“Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover” fame Sophie b. Hawkins has proved to be an enduring musician with an intense commitment to persistently evolving. A proudly eccentric singer as well as songwriter Sophie enjoyed startling commercial success with her first album “Tongues and Tails” and since then there is no looking back for this terrifically talented musician.
Born on 1st of November 1964 as Sophie Ballantine Hawkins, Sophie b. Hawkins hails from Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was raised in a family where creativity and art meant lot however was bothered by alcoholism. Though she grew up dreaming to make her living through teaching, she changed her decision at age fourteen when she got fascinated by African music. She started studying percussion with well known African artiste Babatunde Olatunji. She eventually began taking lessons of jazz, vibraphone and marimba as well as drums. Educated at the Manhattan School of Music, Sophie started setting her toes into pop and rock music. She played trap drums with a group named the Pink Men.
She was rumored to be dating Jodie Foster and Martina Navratilova, however the rumors were proved to be untrue when she said she had never met those women. In 1994, she shed her clothes off for the page of “Interview Magazine”. She is reported to be bisexual. In 1998, she dated Gigi Gaston. In 2008, her life took a dramatic turn as Sophie became a proud mom of a son Dashiell Gaston Hawkins. He was born on 18th of November 2008. She is currently pregnant with her second child. She will be delivering her second child in July 2015. Vegan Sophie is supporting animal rights since long. She started supporting an association of on-the-water advocated called “Waterkeeper Alliance” in May 2010. Showing her support to gay rights, she played at Big Gay Party event organized by GoProud.
Through the eighties, Sophie b. Hawkins whetted her craft, while constantly escalating her musical range. Sophie started playing vibes, drumming and singing in several New York clubs such as CBGB’s. She sang a jingle for a well known chocolate brand, Nestle’s Sweet Dreams white chocolate bar. Before releasing her debut album titled “Tongues & Tails”, she toured along with Bryan Ferry and scored a record contract with Columbia. Her 1992’s release “Tongue & Trails” made her over nigh star. The album featured hit singles, such as “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”. After earning Grammy nomination in the category of Best New Artist for her debut album, she dropped her sophomore released in 1994 titled, “Whaler”. Though the album could not repeat the history of “Tongues & Tails”, it managed to yield another popular single “As I Lay Me Down”. Her third album “Timbre” hit the market in 1999. The album spawned tracks, such as “Strange Thing”, “No Connection”, “Bare The Weight of Me” and “Your Tongue Like the Sun in My Mouth” among others. Leaving her label Sony, she opened her own record label named “Trumpet Swan Productions”. Enlarging her artistic territory, she took up acting, making appearances in 2001’s “Beyond the City Limits”. Sophie even penned music for German movie version of “The Nutcracker” in 2004. She is scheduled to make appearances in upcoming movies such as “West Memphis Three” and “Walk On”. In 2003, “The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins” was released and distributed by Sony. She launched her followed up album titled “Wilderness” in 2004. She toured along with the Corrs and Chris Isaak that summer. The album “Wilderness” consists of singles such as “Beautiful Girl”, “Open Up Your Eyes”, “Meet Me on a Rooftop”, “Walking on Thin Ice”, “Blue”, “Angel of Darkness”, “You Make Me High”, “Feelin’ Good” and “Soul Lover”. In 2012, she appeared in a play titled “Room 105” as Janis Joplin and launched her fifth studio album, “The Crossing”. More recently, she performed “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” in a television series “Community”. American singer, musician, songwriter and painter Sophie b. Hawkins reportedly has garnered a net worth of four million dollars throughout her career.
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