Phoebe Snow obituary

A distinctive American singer-songwriter, her stardom was fleetingThe New Rolling Stone Record Guide described the singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, who has died aged 60 from complications following a brain haemorrhage, as "one of the most gifted voices of her generation". She released more than a dozen albums during her lifetime, yet never fulfilled the promise of her self-titled debut LP, which featured her signature song, Poetry Man, a No 5 hit single in the US in 1975. Nevertheless, Snow was h...

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