Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Melissa Etheridge – born
in Leavenworth, Kansas on May 29, 1961 - rose to prominence in the late 1980s
after her self-titled album became an underground success before emerging into
the charts and peaking at number 22. She is a high-profile gay rights activist
and began her career playing in the LGBT bars in and around Los Angeles,
California before being discovered by Island Record's Chris Blackwell. The album
Melissa Etheridge – which featured “Bring Me Some Water” and “Like the Way I Do”
- marked the start of an illustrious...