27 Facts About Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow experienced success in Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s with five top 100 albums in that territory.

Phoebe Snow Ann Laub was born in New York City in 1950, and raised in a musical household in which Delta blues, Broadway show tunes, Dixieland jazz, classical music, and folk music recordings were played around the clock.

Phoebe Snow's father, Merrill Laub, an exterminator by trade, had an encyclopedic knowledge of American film and theater and was an avid collector and restorer of antiques.

Phoebe Snow's mother, Lili Laub, was a dance teacher who had performed with the Martha Graham group.

Phoebe Snow was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated from Teaneck High School in 1968.

Phoebe Snow subsequently attended Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois, but did not graduate.

In painted and later photographic print images, the young woman 'Phoebe Snow' was dressed all in white to emphasize the cleanliness of the line's passenger trains.

Phoebe Snow released an eponymous album, Phoebe Snow, including "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Poetry Man", in 1974, featuring guest performances by The Persuasions, Zoot Sims, Teddy Wilson, David Bromberg, and Dave Mason.

Phoebe Snow moved to a more rock-oriented sound for It Looks Like Snow, released later in 1976 with David Rubinson producing.

In 1981, Phoebe Snow, then signed with Mirage Records, released the album Rock Away, but the album disappointed music critic Geoffrey Himes.

Phoebe Snow recorded the theme song for the first season of the TV series 9 to 5.

Phoebe Snow returned to recording with Something Real in 1989 and gathered a few more hits on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Phoebe Snow sang "Ancient Places, Sacred Lands", composed by Steve Horelick, on Reading Rainbow's tenth episode, The Gift of the Sacred Dog.

Phoebe Snow performed in 1989 on stage at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, as part of Our Common Future: a five-hour live television broadcast originating from several countries.

In 1995, Phoebe Snow participated in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True at the Lincoln Center in New York City, singing a distinctive medley of "If I Only Had a Brain; a Heart; the Nerve".

Phoebe Snow joined with the pop group Zap Mama, who recorded its own version of Phoebe Snow's "Poetry Man" in an impromptu duet on the PBS series Sessions at West 54th.

In May 1998, Phoebe Snow received the Cultural Achievement Award from New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Phoebe Snow performed for US President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and his cabinet at Camp David in 1999.

In 2003, Phoebe Snow released her album Natural Wonder on Eagle Records, containing 10 original tracks, her first original material in 14 years.

Phoebe Snow performed at Howard Stern's wedding in 2008, and made a special appearance in the film Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom as herself.

Between 1975 and 1978 Phoebe Snow was married to Phil Kearns.

Phoebe Snow had a daughter, Valerie Rose, who was born with severe brain damage.

Phoebe Snow resolved not to institutionalize Valerie, and cared for her at home until Valerie died on March 19,2007, at the age of 31.

Phoebe Snow continued to take voice lessons, and she studied opera informally.

Phoebe Snow resided in Bergen County, New Jersey, and in her later years she embraced Buddhism.

Phoebe Snow suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on January 19,2010, and slipped into a coma, enduring bouts of blood clots, pneumonia and congestive heart failure.

Phoebe Snow died on April 26,2011, at age 60 in Edison, New Jersey.