January 28th, 2007 - Happy Birthday Sarah Mclachlan! at The Insider

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Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. She founded Lilith Fair, a tour which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s.

Known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "I Will Remember You", "World on Fire", and "Into the Fire". Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won four Juno Awards.

She's 39!

Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was 17 years old, and still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called "The October Game". Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star."

Following The October Game's first concert at Dalhousie University opening for Moev, McLachlan was offered a recording contract with Vancouver based independent record label Nettwerk by Moev's Mark Jowett. McLachlan's parents convinced her to finish her studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design before embarking on a new life as a recording artist, and McLachlan finally signed to Nettwerk two years later before having written a single song.

A Bit of Trivia:

In 1994, she was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of her hit single "Possession". This lawsuit never came to trial, however, as the plaintiff was found dead in an apparent suicide before the trial began. The lawsuit was also challenging for the Canadian legal system; because of Vandrei's psychological state, special precautions were planned to ensure McLachlan's safety if at any time she had to be in the same location as Vandrei. This topic was explored in length in Canadian author Judith Fitzgerald's book, Building A Mystery: The Story of Sarah McLachlan & Lilith Fair.
In 1998, the title of McLachlan's song "Do What You Have to Do" was cited in Kenneth Starr's report as the subject of a letter from Monica Lewinsky to Bill Clinton.
In 1998, The Song "Full of Grace" was used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode "Becoming Part 2". A second McLachlan song, "Prayer of St. Francis" was used in the 2002 Buffy episode "Grave."
In 1999, McLachlan and Nettwerk were sued by Darryl Neudorf, a Vancouver musician (and onetime member of 54-40) who alleged that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the song writing on Touch. The judge in this suit ultimately ruled in McLachlan's favor.
In 2001, McLachlan covered the Beatles song 'Blackbird' for the movie I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning.
In 2004, McLachlan's song "The Path of Thorns" was the 50 millionth song downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store. Her song I Will Remember You has been widely used in North America as a graduation song. The song "Angel" has been used to remember the dead.
Many of McLachlan's songs have had a great deal of club play as remixes. Two albums consisting of popular remixes have been released, Remixed in 2001 (first limited to Canada, then released in the United States in 2003) and Bloom: Remix Album in 2005.
Rapper Darryl McDaniels, a.k.a. DMC from Run DMC, credits McLachlan with saving him from suicide after he heard the song 'Angel' and was able to reassess his life through listening to the album Surfacing. They appeared together on the track 'Just Like Me' in 2006.
As of 2006, McLachlan has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
In 2006, McLachlan's "River" was featured at the end of a December holiday episode of ER, "City of Mercy."
In 1999 two of McLachlan's songs were featured in the TV program Roswell : "Fear" in "The Pilot" and "I love you" in "Leaving Normal"
The song "Ice Cream" was featured in an episode of the TV program Felicity

Other January 28th Birthdays:

Chelsea Brummet-Tv Personality/Nick's-All That -20
Elijah Wood-Actor
Nick Carter-? [heh]
Joey Fatone, Jr.-Singer/NSYNC -30
Alan Alda-Actor/M*A*S*H* -71

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