Kate Bush is a British singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful and original solo female performers of the past 30 years. Bush was signed up by EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. In 1978 at age 19, she debuted with the surprise hit "Wuthering Heights", topping the UK charts for four weeks and becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song. She has since gone on to release eight albums, three of which topped the UK album charts, and have UK top ten hit singles with "Running Up That Hill", "King of the Mountain", "Babooshka", "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", and "Don't Give Up". During her tour of 1979, the only tour of her career, she became the first ever singer to use a wireless headset radio microphone on stage. With her 1980 album Never for Ever, she became the first solo female British singer to top the UK album charts. Her songwriting ability was recognised in 2002 with an Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music". In 2005, she released Aerial, her first album in 12 years. The album was a UK success and earned her BRIT Award nominations for "Best Album" and "Best Solo Female Artist".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1756: Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli presented the Catherine Palace, a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo, to Empress Elizabeth of Russia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Palace)

1864: American Civil War: Union forces failed to break Confederate lines in the Battle of the Crater by exploding a large bomb under their trenches. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater)

1930: Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4 to 2, in front of their home crowd at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo to win the first Football World Cup. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup)

1945: World War II: The USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58, killing over 800 seamen. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_%28CA-35%29)

2003: The last old-style Beetle, the economy car produced by the German automaker Volkswagen, rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle)

2006: Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the South Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_airstrike)

_____________________ Wiktionary's Word of the day:

foster: To nurture or bring up (offspring); or to provide similar parental care to (an unrelated child). (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foster)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

Just being alive It can really hurt. These moments given Are a gift from time. Just let us try To give these moments back To those we love To those who will survive. -- Kate Bush (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush)