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K D Lang Bio
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k.d. langSinger and songwriter k.d. lang was born Kathryn Dawn Lang on November 2, 1961, in Consort, Alberta, Canada. In high school, k.d. enjoyed playing guitar and piano, and also excelled at sports. K.d. became inspired to pursue a music career in college, while preparing to star in a theater production based on the life of one of her favorite vocalists, Patsy Cline. In 1983, k.d. formed a tribute band to Patsy Cline called the Reclines. The Reclines recorded the albums Friday Dance Promenade and A Truly Western Experience, which established the band as prominent artists in the Canadian music scene. In 1985, k.d. received a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist, which she happily accepted wearing a wedding gown.
K.d.’s unique, crooning vocal style soon attracted attention from south of the border, and she began receiving offers from American music labels. In 1986 she signed with Sire Records, and recorded her first record for the label, Angel with a Lariat. In 1987, k.d. teamed up with Roy Orbison to perform a duet of his hit "Crying," recorded for the film Hiding Out in 1987. The song received much airplay, and marked k.d.’s debut on the country music charts.
In 1988, k.d. recorded the album Shadowland with Patsy Cline's producer, Owen Bradley. The album’s single "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" landed k.d. on country music’s Top 40. The following year, k.d. released Absolute Torch and Twang, which earned her a 1989 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
As her profile rose in the music industry, k.d. began to use her position as a public figure to raise awareness of animal rights and vegetarianism. In 1990, she launched a controversial protest against eating meat. Her "Meat Stinks!" campaign was met with controversy, particularly since she hails from Alberta, Canada’s capital cattle ranching province. Following the campaign, k.d.’s hometown of Consort removed a plaque which declared it as the "Home of k.d. lang."
In 1992, k.d. made a move that was risky at the time in the entertainment industry by coming out as a lesbian during an interview in The Advocate prior to releasing her next album, Ingénue. It did not hurt her album sales, and the album won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and went platinum in several countries. One year later, k.d. posed for a gender-bending cover of Vanity Fair, lounging in a barber chair while Supermodel Cindy Crawford hovers over her.
In 1993, k.d. made her critically-acclaimed acting debut in the Percy Adlon film Salmonberries. In the film she played an androgynous woman who falls in love with another woman, a role which she landed prior to publicly confirming her sexuality.
Following the release of Ingénue, K.d.’s next music project was working on the soundtrack for Gus Van Sant's film adaptation of Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). In 1995, k.d. released her next album, All You Can Eat, which was heavily pop-influenced and showed no trace of country. That same year, k.d. produced a musical score for the 1995 documentary Celluloid Closet, about the treatment of homosexuality in the film industry.
In 2000, k.d. released Invincible Summer. The following year, she sang a duet with Tony Bennett on his Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues. In 2004, after her Sire Records contract expired, k.d signed with Nonesuch Imprint. On the new label, she recorded Hymns of the 49th Parallel, which featured a compilation of songs by Canadian songwriters. In 2006, k.d. released Reintarnation, a collection of her songs from Sire records. YUDDY |
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K D Lang - Posed for 'Vanity Fair' with Cindy Crawford .
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K D Lang - Worked on the soundtrack for Gus Van Sant 's film adaptation of 'Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get The Blues.'
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K D Lang - Sang a duet with Tony Bennett .
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K D Lang - Has sung with Tony Bennett .
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