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Born Sheryl Suzanne Crow on February 11, 1962, in Kennett, Missouri, Crow was grounded in music at an early age by her mother, a piano teacher and former singer in a swing orchestra.

Following in her mother's footsteps, Crow later majored in music at the University of Missouri and following graduation briefly worked as a music teacher. Embarking on a professional show business career in 1986, Crow moved to Los Angeles, performing as backup vocalist for many major pop stars which at the time included a road tour with Michael Jackson.

Crow eventually signed on with A&M Records in 1990 which released her debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club featuring the one song she did not write for the album, All I Wanna Do, a smash hit for which Crow received Grammy Awards in 1994 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist and Record of the Year.

Her self-titled second album, released two years later, again garnered the singer a Grammy Award - this time for Best Rock Album - for a string of such radio hits as If It Makes You Happy, Everyday is a Winding Road, and A Change Would Do You Good.

A year later, another Best Rock Album Grammy was awarded for her third album, The Globe Sessions, featuring the singles Anything But Down, The Difficult Kind and My Favorite Mistake, the latter track rumored to be about her romance with guitarist and singer, Eric Clapton.

Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

Following the release of Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From Central Park in 1999 and a subsequent tour schedule, Crow released C'mon, C'mon in 2002 resulting in the hit Soak Up the Sun and the Best Female Rock Performance Grammy winner Steve McQueen.

In 2003 Crow released The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, a greatest hits collection featuring both her past hit singles and new tracks including one of her most popular radio hits to date, The First Cut is the Deepest.

In 2004, Crow won an American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist - Pop or Rock, and frequently made the tabloids for her much-reported romance with cycling great Lance Armstrong.

The title track of her album, Wildflowers, was dedicated to Armstrong and was released in September 2005, the same month that the couple announced the news of their engagement and expected marriage in Spring of 2006.

However, the rock star and the seven-time Tour de France champion called off their marriage in a surprise announcment in February 2006. The marriage would have been a first for Crow and the second for Armstrong, who has three children with ex-wife Kristin.

Crow was back in the headlines as she recovered from breast cancer following surgery on February 22, but returned to the stage several months later kicking off her North American tour in April.

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