It’s clear to see Sheryl Corvo has come a long way since her days working as an elementary school music teacher in Fenton, Missouri.
The 62-year-old singer sat down with ET for a retrospective, where she recalled some of the most iconic moments from her long career, dating back to the release of her debut studio album, Tuesday night music clubin 1993, to release their eleventh full-length studio album, Evolution, in March.
Although Crow’s career began well before she released her debut album in the ’90s, the mother of two achieved her first mainstream success when her single, “All I Wanna Do,” began gaining traction a year after the release of album.
Reflecting on the song’s surprise success, Crow told ET that he initially saw “All I Wanna Do” as a song suitable for a “B-side” rather than a release single.
“I felt like it shouldn’t be recorded and my brother, who was in college at the time, said, ‘Our favorite song is ‘All I Wanna Do,” and he said, ‘You have to put that on record,'” Crow remembers his reluctance to record the song. “And then it turned out to be the biggest success!”
“All I want to do” has become Tuesday night music clubthe great success, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks. It remains Crow’s biggest hit in the United States and earned the singer GRAMMYs for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1995. The single was also nominated for Song of the Year.
Crow remembers hearing the song for the first time after releasing it while returning from the dentist. “I was driving through Beverly Hills, coming home from the dentist, and I heard this on the radio, and literally when you hear yourself on the radio, you just want to roll down the window and scream at people saying, ‘That’s me, that’s me, that’s It’s me,’” she jokes.
“The music sounded good, you know, and it captured something that was authentic to ’90s Los Angeles, at that time,” she adds. “But yeah, I didn’t really think the song was that good and so who knew?”
When Crow isn’t collecting GRAMMYs for her beloved music — for which she has 9 wins out of 19 total nominations — she’s making appearances on everyone’s favorite TV shows alongside her famous friends.
One of these appearances was her stint as a team advisor. Blake Shelton in the 4th season of The voice in 2013.
Crow reveals that she was asked to be a coach on the NBC singing competition series when the show was being developed, before its debut in 2011. But the Nashville resident wasn’t interested in moving to Los Angeles, where the show is based. filmed.
“Originally, I felt like I didn’t want to go back to Los Angeles. I had two little boys (and) I wanted them to have what was, for me, a relatively normal life,” she shares. “I can’t imagine taking it again; I mean, they’re teenagers (now), I don’t want to waste any time away from them and they’re not going to move.”
Still, Crow couldn’t praise her good friend enough for bringing her on the show. “I love Blake (and) having him want me to go — I mean, he could have anyone, so that’s a huge compliment!”
It’s no surprise that Crow prioritizes her children’s needs over any potential opportunities. The singer has been very vocal about her struggles with living in the spotlight and wanting to maintain peace in her family’s lives.
Crow adopted his sons, Wyatt, 16, and Levi, 13, in 2007 and 2010, respectively.
In 2022, ET spoke with Crow ahead of the release of his documentary, Sherylduring which the singer recalled not only her struggles with mental health, but also being in the spotlight.
“It’s an interesting thing for me. Making this documentary felt like I was revisiting someone else’s life,” Crow said of the Showtime documentary. “It’s so strange now when I think about it, because this morning I got up, took my kids to school. I have a sick horse, so we had to schedule our horse’s slaughter tomorrow. This is my life now, and I love my life .”
She continued: “When I think back to before I moved here and adopted my kids – I threw parties for the Rolling Stones at my house. John Travolta would be there, Gwyneth. , and I loved it. There was a lot of pressure that came with being an artist, being in your forties and everyone on the radio being a teenager, that was during Britney, Christina Aguilera, and here I am turning 40. Then suddenly you’re not relevant anymore.”
Although Crow’s daily life has changed, she is far from completely divorced from fame, which she is beginning to share with her children. The two were at her mother’s side when she was introduced at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2023.
“I think they think their mom is cool if she just keeps a low profile and doesn’t embarrass them,” Crow jokes to ET when asked how the boys view their fame. “You know, they’re teenagers, but I think they’re proud of me. They came to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and I think it was really the first time they saw a retrospective of who I was. before they show up.”
She adds, “I know they’re proud of the work and they love me, but, you know, when we’re home, we’re just like (any other) family. I’m at the ball games and, you know, I’m doing homework with the kids, and that’s how I love it. So it’s an interesting juxtaposition.
And Crow doesn’t plan on walking away from the music business anytime soon. Despite telling ET in 2019 that she predicted Topics would be his last album, Crow released Evolution in March.
When asked what inspired the release following her previous comments, Crow said the album came about as she was trying to “figure out what we’re doing in our evolution.”
She continues: “What are we doing as a society when we invite AI to become that which informs us? I mean, we don’t even understand what truth is anymore. And to raise two children and watch the vitriol that’s being exercised among us – it’s a very strange moment.”
Crow shares that as an artist, “the only thing I know how to do” is create music from your thoughts. “So that’s how all these songs came about,” she explains.
From working as a music teacher at an elementary school in Fenton, Missouri, to becoming a nine-time GRAMMY winner and Rock and Rock Hall of Fame inductee, Crow confesses that looking back at her career thus far, “me makes it a little melancholy.”
“But it also reminds me of some really amazing things that I wouldn’t necessarily reflect on,” she adds. “There are years and years of experience there and learning how to maintain my authenticity as a person first and foremost, not as a famous person, not as an artist, but, as you know, a living human being with a soul and a spirit. It’s interesting to see this happening. I hope to be closer to who I came from than who I became.
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