Finally, there was her father, Mitch, a cab driver and wannabe crooner who loved singing Frank Sinatra tunes around the house. What’s more, several of her uncles on her mother’s side were professional jazz musicians.
Her paternal grandmother was a singer who dated British saxophonist Ronnie Scott. Winehouse may have started out rapping, but she was destined to dabble in jazz. ("I was sour, of course," Winehouse told The Guardian.) Ashby’s stepfather, Alan Glass, got the girls into a studio, where they recorded three tunes: “Glam Chicks,” “Boys… Who Needs Them,” and “Spinderella,” named for Salt-N-Pepa’s iconic DJ. Inspired by the pioneering female rap group Salt-N-Pepa, Winehouse and her childhood friend Juliette Ashby formed a hip-hop duo called Sweet ‘n’ Sour. Amy Winehouse made her recording debut as a rapper. Here are 15 facts about her incredible life. After years of being hounded by the press, she died on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27. Sadly, Winehouse wrestled with bulimia and substance abuse throughout her life. She embraced ’60s soul and girl group pop for 2006’s triumphant Back to Black, the album that would make her a global superstar. When the British singer came on the scene in 2003, she was a brash jazz chanteuse giving old music a modern makeover. There will never be another musician like Amy Winehouse.
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