Amy Winehouse (5) band info
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Amy Winehouse was a five-time Grammy </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio=Award" style="color: #70579d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Award</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">-winning English singer-songwriter known for such hits as 'Rehab' and 'You Know I'm No Good' among her other works.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; " /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; " /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">She was born Amy Jade Winehouse, on September 14, 1983, in Enfield, London, England to a Jewish family with Russian ancestry on her mother's side. Her father, Mitchell Winehouse, was a taxi driver; her mother, Janis Winehouse (nee Seaton), was a pharmacist. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was brought up on jazz music; she played her brother's guitar and received her own guitar at age 13. Young Amy Winehouse was a rebellious girl. At age 14, she was expelled from Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London. At that time she pierced her nose and tattooed her body. She briefly attended the BRIT School in Croydon, and began her professional career at 16, performing occasional club gigs and recording low cost demos. At age 19, she recorded her </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio=debut" style="color: #70579d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">debut</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">, Frank (2003), a jazz-tinged album that became a hit and earned her several </span>award<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "> nominations. During the next several years, she survived a period of personal upheaval, a painful relationship, and has been struggling with substance abuse. Her 2006's album 'Back on Black' was an international hit, and 'Rehab' made No. 9 on the US pop charts.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; " /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; " /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Her big break came in 2008. Amy Winehouse became the first British female to win five Grammy </span>Award<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">s on the same night, February 10th, 2008, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year for 'Rehab'. Her Grammy performance was broadcast from London via satellite, because she was unable to appear in person in Los Angeles due to temporary problems with her traveling visa. Following her success at the Grammy</span>Award<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">s, Winehouse gave a string of highly successful performances during the year 2008. In June, she was suddenly hospitalized with a serious lung condition. However, she left hospital for one evening to perform for </span>Nelson Mandela<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "> on his 90th birthday celebration in London's Hyde Park. She sang her hits Rehab and Valerie, drawing cheers and applause form the crowds and a smile from Mandela. Winehouse also performed for </span>Roman Abramovich<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">'s party in Moscow; there she earned $2 million for her one-hour gig.</span> close