Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, performer and actress. She´s a real American pop legend.
BORN
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958. Her parents are Silvio "Tony" Ciccone and Madonna Fortin. Her dad was the first of his family to go to gollege, here he earned a degree of engineering. Her mother was technician and former dancer. Madonna was "the sissy of the family".
MUSIC CAREER BEGAN
In 1979, Madonna spend some time in France working as a showgirl. During this trip she fell in love with combination of singin and performing. In 1980, when she came back to states, she joined Gilroy´s band as a drummer and after that becamed a lead singer. After that, she formed several different bands, example Madonna & The Sky and The Millionaires.
In 1981, she decided to go solo career and manager Camille Barbone helped to get her music career on the track. Stephen Bray was friend of her and he wrote Madonnas first hit, "Everybody". Mark Kamins helped her score a record deal with Sire Records. "Everybody" became a hit N.1 in 1982.
SOURCES
www.allmusic.com
www.biography.com
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