Nickname:	Missy Lou / Lucky
Known for:	An Inconvenient Truth / The Devil's Own / The 79th Annual Academy Awards
Birth name:	Melissa Lou Etheridge
Birthday:	29 May 1961, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Height:	5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Melissa has made it in an industry that often values a woman's looks over musical talent and originality. She has endured on her own terms, keeping it real no matter what the flavor of the month has been. From earlier rockers "Bring Me Some Water" and "I'm The Only One" to the more recent "Angels Will Fall," Melissa's been knocking out hits since 1988. Besides her accomplishments in the music industry, she'll be remembered as the first openly gay female rocker in history. A particular Rolling Stone magazine cover photo in 2000 created quite a stir as well.

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Reuters - Melissa Etheridge will wed girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels, the singer told celebrity television show "Extra" ahead of California's vote next month on whether to strip same-sex couples of the right to marry.
Reuters - Melissa Etheridge will wed girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels, the singer told celebrity television show "Extra" ahead of California's vote next month on whether to strip same-sex couples of the right to marry.
Recent cancer survivor Christina Applegate joined fellow survivors Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge along with a who's who of Hollywood Friday night at the star-studded TV fundraiser, "Stand Up to Cancer," as they raised big bucks for charity.   Some of the roster of stars who participated in the program are: Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Lance Armstrong, Josh Brolin, Kirsten Dunst, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christina Ricci, Goran Visnjic, Forest Whitaker, Charles Barkley, Abigail Breslin, Kate Bosworth, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Garner, Brad Garrett, Tony Hawk, Marg Helgenberger, Rob Lowe and Mandy Moore. "Stand up to Cancer" aired Friday night at 8 p.m. on CBS, ABC and NBC.

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Melissa Etheridge has urged her fans to support Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama - after changing the lyrics to one of her songs at a recent concert in honor of the politician.


MELISSA ETHERIDGE has urged fans struggling with cancer to learn a lesson from her battle with the disease - because it can be a "gift".The singer was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy in October 2004.Etheridge told the crowd at her Los Angeles concert on Friday (29Aug08): "Cancer’s something that will stop you right
MELISSA ETHERIDGE has urged her fans to support Democratic presidential nominee BARACK OBAMA - after changing the lyrics to one of her songs at a recent concert in honour of the politician.The singer - who performed at last week’s (beg25Aug08) Democratic National Convention (DNC) - pledged her political preference at a Los Angeles concert on
Happy Birthday to Spice Girl Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown (1975), Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla (1969), Oasis founder Noel Gallagher (1967), "The Facts of Life" actress Lisa Whelchel (1963), singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge (1961),


Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Mamas Wearing fins, snorkel and a skimpy bathing t-shirt and shorts, rocker mom Melissa Etheridge waddled on the beach in Hawaii on Thursday.Melissa looked happy as a clam, spending the day in the sun with her four children and wife Tammy Lynn...
Melissa Etheridge turned out to be a lucky charm for Once star Marketa Irglova after a chance meeting in the days before the Oscars. Irglova and partner Glen Hansard's "Falling Slowly" was the surprise winner of the Best Song category at the Academy Awards on Sunday - the honor Etheridge won in 2007.


Two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge, five-time Grammy Award winner Faith Hill and nine-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will host "My Night At The Grammys,"


Melissa Etheridge received a very special gift on her 17th birthday - the knowledge she was a lesbian. The singer/songwriter reveals that was the first time she kissed a girl, and she knew immediately she way gay.


MELISSA ETHERIDGE received a very special gift on her 17th birthday - the knowledge she was a lesbian.The singer/songwriter reveals that was the first time she kissed a girl, and she knew immediately she way gay.She says, "I’d kissed a lot of boys and it was like, ‘OK,’ and then the first time I kissed
"I went to the doctor last week to get the check-up and it's all clear. I've been clear three years, which is the big one. I know, in my heart, that I don't have cancer." Melissa Etheridge is celebrating her good news.


Melissa Etheridge named her hit new album The Awakening after the "amazing peace" she found following days of constant agony brought on by chemotherapy. Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was surprised to find peace of mind after painful hospital treatment.


Singer MELISSA ETHERIDGE named her hit new album THE AWAKENING after the "amazing peace" she found following days of constant agony brought on by chemotherapy.Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was surprised to find peace of mind after painful hospital treatment.She says, "When I got diagnosed with breast cancer, it knocked me
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"This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom." Gay singer Melissa Etheridge jokes about her plans for her new Oscar. The singer/songwriter claimed the Best Song prize at the Academy Awards last night.


Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge agonized over whether it was appropriate to kiss her wife at the Oscars - because she isn't fond of public displays of affection.

The singer/songwriter knew she had an outside chance of winning gold at the Academy Awards last night for her An Inconvenient Truth song I Need To Wake Up and she wanted to find the best way to thank partner Tammy Lynn Michaels.


Rocker JON BON JOVI was thrilled when good friend MELISSA ETHERIDGE picked up Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, because it was so unexpected.The singer won for her tune I NEED TO WAKE UP from former US Vice President AL GORE’s environmental documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.Bon Jovi said his favourite moment of the night,
Filed under: Baby Watch Rocker/survivor Melissa Etheridge and her partner Tammy Lynn Michaels took their tiny twins, Johnnie Rose and Miller Steven out for a stroll on tony Montana Avenue in Santa Monica on Thursday.The twins, conceived through an anonymous sperm donor,...

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