REMEMBERING - AMY WINEHOUSE – Part 3

AMY’S EARLY CAREER

Before going on to enrol at The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, Amy attended the Mount School, which is an independent selective technology school and is partly funded by the BRIT Awards and is located in The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England. As it was dedicated to education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and all the technologies that makes performance possible. The time she spent there perfecting her skills contributed to, and set her in great stead for thing to come in her early career, in the not too distant future, giving Amy her first big break for things to come in the music industry.

 

TRIBUTES to AMY

“The way tears are streaming

Down my face. Such a loss.”

“JESSIE J”

 “We have lost a

beautiful and talented woman.”

“RUSSEL BRAND”



A TALENTED MUSICIAN WITH A LIFE FILLED WITH MUSIC

With a very supportive family and a great track record, Amy Winehouse had the best possible start to her career. Amy attended some of the most respected stage schools that had her set her in good footing for the future and things to come, by then it was only a matter of time before the rising star loved by many found her way to the top in the glittering world of fame and stardom.

At first Amy’s arrival onto the music scene caused quite a bit of a stir amongst music enthusiasts, leaving everyone keen to find out exactly who this new artist was and where about she was from. In the beginning Amy’s cards were kept close to her chest until Amy herself was then ready to wow the crowds. And that was exactly what she done.



Before going on to enrol at The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, Amy attended the Mount School, which is an independent selective technology school and is partly funded by the BRIT Awards and is located in The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England. As it was dedicated to education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and all the technologies that makes performance possible. The time she spent there perfecting her skills contributed to, and set her in great stead for thing to come in her early career, in the not too distant future, giving Amy her first big break for things to come in the music industry.

Given Amy's natural, raw talent, her big break into the music industry was always on the cards for her. Amy’s first steps towards the music world came when her then boyfriend, a guy called Tyler James, decided to send one of her demo tapes to the A & R division of a record label, whose responsibility is talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists.

A short while after this in 2002, Amy Winehouse was signed to Simon Fuller’s `19` management. Simon Fuller is regarded as one of the most influential people in the recording industry today and has brought us Pop Idol and the various ‘Idol’ franchises.

So there’s no doubt that this surely meant only good things ahead for a talented Amy’s budding career, and the fame it brought for the much loved troubled star.

Simon Fuller


Simon Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager and television producer. He is best known for being the creator of the Idol franchise, which was first seen in the UK under the name Pop Idol and created number one rated shows in other markets as well, including American Idol in the US. The franchise has been sold to more than 100 countries around the world. Fuller is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox TV reality shows So You Think You Can Dance, Q'Viva, and other U.S. and European TV shows.

Fuller first came to significance through managing the female pop group the Spice Girls He is currently the manager of performers and entertainers including David and Victoria Beckham, Annie Lennox, Steven Tyler, Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Carrie Underwood, David Cook, Will Young, Emma Bunton, Lisa Marie Presley, Scotty McCreery, Cathy Dennis and Aloe Blacc. He is in partnership with the duo Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.

In 2007, Time Magazine named Fuller one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Fuller received the 2,441st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 23 May 2011. The 2012 Sunday Times Rich List values Fuller at £375m; making him the sixth richest music millionaire in Britain. In the Daily Mail in 2012, music promoter Harvey Goldsmith ranked Fuller at No.1 in a list of the greatest British Entrepreneurs, commenting; "he is a man of real vision".