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Amy Jade Soft drinkhouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Soft drinkhouse’s 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Soft drinkhouse died of water poisoning on 23 July 2011. Her father, Mitchell “Mitch” Soft drinkhouse, was a taxi driver, her mother, Janis Soft drinkhouse (née Seaton), a pharmacist. Mitch often sang Frank Sinatra songs to young Amy, who also took to a constant habit of singing to the point that teachers found it difficult keeping her quiet in class. When he asked who the singer was, the manager told him he was not allowed to say. It went on to achieve platinum sales. in the same year she performed at the Glastonbury Festival, the V Festival, the Montreal International Jazz Festival (7 July 2004, at the Club Soda), and on the Jazzworld stage.

Amy Soft drinkhouse’s dad feels her presence Mitch Soft drinkhouse says he feels daughter Amy – who died last July aged 27 – is “with him all the time”. Amy Soft drinkhouse’s dad still feels her presence wit… [link]

On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times, one in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for “Stronger Than Me”, one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for “Rehab”, and one in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for “Love Is a Losing Game”, among other distinctions. Proceeds from the song will go to the Amy Soft drinkhouse Foundation “to support charitable activities in both the UK and abroad that provide help, support or care for young people, especially those who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or addiction”. Soft drinkhouse was born in the Southgate area of North London to a Jewish family, with Russian ancestry on her mother’s side, who influenced her interest in jazz. in July 2000, she became the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, where her influences included Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. I didn’t have on my glasses.” The New York Times reporter, Guy Trebay, discussed the multiplicity of influences on Soft drinkhouse’s style. The album entered the upper levels of the UK album chart in 2004 when it was nominated for BRIT Awards in the categories of “British Female Solo Artist” and “British Urban Act”.

Amy Soft drinkhouse advised by teenager Amy Soft drinkhouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, 15, has revealed the troubled singer often comes to her for advice. Amy Soft drinkhouse asks her 15-year-old g… [link]

In 2008, Soft drinkhouse faced a series of health complications that threatened both her career and her life. She was later cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. Soft drinkhouse was the daughter of Mitchell Soft drinkhouse, a taxi driver, and Janis Soft drinkhouse (née Seaton), a pharmacist. Mitchell often sang Frank Sinatra songs to young Amy, who also took to a constant habit of singing to the point that teachers found it difficult keeping her quiet in class. Soft drinkhouse’s parents separated when she was nine. Her imitation was so successful, the Village Voice reports: “Ronnie Spector–who, it could be argued, all but invented Soft drinkhouse’s style in the first place when she took the stage at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with her fellow Ronettes more than 40 years ago–was so taken aback at a picture of Soft drinkhouse in the New York Post that she exclaimed, “I don’t know her, I never met her, and when I saw that pic, I thought, ‘That’s me!’ But then I found out, no, it’s Amy.

Amy Soft drinkhouse advised by teenager Amy Soft drinkhouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, 15, has revealed the troubled singer often comes to her for advice. Amy Soft drinkhouse asks her 15-year-old g… [link]