Dana Fuchs

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Dana Fuchs (pronounced Fyooks, born January 10, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter known for a mix of Southern rock, soul, roots, and blues. She played Sadie in the film Across the Universe, her performance described by The New York Times as "triumphal".

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Early life The youngest of six children, Fuchs was born in New Jersey and raised in the small rural town of Wildwood, Florida. When she was twelve, she sang in the First Baptist Gospel Choir. Her father was an alcoholic and her grandfather died by suicide, which was the start of a series of family tragedies. In her teens she performed in drama class and in a guitar group. She began using illegal drugs, dropped out of school, left home, and worked as a stripper. After moving to New York City, she took a job as a legal secretary before returning to stripping. She entered psychotherapy and group meetings to begin to deal with her struggles. Soon after, her sister, an alcoholic and drug addict, died by suicide and her oldest brother died from brain cancer.

Her experience with death and loss became a theme in her music.

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Career In 1998, Fuchs began to concentrate on singing and songwriting influenced by her love for Esther Phillips and Etta James. She performed in blues clubs, and after meeting Jon Diamond, they formed the Dana Fuchs Band and released the album Lonely for a Lifetime (2003). Her raspy voice invited comparisons to rock singer Janis Joplin, and she acted as the singer in Love, Janis, an Off-Broadway musical about Joplin that ran from 2001 to 2003. When director Julie Taymor wanted to make a movie about someone with a voice similar to Joplin's, she hired Fuchs for Across the Universe (2007). The movie was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards.

Fuchs' albums Bliss Avenue (2013) and Songs from the Road (2014) reached the Top 10 of the Blues Album Chart of Billboard magazine.

With Jack Livesey, Fuchs wrote and performed songs on the soundtrack for the Big Beach production of Laurie Collyer's independent film Sherrybaby, including the opening and closing title songs. She also worked for MTV during the 1990s and 2000s as the voice of many of its on-air promos.

After fulfilling her contractual obligation with Ruf Records, Fuchs started her own label called Get Along Records. With a successful crowd funding campaign on PledgeMusic, she financed the recording and released her May 2018 album, Love Lives On on the label. The album was recorded in Memphis and produced by Kevin Houston with songs co-written with guitarist and band member Diamond.

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Charitable works

Fuchs is an ambassador for The Jed Foundation (JED), an organization that tries to prevent suicide and help teens with their emotional health.

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Discography

2003	Lonely for a Lifetime	Kenny Aaronson, Jon Diamond and Dana Fuchs	Q&W Music
2006	Sherrybaby Soundtrack	Jack Livesey	Lakeshore Records	"Some Kind of Heaven" "When I Find My Life" "Anything At All" "I Lay Me Down"
2007	Live in NYC	Kevin Mackall, Peter Moshay and Jon Diamond	Antler King Records / Audio & Video Labs, Inc. / Pepper / AKR
2007	Across the Universe Soundtrack	T-Bone Burnett, Elliot Goldenthal and Teese Gohl	Interscope Records	"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" with Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Teresa Victoria Carpio "Dear Prudence" with Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Teresa Victoria Carpio "Because" with Joe Anderson, Teresa Victoria Carpio, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood "Helter Skelter" "Don't Let Me Down" with Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy "All You Need Is Love" with Teresa Victoria Carpio, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, Jim Sturgess
2011	Love to Beg	Jon Diamond and Dana Fuchs	Ruf Records #1167
2013	Bliss Avenue	Jon Diamond and Dana Fuchs	Ruf Records #1191
2014	Songs from the Road	Kevin Mackall and Thomas Ruf	Ruf Records #1207
2015	Broken Down Acoustic Sessions	Jon Diamond and Dana Fuchs	Get Along Records
2018	Love Lives On	Kevin Houston, Dana Fuchs and Jon Diamond	Get Along Records #3441
2022	Borrowed Time	Kevin Mackall and Thomas Ruf	Ruf Records #1295

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External links

Categories: Official Website, 1976 Births, Living People, American Blues Singers, American Women Rock Singers, American Soul Singers, Singers From New Jersey, 21st-century American Singers, 21st-century American Women Singers

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