Person Open DS/UK/55 Amos; Tori (22 August 1963); American singer songwriter and pianist Amos Tori 22 August 1963 American singer songwriter and pianist Female (cisgender) Myra Ellen Amos https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/.Ec.78.Z8A_y5 Newton, North Carolina, United Kingdom (born)

American Musician; Singer Songwriter / Piano White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of of Mary Ellen Copeland and Edison McKinley Amos Granddaughter of Calvin Clinton Copeland Great-granddaugter of Eastern Cherokee great grandparents Spouse of Mark Hawley (sound engineer) Heterosexual Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She was expelled at the age of 11 for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", "Flavor" and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date. Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations, eight Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. Activism and Views: In 1994, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, a toll-free help line in the US connecting callers with their local rape crisis center, was founded. Amos, who was raped at knifepoint when she was 21, answered the ceremonial first call to launch the hotline. She was the first national spokesperson for the organization and has continued to be closely associated with RAINN. In 2013, a concert in honor of her 50th birthday was held, an event which raised money for RAINN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 2/27/2012 RAHAKirkbride 10/10/2022 f4b77c92-7d78-4a87-8775-69125825998b