Composer
Tori Amos
American singer-songwriter (born 1963)
b. 1963
175 works in the index
- Born
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Newton
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. A child prodigy, Amos entered the Peabody Institute's preparatory division at five, but left at eleven, coming of age as a pianist in Washington, D.C. bars. Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.
Her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", "Flavor" and "A Sorta Fairytale". Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and nine Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 71.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter; pianist; composer; recording artist; harpsichordist; film director; singer; musician; songwriter
- Recorded memberships
- Y Kant Tori Read
- Instruments played
- piano; organ; Hammond organ; reed organ; synthesizer; Rhodes piano; voice
- Official website
- https://www.toriamos.com/
- Birth name
- Myra Ellen Amos
- Pseudonym
- Tori Amos
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 2663685
- ISNI
- 0000000108634575
- GND ID
- 119338645
- Library of Congress ID
- n93066844
- MusicBrainz ID
- c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5; bb67fd87-5924-4bc8-936f-29bc18ddb3cc
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Guitar, Vocal
- Genres represented
- pop, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 175
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 3 of 4
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can Bring Your Dog | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Secret Spell | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Body And Soul | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Code Red | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Velvet Revolution | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Dark Side of the Sun | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Dragon | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Lust | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Rock, pop | 2 |
| Riot Proof | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 2 |
| Black Swan | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| I Don't Like Mondays | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Rock, pop | 2 |
| Tear In Your Hand | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | Rock, pop | 3 |
| Happy Phantom | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Thoughts | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| General Joy | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Ireland | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Parasol | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Father's Son | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Almost Rosey | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Posse Bonus | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Smokey Joe | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Blood Roses | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Iieee | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 0 |
| Honey | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Rock, pop | 0 |
| Mary | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Rock, pop | 0 |
| Precious Things | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | Rock, pop | 2 |
| Putting The Damage On | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Rock, pop | 1 |
| Sweet Dreams | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Rock, pop | 0 |
| Leather | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Mother | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Caught A Lite Sneeze | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Talula | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Original Sinsuality | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Ribbons Undone | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Fat Slut | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Roosterspur Bridge | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 1 |
| Sugar | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 0 |
| Space Dogs | — | — | — | Piano | — | — |
| Waitress | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | — |
| Includes: | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | — |
| Mr. Zeba | — | — | — | Piano | — | — |
| Agent Orange | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Alamo | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bachelorette | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Beauty Queen | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Beulah Land | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Butterfly | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Cool On Your Island | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 2663685. Portrait: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.