1. Anne Crummer was born on 1966 and is a New Zealand pop singer and songwriter of Cook Islands descent who has seen success in both a solo career and as part of various musical groups.
16 Facts About Annie Crummer
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Annie Crummer represented New Zealand at the 1987 ABU Popular Song Contest with the song "It's That What Friends Are For", placing third.
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Annie Crummer was a precocious singer, performing at Cook Island nightclubs and shopping mall talent quests.
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At the age of 9, Will Annie Crummer tried to interest her in piano lessons and took her to singing coach Sister Mary Leo, but Annie Crummer preferred to learn from her father.
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Annie Crummer attended Avondale High School, leaving at the age of "15 years and two months" to focus on a singing career.
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Annie Crummer appeared on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, won, and released her first single at the age of 16.
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At the age of 18 Annie Crummer stood out as a guest vocalist in the Netherworld Dancing Toys hit song "For Today", which was Single of the Year at the 1985 New Zealand Music Awards.
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Annie Crummer was one of the five founders of the all-female band When The Cat's Away in 1986; their cover of the 1969 Blue Mink song "Melting Pot" topped the charts in New Zealand, and the band won Group of the Year in the 1989 New Zealand Music Awards.
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Annie Crummer released her first solo album, Language, in 1992, and her second, Seventh Wave in 1996.
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Annie Crummer recorded the Split Enz song "I Hope I Never" as part of the ENZSO project in 1996.
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Annie Crummer has performed with Australian singers John Farnham and Jimmy Barnes, and toured Australia for a month with Sting, singing on stage with him on "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot".
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Annie Crummer was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult and says she cannot read or write or read music, but she credits her dyslexia with giving her a heightened sense of musical appreciation.
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Annie Crummer did one semester of Cook Islands Maori language at the University of Auckland in 2000.
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Annie Crummer was awarded Best Female Artist at the New Zealand Music Awards in 1993, and nominated for the same category at the ARIA Music Awards in Australia in 1996.
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In 2011 Annie Crummer was awarded Senior Pacific Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.
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Annie Crummer was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.