Amy Belle (born 1981) is a Scottish singer. She is best known for her duet with Rod Stewart on "I Don't Want To Talk About It" during his concert at the Albert Hall in October 2004.[1] The official Rod Stewart video of the performance has received over 1 billion worldwide (excluding UK) YouTube views.[2] In addition, another YouTube posting of this event has received over 100 million views.[3]

Biography

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Belle was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest sibling of three.[citation needed] She started out busking covers of R.E.M. and Alanis Morissette.[citation needed]

At 17 she left Glasgow and moved to London to pursue a career in music. In 2001, she was signed to a short-lived manufactured pop-folk group called the Alice Band.[citation needed] In 2004, Belle was spotted by a friend of Stewart's when she was busking outside an underground station.[4]

After the duet with Stewart, Belle moved to Los Angeles through contacts she made via Stewart's manager. There she recorded a track with Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek from The Doors.[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b Booth, Samantha (9 November 2007). "Amy Belle Busking Again As She Waits For Break". dailyrecord. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It (from One Night Only! Live at Royal Albert Hall). YouTube.
  3. ^ "Rod Stewart & Amy Belle I Dont Want To Talk About It 360p SD (Legendado) Subtitulos" – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Amy Belle". www.bbc.co.uk.