii, their last album Keep the Faith was released in late 2008.