Renée Geyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Renée Geyer

Australian singer

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1953

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Profession: singer, jazz musician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Renée Geyer

  • Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms.
  • She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and "Say I Love You" in the 1980s.
  • Geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker.In 2000, her autobiography, Confessions of a Difficult Woman, co-written with music journalist Ed Nimmervoll, was published.
  • In her candid book, Geyer detailed her drug addictions, sex life and career in music.
  • She described herself as "a white Hungarian Jew from Australia sounding like a 65-year-old black man from Alabama".
  • She spent more than ten years based in the United States but had little chart success there.
  • Geyer returned to Australia in the mid-1990s and her career has continued into the 21st century with her 2003 album, Tenderland, which peaked at #11 on the ARIA albums charts.Rock historian Ian McFarlane described her as having a "rich, soulful, passionate and husky vocal delivery".
  • Geyer's iconic status in the Australian music industry was recognised when she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on 14 July 2005, alongside The Easybeats, Hunters & Collectors, Smoky Dawson, Split Enz and Normie Rowe.
  • Geyer and fellow 1970s singer, Marcia Hines, are the subjects of Australian academic, Jon Stratton's 2008 Cultural Studies article, "A Jew Singing Like a Black Woman in Australia: Race, Renée Geyer, and Marcia Hines".

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