Remembering Amy Winehouse

We remember Amy Winehouse with a selection of some of her best music, from live performances to official videos to quiet acoustic sets.

The music world was saddened by the sudden death of Amy Winehouse on Saturday. Born in London on 14 September1983, Winehouse grew up loving jazz and singing whenever she had a chance 13 to the point that she often disrupted grade school classes with her singing (probably more to the delight of her classmates than her teachers). By age 9 she was studying at the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School, and by 10 she had formed her first band, a rap group called Sweet 18n19 Sour. At 13 she had her first guitar, and she soon began writing her own songs.

Winehouse achieved success in her native land with her debut album, 200319s Frank. Its jazzy tones, powerhouse vocals and original lyrics gained critical acclaim and won several awards. International fame was soon to follow when she released Back to Black in 2006. On her second release, Winehouse strayed from the jazz sound of Frank in favor of an eclectic homage to 1960s soul 13 particularly girl groups 13 and contemporary R&B. Lead single 1cRehab1d catapulted Winehouse to the top of the charts and was named the best song of 2007 by Time magazine and won three Grammy awards in 2008, including Song of the Year. The follow-up singles didn19t disappoint. By 2008, Winehouse had begun to formulate new projects and talk about a third album, but other than a few songs contributed to compilation albums, more music wasn19t to be.

It wasn19t just Winehouses music that attracted attention. Her style excited fans, centering on vintage dresses and the iconic beehive hairdo. And her notorious lifestyle was much covered in the press. But rather than focus on the troubled life of a phenomenon who died too young, wed rather let Winehouses music speak for her. Heres just a small sample of her marvelous discography.