Biography Sting was born on October 2, 1951 in Newcastle-

upon-Tyne, a large industrial city in northern England. His real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Samir. His mother had a musical education. She taught her son to the wonderful world of music by teaching him to play the piano from his childhood. After meager wages for his work on the road and as a musical teacher Sting had an opportunity to move to London and play professionally. An American drummer Stewart Copeland noticed him, and persuaded him to do rock. He got the nickname "Sting" because he loved to wear black sweaters in a gold stripe, which made him look like a bumblebee.

Career In 1977, Sting together with

Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani founded the band "The Police". At the new team he took over the functions of not only the bass player, but also the lead singer. In addition, he owned the authorship of the majority of their songs. In 1981, Sting left the group, and in 1985 he released his first solo album "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles".

The most popular songs

Russians

Roxanne

Englishman In New-York

All For Love

When We Dance

Brand New Day

I’ll Be Missing You

Shape Of My Heart

Favourite

My favourite song is “Englishman In New York”.

Sting wrote this song about himself, about his life

in the USA.

Some lines from it :

I don’t drink coffee I take tea, my dear,

I like my toast done on the side

And you can hear it in my accent when I talk

I'm an Englishman in New York

Some interesting facts

Sting received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements and contributions to the field of music.

Sting is a winemaker, his wines are highly appreciated by the world's leading wine experts.

His song «Fragile» was included into the charity album «Songs For Japan» whose proceeds were contributed into the fund of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011.