- Born
- Birth nameAndrea Jane Corr
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Andrea Jane Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. In her younger years, Andrea was the best student among all her siblings, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Jim Corr. She began her life with the band as soon as she graduated from secondary school. The Corrs' parents Gerry Corr and Jean Corr were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Andrea learned the piano, as did all of her siblings. In the Corrs' band, Andrea is the lead singer and is their main lyricist when the group writes songs. Andrea also plays the tin whistle, which when combined with her sister Sharon's fiddle playing gives the group its distinctively Irish sound. The Corrs music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters.
The Corrs first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). Andrea landed a speaking role in the film. The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borrowed Heaven" (2004). To date they have sold some 30 million albums. The Corrs have performed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". The Corrs have also appeared on Sunday Night Live, 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video. Andrea is also an aspiring actress, and in addition to being featured in "The Commitments" she also played opposite Madonna in a singing role in Evita (1996).- IMDb mini biography by: Roger Burns <rogerburns@pobox.com>
- SpouseBrett Desmond Sr.(August 21, 2009 - present) (2 children)
- Parents
- RelativesJim Corr(Sibling)Sharon Corr(Sibling)Caroline Corr(Sibling)
- Likes to perform with bare feet
- The song "Another Suitcase In Another Hall" in Evita (1996) was originally performed by Andrea Corr's character "Peron's Mistress". Madonna performed it as "Evita" instead, and doing so stole the song from Andrea and left her with an appearance of less then 2 minutes in the movie.
- Plays the tin whistle and sing lead vocals on The Corrs's album "Talk On Corners". She also wrote or co-wrote almost every song, if not all of them, on the album.
- Andrea decided to perform barefoot at one of her concerts around 1999/2000 and her shoes have stayed off ever since.
- Married at St Joseph's church in the village of Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.
- Her character "Peron's mistress" in Evita (1996) is supposed to be the Argentinian actress Libertad Lamarque.
- Music is sexy, music is sensual. And an expression of yourself and that side of you comes out sometimes. I know I can be like that on stage but it's innocent. I don't do anything I just get into it, feel it.
- When I write a song with the family, the fact is that I am the 'little sister', and my Mammy is there and when it gets to something like sex you start thinking 'oh, I'm not supposed to have these thoughts about sex!!'I remember when I first wrote 'Runaway', with that silly line, 'make love to me through the night', and when I first sang it I was turning my face away, knowing my mother was going to say 'My God, where did you learn that?!' and then I'd say, 'from TV, Mammy!'
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