Snow, Phoebe (1952–)

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Snow, Phoebe (1952–)

American singer. Name variations: Phoebe Laub. Born Phoebe Laub, July 17, 1952, in New York, NY; children: Valerie.

Began performing blues, folk and pop music in NY's Greenwich Village (1970s); released gold debut LP, Phoebe Snow (1974), which included Top-5 single, "Poetry Man"; sang on hit gospel single, "Gone at Last," with Paul Simon; released 2nd LP, Second Childhood (1976), which included "Two-Fisted Love" and also went gold; had less success with subsequent albums, Against the Grain (1977), Something Real (1989), I Can't Complain (1998), and Natural Wonder (2003); performed with Donald Fagen's Rock and Soul Revue (early 1990s) and with gospel group at Woodstock (1994).