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Kate Bush came from a musical family. Her mother was a former Irish folk dancer, her father was a talented pianist, her one brother was an instrument maker, her other brother was a poet and photographer, and both brothers were active in the local music scene. As a child, Kate Bush learned piano and violin and played the organ in the barn behind their parents' house. And as a teenager, she started writing her own songs. A family friend Ricky Hopper heard her songs and introduced her to guitarist in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour. Gilmour arranged for Kate Bush by 15-year-old had recorded a demo that was produced by his friend Andrew Powell, who later became a producer at Kate Bush's first two albums. David Gilmour also helped that she was a 16-year-old got a record deal with EMI. The next two years she continued with school and prepared himself as an artist. She studied dance, mime art and vocal technique and continued to write songs. She also sang in a band called The KT Bush Ban! d in addition to her consisted of her brother Paddy and her then-boyfriend Del Palmer. In 1977 she began recording her first album. In 1978 she released her first single Wuthering Heights based on Emily Bronte's book of the same name. Wuthering Heights was number 1 on the singles chart and made the 19-year-old Kate Bush to star. She was the first female artist who achieved a first place with a song she had written. Her debut album The Kick Inside, which consisted of material she had written since the ...

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