Phoebe Snow was a brilliant vocalist who lived, through no fault of her own, a tragic life.
Her talent was obvious early to many. She was on a bill at the Bitter End, in New York, with a young Bruce Springsteen, among others, and asked him how he had managed to get signed. Don’t worry, he told her, you won’t have to wait long.
And she didn’t. She was soon signed by Shelter Records and her first album came out in 1975. The big hit, which still gets played a fair amount, was Poetry Man, which was huge.