16 Facts About Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin was born on Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10,1956 and is an American singer-songwriter.

Shawn Colvin is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home".

Shawn Colvin learned to play guitar at the age of 10 and grew up listening to her father's collection of music, which included artists such as Pete Seeger and the Kingston Trio.

Shawn Colvin's first paid gig came just after she started college at Southern Illinois University.

Shawn Colvin relocated to Austin, Texas, with the group and then entered "the folk circuit in and around Berkeley, California", before straining her vocal cords and taking a sabbatical at the age of 24.

Shawn Colvin relocated to New York City, joining the Buddy Miller Band in 1980 and later became involved in the Fast Folk cooperative of Greenwich Village.

In 1995, Shawn Colvin released her album Live 88 a collection of live recordings from 1988.

In 1996, Shawn Colvin released her album A Few Small Repairs and, in 1997, her single "Sunny Came Home" spent four weeks at the number one spot on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Shawn Colvin released the album Holiday Songs and Lullabies in 1998 and in 2001 released another album called Whole New You.

In 2006, Shawn Colvin left Columbia Records and released a 15-song album called These Four Walls on her new label, Nonesuch Records, which featured contributions by Patty Griffin and Teddy Thompson.

Shawn Colvin published her memoir Diamond in the Rough in 2012.

Shawn Colvin recorded as a duet the title track to Curtis Stigers' 1995 album "Time Was".

Shawn Colvin has been married twice, first to Simon Tassano in 1993 whom she divorced in 1995 and to photographer Mario Erwin, whom she married in 1997 and divorced in 2002.

Shawn Colvin gave birth to a daughter in July 1998.

Shawn Colvin says she has struggled on and off with depression, alcoholism and anxiety.

Shawn Colvin wrote about these struggles in her 2012 memoir Diamond in the Rough, published by HarperCollins.