Melissa Etheridge

Kansas' Melissa Etheridge has released nine albums since signing her first major recording contract in 1987. Three of them have gone multi-platinum while two others went platinum and two more gold.

On November 15, 2005, Etheridge appeared on the Tonight Show to perform her song I Run For Life, which references her own fight with breast cancer and her determination to overcome it, as well as encourages other breast cancer survivors and their families.

Etheridge is famous as a gay rights activist, having publicly come out as a lesbian in January 1993 at the Triangle Ball, a gay/lesbian celebration of President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. She is also a committed advocate for environmental issues and in 2006, she toured the US and Canada using biodiesel.

Etheridge is a Bruce Springsteen fan, and she has covered his songs Thunder Road and Born to Run during live shows.

Melissa Etheridge

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