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You Know I'm No Good

Published on Jul 12, 2016

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You Know I'm No Good

Amy Winehouse

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  • Originally recorded as a solo track, it was remixed with guest vocals from the Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah.

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  • Her Back to Black album combined elements of 1940s jazz and 1960s Motown to create one of the best albums in recent history.

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  • Amy Winehouse was born in London, England, on September 14, 1983, she broke into the music business at the age 16.

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  • She signed her first record deal as a jazz vocalist, and her music later blossomed into an electic mix of jazz, pop, soul and R&B.

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  • Winehouse has won five Grammy Awards connected to her 2006 album Back to Black.

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  • Sadly, at the end of her life, Winehouse's enormous talent was overshadowed by her addiction to drugs and alcohol. She died tragically on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning. Winehouse's life and career were the focus of the documentary Amy.
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  • Her most arresting talent was her voice, her songs and her style of singing. Amy Winehouse grew up surrounded by jazz; many of her uncles on her mother’s side were professional jazz musicians
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