Angela McCluskey was a Scottish singer-songwriter based in California, United States.
15 Facts About Angela McCluskey
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Angela McCluskey performed as a solo artist and as a member of the folk rock group Wild Colonials.
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Angela McCluskey sang "Beautiful Things" for American Express and later her voice was heard on the Schick Quattro commercial singing "I'm Not the Girl".
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Angela McCluskey's songs have appeared on the soundtracks for the films Rachel Getting Married, Sherrybaby, and The Beat That My Heart Skipped.
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Angela McCluskey's music has been featured in the television series Grey's Anatomy.
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Angela McCluskey was born in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow, Scotland, on 28 February 1960.
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Angela McCluskey went to London and found work as a publicist, and then in the video department of EMI Records.
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Angela McCluskey was married to composer Paul Cantelon, whom she met in about 1992 in London where he was playing piano in a restaurant.
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Angela McCluskey collaborated with the group on several of the songs on their debut album, Genetic World and lent her vocals to several songs on the group's 2005 follow-up, Angel Milk.
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In 2009, Angela McCluskey released her second solo album, You Could Start a Fight in an Empty House, including the track "Handle with Grace".
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In 2011, Angela McCluskey performed her three-person show Catch a Falling Star in New York while performing at Carnegie Hall.
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Angela McCluskey appeared as a featured vocalist on Robbie Robertson's album How to Become Clairvoyant.
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Angela McCluskey achieved a chart-topping hit that year with "In the Air", her collaboration with Morgan Page, which went to No 1 on the Billboard Dance Airplay Chart.
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Angela McCluskey sang on "Stargazing", a collaboration with Delerium featured on their album Music Box Opera.
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Angela McCluskey died following surgery for an arterial tear, on 14 March 2024, at the age of 64.