Kate Bush

Kate Bush

Born: July 30, 1958
in Bexleyheath, Kent, UK
Kate Bush is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and producer who has captivated audiences with her unique and enchanting musical style.

Born on July 30, 1958, in Bexleyheath, England, Bush rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, becoming one of the most influential and innovative artists of her generation.

Known for her ethereal voice, poetic lyrics, and eclectic musical arrangements, Kate Bush has created a diverse body of work that defies categorization. Her music incorporates elements of art rock, progressive rock, pop, folk, and even classical influences, resulting in a distinct and mesmerizing sound that is entirely her own.

Bush's career took off with the release of her debut album, "The Kick Inside," in 1978, which featured the chart-topping hit "Wuthering Heights." She continued to push boundaries and experiment with her subsequent albums, such as "Hounds of Love," "The Dreaming," and "Aerial," showcasing her mastery of storytelling and musical innovation.

Her enduring legacy as a visionary artist continues to inspire and resonate with fans and musicians alike, solidifying her status as an iconic figure in the world of music.

Movies for Kate Bush...

Title: Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2022
Type: TV
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If These Walls Could Sing
Title: If These Walls Could Sing
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 3, 2022
Type: Movie
The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises.
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Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
Title: Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
Character: Self
Released: May 2, 2020
Type: Movie
A documentary that collects for the first time and in an almost anthological way the historical repertoire of the Lindsay Kemp Company's shows, from the end of the 70s to the 90s. With footage from the Rai Teche and private archives, and an intimate and touching unpublished interview conducted by the director in her home in Livorno. The documentary is unique in its kind because it collects for the first time in an almost anthological way the repertoire of the shows of the glorious Lindsay Kemp Company from Salome to Flowers, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Duende and Onnagata, up to the last show Kemp Dances. Lindsay Dances celebrates one of the most original, creative, and innovative artists in contemporary dance theatre. The documentary was nominated by Rai for the 72nd edition of the Prix Italia 2020.
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Kate Bush: The Sound Witch
Title: Kate Bush: The Sound Witch
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
She became famous at a very young age and gradually slipped away, cultivating her legend and her mystery. Kate Bush, pioneering artist, is at the heart of a captivating documentary broadcast on Arte.
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Night Flight: Born Again
Title: Night Flight: Born Again
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most consistently weird and awesome thing on cable television in the ’80s.” This ‘Best Of’ episode features some of the most memorable moments of Night Flight's near-decade long run including restored interviews and segments from Kate Bush, New Wave Theatre, David Lynch, Prince, Wendy O Williams, Divine, Billy Idol, Johnny Rotten, and much more Night Flight treasures from the archive.
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The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Title: The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
This documentary explores Kate Bush's career and music, from January 1978's Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, through the testimony of some of her key collaborators and those she has inspired.
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Kate Bush at the BBC
Title: Kate Bush at the BBC
Character: Self
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Between 1978 and 1994, Kate Bush appeared on a variety of BBC programmes, including Saturday Night at the Mill, Ask Aspel, the Leo Sayer Show, Wogan and Top of the Pops. This compilation showcases her performances of hit songs such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Running up That Hill and Hounds of Love, alongside other intriguing and lesser-known material in the BBC studios.
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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love: A Classic Album Under Review
Title: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love: A Classic Album Under Review
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Featuring astute track-by-track analysis, this in-depth retrospective revisits British pop-rocker Kate Bush's epic 1985 release "The Hounds of Love," with noted journalists, musicologists and a host of insiders weighing in on the austere masterpiece. Rounding out the 90-minute video are live and studio performances of each song on the album, archival interviews with Bush and contributor biographies.
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Kate Bush: Under Review
Title: Kate Bush: Under Review
Character: Herself
Released: July 3, 2006
Type: Movie
This film reviews the music and career of one of the worlds most influential performers, singers and songwriters; arguably the most unique female artist ever. It includes rare musical performances never available before on DVD.
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Back to the 80's 1980
Title: Back to the 80's 1980
Character: Singer
Released: June 6, 2004
Type: Movie
This is one of the 14 of a 14 DVD/CD box. All the Top 80'S hit songs video clips. Tracklist 1 – Earth And Fire Weekend 2 – Diana Ross My Old Piano 3 – Freddie Aguilar Anak 4 – Goombay Dance Band Sun Of Jamaica 5 – Lipps, Inc. Funky Town 6 – Doris D And The Pins Shine Up 7 – Kate Bush Babooshka 8 – Johnny Logan What's Another Year 9 – Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight 10 – Kool & The Gang Celebration 11 – The Nolans I'm In The Mood For Dancing 12 – Gibson Brothers Que Sera Mi Vida 13 – Godley & Creme An Englishman In New York 14 – Sniff 'n' the Tears Driver's Seat 15 – Kelly Marie Feels Like I'm In Love 16 – Janis Ian Fly Too High 17 – Spargo You And Me 18 – Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Hot Shot 19 – Robert Palmer Johnny And Mary 20 – Barbara Dickson January, February
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Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Title: Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 3, 2002
Type: Movie
01 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Vocals - Maggie Reilly 03 Marillion - Kayleigh 4 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 05 Ultravox - Vienna 06 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable 07 Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues - For You 08 Mel & Kim - Respectable 09 Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You? 10 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy 11 Boy George - Everything I Own 12 Paul Hardcastle - 19 13 Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion 14 Heaven 17 - Temptation Vocals - Carol Kenyon 15 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking 16 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 17 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You 18 The Specials - Ghost Town...
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Greatest Hits Of The 70's
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 70's
Released: April 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Original Hits & Video Clips
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The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Title: The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Character: Dancer
Released: November 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
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Les Dogs
Title: Les Dogs
Character: Bride (Angela)
Released: August 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.
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Kate Bush: Sensual World
Title: Kate Bush: Sensual World
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The Wuthering Heights singer gives a rare interview in 1989, in which she talks about her album The Sensual World and the influence of Alfred Hitchcock on her music videos.
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Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Title: Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Character: Self (archive)
Released: February 4, 1988
Type: Movie
An irreverent survey of British Music.
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Title: The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Released: April 25, 1986
Type: Movie
In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the UK's alternative comedy scene (and a few of the old guard) put on a fund-raising comedy revue at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London. The show's took place on 4-6 April, a recording was broadcast by the BBC on 25 April.
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Title: Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Released: April 25, 1986
Type: TV
The comedy event of the year took place in April 1986 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. All those taking part gave their services free in order to support the famine relief camp in Umbala in the west of Sudan. Tonight Omnibus, in collaboration with Charity Projects, presents the best comic talents in Britain today. Among those appearing: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Bruno, Kate Bush, Graham Chapman, Billy Connolly, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Eddington, Ben Elton, French and Saunders, Stephen Fry, Bob Geldof, Terry Gilliam, Lenny Henry, Howard Jones, Terry Jones, Hugh Laurie, Hank Marvin, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin, Cliff Richard, Pamela Stephenson, Spitting Image, Midge Ure, The Young Ones.
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Kate Bush - The Whole Story
Title: Kate Bush - The Whole Story
Character: Herself
Released: March 25, 1986
Type: Movie
The Whole Story is the first compilation album by English singer Kate Bush, it was Kate's third UK number one album. Released by EMI Records on 10 November 1986. The album included 10 hit singles, plus a "new vocal" version of debut hit Wuthering Heights and one new track, Experiment IV. The compilation was released on VHS video and Laserdisc, containing the videos for all the tracks, plus one bonus video: The Big Sky.
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Cloudbusting
Title: Cloudbusting
Character: Peter Reich
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Shows William Reich and his young son Peter on top of a hill trying tomake his Cloudbusting machine work. Reich leaves Peter on the machine and returns to his lab. In flashback, he remembers several times he and Peter enjoyed together as Reich worked on various scientific projects, until he is interrupted by government officials who arrest him and ransack the lab. Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him, but is forced to watch helplessly as his father is driven away. Peter finally runs back to the cloudbuster and activates it successfully, to the delight of his father who sees it starting to rain.
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Title: Aspel & Company
Character: Herself
Released: June 9, 1984
Type: TV
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Kate Bush: The Single File
Title: Kate Bush: The Single File
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 1983
Type: Movie
A 1983 collection of music videos by Kate Bush. It is the second video release by the artist. It was released on VHS and later on Laserdisc in Japan. It features the UK version of "Wuthering Heights" and the original video of "Wow."
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Bride
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self - Performer
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Na sowas!
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Bananas
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: TV
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Kate Bush In Concert
Title: Kate Bush In Concert
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A documentary from about Kate Bush's live tour in 1979. Two versions of the documentary were produced: one with a German voice-over during the interviews with Kate Bush, broadcast on 17 May 1980 by German broadcaster SWF3. A version with Dutch subtitles was shown on Dutch television on 8 March 1981 by Dutch broadcaster VARA. The live performances in this film were shot in Hamburg (Germany) on 28 April 1979, and Mannheim (Germany) on 8 May 1979. The following songs are shown in this documentary: Room For The Life, Strange Phenomena, Violin, In The Warm Room (in part), Hammer Horror (in part), Kite, and Wuthering Heights. Kate is also interviewed in between the songs, as well as a rare television appearance of both her parents.
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Kate Bush Christmas Special
Title: Kate Bush Christmas Special
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Kate Bush presents her Christmas Special in which she performs songs from her first three albums, along with “December Will be Magic Again.” Peter Gabriel is her special guest.
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Kate Bush - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon
Title: Kate Bush - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon
Character: Herself
Released: May 13, 1979
Type: Movie
A live performance from Kate Bush's critically and commercially successful The Tour of Life, recorded on May 13th, 1979.
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ABBA in Switzerland
Title: ABBA in Switzerland
Character: Self
Released: April 16, 1979
Type: Movie
ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.
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Kate Bush: Live at Manchester Apollo
Title: Kate Bush: Live at Manchester Apollo
Character: Vocals, piano, keyboard
Released: April 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Groundbreaking and visionary, this is archival documentation of Kate Bush’s one and only tour. Originally known as the “Kate Bush Tour” as well as the “Lionheart Tour”, it later became known under the moniker “The Tour of Life”. The only official video release from the '79 tour was an abridged 12-song set titled “Live at Hammersmith Odeon” in 1981. In 1994, "Live at Hammersmith Odeon" was released as a VHS box set that contained a CD of the performance. This footage presents the tour performance from beginning to end and consists of all three acts as well as encores and backstage warm-ups. The audio is from the soundboard recording of the concert.
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Kate Bush: On Tour
Title: Kate Bush: On Tour
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Aired as part of BBC's 'Nationwide' programming, this documentary captures the leadup to 'The Tour of Life'.
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Title: The Kenny Everett Video Show
Released: July 3, 1978
Type: TV
The Kenny Everett Video Show (later renamed The Kenny Everett Video Cassette) was a British television comedy and music programme made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981.
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Kate Bush - Efteling Special
Title: Kate Bush - Efteling Special
Character: Herself - Performer
Released: May 12, 1978
Type: Movie
On 12 May 1978, Kate made her debut on Dutch television in a program that has gotten to be known as “De Efteling Special”. The amusement park De Efteling served as a backdrop for six songs of The Kick Inside: Moving, Wuthering Heights, Them Heavy People, Strange Phenomena, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, and The Kick Inside. On 10 May 1978, the Efteling was ready to open the Haunted Castle, the most expensive attraction it had ever constructed (designed by Ton van der Ven), and they wanted to promote it. In April a documentary featuring the Haunted Castle was made by filmmaker Rien van Wijk, who was eager to shoot in the latest attraction before it officially opened. Kate, who just had a big hit with Wuthering Heights, was approached for a television special that would promote both Efteling and her songs. This is the original broadcast of May 12, 1978. The original 16m film is lost; this is a copy of the uMatic version that is the only version left.
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Title: Bio’s Bahnhof
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1978
Type: TV
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Title: The Secret Policeman's Ball
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: TV
A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become involved with Amnesty and other social and political causes in succeeding years.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Top of the Pops
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: TV
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.