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Sharon Little
American singer-songwriter
Sharon Little is an American singer-songwriter from North Wales, Pennsylvania.
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- 1980
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- 1 song
File card: Sharon Little
labels: CBS Records
genres: rhythm and blues
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Early life
Little was born in Philadelphia. She attended North Penn High School in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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Career
While working as a waitress in Philadelphia, Little performed with local bands and independently released an album, Drawing Circles, in 2006 before being signed to CBS Records in early 2008. She was subsequently chosen as the opening act for Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, and T Bone Burnett on their North American Raising Sand tour.
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Little’s deep and soulful sound is the product of experience. She says she wasn’t exposed to much pop music growing up in a large blue-collar family: She seldom listened to the radio, and didn’t see a TV until she was 11. She received her first guitar at 16: When her closest childhood friend was killed in a tragic car accident, the girl’s mother gave Little the instrument as a gift. “I found myself channeling the pain and grief I was going through, with my voice and my guitar,” she says. “That’s where my soul was born.”
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Sharon Little, the records, oldest first
- Perfect Time for a Breakdown2008 album
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Sharon Little on the air
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- Peppermint & Glue
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