Sting. My favourite musician.

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Sting.My favourite musician.

• Author Marta Kutt

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Introduction

• His real name is Gordon Matthew Sumner.
• He was born 2 October 1951 in Wallsend (England).

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Why Sting?

• It was on performance with the Phoenix Jazzmen.
  Gordon Sumner was wearinga black and yellow
  sweater with hooped stripes. Bandleader, Gordon
  Solomon, noticed that he looks like a bumblebee
  and Sumner became Sting.

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Before solo career

• From an early age he wanted to be a musician. At
  start he played with local jazz band such as
  Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band, and Last
  Exit.
• In 1977 he moved to London and with Stewart
  Copeland and Henry Padovani form a new band The
  Police.
• Between 1977 and 1983 they released5 albums.
  After last album, Synchronicity, members of group
  concentrated on solo careers.

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The Police
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Sting solo

• Sting has released 22 albums and a lot of
  singles. He has sold over 100 million records!
• He received sixteen Grammy Awards first in
  1980, last in 2003.

• He received Oscar nominations too. For songs My
  Funny Friend And Me, Until and You Will Be My
  Ain True Love (two first he only sang, the last
  is his own).

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After performances

• Sting isnt only musician.
• He act in films and TV programs too. His film
  debut was in 1979 in Quadrophenia. His most
  famous role was in Dune (1984).
• Sting appeared on TV sitcom Ally McBeal as
  himself ?
• Musician strongly supported humanitarian
  movements, such as Amnesty International.
• And last but not least he is a writer he wrote
  his autobiography Broken Music.

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Why I love Sting? ?

• Answer is very simply he is the best musician I
  know ?
• Hes not a stupid singer, he is interested in
  help others (for example he support Amnesty
  International).
• He is very gentlemanly man.
• Despite of his age, he is still handsome ?
• And he has very beautiful voice. I love hearing
  his songs Desert Rose is my favourite.

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Thanks for your attention ?