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.
Awards, sales, and recognitions
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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Englishman In New York
| Em7 A | Bm Bm9 Bm/A |
I don’t drink coffee, I take tea, my dear.
| Em7 A | Bm Bm9 Bm/A |
I like my toast done on one side.
Englishman In New York chords.
Every Breath You Take
| Aadd9 | Aadd9 | F#madd9 | F#madd9 |
Every breath you take, and every move you make.
| Dadd9 D | Eadd9 E | F#madd9 | F#madd9 |
Every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
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Though I’ve tried before to tell her, of the feelings I have for her in my heart.
| Dsus2/G Dsus2/A | Dsus2/B Dsus2/C# | D5 G A D5 G A | D5 G A D5 N.C |
Every time that I come near her, I just lose my nerve as I’ve done from the start.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic chords.
Message In A Bottle
| C#sus2 Asus2 | Bsus2 F#madd9 |
Just a castaway,
| C#sus2 Asus2 | Bsus2 F#madd9 |
an island lost at sea, oh.
My Funny Valentine
| Cm | Cmmaj7 | Cm7 | Cm6 |
My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine.
| Abmaj7 | Fm7 | Dm7b5 | G7b9 |
You make me smile with my heart.
Roxanne
| Gm | Dm/F | Ebmaj7 | Dm |
Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light.
| Cm7 | Fsus4 | Gsus4 | Gsus4 |
Those days are over, you don’t have to sell your body to the night.