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Cidny Bullens (born Cindy Bullens March 21, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter who grew up in Massachusetts. Bullens released two albums in the late 1970s on United Artists and Casablanca and another in 1989.〔(Bullens profile ), allmusic.com; retrieved 8 July 2009.〕 Bullens' 1978 debut album, ''Desire Wire'' is described flatly by William Ruhlmann for Allmusic as: "One of the great lost rock albums of the 1970s, Bullens' debut release is full of tough, passionate, incredibly catchy rock & roll played to the hilt and sung with fire".〔(allmusic Desire Wire Entry ). Retrieved 29 Oct 2009.〕 These early albums anticipated later work by a host of 1980s female and female-identified rock artists, from Pat Benatar, to Blondie, to the Go-Go's, to Headpins. Bullens got started in the music business by performing background vocals as one of the Sex-O-Lettes on the 1974 debut album ''Get Dancin by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes. Bullens also served as a backup vocalist with Elton John on three major tours, as well as his album ''Blue Moves'' and his hit with Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (both released in 1976).〔(Official website of Cindy Bullens ); accessed December 9, 2014.〕 Bullens provided vocals on three songs ("It's Raining on Prom Night," "Mooning," and "Freddy, My Love") on the soundtrack of the 1977 feature film, ''Grease''.〔''Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture''〕 The performances on the soundtrack earned a Grammy Award nomination for best rock vocal performance.〔 In January 1980, Bullens hit the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with the song "Trust Me." It peaked at #90. Bullens withdrew from the music business in the early 1980s to raise a family, returning in the early and mid-1990s as a songwriter and then later as a touring and recording artist. Since 1999, Bullens has toured extensively all over the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, has appeared on several major TV shows, including ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''Today Show'', and ''CBS This Morning'' and many radio and TV stations around the world. Bullens is featured in two documentaries, ''On This Island'' and ''Space Between Breaths'' (and scored the music). Bullens wrote the musical ''Islands'' in 2000, which played on Broadway for a special performance at the New Victory Theater in September 2001, two weeks after 9/11. ==Recent work== In 1999, Bullens' album ''Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth'' was recorded in the first two years after the death of daughter Jessie. It features Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bryan Adams, and top-tier musicians including George Marinelli, Benmont Tench, Kenny Edwards, and Michael Rhodes. With Bullens, Steven Soles co-produced one track, Tony Berg co-produced three tracks, and Rodney Crowell co-produced three tracks. It won the AFIM Best Rock Album in 2000 and was widely acclaimed. In 2001, Bullens released ''Neverland''; co-produced with Ray Kennedy, the album features Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and John Hiatt. In 2005, Cidny released ''dream #2'' again co-produced with Ray Kennedy. The title track features Elton John on piano. Delbert McClinton sings a duet with Bullens on "This Ain't Love" and Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield adds his voice to "7 Days". In 2007, Bullens formed a new group, The Refugees, with music veterans Wendy Waldman and Deborah Holland. Their first CD, ''Unbound'', was released in January 2009. Their second album "Three" was released in February 2012.〔(Official website for The Refugees ); accessed December 9, 2014.〕 In June 2010, Bullens' latest album ''Howling Trains and Barking Dogs'' was released on MC Records (Koch). The CD is a compilation of songs Bullens co-wrote in Nashville during the early and mid-1990s with Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Al Anderson, Matraca Berg, Mary Ann Kennedy Kye Fleming, and Jimmy Tittle. The CD also includes two new songs written by Bullens alone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cidny Bullens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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