Holly Beth Vincent

Holly Beth Vincent is an American singer,songwriter and multi-instrumental musician. Her band Holly and the Italians was one of the first punk bands lead by a female and signed to a major label. Due to a lack of biographical information she is best known for the song "Tell That Girl To Shut Up". [Peterson, Karla. "Vincent's music never went away", "The San Diego Union-Tribune", 1993-10-14, p. ND.] Her Holly and the Italians record is one of Ira Robbins/Trouser Press record guide's top albums of all-time.< ref name= Trouser Press>Robbins,Ira. Later she formed a band called The Oblivious and recorded for fan Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. She then released an album called "Vowel Movement" with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde which the women wrote,produced and performed. [Wright, Rickey. "Ex-Concrete Blonde singer gives her sound a new twist", "The Virginian-Pilot", 1995-08-13, p. E1.] She also was briefly in The Waitresses as the replacement for singer Patty Donahue.

She dated Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.Robbins, Ira. "Rock's Pioneer Woman Keeps On Moving", "Newsday", 1995-07-30, p. 19.] After she broke up with him, he wrote their hit single "Romeo and Juliet".

Her most recent record is "Super Rocket Star", released in 2007.

Vincent was born in Chicago. Her mother is of Swedish and French background; her father, Italian. She was raised in Lake Tahoe and then southern California, where she attended high school. She ran away from home in 1972, but later returned to Los Angeles and completed schooling. At age 18, she moved to London, where she lived with Chris Wood of the band Traffic and his wife. She spent time with many of their musician friends, including Steve Winwood and Keith Richards.

Her brother is drummer/producer Nick Vincent.

She lives in Los Angeles.

Discography

* "The Right to Be Italian" by Holly and the Italians (1981)
* "Holly and the Italians" by Holly Beth Vincent (1982)
* "America" by the Oblivious (1993)
* "Vowel Movement" by Vowel Movement [Holly Beth Vincent and Johnette Napolitano] (1995)
* "Demos Federico" by Holly Beth Vincent (2003)
* "Super Rocket Star" by Holly Beth Vincent (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/hollyandtheitalians Myspace profile]