Dido

Dido Armstrong was born on 25th December 1971 at London, England, UK.

There is an interesting story about Dido when she was a kid. When Dido was only five years old she stole a recorder. This incident made everyone take notice about her interest in music which later saw her being admitted in the Guildhall School of Music in London. She had a huge obcession about music and when she was 10 years old she could play piano, violin and recorder.

She passed her teens with a combination of stealing her brother`s record collection and touring the UK for her classical music.

Everything happened in her life at an early stage compared to others. She fell in love with with Ella Fitzgerald at the age of only 16. She was not satisfied with all this. There was something else that she wanted to achieve which promoted her to sing with various bands in and around London.

There was a strict advice from her brother Rollo not to give up her day job but no one could resist her passion for music. Therefore in the year of 1995 she made her appearance in the band that Rollo formed. The band was named `Faithless` and with the release of this it was a hit. It selled close to five million records.

The next couple of years was a very different experience for her from her classical days. Dido toured with `Faithless` and whenever she was back in London and free she spend her spare time recording demos for her own songs.

The current release of Faithless`s saw Dido appearing on two songs. One of these two that she appeared is her own `My Lover's Gone`.

Then Dido began recording her own album `No Angel`. `No Angel` was co-produced by Dido, her brother Rollo, Rick Nowels and Youth. It became a success.

Everyone was impressed by Dido`s amazing voice quality and lyrical sharpness. There is uniqueness about each songs ranging from the splendid `Here With Me` to the gentle emotional `Thankyou`, from the `Honestly OK` to the `Don`t Think of Me`. The album is a classic and the success is due to the fact that it was a combination of Dido`s warm acoustic sense and her brother`s irresistible charm of electronic beats. All these aspects worked in their favour.