Introducing Sting

Sting in 2006

 

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist for the rock band The Police before launching a solo career.

 

In January 1977, Sting joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani to form the New Wave band The Police. Between 1978 and 1983, they released five chart-topping albums.

 

His first solo album, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featured a cast of jazz musicians. It included the hit singles "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (backed with the non-LP song "Another Day"), "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Love Is the Seventh Wave", and "Russians".

 

He released Nothing Like the Sun in 1987, including the hit songs "We'll Be Together", "Fragile", "Englishman in New York", and "Be Still My Beating Heart", dedicated to his mother, who had recently died.

 

His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the Top 10 song "All This Time", which reached No. 5 on the U.S. Pop chart, and the Grammy-winning "The Soul Cages".

 

Sting has varied his musical style, incorporating distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, New Age, and worldbeat into his music (...)

 

Source of the introducing: WIKIPEDIA.

 

Some Sting songs may be found from this page.