Sheryl Crow Biography
Full birth name: Sheryl Crow Date of Birth: February 11, 1962 Height: 5' 3½" Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. Her music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a noted political activist who uses her fame to promote causes she supports. Crow graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Education. She was a member of the school's Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After graduation, she worked as a elementary school music teacher at Kellison in Fenton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. She worked there in order to live closer to her fiancé.[citation needed] Teaching during the day allowed her the opportunity to sing in bands on the weekends. She was introduced to a local musician and producer named Jay Oliver. He had a thriving studio in the ba...