Sting pulled off both a band and a solo career!
Sting is an English musician who, prior to his solo career, had a band called The Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.
Including his songs with The Police, Sting has had many hits including legendary tunes such as Roxanne, Every Breath You Take, Fragile, Englishman In New York, So Lonely, Shape Of My Heart, Fields Of Gold, It’s Probably Me, Seven Days, and Message In A Bottle.
Stings have also appeared on a seemingly endless amount of albums by, for example, Les Paul, Melody Gardot, Shaggy, Ricky Martin, All Saints, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Tony Bennet, Sam Moore, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Black Eyed Peas, Craig David, Tina Turner, Phil Collins and perhaps most famously Dire Straits where he contributed with backing vocals on their smash hit Money For Nothing.
Including his sales with The Police, Sting has sold over 100 million records.
His awards include seventeen Grammies, three Brits, one Golden Globe, and an Emmy as well as four Oscar nominations.
As we reached a new millennium, recognition started to come in.
Starting with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame (2000), included in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame (2002), Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (2003), a CBE from Queen Elisabeth II (2004), Kennedy Center Honoree (2014) and a Polar Prize (2017).
On the greatest of all-time lists by magazines, he was named #62 on Paste’s 100 Best Living Songwriters. #63 on VH1’s 100 greatest artists of rock and #80 on Q’s Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century.
His latest release 44/876, is a collaboration with Shaggy. Of course, he won yet another Grammy in 2019 for it.
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Angel Eyes
You can learn to play Angel Eyes by Frank Sinatra using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and Spytunes video guitar lessons.
| Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F | Am/E Am/Eb |
Try to think that love’s not around…
Englishman In New York
You can learn to play Englishman In New York by Sting using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and the original recording.
| Em7 A | Bm Bm9 Bm/A |
I don’t drink coffee, I take tea, my dear…
Every Breath You Take
You can learn to play Every Breath You Take by The Police using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and the original recording.
| Aadd9 | Aadd9 | F#madd9 | F#madd9 |
Every breath you take, and every move you make…
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Learn how to play Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
||: Dsus2/G Dsus2/A | Dsus2/B Dsus2/C# :||
Though I’ve tried before to tell her, of the feelings I have for her in my heart…
Message In A Bottle
You can learn to play Message In A Bottle by The Police using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and the original recording.
| C#sus2 Asus2 | Bsus2 F#madd9 |
Just a castaway…
My Funny Valentine
You can learn to play My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, the original recording, and cover versions.
| Cm | Cmmaj7 | Cm7 | Cm6 |
My funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine…
Roxanne
You can learn to play Roxanne by The Police using chords, lyrics, TAB, chord analysis, and Spytunes video guitar lessons.
| Gm | Dm/F | Ebmaj7 | Dm |
Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light…
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