Eva Cassidy Died From Melanoma 16 Years Ago, And Is Now Achieving Fame.

[NNadir]

I kind of stumbled up on her while poking around for music on You Tube.

She was a "local musician" who basically played in Washington area clubs, made some recordings.

From Her Bio:

In 1993, Cassidy had a malignant mole removed from her back. Three years later, during a promotional event for the Live at Blues Alley album in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and a few weeks later, X-rays revealed that the melanoma had spread to her lungs and bones. Her doctors estimated she had three to five months to live. Cassidy opted for aggressive treatment, but her health deteriorated rapidly. In her final public performance in September 1996, at the Bayou, she closed the set with "What a Wonderful World" in front of an audience of friends, fans and family. She was subsequently admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Cassidy died at her family home in Bowie, November 2, 1996, at the age of 33. She was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Area Music Association. In accordance with her wishes, Cassidy's body was cremated. Her ashes were scattered on the lake shores of St. Mary's River Watershed Park, a nature reserve near California, Maryland.

Here's a link describing how Ms. Cassidy, an ABC report on how she became, posthumously, the became the number 1 artist on the British Charts: &feature=related" target="_blank">ABC Nightline

Here's her version of Cindy Lauper's Time After Time:

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No disrepect to Ms. Lauper, but as she blew away Judy Garland with her rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, she takes this song and makes it hers.

Rest in Peace, Ms Cassidy. You were a genius.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Her version of Autumn Leaves is sublime.

[NNadir]

2. Thanx. I checked out a lot of her music in the last 24 hours.

She was a tremendous jazz and blues singer.

[nolabear]

3. Yes, she's wonderful. Check out Fields of Gold.

I hadn't listened to her for a long time. Thanks for reminding me.

[nuxvomica]

4. I love that version

It even beats the haunting rendition Sting did on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip".

[SwissTony]

6. Sting agrees with you.

He rates her version as better than his.

[NNadir]

5. Very beautiful. Thanx. n/t

[SwissTony]

7. She achieved a degree of recognition in the UK about 10 years ago

thanks to people like Terry Wogan (middle of the road DJ) and the tv programme Top of the Pops. Her video of Somewhere Over The Rainbow was the most requested video on TOTP2 (an "archive" version of TOTP).

[a kennedy]

8. Really?? melanoma??? My brother in December of 1980

and my sister two years ago in May also died of melanoma, the beast of all the cancers. I miss them both so much. Sorry to slide off course of this topic.

[hifiguy]

9. The audiophile community discovered her

back in the late 1990s, but that was still too late. She was a singer of unique gifts and ability. She made everything she sang her own.

[jakeXT]

10. I remember discovering her in 2003 while searching for a song performed by Data in a Star Trek movie