Phoebe Snow, best known globally for her cover of the Paul McCartney song ‘Every Night’, has died from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 58.
Phoebe Ann Laub was born on July 17, 1952. She was briefly married in the early 70s and gave birth to daughter Valerie who as born with brain damage. Phoebe cared for Valerie all of her life. Valarie died at age 31 in 2007.
The first Phoebe Snow album was released on Shelter Records, owned by Leon Russell. Her first major hit was ‘Poetry Man’ in 1975. It reached no. 5 in the USA. That same year she recorded ‘Gone At Last’ with Paul Simon for his ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’ album.
Her 1978 album ‘Against The Grain’ featured ‘Every Night’. Paul McCartney originally released his version on his 1970 ‘McCartney’ album.
Phoebe’s last chart appearance was in 1989 with her album ‘Something Real’ (no. 29, USA) but then she only occasionally recorded music or performed live. One of those live appearances was for Bill and Hilary Clinton at Camp David in 1999. She also sang at Howard Stern’s wedding in 2008.
She had planned to release a comeback album in 2010 and had scheduled a tour but had a stroke in January 2010 causing the brain hemorrhage. She did not work again.
