Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song 'One of Us'. She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, ''Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville, Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s, where she formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few independent recordings. She signed with Mercury Records, and released her first full length… Show more album, Soul Show: Live at Delta 88, in 1991. Her second (and first major label) album was Relish (1995), which became a hit on the strength of the single 'One of Us'. Apart from this song, the rest of the album was steeped in country, blues and folk music. 'Right Hand Man' and 'St. Teresa' became minor hits following the success of 'One of Us'.

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