Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple (born Fiona Apple Maggart on September 13, 1977 in New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. Her albums, Tidal (1996) and When the Pawn (1999), have sold over five million copies worldwide. http://www.fiona-apple.com/em/pressrelease.html

Early life

Fiona Apple is a member of a family rich with roots in entertainment. She is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her sister, Amber, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart. Her half brother Garret Maggart starred in the TV series The Sentinel. In addition, her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White Scandals, a flapper-era group similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra.

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Cabaret - Maude Maggart - The Sentinel - Flapper - Ziegfeld Follies - Multireedist - Big band

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At the age of 12, Apple was raped upon returning home from school to her mother's apartment. The rape is only mentioned in one of her released songs, "Sullen Girl." While the media latched onto the story of her dark past experience, making her what Apple refered to as "the poster child for rape," the singer says the only reason she even mentioned the rape to an interviewer was because she didn't want it to seem like something of which she should be ashamed. As a child, there was concern she had anti-social tendencies, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder, and she underwent therapy.

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Rape - Anti-social - Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Therapy

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