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Corinne Bailey Rae (born . January 6, 2006. — a title she has lived up to after becoming only the fourth female British act in history to have their first album debut at Number One. BIOGRAPHY Childhood Corinne Bailey was born in 1979, the eldest of three daughters. She began her musical career at school where she studied classical church, where the choir alternated between traditional Hymn s and the slightly less orthodox Primal Scream wig-outs. "We changed the words though," explains Corinne. "We didn't want to offend the regular churchgoers, now did we?" Helen Performing in church broadened Corinne’s musical horizons, and her love affair with making music was solidified after a local youth leader offered to buy her an electric guitar. In her mid-teens, Corinne became obsessed with rock legends . Retrieved March 09, 2006. The group raised eyebrows on several fronts — in the white male dominated world of indie music they were an all female group fronted by a mixed race singer from record label Roadrunner Records , home to acts such as Slipknot , in 1995 . The venture proved to be short-lived however after the bassist became pregnant and the group disbanded. "(Was I) Disappointed? I was gutted! I had no idea what to do next." University Life After the disappointment of Helen, Corinne went on to attend The player called Jason Rae, whom she eventually married in 2001 at the age of 22, "I was Corinne Bailey. I added on Rae, my husband's name, when I got married''," she says with laughter, "''there's no hyphen — stops it being posh!" Over the space of the next three years, Corinne began working on solo material — this time steering away from her indie past and embarking on a more soulful path. She collaborated with mentor Mark Hill, formally known as The Artful Dodger , to appear on his new album " Better Luck Next Time " under his new alias, " The StiX ". The resulting collaboration, ''"Young and Foolish"'' was released in April 2005 and brought Corinne to the attention of the major record label bosses. DISCOGRAPHY Albums Singles Additional UK Chart Information:
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