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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Fans are celebrating Kate Bush on her 65th birthday today.
At the age of 19, Kate Bush released her first album, The Kick Inside. The album was critically acclaimed and marked the start of an incredible career that saw Bush repeatedly prove herself to be one of the greatest living songwriters. On July 30, she turns 65 years old.
Kate Bush was just 19 years old when “Wuthering Heights,” inspired by the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, was released and became an immediate smash hit. Despite Bush’s eclectic musical style and eccentric aesthetics, and her fondness for lyrics based on obscure or esoteric subjects, she landed hit after hit through the 1980s and into the ’90s, before taking a 12-year break to focus on her family.
Bush wrote “The Man With The Child In His Eyes” when she was just 13 years old, and recorded it at the age of 16 (collaborating with Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame). Gilmour feared that record companies might not appreciate Bush’s unique sound, but the floaty piano accompanied by Bush’s airy vocals made the song a hit.
The strength of the song helped to make Bush’s debut album The Kick Inside a huge success.
The fact that most of the people who take part in the event weren’t even born when the song was released is testament to Bush’s enduring appeal. That also got a huge boost last year, when her 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” landed back in the charts again, thanks to being used in a pivotal scene in Season 4 of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things.” That led to a whole new generation discovering the legendary artist.
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