Amy Winehouse began singing at the age of 9, after taking interest in singing after her father, Mitchell Winehouse would sing around the house. Mitchell would sing Amy, Frank Sinatra songs as a child and her interest in singing grew from there. Her family later sent Amy to Susi Earnshaw Theatre School for further training on Amy’s singing. Amy began playing guitar at the age of 13 and started to write her own songs. She was mostly interested in jazz and soul music.

In 2003, she was signed to a major label and released her debut album, “Frank”,  which was pretty successful and critics gave it positive reviews. In 2006, she teamed up with Mark Ronson and they wrote two songs together, “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”. Those songs were later included on Amy’s album “Back To Black” which went to No. 7 on the Billboard 200.

For years, she had struggled with drug addiction & alcohol. She also had problems in her personal life with her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil and she suffered mental health problems. Amy Winehouse was found dead today in her London home, she was 27 years old. She now joins the list of musicians who died at 27 such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain.

Sad loss to the music industry but she had it coming. She’s in a better place now.

Kev