Sting
Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe; an Emmy; and four Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. Sting has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors; a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music; Kennedy Center Honors; and the Polar Music Prize. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born at Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 2 October 1951, the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and former fitter at an engineering works. He grew up near Wallsend's shipyards, which made an impression on him. As a child, he was inspired by the Queen Mother waving at him from a Rolls-Royce to divert from the shipyard prospect towards a more glamorous life. He helped his father deliver milk and by ten was "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar left by an emigrating friend of his father. Sting attended St Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He visited nightclubs such as Club A'Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, who influenced his music. He learned to sing and play simultaneously by listening to records at 78 rpm. After leaving school in 1969, he enrolled at the University of Warwick in Coventry, but left after a term. After working as a bus conductor, building labourer, and tax officer, he attended the Northern Counties College of Education (now Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher.[20] He taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years. Sting performed jazz in the evenings, at weekends, and during breaks from college and teaching, playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit. He gained his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought he looked like a bee (or according to Sting himself, "they thought I looked like a wasp"), which prompted the name "Sting". In the 1985 documentary Bring On the Night a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?" In 2011, he told Time "I was never called Gordon. You could shout 'Gordon' in the street and I would just move out of your way". Despite this, he chose not to legally change his name to "Sting". ... Source: Article "Sting (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Movie Credits
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
Sting at the Pantheon in Paris 50 Years of FIP Radio
Christmas@Home 2022 Daniel Hope, Sting and Guests
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Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
