PAULA COLE
Name: Paula Cole
Born: 5 April 1968 Rockport, Massachusetts
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts) is an American singer/songwriter.
Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the
Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for
Best New Artist.
Cole was born to Stephanie, a visual artist, and Jim Cole, a polka-playing
entomologist. She has a sister named Irene. She lived in Rockport, MA with her
parents, where she attended Elementary School. Although some
press stories focused on Cole being an unpopular and lonely child during her
schooling in Rockport High School, this is almost purely fiction. She was,
according to her press sources, from middle school on, a very popular student,
holding office as class president and student counselor. In addition, she was
very active in the school's theatre arts program, starring in many productions,
among them "Flower Drum Song" and "Whose Life Is It Anyway?". She was a French
Club member and traveled to France as part of a well-established exchange
program founded by Foreign Language department head Mary Hayes. Cole entered the
Berklee College of Music in Boston when she was 18, where she studied jazz
singing and improvisation.
Cole got her first big professional break when she was invited to perform on
Peter Gabriel's 1993-1994 Secret World Live tour. Shortly after this, she was
signed on with her first record company Imago Records. Through this record
company, she released her first album Harbinger in 1994. Within that year of
Harbinger's release, Imago Records went out of business. This prevented Cole's
album from getting radio exposure. However, she wasn't without a record company
for long. In 1995, she was signed on to Warner Bros. Records. The record company
reissued Harbinger in the Fall of 1995.
Name: Paula Cole
Born: 5 April 1968 Rockport, Massachusetts
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts) is an American singer/songwriter.
Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the
Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for
Best New Artist.
Cole was born to Stephanie, a visual artist, and Jim Cole, a polka-playing
entomologist. She has a sister named Irene. She lived in Rockport, MA with her
parents, where she attended Elementary School. Although some
press stories focused on Cole being an unpopular and lonely child during her
schooling in Rockport High School, this is almost purely fiction. She was,
according to her press sources, from middle school on, a very popular student,
holding office as class president and student counselor. In addition, she was
very active in the school's theatre arts program, starring in many productions,
among them "Flower Drum Song" and "Whose Life Is It Anyway?". She was a French
Club member and traveled to France as part of a well-established exchange
program founded by Foreign Language department head Mary Hayes. Cole entered the
Berklee College of Music in Boston when she was 18, where she studied jazz
singing and improvisation.
Cole got her first big professional break when she was invited to perform on
Peter Gabriel's 1993-1994 Secret World Live tour. Shortly after this, she was
signed on with her first record company Imago Records. Through this record
company, she released her first album Harbinger in 1994. Within that year of
Harbinger's release, Imago Records went out of business. This prevented Cole's
album from getting radio exposure. However, she wasn't without a record company
for long. In 1995, she was signed on to Warner Bros. Records. The record company
reissued Harbinger in the Fall of 1995.