1. Nicole Atkins was born on October 1,1978 and is an American singer-songwriter.
21 Facts About Nicole Atkins
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Nicole Atkins's influences include 1950s crooner music, 1960s psychedelia, soul music, and the Brill Building style of writing.
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Nicole Atkins grew up in Shark River Hills, a middle class enclave within Neptune overlooking the Shark River.
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Nicole Atkins has cited the bay as a major inspiration for her music, particularly the imagery of "the river in the rain" found in the title track on her album Neptune City.
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Nicole Atkins started playing piano at nine years old and taught herself to play guitar at 13.
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Nicole Atkins eschewed more popular acts of the day for musical groups her parents listened to, such as The Ronettes, Johnny Cash, and The Beach Boys.
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Nicole Atkins has cited the vocalists Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays and Cass Elliot as important early influences.
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Nicole Atkins started playing in pick-up bands and doing gigs at local coffeehouses while attending St Rose High School in the nearby town of Belmar.
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Nicole Atkins started writing original songs and befriending other local musicians.
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That same year, Nicole Atkins moved to the neighborhood of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, New York.
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Nicole Atkins returned to Charlotte and played with several bands, most notably a group called Virginia Reel.
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In early 2005, keyboardist Dan Chen, whom Nicole Atkins knew from her days at The Sidewalk Cafe, approached Nicole Atkins about forming a new group.
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Nicole Atkins soon found herself in the midst of a bidding war between record labels and signed with Columbia Records in January 2006.
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In February 2014, Nicole Atkins returned to Late Night with David Letterman to perform on his last season, a new rendition of her song "War Torn," off of her "Live from the Masonic Temple, Detroit" album, which was recorded while on tour as the opening act for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
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Nicole Atkins released her fifth studio album, Italian Ice, in 2020.
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In 2008, Nicole Atkins was cast as the voice of the mother in director Geoff Marslett's animated sci-fi comedy film Mars.
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In 2009, Nicole Atkins' backing vocals were featured prominently on AC Newman's second solo album, Get Guilty.
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Nicole Atkins provide vocals for the track "Solano Avenue" on David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's 2010 album, Here Lies Love.
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Nicole Atkins joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.
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Nicole Atkins recorded a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" in 2014 for a compilation album titled Dead Man's Town, a tribute to Springsteen's Born in the USA LP.
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Nicole Atkins co-wrote "Those Were The Days" with Old 97's from their album Graveyard Whistling which was released by ATO Records.