In her mid-teens, she was highly influenced by Lenny Kravitz, also exploring rock through listening to legends Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.Ĭorinne Bailey studied English language and literature at the University of Leeds, where she graduated in 2000. She recorded two albums with the worship ministry youth group, under the name "Revive." Performing in church broadened Bailey Rae's musical horizons, and her love for making music was solidified after the church youth leader offered to lend her the money to buy her first guitar. The church's young people wrote their own worship songs and sang covers of songs by Primal Scream. Bailey Rae later transferred to a Baptist church, where the youth leader also coached rock bands in the local high school. Some of her earliest vocal performance experiences took place at a Plymouth Brethren church. īailey Rae began her musical career at school, where she studied classical violin before turning her attention to singing. Her siblings include Candice Bailey, and actress Rhea Bailey. Her father is from Saint Kitts and Nevis, and her mother, Linda, is English, although they separated when she was a child.
She released her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae, in February 2006, and became the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She is best known for her 2006 single " Put Your Records On".
Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae ( / k ə ˈ r ɪ n ˈ b eɪ l i ˈ r eɪ/ born 26 February 1979) is a British singer and songwriter.
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