Undeterred, she taught herself a couple of hundred songs and, under the watchful eye of her father Edison, started playing showtunes and other requests at a gay bar in Washington DC.Īt 13 years old, she could only play for tips. An aberrant interest in popular music put an end to her schooling, and her future as a concert pianist looked to be in ruins. ![]() ![]() Famously, at five, she became the youngest person ever to be admitted to Baltimore’s prestigious Peabody Institute infamously, aged 11, she was asked to leave.
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